Projet EVOfruland (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Human and animal nutritional needs are mainly based on the intake of seeds and fruits which are also sources of other priceless products useful for our own well-being. For the plants themselves, the fruits are a key to seed dispersal and ensure future plant generations. Although fruits show diverse structural and seed dispersal mechanisms across flowering plants it seems that all species might share a common developmental network. Fruits, in the strictest sense, are only present in angiosperms and are mainly derived from the ovary wall. Nevertheless, fruit-like structures, used for seed dispersal are present also in Gymnosperms. This research project proposes to build an intercontinental and interdisciplinary network with the aim to elucidate the evolution of the molecular signaling and the crosstalk among different players that underpin the development of fruit and fruit-like structures. We will focus on: a) the functional evolution of key transcription factors known to be integral for fruit and fruit-like development. To build the Fruit evolutionary conserved Genetic Regulatory Network (FGRN) we will consider core eudicots such as Aethionema arabicum, the orphan crops Lepidium campestre, Solanum lycopersicon and Passiflora edulis. We will include also non-core/early diverging eudicots: Papaver somniferum, and Aristolochia fimbriata and the gymnosperms Ginkgo biloba and Taxus baccata. b) the hormonal signaling involved in the coordination and synchronization of the steps of fruit/fruit-like development c) cell wall pathways involved in pectin maturation and cellulose deposition required for fruit development. We will use a broad set of approaches such as molecular genetics, evolutionary genomics, biochemical and biophysical analyses. The consortium will be engaged in a large program of communication and dissemination of these topics with the involvement and outreach efforts of three Botanical Gardens.

Mots clés : fruit development, plant hormone cross talk, plant cell wall composition

Participants :
- Boyce thompson institute (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- New York Botanical Garden (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Methodist University of São Paulo (Brésil) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brésil) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Wageningen University & Research (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 161000.0 €
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 32200.0 €
- University of Adelaide (Australie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Flinders University (Australie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Antioquia (Colombie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of North Carolina System (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexique) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Milan (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 170200.0 €
- University of Padua (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 179400.0 €
- Spanish National Research Council (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 119600.0 €