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| Role of Clavariaceae (fungi) in grassland ecosystems | |
| Duration: | - |
| Evidence number: | bez evidenčného čísla |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Adamčík Slavomír, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | United Kingdom |
| PANGEOS - Pan-European Network of Green Deal Agriculture and Forestry Earth Observation Science | |
| Duration: | 6. 11. 2023 - 5. 11. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | CA22136 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Galgóci Martin, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Klobučník Miroslav, PhD., RNDr. Kormuťák Andrej, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | The sustainability of Europe’s green resources are threatened by climate change associated environmental changes. Agricultural systems and forests are among the ecosystems mostly interlinked with human health and wellbeing due to the socio-economic services they provide. Whether heat, drought, extreme weather, or biotic stressors, conventional agriculture and forestry today is unprepared for future climate scenarios, rising populations, changing consumption habits, and traditional management practices need re-thinking. The objectives set by PANGEOS are developed in the wake of the European Green Deal strategic goals. For agriculture, these include ensuring food security in the face of climate change, strengthening the EU food system’s resilience and reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU agricultural sector towards a competitive and sustainable use and management of resources. For forestry, these span the protection, restoration and enlargement of the EU’s forests to combat climate change, reversing biodiversity loss and ensuring resilient and multifunctional forest ecosystems. To support these goals, PANGEOS aims to leverage state-of-the-art remote sensing (RS) technologies to advance field phenotyping workflows, precision agriculture/forestry practices and larger-scale operational assessments for a more sustainable management of Europe’s natural resources. We propose to bridge the gap between state-of-the-art technologies and applied sciences, to directly serve and inform academics, Young Researchers and Innovators, Inclusiveness Target Countries and Near Neighbor Countries, end-users (e.g., farmers, foresters), and stakeholders in industry and policy-makers by bringing together RS experts and applications in (1) Field Phenotyping, (2) Precision and Regenerative Agriculture, (3) Sustainable Land Management of Complex European landscapes, and (4) Uncertainty Analysis and Standardization. |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| E-NICHE - European Network In CHEmical Ecology: translating the language of life into sustainability | |
| Duration: | 6. 10. 2023 - 5. 10. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | CA22102 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Matúšová Radoslava, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Danchenko Maksym, PhD., Kryvokhyzha Maryna, PhD. |
| Annotation: | E-NICHE will help unify the different branches of chemical ecology (CE) by bringing together researchers who study natural compounds that can act as semiochemicals (i.e., communication signals). At present, collaborations among these researchers are limited because CE is an extremely fragmented field. E-NICHE will foster partnerships between (a) scientists studying aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems; (b) natural products chemists, biochemists, and ecologists; (c) vertebrate biologists and entomologists; (d) plant and animal biologists; (e) zoologists and molecular biologists; and (f) neurobiologists and microbiologists. Their interactions will generate original ideas and perspectives while simultaneously meeting societal needs, a challenge that involves the creation of new chemical formulations, novel molecules, and innovative applications for natural compounds. This work will be nourished by a deeper understanding of the living world through the lens of chemical mediation, the main system of biological communication. It will also aim to prevent the loss of the chemical biodiversity found in nature, under threat because of global changes. Consequently, E-NICHE’s overarching objective is to establish a strong, extended European CE network that catalyses international, interdisciplinary, and cross-sectoral exchanges with a view to building knowledge and intergenerational sustainable development solutions. Via the new network created by E-NICHE, researchers will broaden their breadth of knowledge, define new research directions, and transform their discoveries into pioneering solutions. |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22102/#tabs+Name:Description |
| RECROP - Reproductive Enhancement of CROP resilience to extreme climate | |
| Duration: | 4. 10. 2023 - 3. 10. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | CA22157 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Lakhneko Olha, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Danchenko Maksym, PhD., MSc. Kale Rohan Arjun, Kryvokhyzha Maryna, PhD., MSc. Mishra Shubhi |
| Annotation: | Climate change is a threat for food security as extreme weather phenomena will reduce the yield of all major crops. Grain and fruit crops which consist the core of human diet are particularly vulnerable due to the sensitivity of sexual reproduction process to abiotic stresses. Consequently, there is an urgent need to generate elite varieties with enhanced reproductive stress resilience. RECROP (Reproductive Enhancement of CROP resilience to extreme climate) is a team of agronomists, physiologists, geneticists, biologists, bioinformaticians and researchers from the field of Machine Learning from public organizations and private sector which will use holistic approaches to understand the grounds of crop sensitivity and design solutions for yield stimulation in the era of climate change. RECROP aims to: (1) Identify the genetic, molecular, and physiological makeup of the sensitivity of crop reproduction, (2) Create a roadmap for the generation of resilient crops, and (3) Provide guidelines of exogenous treatments to increase resilience in a sustainable manner and push the limits of the genetically inherited stress tolerance. The aims will be fulfilled by four Working Groups (WGs) which in addition to research discussions will organize training schools, workshops, conferences, and dissemination activities. RECROP will actively support Early Stage Career researchers through training and networking and support interactions with Near Neighbouring and partner COST countries. RECROP members will be actively involved in building communication channels with Policy Makers to provide scientific advice and support them in scientific-based context of future policies on biotechnology, technology and agriculture sectors. |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Israel, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| SUSTAIN - Sustainable use of salt-affected lands | |
| Duration: | 3. 10. 2023 - 2. 10. 2027 |
| Evidence number: | CA22144 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Mistríková Veronika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Hricová Andrea, PhD., Mgr. Hunková Júlia, PhD., MVDr. Kačírová Jana, PhD., Mgr. Lisinovičová Monika, Ing. Szabóová Monika, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Salinisation, the accumulation of water-soluble salts in the soil, is one of the major causes of soil degradation affecting 833 million hectares of land and 1.5 billion inhabitants worldwide. However, these lands can be used by applying saline agriculture, involving soil, water and salt-tolerant crop management methods. Cultivation of salt-affected lands aids in addressing food and water security in the times of progressing climate change and population growth. As a result, there is an urgent need to create a network of research and practice and foster the sustainable use of salt-affected lands. This COST Action aims to build a global transdisciplinary network of scientific experts and engaged stakeholders in the field of salinity research in the context of food security, sustainability and the intensifying climate crisis. Our activities will focus on: (i) understanding responses to heterogeneous soil salinity and other combined stresses in the soil-rhizosphere-plant continuum; (ii) building a knowledge-base to improve water and soil management, and crop production on salt-affected lands; (iii) showcasing the total value of salt-affected lands and saline landscapes; (iv) connecting various stakeholders involved in saline agriculture; and (v) developing targeted policy frameworks for the proper salinisation management, bringing saline agriculture as a complementary component in the European food security agenda for coastal and inland salt-affected lands. Mutual knowledge exchange and sharing best practices will contribute to more sustainable use of salt-affected lands and enhance the resilience of the landscape as a whole. |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22144/#tabs+Name:Description |
| COPYTREE - European Network for Innovative Woody Plant Cloning | |
| Duration: | 24. 10. 2022 - 23. 10. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA21157 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Perniš Miroslav, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Danchenko Maksym, PhD., Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., Mgr. Mravec Jozef, PhD., RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | In vitro culture of woody plants is leaving the academic laboratories and is now being developed in a range of commercial applications in horticulture and forestry that respond to the challenges of climate change and changing global food and wood consumption habits. It is therefore urgent that the research challenges, public acceptance, risk assessment and commercial application are confronted now in order to establish a well informed scientific community, policy makers and market place. This proposal concerns the following challenges, whose solution will have a significant scientific, social and economic impact: How can we overcome recalcitrance in a lot of woody plants? What are the best tools for diagnosis, sanitation and storing clean stocks? How can the production of elite clones be scaled up at a acceptable price? What are the real risks of this technology and how can the public be informed so that they appreciate and accept the applications ? How can foresters and landowners be persuaded to invest in planting poly-clonal forests? Taking these aspects into account, it seems more than urgent to us to set up a European network to connect the researchers involved from various domains, so that they can share innovations and develop new research strategies, assess the risks of the technology and improve communication with stakeholders and the general public. |
| Partner countries: | Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21157/ |
| SMILES - Enhancing Small-Medium IsLands resilience by securing the sustainability of Ecosystem Services | |
| Duration: | 22. 9. 2022 - 21. 9. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA 21105 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Šibík Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: | xx |
| FULLRECO4US - Cross-border transfer and development of sustainable resource recovery strategies towards zero waste | |
| Duration: | 28. 9. 2021 - 27. 9. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA20133 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Ing. Szabóová Monika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Hricová Andrea, PhD., Mgr. Hunková Júlia, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Waste is being generated as a result of population growth, industrialization, and improvement of human standard of living. In the absence of efficient waste management systems, waste ends in landfills and in the environment (through informal discharges) leading to pollution and to a linear economy. Due to increasing awareness of the deleterious effects on the environment and human health, policies are being gradually implemented to motivate a mindset shift from linear to circular (bio)economies and decouple economic growth from use of resources. Full waste recycling and valorization will play a crucial role in the establishment of sustainable circular (bio)economies. Although waste recycling and valorization strategies have started to be implemented across borders within Europe, their implementation level is not homogenous and harmonization is needed. FULLRECO4US is an answer to this need and will function as a discussion platform centred on holistic approaches to waste recycling and valorization, and on the development of new cross-border interdisciplinary and intersectoral networks. These networks, in turn, will cooperate in the development of feasible and environmentally-friendly resource recovery approaches that can be translated into, e.g., competitive research funding applications and contribute to building research and innovation capacity within Europe and beyond. FULLRECO4US will include a set of networking activities such as Short-Term Scientific Missions, Workshops, Conference and Symposium attendance, supported by Working Groups focused on genesis of holistic approaches for waste recycling and valorization, engagement of stakeholders, and on dissemination and communication of Action’s results to enhance impact, consensus, and harmonization of newly built strategies. |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA20133/ |
| Network on water-energy-food Nexus for a low-carbon economy in Europe and beyond | |
| Duration: | 25. 5. 2021 - 24. 5. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA20138 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Ing. Szabóová Monika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Hricová Andrea, PhD., Mgr. Mistríková Veronika, PhD. |
| Annotation: | An international network of researchers is working with policymakers and the business sector to better understand how the water-energy-food Nexus fosters policy coherence in the domains of water, energy and food, supporting the transition towards a circular and low-carbon economy in Europe. Focus is on job creation, enhancing wellbeing and care for the environment. The Nexus concept is tested at different scales (i.e. local, regional, national, European), while the international dimension is explored through the involvement of international proposers. More Nexus-compliant practices are foreseen through a knowledge sharing hub at European level and beyond. Public-private initiatives pave the path for Nexus compliant practices, building on network members’ advice. NEXUSNET will deliver examples of nexus compliant decision making, and recommendations to best achieve them, to come-up with an overview of Good Nexus Practices in Europe (policy coherence, Nexus-compliant practices and more coherent nexus evaluations). Transdisciplinary approaches are adopted to test Nexus compliant practices with the involvement of relevant stakeholders, while interaction and engagement with current and finished Nexus-related projects will be pursued. Academic Nexus knowledge will be translated into practical and applicable knowledge for the private sector or policy makers. A series of intense knowledge transfer and dissemination actions are planned to ensure that the network will have a significant impact in Europe and beyond. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| PLANTMETALS - Trace metal metabolism in plants | |
| Duration: | 8. 10. 2020 - 7. 10. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA19116 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | doc. RNDr. Vaculík Marek, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Many trace metals (TMs) (e.g. Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Zn) are essential for organisms as active centres of enzymes, as about one third of all proteins are metalloproteins. Therefore, TM homeostasis in plants is at the core of many challenges currently facing agriculture and human societies. Low TM bioavailability in many soil types of large world areas causes a reduction in crop production and diminishes nutritional value of food. Some essential TMs (e.g. Cu) have narrow beneficial concentration ranges, while others (e.g. Cd, Hg) are usually only toxic, and in many areas of the world metal toxicity is a severe agricultural and environmental problem. For environmental risk assessment and remediation, as well as improved agriculture (targeted fertilisation and breeding), the mechanisms of TM uptake, distribution, speciation, physiological use, deficiency, toxicity and detoxification need to be better understood. This Action aims at elucidating them by the combined expertise of researchers (physiologists, (bio)physicists, (bio)(geo)chemists, molecular geneticists, ecologists, agronomists and soil scientists). It furthermore aims at making this knowledge applicable to the needs of farmers and consumers, with input from companies for translating laboratory results into applied products. This shall be done by integrated scientific, communication and dissemination activities, pooling together our research efforts. Regular meetings within and between the workgroups of this COST Action, training workshops for young scientists, as well as by technology transfer meetings will be organised in cooperation with the partner companies within the Action, as well as producers and merchants of micronutrient fertilisers. |
