Institute for Genetic Improvement and Adaptation of Mediterranean and Tropical Plants (AGAP Institute)
To address the major challenges facing Mediterranean and tropical agriculture, the Agap unit aims to bring together a wide range of expertise, approaches, and resources to develop crop varieties better suited to diverse agrosystems.
In response to the major global environmental and societal challenges facing Mediterranean and tropical agriculture (food security, sustainability of agricultural systems, climate change, and the energy and ecological transition), Agap Institut mobilizes and integrates resources and knowledge on:
- the organization and diversity of genomes;
- the management and promotion of agricultural biodiversity;
- the genetic and functional bases of development and adaptation to the environment, as well as product quality;
- data integration and modeling (of plants in stands) to aid in the definition of varietal ideotypes;
- the latest phenotyping and genotyping methodologies;
- the integration of knowledge to drive plant breeding innovation and innovative breeding methods.
Serving a wide range of Mediterranean and tropical crops.
About twenty Mediterranean and tropical species are included. They are divided into three main groups: self-pollinating annuals (rice, wheat, sorghum, cotton, peanuts), species with restricted reproduction (citrus fruits, roots and tubers, bananas, sugarcane), and perennial species (eucalyptus, oil palm, apple, grapevine, olive, rubber tree, cacao). Most of these species are the subject of plant breeding programs.
To address the major challenges facing agriculture:
- food safety, the quality of the products consumed, and the expectations of consumers and the supply chains;
- the sustainability of agricultural systems and the reduction of their vulnerability, particularly in the context of climate change;
- the ecological transition of agricultural systems to reduce their environmental impact.
Label:Joint Research Unit Research UMR)
Primary sponsoring organizations: CIRAD, INRAE, InstitutAgro
Secondary sponsoring organization:UM
Research cluster:Agriculture, Environment, Biodiversity –AEB
Doctoral school: Information, Structures, Systems; Biodiversity, Agriculture, Food, Environment, Earth,Water
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