Funded under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) and the Farm to Fork Strategy, the WHEATBIOME joins 13 partners from 6 EU countries that will combine complementary expertise that will explore the role of microbiomes in wheat production systems in a broad approach from soil to plate to move forward on the main challenges of this sector.
The WHEATBIOME project will contribute in the understanding of the role of the wheat microbiome on sustainable development by undertaking cutting-edge research with strong collaboration between academia, industry, food system actors and governmental authorities distributed along 6 EU countries, and will explore the role of microbiomes in wheat production systems in a broad approach from soil to plate to:
• Understand the effect of biotic/abiotic factors on wheat microbiomes with 2 case studies and a lab-scale demonstrator.
• Unravel the soil-plant microbiome cross-talking on wheat metabolism and nutritional quality, and deliver sustainable farming practices for resilient and nutritious wheat crops via a new decision support system (DSS).
• Discover new fermentation capacities within indigenous wheat microbiomes and develop novel foods and feeds.
• Study the role of microbial fermentations in food/feed quality and reduce food waste by recirculating wheat by-products.
• Determine the interactions between wheat (prebiotics, probiotics, bioactive compounds, immunogenic proteins, etc.) and the human/animal microbiota, and its effect on human and animal health.
• Assess the perception of food system actors and citizens about microbiomes within food systems.
“Microbiomes could be the key to transforming the current food system! This project aims to an integrative and multidisciplinary approach to uncover important relationships between soil/plant microbiomes, agriculture practices, edaphoclimatic conditions, and plant overall quality. Then, novel food and feed will be developed.”
Find more information at the project website https://www.wheatbiome-project.eu/ and follow the project activities at social media #wheatbiome.
Abstract
Wheat is an important crop in Europe. To keep it growing, scientists are studying soil and plant microbial communities. The EU-funded WHEATBIOME project will bring together academia, industry, food system actors and governmental authorities in six EU countries to carry out two case studies and a lab-scale demonstrator. The project will also study the role of microbial fermentation in food/feed quality and reduce food waste by recirculating wheat by-products. Another aspect of the research will be explaining the interactions between wheat (prebiotics, probiotics, bioactive compounds and immunogenic proteins) and the human/animal microbiota, and their effect on human and animal health. The findings will be used to develop farming practices for resilient and nutritious wheat crops. Specifically, the project will produce a new decision support system.
The WHEATBIOME project has received funding from the Horizon Europe work programme under grant agreement Nº 101084344. More information about the project can be found here.
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