| Partner countries: | Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19116/ |
| EPI-CATCH - EPIgenetic mechanisms of Crop Adaptation To Climate cHange | |
| Duration: | 17. 9. 2020 - 16. 9. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA19125 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Ing. Hricová Andrea, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | MVDr. Kačírová Jana, PhD., Ing. Szabóová Monika, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The ultimate objective of this proposed COST action is to define, develop, generate and share new breaking knowledge and methodologies for the investigation of epigenetic mechanisms modulating plant adaptation to environmental stresses driven by climate change. So far, no international network has been created with the aim of standardizing methodology in plant epigenetics/epigenomics and better integrate these data with other “omic” approaches. EPI-CATCH will create a pan-European framework for networking in this under-investigated research field. This COST Action will use a unique cross-disciplinary approach that brings together industrial developers, molecular geneticists, molecular biologists, crop breeders, agronomists, plant pathologists, and bioinformaticians. EPI-CATCH will explore new frontiers on both innovative and translational research targeting the new challenges in plant epigenetics. Four main specific objectives will be addressed by four working groups : 1) update of the most recent findings in crop epigenomics related to climate change, 2) development of new concepts and approaches in crop epigenetics and epigenomics that can be transferable in other living organisms, 3) establishment of common standardized pipelines, methods and workflows for generation, analysis and interpretation of epigenetic/epigenomic data, 4) an intense output dissemination and training for early-career scientists. The methodologies, concepts and ideas developed by EPI-CATCH will assist stakeholders to develop future innovative technologies to enhance environmental sustainability of agriculture in a rapid climate change scenario. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19125/#tabs|Name:overview |
| ELTtoEFDi - Evolutionary legacy of the Turkish flora and its influence on formation of the European plant diversity: Evidence from genome to ecology | |
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2021 - 30. 6. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | 475542 |
| Program: | JRP |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | xx |
| Partner countries: | Turkey |
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| ConservePlants - Biodiversity of temperate forest taxa orienting management sustainability by unifying perspectives | |
| Duration: | 13. 11. 2019 - 12. 11. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA18207 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Šibík Jozef, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Šibíková Mária, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The main aim and objective of the Action is to The Action challenge is to substantially increase the degree of management sustainability of European forest ecosystems in order to maintain their social, environmental and economic values in the long-term. It will be addressed by establishing a knowledge platform able to standardize and apply the existing information on forest biodiversity. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Moldova, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18207 |
| Ex situ conservation of conifer tree species using in vitro cultures and cryopreservation techniques - in the frame of An integrated approach to conservation of threatened plants for the 21st Century | |
| Duration: | 15. 10. 2019 - 14. 10. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA18201 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Ihradská Veronika, Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., Mgr. Perniš Miroslav, PhD., doc. RNDr. Salaj Ján, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | The overarching aim of this Action is to improve plant conservation in Europe through the establishment of a network of scientists and other stakeholders who deal with different aspects of plant conservation, from plant taxonomy, ecology, conservation genetics, conservation physiology and reproductive biology to protected area\'s managers.The aim of research group at IPGB PSBC SAS is the study of somatic embryogenesis, including initiation of the process, maturation as well as plantlet regeneration in Pinus nigra, Abies alba and Abies hybrids. The study will be focused on physiological, biochemical as well as structural aspects, important for understanding of the mechanism underlying somatic embryogenesis. For cryopreservation of embryogenic tissue the slow-freezing method, suitable for unorganised cell and tissue cultures, will be used. |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18201 |
| An integrated approach to conservation of threatened plants for the 21st Century | |
| Duration: | 15. 10. 2019 - 14. 10. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA18201 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Šibíková Mária, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Čahojová Lucia, Mgr. Podroužková Medvecká Jana, PhD., RNDr. Šibík Jozef, PhD., Mgr. Žemlová Silvia |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Belgium, Slovakia |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18201 |
| SOURDOmiCS - SOURDOugh biotechnology network towards novel, healthier and sustainable food and bioprocesses | |
| Duration: | 10. 4. 2019 - 9. 10. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA18101 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Ing. Hricová Andrea, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Gajdošová Alena, CSc., Ing. Szabóová Monika, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Traditional sourdough bread resorts to spontaneous fermentations leading to natural selections of microorganisms, mainly yeasts and lactic acid bacteria. Such microorganisms are essentially beneficial to humans and, concomitantly, inhibits propagation of undesirable microbiota. Sourdough fermentation was probably one of the first microbial processes employed by Man for food production and preservation. Sourdough bread stills widely manufactured at farm level across Europe and worldwide and is highly appreciated by consumers for its distinct flavour, texture and healthy attributes. Through a bottom-up approach, this COST Action network brings together a multidisciplinary group of scientists and SMEs/LEs dedicated for many decades to study cereals and sourdough technologies. In upstream, it aims at exploitation autochthonous (pseudo)cereals with good baking, nutritional and healthy attributes, while promoting a sustainable agriculture and preserving genetic diversity. Simultaneously, aims at contributing to develop new business opportunities to local farmers through their engagement into food processing with shared small-scale breadmaking facilities, and the integration into industrial and trade chains. Such features are in agreement with European Agenda for Food and Environment. In downstream, the biotechnological sourdough fermentation exploitation comprises several objectives: design starter cultures with a wide range of biotechnological applications; production of healthy and tasty varieties of bread, thus catalysing changes in consumers\' diets and market orientations; production of high-added value metabolites resorting to sourdough microbiota; and valorisation of by-products from cereal production and sourdough technologies. |
| Partner countries: | Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18101/#tabs|Name:overview |
| Genome editing in plants - a technology with transformative potential | |
| Duration: | 25. 4. 2019 - 24. 4. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA18111 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Ing. Jopčík Martin , PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Libantová Jana, CSc., Ing. Rajninec Miroslav |
| Annotation: | A great challenge of this century is to provide adequate nutrition for an increasing global population while developing a more socially, economically and environmentally sustainable agriculture that counters climate change, biodiversity loss and degradation of arable land. Plant research and breeding are very important in meeting this challenge. Building on scientific progress, a number of genome editing techniques have been developed over the past two decades allowing an unprecedented level of precision in our control over genetic material and its corresponding traits.This COST Action will bring together expertise from a range of disciplines to evaluate plant genome editing techniques and their resulting products from various perspectives. The findings will serve to design a roadmap for directing and facilitating applications of genome editing in plant research and breeding, which in turn will help setting R&D priorities and stimulating further cross-national and cross-disciplinary collaborations. |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18111/#tabs|Name:overview |
| COST ETN - The European Aquatic Animal Tracking Network | |
| Duration: | 1. 4. 2019 - 31. 3. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA18102 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pekárik Ladislav, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Telemetry is a commonly applied method to investigate the ecology and movement behaviour of aquatic species in relation to their environment. It provides a scientific basis for management and conservation and has significantly improved our understanding of ecosystem functioning and dynamics. More specifically, telemetry provides valuable data that can be used in many policies and directives. As a result, large scale nationally and regionally managed initiatives were implemented around the globe in recent years. Although there is a large and growing number of researchers in Europe using biotelemetry to study aquatic animals and answer management-related questions, there is a stringent lack of in-field telemetry collaborations in Europe. This situation represents a substantial loss of opportunities for: scientific excellence, funding opportunities and competitivity of European SME on the international biotelemetry market. With this COST Action, we want to close this gap and the overarching objective is to ensure a transition from a loosely-coordinated set of existing regional telemetry initiatives to a sustainable, efficient, and integrated pan-European biotelemetry network embedded in the international context of already existing initiatives. This will be achieved through working group meetings, workshops, training courses and scientific missions focused on: 1) Implementing a centralised European database, requirements and policy mapped to the data standards of existing international biotelemetry data systems, 2) improve the usefulness and inter-applicability of currently available technology and foster technological advancements, 3) promoting the establishment of key telemetry infrastructure and research on key species, and 4) provide continuous training opportunities and disseminate knowledge to the stakeholders\' community. |
| Partner countries: | Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States |
| Project website: | http://www.lifewatch.be/etn/ |
| G-BIKE - Genomic biodiversity knowledge for resilient ecosystems | |
| Duration: | 1. 3. 2019 - 31. 3. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA18134 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Čiampor Fedor, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Čejka Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Čiamporová-Zaťovičová Zuzana, PhD., Mgr. Pekárik Ladislav, PhD. |
| Annotation: | In a rapidly changing environment the resilience of ecosystems depends ultimately on species adaptability. G-BIKE will enable standard and routine tools for assessing, monitoring and managing the genetic resilience and related adaptive potential of wild and captive populations. Although genetic data can be obtained for most organisms, the standardization of protocols for detecting and monitoring species’ genetic diversity, and their potential for adaptation, is still lacking. G-BIKE will assist scientists and practitioners across the EU and particularly in COST Inclusiveness Target Countries to integrate genetic and evolutionary knowledge into conservation planning policies, and to promote cross-border management and long term monitoring programs of evolutionary potential in order to ensure persistence of populations and species, and ultimately the continued supply of nature-based ecosystem services. Considering the drastic impacts of climate change during the coming decades, G-BIKE is especially urgent. The following aims will be accomplished by involving a balanced representation of scientists and practitioners from a diversity of countries: 1) clearly articulating for managers how genetic diversity can support ecosystems; 2) developing and testing best practice protocols for monitoring genetic diversity in time and space; 3) providing an online forum on emerging tools; 4) connecting all stakeholders through networking and training opportunities; 4) building a network of conservation genetics labs; 5) building a foundation for long term impact. |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18134 |
| DiSSCo Prepare - Distributed System of Scientific Collections – Preparatory Phase Project | |
| Duration: | 1. 2. 2020 - 31. 1. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | 871043 |
| Program: | Horizont 2020 |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Smatanová Janka, Mgr. Šlenker Marek, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The premise of the project of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures ESFRI – DiSSCo is the fact the European natural history collections comprise approx. 1.5 billion biological and geological objects, which represents approx. 55 % of the world collections and documents approx. 80 % of known current and past biological and geological diversity on the Earth. The aim of the project is to prepare pan European distributed system of interconnected natural history collections. The current state of affairs, when collections are fragmented and information about them are mostly not digitized should be changed into integrated data pan European infrastructure. As part of the Slovak participation in this infrastructure, we expect in long term, depending on the extent of national funding provided to this ESFRI project, digitalisation of all botanical, mycological and zoological collections in our country. We expect also digitalisation of existing literature records on the distribution of plants, fungi and animals in Slovakia that are currently mostly available in analogue form only. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://www.dissco.eu/prepare/ |
| Tracking the effects of the whole-genome multiplication on clonal reproduction in plants | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2021 - 31. 12. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | Mob-Open-05-20 |
| Program: | Open Mobility |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Šingliarová Barbora, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Skokanová Katarína, PhD., Mgr. Šlenker Marek, PhD., Mgr. Zozomová Judita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Polyploidy, the state when organism posses three or more haploid sets of chromosomes, is a widespread phenomenon generating evolutionary innovations in angiosperms. However, initially neopolyploids originating via the whole genome multiplication within one species (autopolyploids) suffer by reduced fitness compared to diploid ancestors due to disturbed meiosis and negative effects of majority-minority cytotype interactions. Enhanced clonal reproduction might increase chances for successful establishment and thus evolution of neopolyploids. It is largely unknown whether polyploidization is a cause or consequence of increased clonal growth, what the underlying factors are and what is the ecological impact of such a shift in reproduction between closely related cytotypes. In this project we use diploid – autopolyploid Pilosella rhodopea occuring in Balkan mountain ranges as a model species and a combination of field, experimental and anatomical approaches to tackle these issues. Our project will help understand effects of autopolyploidization on evolution of new reproductive traits in angiosperms. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| MOBILISE - Mobilising Data, Policies and Experts in Scientific Collections | |
