Crocusbank Project







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Universidad de Castilla La-Mancha (UCLM)

Institution: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM)

Department/Faculty/Institute/Laboratory name: Biotecnología/ETSIA & Instituto de Desarrollo Regional (IDR)

Address: Campus Universitario s/n. 02071. Albacete. Spain

Contact Person: Prof. José Antonio Fernández

Phone: +34 967 599 309

Fax: +34 967 599 233

Email: JoseAntonio.FPerez@uclm.es

Expertise / Role: Genetics and Plant Breeding. Biochemistry (bioactivity). Biotechnology. Pathogenesis

Duties: Project coordination (WP-07), management of SCG (WP-01), and participation in CCG (WP-02), MCG (WP-04), CEGA and CEGC (WP-05, coordination), and AG (WP-06)

Team: Dr. J.-A. Fernández, Professor of Genetics and Biotechnology; Dr. M. Roldán, Senior Officer for International R&D Projects at the UCLM; Dr. A. Rubio, Research Scientific; Dr. M. Santaella, Posdoctoral Fellowship; Dr. O. Santana, Research Associate.

Aims and Activities

1- Exploration and collection of corms in the saffron cultivation area under the appellation of origin “Azafrán de La Mancha ” (EC Reg. 464/2001) that includes part of the Spanish provinces of Albacete, Cuenca, Ciudad Real and Toledo.

2- Collection of saffron corms fron India (Kashmir) by agreement with the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology and from Switzerland.

3- Exploration in the W Iberian Peninsula and collection of seeds and/or corms of Crocus taxa (see WP-02).

4- Application of in vitro conservation techniques to endangered and threatened taxa and populations of Crocus (WP-04)

5- Molecular characterization.

6- Evaluation of the accessions assessing the susceptibility to different pathogenic fungi, especially Fusarium spp. causing corm rot of saffron.

7- Assesment of valuable germplasm for saffron breeding