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This project is carried out with
the financial support from the Commission of the European Communities
(contract No.QLK5-CT-2001-00953), Directorate-General Research -Quality
of Life and Management of the Living Resources Programme.
OVERVIEW
POPYOMICS is a project funded by the Fifth Framework Programme
of the EU. It will be initiated from late November 2002 and involve
10 partners from across Europe.
The over-arching aim of POPYOMICS is to use the latest techniques
in molecular genetic mapping, genomics and the physical sequence
of poplar, as available, to define gene that determine yield and
disease resistance in Populus with the aim of improving this species
for growth across Europe as a bioenergy and timber crop.
RATIONALE
In contrast to the burning of fossil fuels, bioenergy
crops are largely carbon neutral. They result in a net emission
of CO2 that is approximately 5 % of that associated with
fossil fuel use.
They could be used to make a significant contribution to the target
for emissions reduction in the EU of 8 % compared to 1990 outputs.
The long-term ambition of POPYOMICS is to develop new genotypes
of Populus with improved potential for fast growth, carbon sequestration
below ground and optimised wood production for harvest.
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