| Duration: | 1. 10. 2018 - 1. 10. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA17106 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Kučera Jaromír, PhD., Mgr. Smatanová Janka, RNDr. Španiel Stanislav, PhD. |
| Annotation: | European Natural Science Collections host approximately 1.5 billion biological and geological collection objects, which represent about 80% of the known current and past biological and geological diversity on earth. The scope of this MOBILISE is to foster a cooperative network in Europe to support excellent research activities, and facilitate knowledge and technology transfer around natural science collections. This will prepare the ground for a future pan-European Distributed System of Scientific Collections.The COST Action MOBILISE will: (1) Facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technology between researchers, domain specialists, data aggregators and industry by networking activities, events, workshops and trainings (“Open to the world”)(2) Promote the development of innovative techniques and coordinated prioritisation to increase efficiency of large scale collection digitisation and mobilisation (“Open innovation”)(3) Raise awareness about the need in science and society that, apart from physical access, sustainable data access infrastructures are an integral component of biodiversity research (“Open access”) |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| NaturaSat - software for exploring Natura 2000 habitats by satellite data | |
| Duration: | 1. 10. 2020 - 30. 9. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | ESA-IPL-PTS-PECS-LE-2020-160 |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Šibíková Mária, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The presented proposal represents convergence research solving complex questions requiring a multidisciplinary approach. It integrates knowledge of fieldwork scientists, mathematicians, and stakeholders focusing on habitat use and nature conservancy – especially the Natura 2000 network.The project objective is to build up the NaturaSat software allowing botanists, environmentalists, and nature conservationists across Europe to explore Natura 2000 habitats by using Sentinel-2 optical data. Achieving the project goals will guarantee the accurate area identification and classification of European protected habitats and continuous monitoring of their Spatio-temporal distribution and quality by the NaturaSat software.The project builds on the successful solution of the first phase, supported by ESA. We created a software prototype - NATURASAT, which should now be completed and tested in practice for its subsequent use by interested organizations or the private sector. |
| Increasing understanding of alien species through citizen science – Alien CSI | |
| Duration: | 1. 6. 2018 - 30. 6. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA17122 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pekárik Ladislav, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Restoration of sterlet populations in the Austrian Danube - LIFE | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2015 - 30. 6. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | LIFE14 NAT/AT/000057 |
| Program: | LIFE |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pekárik Ladislav, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Austria |
| KEW - Conserving the endemic flora of the Carpathian region | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2019 - 30. 6. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Iné |
| Project leader: | Ing. Kučera Jaromír, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Gbúrová Štubňová Eliška, PhD., Mgr. Slovák Marek, PhD., RNDr. Šibík Jozef, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: | RNDr. Peter Turis (Správa NP Nízke Tatry), RNDr. Ján Kliment, CSc. (Botanická záhrada Univerzity Komenského, pracovisko Blatnica) |
| Annotation: | This project cover seed collecting and research activities of vascular plants in Carpathian region with special focus on Carpathian endemics, sub-endemics, and regional endangered species found at the edge of their distribution. In 2017 was developed Carpathians research network which connecting experts from five different countries. Project is managed by our Institution and finnaced by RGB Kew. The main aims of the project are: ex situ conservation of seeds – seed banking; comprehensive biosystematic investigation of selected Carpathian endemic taxa and taxa groups (we selected five different model genera which include Carpathian endemics – Carex curvula agg., D. arbuscula Čelak. and D. petraea Leyb., Soldanella L.: sect. Soldanella, Draba L.: sect. Aizopsis, sect. Chrysodraba and sect. Leucodraba, Silene zawadzkii Herbich); and developing a detailed distribution database for the entire endemic flora of the Carpathians and publishing the Flora Endemica Carpatica monograph. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic, France, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
| Knowledge conversion for enhancing management of European riparian ecosystems and services | |
| Duration: | 9. 11. 2017 - 30. 5. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA16208 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Šibíková Mária, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United States |
| DNAqua-Net - Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems in Europe | |
| Duration: | 20. 10. 2016 - 30. 4. 2021 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA15219 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Čiampor Fedor, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Čiamporová-Zaťovičová Zuzana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The protection, preservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems and their functions is of global importance. For European states it became legally binding mainly through the EU-Water Framework Directive (WFD). In order to assess the ecological status of a given water body, aquatic biodiversity data are obtained and compared to a reference water body. The quantified mismatch thus obtained determines the extent of potential management actions. The current approach to biodiversity assessment is based on morpho-taxonomy. This approach has many drawback such as being time consuming, limited in temporal and spatial resolution, and error-prone due to variation of individual taxonomic expertise of the analysts. Novel genomic tools can overcome many of the aforesaid problems and could complement or even replace traditional bioassessment. Yet, a plethora of approaches are independently developed in different institutions, thereby hampering any concerted routine application. The goal of this Action is to nucleate a group of researchers across disciplines with the task to identify gold-standard genomic tools and novel eco-genomic indices for routine application for biodiversity assessments of European water bodies. Furthermore, DNAqua-Net will provide a platform for training of the next generation of European researchers preparing them for the new technologies. Jointly with water managers, politicians and other stakeholders, the group will develop a conceptual framework for the standard application of eco-genomic tools as part of legally binding assessments. |
| Partner countries: | Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay |
| Project website: | http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/ca/CA15219, http://www.dnaqua.net |
| Chasmophyte communities – important habitat of rare and endemic plant species | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2018 - 31. 12. 2020 |
| Evidence number: | SAV-BAS 18-13 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Valachovič Milan, DrSc. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| Ecological and geographical peculiarities and main migration ways of invasive plant species in the border area of Ukraine and Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 6. 4. 2017 - 31. 12. 2019 |
| Evidence number: | 18 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Májeková Jana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Podroužková Medvecká Jana, PhD., RNDr. Zaliberová Mária, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project is intended to clarify the main factors playing the key role in modern dynamic trends of invasive species in the border area of Ukraine and Slovakia. These data will form the scientific foundations of monitoring of invasive species and control of their dispersal. As a result of the joint Ukrainian-Slovak project, ecological, coenological and geographical peculiarities of invasive species on the border area of Ukraine and Slovakia will be established, and for the first time the expansion trends and main migration routes of invasive species in the regions will be assessed. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| BENDIS - A next generation plant biostimulant based on strigolactones included into stimuli responsive nanoformulation | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2018 - 31. 12. 2019 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Horizont 2020 |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Matúšová Radoslava, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Kleman Juraj, Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | The BENDIS project aims to integrate technologies for the industrial production of a next generation plant biostimulant based on strigolactones (SL) analogs and mimics, included into a stimulus controlled release nanoformulation. A better harnessing of exogenously applied SL analogues/mimics requires such formulations, which protect SL from rapid degradation and promote their steady release at the biologically active concentrations under controlled conditions – i.e. root mediated pH changes in the soil. |
| Partner countries: | Romania, Slovakia |
| NATURAsat - Software tools for monitoring NATURA 2000 habitats by satellite images | |
| Duration: | 1. 12. 2017 - 30. 11. 2019 |
| Evidence number: | ESA No. 4000122575/17/NL/SC |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Šibíková Mária, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Šibík Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The objective of the project is to exactly localize and classify NATURA 2000 habitats in territory of Slovakia and to monitor their dynamics and qualitative changes by dedicated image segmentation software. The localization, classification and dynamic space-time segmentation and tracking will be based on processing and analysis of Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar data (SAR), Sentinel-2 multispectral imaging data and its combination. We will provide proof-of-concept and feasibility of our strategies for NATURA 2000 habitats classification and monitoring their dynamics by using the Earth observation data. To that goal we shall develop software prototype suitable for botanists and nature conservationists. We will also identify potential software users among environmental organizations in Slovakia. The proposed project represents preparatory activity, a feasibility study of suggested research concept and software development. The outputs will be novel at the world-wide level, with great potential to be used not only in Slovakia but across the whole Europe. This preparatory study will lead to future R&D projects with the aim to develop alpha and beta versions of dedicated software for segmentation and tracking of NATURA 2000 habitats. |
| Partner countries: | Slovakia |
| The optimization of the conditions for in vitro reproduction and cultivation of non-traditional fruit lianes Actinidia arguta and Schisandra chinensis cultivars (Ukrainian selection) | |
| Duration: | 6. 4. 2017 - 6. 4. 2019 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Libiaková Gabriela, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Gajdošová Alena, CSc., Mgr. Hunková Júlia, PhD. |
| Annotation: | This project will initiate cooperation between Institutions in the area of plant micropropagation and will promote level of research. The realization of the project will enable to successfully propagate and cultivate the valuable species for human health (Actinidia arguta and Schizandra chinensis), which will have commercial effect and social and ecological value. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| iPLANTA - Modifying plants to produce interfering RNA | |
| Duration: | 27. 10. 2016 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | COST CA 15223 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Boszorádová Eva, PhD., RNDr. Gregorová Zuzana, PhD., doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: | Mgr. Mária Zimová - externý doktorand |
| Annotation: | Modern research has identified the high potential of carnivorous plants for biotechnological use. However, regulatory mechanisms in biological and metabolic processes in these plants have not yet been elucidated. Different types of small RNA have an important role in these processes. These molecules regulate various aspects of plant developmental processes and are also involved in regulating the response of plants to environmental stress. The project focuses on the isolation and analysis of these molecules in Drosera plants. Insulating kits and available protocols will be the starting point, but the optimization of procedures will be necessary for the problem of these plants\' knits. The obtained protocols for the isolation and analysis of small RNAs are a prerequisite for research into the regulation of individual processes in carnivorous plants such as prey digestion or nutrient recovery, environmental stress responses. |
| Partner countries: | Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden |
| Contribution of IB SAS to the international project Millenium Seed Bank | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Iné |
| Project leader: | Ing. Kučera Jaromír, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Kučera Jaromír, PhD., prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc., Mgr. Slovák Marek, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The MSB project is the largest ex situ plant conservation programme in the world. Project focus is on global plant life faced with the threat of extinction and plants of most use for the future. The seeds we save are conserved in seed banks as an insurance against the risk of extinction in their native habitat. Working with network of partners across 80 countries, were successfully banked over 13% of the world\'s wild plant species. The main goal of the project is to save 25% of those species with bankable seeds by 2020 (75,000 species). IB SAS coordinate seeds colection actvities in Slovakia. Target taxa for seed collecting are endemics, endangered and invasive plants. Seeds are stored at MSB Kew and at Gene Bank in Piešťany. Since 2007 were collected and stored from Slovakia 752 taxa. In future we plan to cover with cooperation of several Institutions from relevant countries whole Carpathians area as well as Balkan Peninsula. |
| Partner countries: | United Kingdom |
| Somatic embryogenesis in selected conifer species: initiation of embryogenic tissues, their maintenance, maturation of somatic embryos and plantlet regeneration | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | 15 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., RNDr. Matúšová Radoslava, PhD., doc. RNDr. Salaj Ján, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is an in vitro process of embryo differentiation from somatic cells of a plant body. In conifers the process involves several steps as: initiation of embryogenic tissues, their maintenance, somatic embryo maturation and plantlet (somatic seedlings) regeneration. Each step requires specific conditions and is affected by several factors. The submitted proposal intends to study the individual steps of SE, mostly the effect of primary explant developmental stage, plant growth regulators influence as well as osmotic potential of the culture medium. Species as Abies alba, Pinus sylvestris and Pinus nigra will be included as experimental material. |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| Stress-inducible expression of arabinogalactans and defence-related proteins in relation to androgenesis initiation | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | SAV-PAV č. 11 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Boszorádová Eva, PhD., RNDr. Gregorová Zuzana, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: | Mgr. Mária Zimová |
| Annotation: | Understanding of mechanisms leading to plant embryogenesis under inducible stress conditions (e.g. temperature and/or osmotic stress) at the molecular level is crucial in crop improvement. To overcome resistance of genotypes to microspore embryogenesis (ME) under in vitro conditions, selectable markers for responsiveness/recalcitrance are essential to be identified. Pathogenesis-related proteins (PRs, PR3; chitinases) involved in the plant defence (a)biotic responses with arabinogalactans (AGPs), probably functioned in cell division, differentiation and development, seem to be good candidates. The aim of this project is to characterize the expression of PR3 and AGPs in relation to ME induction effectiveness in rye (Secale cereale L.). |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| Study of the dynamic behaviour of SnRK1.1 by advanced fluorescence microscopy techniques in planta | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2018 - 30. 6. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | S/ARG 17-02 |
