Responsable: José Enrique Ruiz Sainz
Tipo de Proyecto/Ayuda: 5º Programa Marco de la U.E.
Referencia: ICA4-CT-2001-10056
Web: http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/60018_en.html
Fecha de Inicio: 01-12-2001
Fecha de Finalización: 31-05-2005

Empresa/Organismo financiador/es:

• Commission of the European Communities (Research Directorate-General)

Socios:

• University of Manchester (Jane Thomas-Oates)
• Leiden University (Herman Spaink)
• Huazhong Agricultural University (Zhou Junchu)
• East Lake High Technology Group Co., Ltd. (Tianjian Xie)
• Beijing Agricultural University (Yang Su Sheng)
• Heilongjiang Academy of Sciences (Chunjing Guo)
• Aplicaciones Bioquímicas, S.L. (Alejandro Martinez Pena)
• University of York (aa)

Equipo:

• Contratados:
  • María del Rocío Gutiérrez Alcántara
  • José María Vinardell González

Contratados:

• Técnicos/Personal Administrativo:
  • María del Rocío Gutiérrez Alcántara

Becarios:

• Nombramiento de Becario:
  • Ángeles Hidalgo Perea
  • Isabel María Margaret Oliver

Resumen del proyecto:

The urgent need to develop commercial soybean inoculants for agronomic use to improve soybean yields in China has gone unanswered as effective inoculants for Chinese soybean cultivars are unavailable. We aim to produce high quality rhizobial inoculants for use with the soybean cultivars used in the major Chinese soybean cropping areas by isolating effective, competitive strains and developing protocols for local commercial production. Targeted fundamental studies of the best strains will underpin the applied studies, driving further improvements in the effectiveness of the strains and optimisation of their use. We expect to deliver a bilingual manual describing protocols for commercial inoculants production in China, a collection of efficient and competitive inoculants strains for local soybean cultivars, scientific results that allow us to further optimise their use, and training and exchange of expertise.