Introduction
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Fruit trees and grapevine are propagated vegetatively and are often grafted |
| As a result they suffer from a high number of pathogens such as viruses and viroids, with some of them causing severe yield losses and reducing the productive life of the affected plants | |
| These pathogens cannot be controlled by the application of chemicals therefore the most efficient way to combat them is the production and commercialization of high quality pathogen-tested propagative material |
Objectives of VirFree
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VirFree brings together participants from both academia and privatecompanies to collaborate through their expertise on the following objectives: |
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to identify new viral and viroid strains or species affecting fruit trees and grapevine |
to optimize existing and develop novel detection methods |
to improve propagation and sanitation methods for producing high quality (virus-tested) plant material of fruit trees and grapevine |
RECENT POST
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High throughput sequencing from Angolan citrus accessions discloses the presence of emerging CTV strains
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Identification, full-length genome sequencing, and field survey of citrus vein enation virus in Italy
Citrus vein enation virus (CVEV) was described in… -
Identification and Characterization of Citrus Concave Gum-Associated Virus Infecting Citrus and Apple Trees by Serological, Molecular and High-Throughput Sequencing Approaches
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Identification of Pomegranate as a New Host of Passiflora Edulis Symptomless Virus (PeSV) and Analysis of PeSV Diversity
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Publications & Communication
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High throughput sequencing from Angolan citrus accessions discloses the presence of emerging CTV strains
Background Citrus industry is worldwide dramatically affected by outbreaks of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV). Controls should be applied to nurseries, which could act as diversity hotspots for CTV. Early detection and characterization of dangerous or… Read 1352 times Read more... -
Identification, full-length genome sequencing, and field survey of citrus vein enation virus in Italy
Citrus vein enation virus (CVEV) was described in Spain and then it has been reported in several citrus growing areas of Asia, America and Australia. Here, the occurrence of CVEV in Italy has been documented… Read 1397 times Read more... -
Identification and Characterization of Citrus Concave Gum-Associated Virus Infecting Citrus and Apple Trees by Serological, Molecular and High-Throughput Sequencing Approaches
Citrus concave gum-associated virus (CCGaV) is a negative-stranded RNA virus, first reported a few years ago in citrus trees from Italy. It has been reported in apple trees in the USA and in Brazil, suggesting… Read 1354 times Read more...
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Πρόγραμμα VirFree: Προστασία των γεωργών από το παραποιημένο και μη πιστοποιημένο πολλαπλασιαστικό υλικό
Το πρόβλημα αξιοπιστίας που αντιμετωπίζουν κάποιες φορές οι παραγωγοί και αφορά τόσο στο εγχώριο όσο και στο εισαγόμενο πολλαπλασιαστικό υλικό, έρχεται να αντιμετωπίσει το νέο ευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα VirFree. Το πρόγραμμα, το οποίο χρηματοδοτείται από τον Ορίζοντα 2020, ξεκίνησε στην Ελλάδα μόλις τις αρχές του 2017 και συγκεκριμένα τον Ιανουάριο, και σκοπό έχει να συμβάλει στη βελτίωση του πολλαπλασιαστικού υλικού αμπέλου και καρποφόρων δέντρων (κυρίως πυρηνόκαρπα και γιγαρτόκαρπα).
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Ευρωπαϊκό πρόγραμμα για το πολλαπλασιαστικό υλικό καρποφόρων δένδρων και αμπέλου
Με συντονιστή το Εργαστήριο Φυτοπαθολογίας του Αριστοτέλειου Πανεπιστήμιου Θεσσαλονίκης ξεκίνησε η υλοποίηση ευρωπαϊκού ερευνητικού προγράμματος, με τον τίτλο VirFree, για το πολλαπλασιαστικό υλικό καρποφόρων δένδρων και αμπέλου.
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Το πρόγραμμα VirFree ενώνει την εμπειρία ερευνητικών ιδρυμάτων και ιδιωτικών εταιρειών για την επίτευξη, μεταξύ άλλων, της βελτίωσης των μεθόδων πολλαπλασιασμού και εξυγίανσης πολλαπλασιαστικού καρποφόρων δένδρων και αμπέλου για την παραγωγή υψηλής ποιότητας φυτικού υλικού.
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VirFree (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016-Virus free fruit nurseries) © All Rights Reserved | This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 734736.