| Program: | ICGEB |
| Project leader: | doc. RNDr. Jásik Ján, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | The evolutionary conserved TOR and SnRK1 kinase complexes are key regulators in adjusting plant cellular metabolism in response to cellular energy status. During starvation, growth promoting conditions or situations of excess of energy, the function of these complexes is to reach a metabolic homeostasis by establishing anabolic or catabolic regimes. Both complexes deploy a wide variety of molecular mechanisms to fulfil this function (e.g. wide-ranging transcriptional reprogramming, translational regulation and/or metabolic reprogramming). Sugar content is considered one of the candidates to be the energy level signal, though how this information is perceived by TOR and SnRK1. Having as premise that SnRK1 might be receiving this information in a specific intracellular location, we conducted thoughtful localisation studies of this kinase. The analysis of SnRK1 dynamic behaviour, together with similar studies conducted on TOR, provides novel evidence about the energy sensing mechanisms and the crosstalk between these two main regulatory pathways. To sum up, our work introduces a new model of the interaction of TOR and SnRK1 and the putative mechanisms that relate them with the energy production in plant cells. |
| Partner countries: | Argentina |
| The quest for tolerant varieties - Phenotyping at plant and cellular level | |
| Duration: | 22. 5. 2014 - 21. 5. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | COST FA1306 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on the study of physiological, biochemical and structural aspects of somatic embryogenesis. Somatic embryogenesis is development of embryos from somatic cells of a plant body under in vitro conditions. The process involves several steps as initiation of embryogenic tissues, maturation and germination of somatic embryos and transfer to soil. Each of the mentioned steps will be studied in details with aim to improve the process. The role of nutrient medium composition and explants will be tested for the initiation.The structure of somatic embryos will be followed by light microscopy.For maintenance of embryogenic tissues solid or liquid media will be used as well as for their long-term cultivation the method of cryopreservation will be tested. The maturation of somatic embryos is a very important step resulting in the whole plant (somatic seedlings) regeneration. The project focuses also on the optimization of maturation process and plantlet regeneration. An important part of the project is the study of embryogenic tissues and comparison to nonembryogenic callus culture by analysis using proteomic methods to get deeper insight to the process of somatic embryogenesis. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| NNEXT - Non-native tree species for european forests - experiences, risks and opportunities | |
| Duration: | 3. 6. 2014 - 13. 5. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | COST FP1403 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kormuťák Andrej, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | The management of tree species non-native to European geographical regions has a long tradition within forestry management practice. Their introduction to Europe (initially focussed on growing tree species) dates back to the 18th century when enormous demands were being made on natural resources to sustain the on-going industrialization of Europe. Today issues of biomass production and C sequestration as well as the question of whether these species could increase the adaptive capacity of forests to long-term climate change patterns have fuelled a growing interest in non-native tree species in Europe. In order to determine their fullest potential (and associated management options, but also assess associated risks and challenges) the need for a communication platform allowing for discussion with stakeholder groups from within anf beyond European borders, is argued. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Looking for suitable genetic markers for species recognison in Russula subgenus Polychromidia | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | 15-63/16 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Adamčík Slavomír, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Response of Norway spruce somatic embryos to abiotic stresses | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | SAV-AV ČR 15-06 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Boszorádová Eva, PhD., RNDr. Gregorová Zuzana, PhD., Ing. Jopčík Martin, PhD., Ing. Libantová Jana, CSc., doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project is to evaluate the response of Norway spruce somatic embryos to abiotic stresses. Somatic embryos will be exposed to different desiccation treatments (high temperature and decreased humidity) and to different doses of UV-B radiation. The alterations of activities of polyamine biosynthetic enzymes and contents of polyamines, abscisic acid (a key endogenous messenger in a plant\'s response to stresses) and the extent of lipid peroxidation will be evaluated in somatic embryos cultured in stress conditions. The histochemical tests for the presence of polyphenolic substances after the exposure of embryos to UV-B radiationwill complete the biochemical analyses.The collaboration with the Slovak group will complement the research with studies of the family of chitinases at molecular level that will enable to study contemporarily the isoforms important for embryo development as well as dynamics of ongoing stress. The use of somatic embryos will facilitate detailed studies of early physiological responses to various kinds of environmental stresses. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Remarkable elements of lichenbiota of important biotopes of Slovakia and the Czech Republic (SAV-AV ČR 16-07 | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | SAV-AV ČR 16-07 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Košuthová Alica, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Clonal Plant Response to Disturbance in the Tatras | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2016 - 1. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | UNCO 2016 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Šibík Jozef, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | United States |
| PlantDNAtoleranc - Plant adaptation to heavy metal and radioactive pollution | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2014 - 31. 10. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | 612587 |
| Program: | APVV |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Hajduch Martin, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Gábrišová Daša, PhD., Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., Ing. Lancíková Veronika, PhD., Ing. Škultéty Ľudovít, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | Anthropogenic activities continue to impact the environment causing soil and ground water contamination in many regions and the effects are often persistent especially where heavy metals and radioactive substances have been released. Ecological problems can be particularly severe in the case of atomic power facilities and recent occurrences (Japan) indicate that the Chernobyl incident in 1986 was by no means unique. Moreover, such accidents hold a rofound “dread” factor for the general population. Environmental pollution can be equally profound and even more persistent in the case of mining waste which contaminates large areas of Europe with diverse heavy metals. Plants adapt to chronic radiation and heavymetal contamination as demonstrated by re-colonization of polluted areas. This project aims to understand the basic principles of protective mechanisms and how such pollution affects the stability of the genome. We propose to establish a research network to evaluate and exploit unique resources in the Chernobyl zone and in mining sites (Wales, UK) as “openarea” laboratories for studying how changes of DNA are coordinated with internal cellular networks during plant response to these pollutants. We use a combination of genetic, cell biological, molecular and evolutionary strategies. Part of the project is devoted to crop plants and their ability to grow in contaminated sites with the idea to increase productivity and safety. For the first time, eight research teams with complementary experience in radiation and other plant stresses will cooperate for solving the common for Europe problem of survival in contaminated nature. This will provide the insights on an increasingly detailed knowledge of the regulatory mechanisms for plant stress tolerance and gives an opportunity to see how the problems of Chernobyl and other contaminated places could be solved by scientists and what could be done in order to secure human life against environmental pollution. |
| Partner countries: | Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom |
| Ako sú symbiotické asociácie viazané na Mediteránny typ biotopov v Panónii a Západných Karpatoch ekologicky plastické?: prípadová štúdia o Solenopsora candicans | |
| Duration: | 25. 6. 2017 - 4. 7. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | Synthesys HU-TAF-6340 |
| Program: | Iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Fačkovcová Zuzana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on symbiotic interactions between lichenized fungi and algae. The main aim was to find out, whether such interactions play any role in shaping the distributional range of a model lichen Solenopsora candicans with Mediterranean distribution and whether photobiont diversity matches the so far recognized genetic diversity of the mycobiont across its distributional range. |
| Partner countries: | Hungary |
| EU-BON - EU-BON - Building the European Biodiversity Observation Network | |
| Duration: | 1. 12. 2012 - 31. 5. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | 308454 |
| Program: | 7RP |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: | 29 partnerských inštitúcií |
| Annotation: | EU BON presents an innovative approach towards integration of biodiversity information systems from on-ground to remote sensing data, for addressing policy and information needs in a timely and customized manner.The aim of the project is toprovide integration between social networks of science and policy and technological networks of interoperating IT infrastructures, resulting in a new open-access platform for sharing biodiversity data and tools, and greatly advance biodiversity knowledge in Europe. EU BON’s 30 partners from 18 countries are members of networks of biodiversity data-holders, monitoring organisations, and leading scientific institutions. EU BON is building on existing components, in particular GBIF, LifeWatch infrastructures, and national biodiversity data centres. Reliable and readily accessible biodiversity data is essential for managing biological resources sustainably and for informed decision making processes. While state-of-the-art remote sensing techniques are now able to provide highly detailed information on the biosphere, access to this information and other relevant biological data, e.g. from in situ biodiversity monitoring, remains fragmented across countries and regions, and across different disciplines and sectors. The project is creating an EU-wide network that will help to collect, analyse and provide biodiversity data in a truly integrated way. It aims to deliver a European contribution to the global Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON). Researchers and other stakeholders will be able to better retrieve relevant datasets, identify research gaps and set priorities based on real-time, on-ground and earth biodiversity observations by integrating national and regional information infrastructures. EU BON has established itself as an entity that addresses EU policy needs through the linkage to key projects, initiatives and policy processes (IPBES, CBD) and by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with 25 (+x) associated partners. Reports, strategies and several high-level policy documents have also been produced. The project has furthermore compiled an inventory of biodiversity projects, including information technology systems and science policies for on-ground observations and remote sensing information systems. It also aims to develop a comprehensive European Biodiversity Portal – a blueprint for managing biodiversity information management in Europe. EU BON work gives local, national and global stakeholders and policymakers access to reliable and highly integrated biodiversity data. This is essential for truly adaptive environmental management and effective policy inputs and for directing European biodiversity research towards priority areas. |
| Partner countries: | Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Philippines, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| European Information System for Alien Species - COST | |
| Duration: | 2. 5. 2013 - 1. 5. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | COST TD 1209 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Podroužková Medvecká Jana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Jarolímek Ivan, CSc., RNDr. Májeková Jana, PhD., Mgr. Šibíková Mária, PhD., Ing. Zach Peter, CSc., RNDr. Zaliberová Mária, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Invasive Alien Species (IAS) threaten biodiversity, society, human-health, well-being and the economy. The economic impact to Europe is estimated EUR 12.5 to 20 billion (annually). Europe has committed to tackling IAS through Target 5 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 which is in line with target 9, COP 10 Decision X/2; an information system is a prerequisite to meet strategy through effective early warning and rapid response for prevention and control of IAS. Initiatives to collate information on IAS have resulted in the development of many databases differing in their geographic, taxonomic and ecological coverage. There are a number of constraints that might limit the effective use of existing databases: data obsolescence, lack of interoperability and uncertainties for long-term sustainability of the various tools. This COST Action facilitates enhanced knowledge gathering and sharing through a network of experts, providing support to a European IAS information system which enables effective and informed decision-making in relation to IAS. An overarching priority is to identify the needs and formats for alien species (AS) information by different user groups and specifically for implementation of EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy. Correspondingly early warning tools and rapid response protocols are being developed. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/fa/Actions/TD1209 |
| Pathogen-informed strategies for sustainable broad-spectrum crop resistance | |
| Duration: | 15. 4. 2013 - 15. 4. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | COST FA1208 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Ing. Libantová Jana, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Fábelová Anna, Mgr. Matušíková Ildikó, PhD., doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| COST STREAM - Strigolactones: biological roles and applications | |
| Duration: | 12. 4. 2013 - 11. 4. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | COST FA1206 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Matúšová Radoslava, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Gajdošová Alena, CSc., Ing. Jopčík Martin, PhD., Ing. Libiaková (Kullačová) Dagmara |
| Annotation: | Strigolactones (SLs) are newly discovered phytohormones that contribute to define plant morphology, also in response to environmental conditions, and to the dialogue with organisms in the rhizosphere. As a consequence, SLs have become a cutting-edge topic in plant biology and agronomy, having a great potential in modern agriculture. However, little is known about how they act, their biosynthesis and signaling pathways. Because of their both endogenous and exogenous role as signaling molecules, SLs are well placed to mediate both adaptive changes in the plant architecture and beneficial rhizosphere interactions. Even though SLs are a prime interest for many laboratories across disciplines, there are no official networks neither in Europe nor in the rest of the world on this subject. An outcome of an EU network on this subject would be sustaining and promoting the EU leadership in SLs-related sciences, the coordination of SLs research activities and a transfer of knowledge which may lead to the development of targeted and sustainable agro-technologies. The aim of this proposal is the creation of such multidisciplinary network of experts, of both basic and applied sciences, who can share expertise through the flexibility of the COST framework. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Genetic and ecological differentiation within Tephroseris longifolia agg. | |
| Duration: | 20. 2. 2017 - 4. 3. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | SYNTHESYS DE-TAF-6507 |
| Program: | Iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Skokanová Katarína, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Central European Tephroseris longifolia agg. (Asteraceae) has been chosen as a model system to study evolution and factors determining range size of its widespread and rare subspecies which include T. l. subsp. moravica - the taxon of European importance. Our approach cover ecological niche modelling, population genetic estimates and analyses of fitness and spreading potential. The goal of the project is an expert revision of herbarium specimens deposited in Herbarium Senckenbergianum (FR). Subsequently, data on distribution of the particular members of the aggregate will gathered, and genomic DNA will be extracted from selected specimens of the aggregate and also from specimens represented closely related taxa (some of them are rare and protected). |
| How do non-native tree species influences the biodiversity and the level of invasion of undergrowth? | |
| Duration: | 1. 9. 2016 - 28. 2. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | 51602041 |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Botková Katarína |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Green Infrastructure approach: linking environmental with social aspects in studying and managing urban forests | |
| Duration: | 1. 2. 2013 - 28. 2. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | COST FP1204 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Hajduch Martin, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., RNDr. Kormuťák Andrej, DrSc., RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | Green Infrastructure (GI) has recently gained prominence as a planning tool at regional and local levels. GI provides a range of ecosystem services, and new initiatives can build on state-of-the-art research and on delivery mechanisms such as urban forestry (UF). However, greater attention is needed on integrating the environmental and social benefits produced, particularly in the context of climate change adaptation and mitigation. The COST Action aims to: 1) increase the understanding of the role of UF in the context of GI from a scientific and a socio-economic perspective, in terms of the ecosystem services provided to people and to the urban environment; 2) to identify priorities and challenges for future research in the field; 3) to provide indicators and/or thresholds to be included by policy makers in local, national or international regulations about GI and UF; 4) to develop guidelines for GI planners and managers on how to implement GI approaches with an emphasis on linking the environmental and social services of UF. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland |
| Classification of mesic grasslands of Eastern Carpathian Mountains | |
| Duration: | 31. 7. 2014 - 31. 12. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | 15 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Janišová Monika, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on the study of variability of semi-natural grassland vegetation in the Eastern Carpathians in Ukraine and Slovakia. In the Slovak part of the area phytosociological research has a long tradition using the methods of Zurich-Montpellier school. From the area of Ukrainian Carpathians only sparse phytosociological material have been sampled by a dominance approach. The main aim of the planned detailed phytosociological research is to collect a large phytosociological data set to unify the national classifications of semi-natural grassland vegetation and to provide an overview of these communities in the involved countries. The next aim besides identification of grassland types is evaluation of species diversity, analysis of the main ecological gradients in species composition and estimation of the effect of environmental factors on grassland species composition. Collecting of data from the Ukrainian Carpathians and completing the phytosociological databases will also enable further large-scale comparative studies and supranational classification of grassland vegetation in the whole Carpathians. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| Clonal propagation of selected cultivars of Rubus and Prunus spp. under in vitro conditions | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | SK-SRB-2013-0020 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Gajdošová Alena, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Hricová Andrea, PhD., Mgr. Hunková Júlia, PhD., RNDr. Libiaková Gabriela, CSc., RNDr. Matúšová Radoslava, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Raspberries and blackberries belong among the valuable fruit species with positive impact onhuman health. Although, there are proper conditions for cultivation of these species in Slovakia,their production is insufficient. By contraries, cultivation of raspberries and blackberries has along tradition in Serbia and raspberries belong among important export goods. Plums representthe fruit species which were grown broadly in Slovakia in the past. In Serbia, plums are the mostcultivated fruit tree species. Although Serbia is one of the largest word producers of plums, theplum production is characterized by both low and unstable yields at present. One of the mainproblems for Serbian as well as European plum production is Plum pox virus responsible forSharka, considered as most serious viral disease worldwide affecting crop production of Prunusstone fruits. Therefore, production of healthy planting material and genetic improvement ofPrunus spp. is of high importance. Use of tissue cultures provides possibilities for effectiveproduction of high quality healthy planting material and for targeted fruit tree breeding by application of genetic engineering. The aim of this project is development of procedures ofefficient adventitious regeneration and micropropagation of selected Rubus and Prunus cultivarsusable in large-scale propagation of planting material and genetic transformation. |
| Partner countries: | Serbia |
| Current situation of invasive plant species in the border area of Ukraine and Slovakia and trends in their spreading | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2014 - 31. 12. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | 16 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Májeková Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project aims to clarify the current situation of phyto-invasions in the border area of Ukraine (Transcarpathian Lowland) and Slovakia (Východoslovenská nížina Lowland), identifying trends in spreading of invasive plant species and evaluation of regional threats to phytodiversity. We carry out expeditions, revise and collect herbarium collections, and analyse invasive species composition of studied region, together with their spatial distribution and phytocoenotical affinity, invasive potential and trends in their further spread. The Aim of the project is to evaluate current state and to identify both common features and regional specifics of phytoinvasions in the border area of Ukraine and Slovakia. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| Investigate the machanism of male sterility regulated by DEFECTIVE IN ANTHER DEHISCENCE1 (DAD1) – Activating Factor (DAF), a RING-finger E3 ligase gene and its agricultural application | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2014 - 31. 12. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | SAS-NSC JRP 2013/16 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Hajduch Martin, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Gábrišová Daša, PhD., Ing. Jopčík Martin , PhD., Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., Ing. Libantová Jana, CSc., Mgr. Perniš Miroslav, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Transduction pathway regulated by DEFECTIVE IN ANTHER DEHISCENCE1 (DAD1)- Activating Factor (DAF) is not well understood. Complementary postgenomic approaches, microarray (Dr. Yang) and proteomic (Dr. Hajduch), and the 35S::DAF RNAi or antisense Arabidopsis mutant plants will be used to investigate the target genes and proteins for DAF. Additionally, the investigation of phosphorylation status of target proteins for DAF will determine the role of protein phosphorylation in the regulation of DAF. Identified target genes and proteins will be cloned, characterized and functional analyzed through transgenic approach. This project might results into suitable targets for genetic transformation in order to control male sterility in valuable agricultural plants such as Eustoma. |
| Partner countries: | Taiwan |
| Taxonomic revisions in Placynthiaceae | |
| Duration: | 25. 9. 2016 - 30. 9. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | Synthesys, AT-TAF-4805 |
| Program: | Iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Košuthová Alica, PhD. |
| Utilisation of RAD sequencing in plant systematics and evolution. A case study of the genus Soldanella. | |
| Duration: | 1. 9. 2015 - 31. 8. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | 2015-05-15-001, SAIA, akcia Rakúsko-Slovensko |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Slovák Marek, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Crucial research objective of the project is adoption and subsequent implementation of one of the most modern and sophisticated molecular techniques, currently used in molecular evolution, systematic and ecology research of living organism. From methodological point of view this method is based on next generation sequencing and is known as Restriction Side Associated equencing (RADseq). Model system of our research interest includes morphologically similar and taxonomically complex group of taxa from the genus Soldanella (Primulaceae). Thus, along with implementation of new method, the important outputs of the project wiil be to investigate evolution, phylogeography and taxonomy of closely allied taxa from the genus Soldanella from European mountain ranges. Project will thus also contribute to deeper understanding of microevolutionary processes in morphologically closely related and rather recently diversified complexes of vascular plant taxa. |
| Partner countries: | Austria |
| Establishment of European Red List of Habitats | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2014 - 1. 6. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Valachovič Milan, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: | European Commission, IUCN, EAA, INBO a desiatky národných inštitúcii v každej zo zúčastnených krajín Európy. |
| Annotation: | The objective of this project is the production of an assessment of the status of all natural and semi-natural habitat types according to the criteria recommended in the feasibility study on European (as defined below) and EU28-level (28 Member States) level. In addition a certain amount of information (needed for the red list assessment and for policy purposes) is collected for each habitat type and documented in the form of fact-sheets. The Red List shall be based on the EUNIS habitats classification and will assess approximately 700 habitat types according to the suggested levels. Our tasks are to 1) provide an overview on the status of habitat types in Europe 2) help to assess the need for a potential revision of Annex I of the Habitats Directive; 3) contribute to the work on the Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services (MAES5) as well as the restoration agenda under Target 2 of the EU Biodiversity Strategy; 4) provide background for proposals/initiatives targeted at coordinated European conservation action (e.g. future action or conservation plans); 5) improve the general understanding among policy makers, the interested parties and general public for the need of European conservation action. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | žiadna |
| STReESS - Studying tree responses to extreme events: a synthesis | |
| Duration: | 26. 2. 2012 - 22. 4. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | FP1106 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kormuťák Andrej, DrSc. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Diversity of Carpathian Grassland Vegetation | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2013 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | 11 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Janišová Monika, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Poland, Ukraine |
| Global Plant Initiative - Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | bez evidenčného čísla |
| Program: | Iné |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | Herbarium collection of František Nábělek’s Iter Turcico-Persicum currently comprises 4,163 collection numbers, altogether 6,465 specimens. It is deposited at the Institute of Botany of the SAS (acronym SAV). Whole Nábělek’s Iter Turcico-Persicum collection was recently digitized with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The process of digitization was performed in compliance with JSTOR Plants Handbook. All specimens had been barcoded with a unique barcode within the institution before the scanning of the herbarium sheets. The barcode consists of letters \'SAV\' followed by 7 digits. The Epson Expression Model 10000XL scanner was used for scanning, which was placed on a custom metal frame manufactured by HerbScan Engineering (London, U.K.). A scanned image is required to have, besides barcode, a scale with the herbarium abbreviation and standardised colour chart placed visibly in the area of the sheet. Each specimen was digitized according to the following specifications: resolution: 600 pixels per inch (ppi); colour space: Adobe RGB (1998); colour depth: 24-bit; file format: uncompressed TIFF files; layout: portrait. Data about specimens were stored into the DATAflos database via internal software developed to administrate this database. The stored data include specimen name, barcode, type status, collectors, collection number, locality description, locality altitude, and name revision history. Digitized images are available via JSTOR Global Plants and Biological Collection Access Service. Nevertheless, in order to enhance the use of the digitized collection, we created also special portal that not only presents the specimens, but also digitised papers by Nábělek, and last, but not least, enables annotations of specimens (the portal is available at www.nabelek.sav.sk). Local and regional floras benefitted from Nábělek’s collections, because at the time of his expedition there were no up-to-date accounts of the flora of the regions he visited; Boissier’s Flora Orientalis was already becoming out of date, having been published some 35 years earlier, and there were no more recent floras of Turkey, Palestine, Iraq or Iran. Moreover, the large number of new species that he had discovered, especially from the border areas of Iraq, Iran and Turkey, meant that his catalogue remained of major importance to workers in the region for the next fifty or so years. |
| Partner countries: | Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States |
| Cryopreservation of embryogenic cultures of valuable clones of coniferous species | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2013 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | 15/2013 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Kormuťák Andrej, DrSc., RNDr. Matúšová Radoslava, PhD., doc. RNDr. Salaj Ján, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | Somatic embryogenesis is a process of embryo formation - somatic embryos - in artificial conditions in test tubes (in vitro). The process represents a very efficient method of vegetative plant propagation, especially in conifers. The cultivation of somatic embryos is time consuming, laborious and holds the risk of microbial contamination. Recently a new approach has been developed for long-term storage of in vitro cultures - cryopreservation – storage of plant genetic resources in liquid nitrogen (-196 °C) without loss of cell/tissue viability. The aim of the submitted project is to optimise the existing cryopreservation protocols for valuable conifer species. |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| STRIGAL - Study of the effect of the compounds present in algae on germination of Orobanche and Striga spp. | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | SK-CZ-2013-0121 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Matúšová Radoslava, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Libiaková (Kullačová) Dagmara |
| Annotation: | There is a risk of invasive spread of parasitic plants of the genus Phelipanche/Orobanche due towarmer favourable climatic conditions for these species in Slovakia and surrounding countries. Sofar there are some challenging inductors of seed germination, but there are not specified other effective resources. This project should contribute to finding of readily available and easily applicable microalgae to stimulate or inhibit germination of seeds of parasitic plants. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Studying the role of transposable elements as molecular biomarkers of ecological adaptation and diversity of wild-growing representatives of the family Brassicaceae in Central and Eastern Europe | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| Selected case studies from taxonomy and biogeography of the Carpathian flora and funga (Poland and Slovakia) | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2013 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | 22 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Hindáková Alica, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| Investigation of plant cover biodiverzity and scientific principles of its protection in the Slovak Republic and Ukraine | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Hodálová Iva, CSc. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| Molecular phylogeny of the European members of Cladonia section Coccifereae | |
| Duration: | 1. 9. 2014 - 30. 6. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | 51401150 |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Košuthová Alica, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The research was performed by Mgr. Jana Steinová, Ph.D. student of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. The main aim of the project was to study the diversity of mycobionts and photobionts associated in Cladonia lichens in a central European and global context. The project was divided into the three sub-projects: 1) distribution and ecological preferences of the Cladonia coccifera group in the Czech Republic. We studied the distribution of seven species of the C. coccifera complex (C. borealis, C. carneola, C. coccifera, C. deformis, C. diversa, C. pleurota and C. straminea) and discussed their morphology, chemistry and ecological preferences. 2) Study on photobionts in zeorin-containing Cladonias. Diversity of photobionts in zeorin-containing Cladonias was studied using a molecular approach as well as mycobiont diversity in two sorediate (Cladonia deformis and C. pleurota) and two esorediate species (Cladonia coccifera and C. diversa). Sorediate species were found to be significantly more selective towards their photobiont partner than the esorediate species. This suggests a possible coevolution between mycobiont and photobiont in sorediate species. 3) Diversity of genus Asterochloris. Cladonia species associate with algae belonging to genus Asterochloris. We participated in research on the diversity of this ubiquitous photobiont. Six new species (A. echinata, A. friedlii, A. gaertneri, A. leprarii, A. lobophora, and A. woessiae) were described and characterised, and presence of isogamous sexual reproduction in Asterochloris was demonstrated, disputing the current symbiotic dogma of the loss of sexual reproduction in algal symbionts. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Systematic position and delimitation of European members in Russula subsect. Urentes and R. subsect. Rubrinae | |
| Duration: | 1. 2. 2015 - 30. 6. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | 51400484 |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Caboň Miroslav, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Objective of the research was phylogenetic and systematic study of Russula subsect. Urentes and subsect. Rubrinae. The core and basic data for study were represented by measurements of precisely defined macro- and micro-morphological traits of selected specimens and generated sequences of ITS nrDNA, mtSSU and RPB2 regions. Results of morphological and molecular studies were evaluated and allowed recognising the most reliable characters for distinguishing genetically defined species and consequently to assign them the right name based on type studies. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Geographical niche shifts in lichen species: exploring the effects of infraspecific genetic variation | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2014 - 30. 6. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | Action 2013-10-15-0005 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Košuthová Alica, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Our study focused on the genetic structure of European and North American populations of red-listed lichenicolous fungi Cladonia botrytes and Buellia chloroleuca. The aims of the study were: 1) to discover whether “substrate drift” or geographic niche variation in lichens is real or undermined by so-called cryptic speciation; 2) to find out mechanisms involved in “enforcing” substrate fidelity in case cryptic speciation is not involved. We analysed data from the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region to study genetic variability in relation to substrate switches. Preliminary results showed that coding regions of the sequences of Cladonia botrytes from both, wood, humus and soil substrate are identical, non-coding parts feature variability in c. six positions, but a clear link to habitat preferences is not confirmed. However, there is clear evidence of an additional secondary metabolite which is produced by the mycobiont in clear-cut habitats. In the case of Buellia chloroleuca there is a clear pattern linked to geographical range. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Czech Republic |
| PlantEngine - Plant Metabolic Engineering for High Value Products | |
| Duration: | 1. 7. 2011 - 30. 4. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | FA1006 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Ďurechová Dominika, PhD., Ing. Libantová Jana, CSc., Mgr. Matušíková Ildikó, PhD., Ing. Michalko Jaroslav, PhD., Ing. Polóniová Zuzana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Sundew contains a variety of secondary metabolites such as plumbagins and juglones that are valuable compounds used in medicine. Our results obtained so far clearly confirmed the antifungal potential of extracts from this plants, while certain proteins in these extracts (glucanases and chitinases), generally involved in plant pathogenesis, are intensively being studied in frames of different ongoing projects. Sundews are plants endangered due to their collection for extracting valuable drug; moreover the synthesis of active compounds is very difficult and expensive. In this respect the establishment of protocols for genetic transformation of sundew is an actual issue. It is a prerequisite for introducing desirable modifications in the relevant metabolic pathways and/or for potential use of sundew in biotechnological programmes |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | http://www.plantengine.eu/ |
| Inventarizácia lichenizovanýchhúb významných biotopov v Českej republike a na Slovensku | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Bérešová Anna, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Perspectives in lichenological research - biodiversity, lichen chemistry | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2010 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: | OTKA 81232 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Bérešová Anna, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Hungary, Poland |
| Taxonomic revision of the Silene otites group (Caryophyllaceae) in the Carpathian basin | |
| Duration: | 5. 5. 2014 - 16. 5. 2014 |
| Evidence number: | HU-TAF-3878 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Mereďa Pavol, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Members of the Silene otites group are characterized by small morphological differences and large phenotypic plasticity, which may lead to taxonomical misclassification of some individuals or whole populations. Despite the fact that species of this group play a dominant role in a number of plant communities and all of these taxa are considered endangered, their morphological variation, distribution and ecological preferences are still only poorly known. It fully applies also to representatives of the group occurring in the Carpathian Basin. Our revision of the group in Central Europe (Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary) revealed the presence of three species of this complex (S. borysthenica, S. donetzica and S. otites s. str.) in this territory, out of which, S. donetzica is new to Hungary. |
| Biosafety of forest transgenic trees: improving the scientific basis for safe tree development and implementation of EU policy directives | |
| Duration: | 14. 4. 2010 - 9. 4. 2014 |
| Evidence number: | FP 0905 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Matušíková Ildikó, PhD., doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD., doc. RNDr. Salaj Ján, DrSc., RNDr. Vooková Božena, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The process of somatic embryogenesis is an efficient plant regeneration system and is considered to be an excellent micropropagation method for conifer trees species. The method allows production of large number of "emblings" (somatic seedlings) in relatively short period of time. The process of somatic embryogenesis is an in vitro system, so genetic manipulations as well as long-term maintenance by cryopreservation are possible. At the IPGB somatic embryogenesis in hybrid Abies (Abies alba x Abies cephalonica, Abies alba x A. numidica) as well as Pinus nigra was repeatedly initiated.The aim of the project is (in the frame of COST FP 0905) genetic transformation of embryogenic tissues by Agrobacterium tumefaciens as well as biolistic methods. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Lithuania, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom |
| OpenUp! - Opening up the Natural History Heritage for Europeana (OpenUp!) | |
| Duration: | 1. 3. 2011 - 28. 2. 2014 |
| Evidence number: | 270890 |
| Program: | CIP-ICT |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | European portal EUROPEANA (http://www.europeana.eu/portal/) provides the possibility to explore digital sources of European museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections. Natural history objects (herbarium specimens, prepared animal objects, sound records, geological collections) were until recently underrepresented among digitalised objects available at EUROPEANA. The project aimed to increase representation of such objects. Institute of Botany SAS made available via EUROPEANA metadata and high-quality images of 6,465 herbarium specimens from the collection of František Nábělek Iter Turcico-Persicum, collected during 1909-1910 in the area of the current Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Bahrein, Iran and Turkey. Metadata and images were made available also via specialised portal Global Biodiversity Information Facility (http://www.gbif.org). Institute of Botany SAS, as part of the OpenUp! project, coordinated also botanical contributions by other partner institutions. We checked quality of metadata and images of herbarium specimens using specialised software. For checking the correctness of mapping of database fields into ABCD 2.06 schema, internal tool (Biocase Monitoring Tool) was employed, while the metadata quality were checked using Data Quality Toolkit, developed by the project partners. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom |
| Physiological and structural responses to heavy metal (Ni, Cd, Zn, Cu and Pb) action in representatives of crop (Pisum, Zea) and wild (Arabidopsis) species | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2011 - 31. 12. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | 17 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Čiamporová Milada, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Ďurišová Eva, Mgr. Fiala Roderik, PhD., Mgr. Nadubinská Miriam, PhD., RNDr. Pavlovkin Ján, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The broad spectrum of metal effects on various aspects of life has been known. Some of them may be essential constituents of biomolecules and participate in many important biological processes in all living organisms including plants. Heavy metals occurring in the soils are either of geogenic or anthropogenic origin (industrial activities, e.g. mining, ore-processing and smelting and agricultural procedures e.g. application of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides). Although some of the metals are utilized as micronutrients by the plants, their higher concentrations are generally toxic. This may reduce yields of crop plants. The wild growing vegetation is also seriously affected. However, during the evolution, a number of plants have developed tolerance enabling them to colonize metal-enriched soils. Comparison of some structural and physiological responses of plants differing in their tolerance will contribute to understanding the tolerance mechanisms important for a successful survival of heavy metal stress in crop as well as wild plants. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| OvocieInvitro - Assessment of genetic fidelity of in vitro propagated small fruits (Rubus and Vaccinium spp.) | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | SK-SRB-0033-11 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Gajdošová Alena, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., RNDr. Libiaková Gabriela, CSc., RNDr. Matúšová Radoslava, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Interest about small fruits has an increasing tendency because of their high nutritional value. The sufficient fruit production can be achieved by cultivation of productive cultivars. For this a big amount of planting material is needed, propagation of which can be reached by use of in vitro cultures. In plant micropropagation, the production of plants identical with mother genotype is desirable. The broad range of quantitative and qualitative variability among regenerated plants arising during in vitro cultivation and regeneration of plant tissue can be problem in plant micropropagation. Morphological, cytological, biochemical and molecular analyses are required to confirm clonal fidelity of vegetatively propagated plant material. Such analyses enable efficient and rapid testing of undesired genetic variability.Project is oriented on elaboration of system for in vitro regeneration and micropropagation of selected cultivars of Vaccinium a Rubus spp., micropropagation of which wasn‘t till now extensive in Slovakia and Serbia and on detection of undesirable genetic variability in micropropagated plants by DNA analysis, flow cytometry and light microscopy. |
| Partner countries: | Serbia, Slovakia |
| Proteomic study of microsomes from high-salt stressed Arabidopsis thaliana | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Hajduch Martin, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Berčák Michal, Mgr. Fekecsová Soňa, Mgr. Gábrišová Daša, PhD., Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD. |
| Annotation: | By use of gel-free system, the proteome of high-salt stress treated Arabidopsis thaliana will be studied. In particular, the miscrosomes will be major focus. |
| Partner countries: | Taiwan |
| Taxonomy and geography of taxa of the flora of Russia and Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Partner countries: | Russia |
| Participating of the antioxidant plants systems in a physiological-biochemical response on a cadmium and nickel stress influence | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2011 - 31. 12. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Matušíková Ildikó, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Libantová Jana, CSc., Ing. Maglovski Marína, doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Purpose of project is to define the role of low-molecular antioxidants (glutathione reduced form, ascorbic acid and others) in forming of the proper biochemical reactions in plants upon exposure to stress by both single and compatible action of cadmium and nickel compounds. Input of these compounds into the network of plant defence machinery (namely in regard to cell wall strengthening, metal deposition and activation of specific defence proteins) will be clarified. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| The influence of the overexpression of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene in transgenic poplar on the process of lignification | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2011 - 31. 12. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Ing. Libantová Jana, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The aim of this project is to create the platform for mutual cooperation in the field of plant transgenosis. Slovak partner will provide to Ukrainian counterpart the know-how in the field of the vector constructs, the established transformation protocols, and analyses of transformants. Ukrainian partner will provide to Slovak partner the experience obtained at poplar transformation. It is supposed that the mutual cooperation will lead to elaboration of joint scientific projects in the future. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| Delimitation, transatlanticdistribution and phylogeneticrelationshipsof taxa withinthegenus Camarophyllopsis (Fungi, Agaricomycotina) in Europe and NorthAmerica | |
| Duration: | 1. 10. 2013 - 30. 11. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Adamčík Slavomír, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | United States |
| Plant Reproducti - Harnessing plant reproduction for crop improvement | |
| Duration: | 14. 10. 2009 - 31. 10. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | FA0903 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Prof., RNDr. Preťová Anna, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Abaffyová Lenka, PhD., Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., RNDr. Kormuťák Andrej, DrSc., Mgr. Obert Bohuš, PhD., Mgr. Uváčková Ľubica, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the project is to better harness existing knowledge and research about sexual and asexual plant reproduction, as well as bring new understanding of that procedure. Among several reproductive system-related strategies for fixation of desirable agronomic traits, one of the best choices is apomixis (clonal seed production), which would enable the instantaneous fixation of heterosis in F1 hybrids. The overal goal of the project is to better understand the mechanisms of sexual and asexual (primarily apomictic) plant reproduction, and to faciliate the application of this increased knowledge in the development of new approaches for agriculture and food industry to reduce production costs. |
| Partner countries: | Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| MycoRed - Novel integrated strategies for worldwide mycotoxin reduction in food and feed chains - MycoRed. | |
| Duration: | 1. 9. 2009 - 30. 4. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | KBBE-2007-2-5-05 |
| Program: | 7RP |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Šrobárová Antónia, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Mikušová Petra, PhD., RNDr. Pavlovkin Ján, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Over the last 5-6 years significant advances, have been made in the development of genomic, proteomic, metabolomic and ecophysiological information on host plant and mycotoxigenic moulds.The aims of project are the combination of advanced technological solutions for improving specifications: cost reduction for novel analytical/molecular solutions at the laboratory level, allowing the massive use and thus, the improvement of monitoring of safety and quality; the application of very high-tech multidisciplinary solutions (i.e. ambient intelligence, web-inar, DNAarrays, biomarkers) to traditional activities (i.e. conferences, training courses) in Europe.We are members of group WP2 and WP6. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | www.mycored.com |
| Disentagling the taxonomy and evolutionary history in the Alyssum montanum group in western Europe and North Africa | |
| Duration: | 14. 4. 2013 - 19. 4. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | ES-TAF-3099, ES-TAF-3213 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Zozomová Judita, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The Alyssum montanum group is distributed throughout Europe and northern Africa. Multiple origin of polyploids, considerable morphological variation and presence of genetic lineages occupying distribution areas of different size from those restricted to few localities to those covering considerable parts of continent provide challenging task to anybody willing to disentangle complicated evolutionary patterns and taxonomy of this group. Recent studies of the team addressed variation patterns of this group in Central Europe, Balkan and Apennine Peninsulas the team was in a good position to interpret complex patterns of morphological, karyological and molecular variation, which was expected in a Mediterranean rich territory like the Iberian Peninsula. We gathered considerable amount of collected material from this area and we confronted it with the herbarium specimens deposited in herbarium MA and with the relevant literature, which is not always available via digital libraries. Alyssum is a difficult polymorphic genus in which numerous species or infraspecific taxa have been described from the Iberian Peninsula. A number of those names have been published in not easily accessible works. Members of our group focused on different aspects of the problem. Karol Marhold, concentrated on nomenclature matters in library and herbarium collections. Stanislav Španiel focused on the study of herbarium specimens. This included not only searching for detailed distribution patterns of different taxa, but also detailed study of individual specimens, particularly their trichome morphology, and other characters that would be used in the framed of morphometric analyses. |
| Partner countries: | Spain |
| Molecular markers in the analysis of auxin distribution in oilseed androgenic embryos. | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2010 - 31. 12. 2012 |
| Evidence number: | SAV-PAV 27 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Libantová Jana, CSc., doc. RNDr. Salaj Ján, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | Auxin signaling is a key to many plant growth and developmental processes from embryogenesis to senescence. An endogenous auxin led to the induction of embryo development in in vitro cultures, during somatic embryogenesis or androgenesis. Present investigation is aiming at elaboration of transformation procedure for androgenic rapeseed (Brassica napus) embryos obtained from microspore suspension culture. Transformed embryos could be used as objects for the analysis of auxin at the level of tissue, or cell. Transgenic structures with the reporter GUS or GFP genes under the control of hormone-sensitive DR5 promoter (auxin-sensitive DR5::GUS or DR5::GFP) are of especial importance. Application of such hormone-sensitive reporter constructs simplifies the analysis of hormone synthesis, transport, and accumulation in androgenic structures resembles embryos. |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| Impact of land-use changes on alpine region: intercontinental comparison (High Tatras – Europe, Rocky Mountains – USA | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2012 |
| Evidence number: | ROMO-11027 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Šibík Jozef, PhD. |
| Other cosolvers: | Colorado State University |
| Annotation: | The decline of species-rich semi-natural calcareous grasslands is a major conservation problem throughout Europe. Maintenance of traditional animal husbandry is often recommended as an important management strategy. However, results that underpin such management recommendations were derived predominantly from lowland studies and may not be easily applicable to high mountain areas. In temperate and Mediterranean Europe many seminatural types of grassland disappear due to cessation of traditional pasture systems. Thus, the maintenance or re-establishment of low-intensity grazing systems has become an important strategy of biological conservation throughout Europe. The main mechanism by which pasture abandonment affects vascular plant species diversity, at least during the first ca. 100 yr are believed not to be local-scale competitive exclusion processes within persisting communities. Instead, post-abandonment successional community displacements that cause a landscape scale homogenization of the vegetation cover seem to be primarily responsible for a decline of species diversity. Although the alpine flora of both, The Rocky Mountains (USA) and the Tatra Mountains (Western Carpathians, Slovakia) has many congeneric or conspecific species, the evolutionary history of the floras was different. Moreover, the grazing history is different, as well. Very little is known about the grazing history in the mountains of New World, but only a short history with non-extensive local-scale grazing is assumed. On the other hand, the grazing history in the Western Carpathians is well-documented and extensive grazing is known to take place since the Wallachian colonization in the 15th-17th century. The evolutionary history of grazing in alpine communities is not well understood but may have had only a minor role in structuring these systems. On the other hand, it was observed, that grazing can rapidly change species composition and morphology of communities. Thus, worked on determination of the differences between grazed and non-grazed alpine meadows in both regions to test the null hypothesis that the species composition, morphology (structure) and ecology of alpine meadows is not determined by the evolutionary history of grazing. |
| Partner countries: | United States |
| Syngenta - Systematic MSE-based quantification of allergenic and celiac disease proteins in wheat grain | |
| Duration: | 20. 12. 2010 - 20. 12. 2012 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Hajduch Martin, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Škultéty Ľudovít, DrSc., Mgr. Uváčková Ľubica, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Recent developments in the field of mass spectrometry have established MS-based quantification as a reliable technique for identifying specific proteins and their concentrations in complex matrices. When compared with classical quantitative proteomics approaches based on two-dimensional protein electrophoresis (2-DE), MS-based quantification provides three primary benefits. First, many proteins that cannot be detected on 2-DE gels, such as low abundance proteins, can be quantified by MS-based approach. Second, for those proteins that can be identified by their constituent peptides, the identity of the full protein can be verified as part of each sample analysis. Third, a true quantitative measure of protein concentration, along with a multiplex approach and high sample throughput, eclipse the electrophoretic techniques. Among various MS-based techniques, MSE allows one to quantify proteins in complex mixtures based on the concentration of a standard protein that is spiked into analyzed sample. This technique uses an integrated approach comprising parallel, alternating scans of each sample at 1) low-collision energy to obtain precursor ion information, and 2) high-collision energy, to obtain full-scan accurate mass data in a single run (1). The MS spectra obtained at different collision energies are stored separatly. During data acquisition the quadrupole analyzer is not mass selective but is operated in the radio-frequency only mode. Thus, all ions pass to the TOF analyzer. This yields exact mass measured fragment ions that will be potentially observed for every peptide precursor ion present in the low-energy TOF dataset. Therefore, based on the known concentration of each standard protein in the sample it is possible to calculate concentrations of all pre-selected and identified proteins. |
| Rare parasitic lichens in alpine habitats as global climate change early indicators: their phylogeny, host specificity and phenotype characters | |
| Duration: | 1. 10. 2011 - 31. 7. 2012 |
| Evidence number: | International Visegrád Fund 51100753 |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Bérešová Anna, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The research was performed by Mgr. Jan Vondrák, Ph.D., junior scientist of the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. We analyzed ITS nrDNA regions in species of the genus Caloplaca and present evidence for five such examples: the Caloplaca cerina group, C. obscurella, the C. servitiana group, the C. xerica group and the C. variabilis group (Pyrenodesmia). In some cases, loss of anthraquinones is observed only in individuals within ordinarily pigmented populations, but sometimes the loss covers whole lineages containing one or more species. Both situations are observed in the C. servitiana group. Loss of anthraquinones is always followed by the synthesis of ‘alternative’ pigments (often Sedifolia-grey). In the specimens with anthraquinone-containing apothecia studied, these pigments are not visible in apothecial sections after dissolving anthraquinones in K. Fully unpigmented apothecia have not been observed. The Caloplaca xerica group was a newly established, infraspecific grouping of species related to, and similar to, C. xerica. The Caloplaca servitiana group is also newly established and represents an isolated lineage covering two rather different, but related species. Caloplaca neotaurica was described as a new species with apothecia of two colour variants; orange-red (with anthraquinones) and grey (with Sedifolia-grey). The genus Huea represents another taxon lacking anthraquinones within Teloschistaceae. The genera Apatoplaca and Cephalophysis, which lack anthraquinones, were tentatively placed in Teloschistaceae, but their phylogenetic identity has not been recognized. Hueidea was reported to have no anthraquinones, but its secondary metabolites should be studied further and its possible placement in Teloschistaceae assessed. We suggest that Caloplaca abbreviata var. lecideoides and C. celata represent variants of C. stillicidiorum lacking anthraquinones. We developed and tested approach to get successful DNA extracts and subsequently sequences of ITS nrDNA regions from the material of Caloplaca species originated from historical material from herbarium collections. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Micropropagation of conifer trees - an alternative method of plant production | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2011 - 22. 5. 2012 |
| Evidence number: | COST FP 0701 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Kormuťák Andrej, DrSc., Mgr. Matušíková Ildikó, PhD., doc. RNDr. Salaj Ján, DrSc. |
| Proteomics of Ch - The quantitative proteomics analysis of developing embryo, endosperm and seed coat in control and Chernobyl-grown plants | |
| Duration: | 3. 9. 2007 - 2. 1. 2012 |
| Evidence number: | MIRG-CT-2007-200165 |
| Program: | 7RP |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Hajduch Martin, DrSc. |
| Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Alyssum montanum – A. repens complex (Brassicaceae) | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2010 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Partner countries: | Spain |
| Signalling control of stress tolerance and production of stress protective compounds in plants | |
| Duration: | 1. 12. 2007 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: | COST akcia FA0605 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Matušíková Ildikó, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Libantová Jana, CSc., Mgr. Matušíková Ildikó, PhD., doc. Ing. Moravčíková Jana, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project is focused on studying plant defense mechanisms against different environmental stresses such as heavy metals, pathogens, drought or cold. The aim is to identify key components of defense and evaluate their potential in biotechnology programs for improving plant resistance against environmental stresses. |
| Impact of vesicular trafficking in the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism processes | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: | BIO2010-18239 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Ovečka Miroslav, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Spain |
| Plant proteomics - Plant proteomics in Europe | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 1. 6. 2011 |
| Evidence number: | COST FA0603 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Prof., RNDr. Preťová Anna, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Ďatko Miroslav, Mgr. Hajduch Martin, DrSc., Mgr. Klubicová Katarína, PhD., Mgr. Uváčková Ľubica, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Nowadays, a logical complement of the genomic era, is the research on proteomics. Proteomics aims at profiling information by the characterization of proteins and their function, either by describing their differential expression, or their modifications observed during the study, their localization, the possible protein-protein interactions, and ultimately by unravelling how their expression is controlled within regulatory networks. Plant (and all living organisms) development, production of metabolites and defense mechanisms are driven by proteins. The project (network ) is concentrating on deeper understanding theese regulation procedures in plants. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain |
| PESI - A Pan-European Species-directories Infrastructure – PESI | |
| Duration: | 1. 5. 2008 - 1. 4. 2011 |
| Evidence number: | 223806 |
| Program: | 7RP |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Partner countries: | European Union, Georgia, Israel, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine |
| EDIT - Towards the European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) - NoE | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 28. 2. 2011 |
| Evidence number: | GOCE-CT-2006-018340 |
| Program: | 6RP |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States |
| Project website: | www.e-taxonomy.eu |
| Biosystematic studies of selected genera of the families Brassicaceae and Asteraceae in Central Europe and Balkan Peninsula | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2008 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Hodálová Iva, CSc., Mgr. Mráz Patrik, PhD., RNDr. Šingliarová Barbora, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| CryoPlanet - Cryopreservation of crop species in Europe | |
| Duration: | 20. 9. 2006 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: | COST 871 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Salaj Terézia, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | In the Institute of Plant Genetics and Biotechnology embryogenic tissues of selected conifer species (Pinus nigra Arn. and hybrid firs Abies alba x A. cephalonica and Abies alba x A. numidica have been initiated. The embryogenic tissues are characterised by the presence of numerous somatic embryos, that can produce whole plants in appropriate conditions. The embryogenic tissues represent a potential source of trees and are convenient for in vitro propagation of trees. The long-term maintenance of embryogenic cultures is very laborious. It requires transfer of tissues to new media in two-three weeks intervals. The method of cryopreservation could contribute to the long-term storage of tissues. The method has been applied to many conifer species with success. The aim of submitted project (in the frame of COST 871) is introduction of cryopreservation method for long-term storage of Pinus nigra and hybrid Abies cultures. |
| Partner countries: | Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom |
| Origin and evolution of calcareous fens and their biota in the Western Carpathians: the question of glacial relicts and refuges | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2008 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: | KJB601630803 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Dítě Daniel, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Euroberry Research: from Genomics to Sustainable Production, Quality & Health | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2005 - 20. 4. 2010 |
| Evidence number: | COST 863 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Libiaková Gabriela, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Gajdošová Alena, CSc., Ing. Ondrušková Emília, PhD., Ing. Ostrolucká Mária Gabriela, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Anot. angl:The main objective of the COST 863 Action is to improve the quality and production of berries to benefit health of the consumers and maintain profitable European production using sustainable systems. By using a new interdisciplinary approach the programme will focus on selected topics of major importance for the European berry production system and quality control.The objective will be achieved by focussing on four areas of research and development:• From genomics to variety evaluation• Nursery production system and plant quality control• Plant physiology and culture management.• Health for the consumer: components and factors affecting berry nutritional value. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | http://www.euroberry.it |
| Building of Carpathian Biodiversity Information system and design of the ecological network for the Western Carpathians | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 3. 2010 |
| Evidence number: | DBU 24829-33/0 |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Jarolímek Ivan, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Valachovič Milan, DrSc., Mgr. Vantarová Katarína, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia |
| Diversity of selected groups of cyanophytes and alga in Slovakia and Poland | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | 4/2007 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Hindáková Alica, PhD. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| Diversity of selected groups of fungi in Slovakia and Poland | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | 3/2007 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Adamčík Slavomír, PhD. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| Agrobacterium mediated transformation and development of molecular markers for genetic characterization of novel genotypes of Amaranthus spp. | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | SK – ZA-0008-07” |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Libiaková Gabriela, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Gajdošová Alena, CSc., Ing. Hricová Andrea, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Amaranthus species have drawn a great interest in the last years as the agronomic crops. Amaranth can be grown in arid and semi-arid conditions what is an alternative for conditions of the global climate warming. It contribute to mitigate CO2, the factor provoking greenhouse effects. Because of high biomass production and ability to accumulate heavy metals, can be also used as a renewable energy source and for phytoremediation. Amaranth has promising nutritional potentional comapred to cereals or legumes. It has high protein content and balanced amino acid composition. Gluten free products wrere developed in order to suply food for people suffering from celiatic disease. The problem could be the occurence of antinutritional factors in amaranth (oxalic acid, saponines, proteases, etc.), which have to be elimainated by the heat treating.One of the approaches how to obtain/improve important traits in amaranth is genetic transformation – the transfrer of fully characterized, desired genes into the plant genome. Genetic modification of existing Amaranthus species would thus seems a fast way to solve problems with elimination of antinutritional factors. |
| Partner countries: | South Africa |
| In vitro regeneration of highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.), determination of the genetic variability and development of in vitro transformation protocol | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2008 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | SK – SRB –„02006“ |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Gajdošová Alena, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Libiaková Gabriela, CSc., Ing. Ostrolucká Mária Gabriela, CSc. |
| Annotation: | During the past, the interest about the production of small fruit is still increasing, because of its high nutritional and dietetic value. Scientific objectives of the project are increasing of regeneration and micropropagation effectivity of a broad assortment of Vaccinium corymbosum L. cultivars, production of high quality pathogen-free plants, testing for genetic stability of in vitro propagated plants and elaboration of effective regeneration/transformation system for transfer of desired genes into Vaccinium genome. |
| The polarity establishment and studies on the cytoskeleton structure and changes in maize androgenesis | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | 15 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Prof., RNDr. Preťová Anna, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Hungary |
| Studies of selected physiological and molecular parameters involved in plant resistance to fungal pathogens. | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziústavná dohoda |
| Project leader: | doc. RNDr. Salaj Ján, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| Root hair tip growth and adaptation to environmental stress conditions | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Ovečka Miroslav, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Ovečka Miroslav, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Austria |
| ENSCONET - European Native Seed Conservation Network | |
| Duration: | 1. 11. 2004 - 31. 10. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | RICA – CT – 2004 – 506109 |
| Program: | 6RP |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | http://www.ensconet.com |
| LOTASSA - Bridging genomics and agrosystem managment: Resources for adaptation and sustainaable productionof Lotuss spp. in environmentaly constrained South – Americal soils | |
| Duration: | 1. 12. 2005 - 31. 5. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | FP6 – 517617 |
| Program: | 6RP |
| Project leader: | doc. RNDr. Mistrík Igor, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Chile, Spain, Uruguay |
| Project website: | www.lotassa.org |
| Biosystematic and phylogeographic studies of the genera Cardamine, Hesperts and Thlaspi (Brassicaceae) and the genus Hieracium (Asteraceae) in Southern Europe | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 31. 12. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| Classification of xerotherm vegetation syntaxa | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 31. 12. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Zaliberová Mária, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Vegetation survey of Korean Peninsula | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 31. 12. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Jarolímek Ivan, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Somatic embryogenesis and developing of abiotic and biotic stress tolerance in regard of flax, maize, barley and potato | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2002 - 31. 12. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziústavná dohoda |
| Project leader: | Prof., RNDr. Preťová Anna, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| Vegetation succession | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 31. 12. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Valachovič Milan, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Diversity of flora of the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic II: vascular and non – vascular plants | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 31. 12. 2007 |
| Evidence number: | SK-CZ-01806 |
| Program: | Medzivládna dohoda |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Lackovičová Anna, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Vegetation diversity along a continentally gradient in southern Siberia: a key to understanding Early Postlacial history of Central Europe | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2003 - 31. 12. 2007 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Valachovič Milan, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Vegetation variability on landscape and geographical scale: gradient analysis, classification, interpretations | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2005 - 31. 12. 2007 |
| Evidence number: | B601630504 |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Sadloňová Jana |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Effects of heavy metal stress on cell architecture of tip – growing plant cells: Intracellular localization of metal ions | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 31. 12. 2007 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Čiamporová Milada, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Spain |
| The impact of toxic mine wastes on plant life | |
| Duration: | 1. 3. 2007 - 31. 12. 2007 |
| Evidence number: | 57s09 |
| Program: | Medzivládna dohoda |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Banásová Viera, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Čiamporová Milada, CSc., RNDr. Gurinová Erika, RNDr. Illéš Peter, PhD., Mgr. Nadubinská Miriam, PhD., Mgr. Ovečka Miroslav, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Austria |
| Development of biotechnological methods for improvement of recalcitrant crop plants | |
| Duration: | 1. 8. 2002 - 31. 7. 2007 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziústavná dohoda |
| Project leader: | Prof., RNDr. Preťová Anna, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Russia |
| MePolHair - Participation of endomembranes and components of the cell wall on the maintenance of plant cell polarity | |
| Duration: | 1. 3. 2006 - 28. 2. 2007 |
| Evidence number: | MERG – CT – 2005/031168 |
| Program: | 6RP |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Ovečka Miroslav, PhD. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Diversity and distribution of non-vascular plants in the Carpathians | |
| Duration: | 1. 6. 2004 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Lackovičová Anna, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| Phytoplankton studies on the Slovak and Hungarian stretch of the River Danube and its main tributaries | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2004 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Hindák František, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Hungary |
| Gametic cells and molecular breeding for improvement of agricultural crops. | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2002 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | 851 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Prof., RNDr. Preťová Anna, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| INTRABIODIV - Tracking surrogates for infraspecific biodiversity: towards efficient selection strategies for the conservation of natural genetic resources using comparative mapping and modeling approaches) | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2004 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | GOCE – CT – 2004 – 505376 |
| Program: | 6RP |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland |
| Project website: | http://intrabiodiv.vitamib.com |
| Parasitic Plant Management in Sustainable Agriculture | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2005 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | 849 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Matúšová Radoslava, PhD. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, United Kingdom |
| Proteomics of Seed_Filling in Oilseeds | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2004 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | NSF |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Hajduch Martin, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | United States |
| The study of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling to the action cytoskeleton | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2005 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | doc. RNDr. Salaj Ján, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Germany |
| Courese in Plant Biotechnology | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2004 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | SOCRATES |
| Project leader: | Prof., RNDr. Preťová Anna, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | France |
| MIDCC - Macrophyte Inventory Danube/Corridor and Catchment | |
| Duration: | 1. 5. 2002 - 31. 5. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | bm:bwk GZ 45512/1 – VI/B/7a |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Oťaheľová Helena, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Austria |
| Evolutionary phylogenetics and ecological genetics of selected pan – Eurasian Brassicaceae, Arabidopsis and Cardamine | |
| Duration: | 1. 4. 2004 - 31. 3. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | prof. RNDr. Marhold Karol, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Japan |
| DAGOLIGN - Development and growth of leaves: identification of genetic networks | |
| Duration: | 1. 2. 2003 - 31. 1. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | 00267 |
| Program: | 6RP |
| Project leader: | Ing. Hricová Andrea, PhD. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Plant biotechnology methods for modern agriculture | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2001 - 31. 12. 2005 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziústavná dohoda |
| Project leader: | Prof., RNDr. Preťová Anna, DrSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Romania |
| Developing of the Arctic Vegetation Archive and synthesis of Arctic vegetation | |
| Duration: | 16. 3. 1942 - 15. 6. 1942 |
| Evidence number: | SAIA 12629 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Šibík Jozef, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The Alaska Arctic Vegetation Archive (Alaska-AVA) is a prototype database for the Arctic Vegetation Archive (AVA). The goal of the AVA is to unite and harmonize vegetation data from the Arctic tundra biome for use in developing a pan-Arctic vegetation classification. This open-access database is the first to represent an entire global biome, utilizing a unique data dictionary and species list within the Turboveg database program. The Alaska-AVA prototype contains complete species lists and cover estimates for homogeneous plots in typical habitats of northern Alaska. The database contains 3156 total plots. In addition to plot data, the Alaska-AVA contains an array of ancillary data, such as original data reports, plot photographs, plant-species cover estimates, vegetation structure, key publications and, where available, soils information, site factors, geographic coordinates, aboveground phytomass, and ground-based spectral information. |
| Partner countries: | United States |