{"id":100063,"date":"2025-07-31T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T08:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/ricerca\/germais-2-germoplasma-locale-di-mais\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:58:56","slug":"germais-2-germoplasma-locale-di-mais","status":"publish","type":"ricerca","link":"https:\/\/www.unisg.it\/en\/ricerca\/germais-2-germoplasma-locale-di-mais\/","title":{"rendered":"GERMAIS 2 - Local maize germplasm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Preliminary Information<\/h4>\n\n\n
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SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Paola Migliorini<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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OTHER UNISG STAFF INVOLVED<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Sandra Spagnolo<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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University of Turin \u2013 DISAFA (Italy), Associazione Antichi Mais (Italy)<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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PROJECT DURATION<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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36 months (January 2025 \u2013 December 2027)<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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FUNDING INSTRUMENT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n

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Sviluppo Rurale Piemonte 2023-2027. SRA 16\/1\/2024 Conservazione agrobiodiversit\u00e0 - Banche del germoplasma vegetale<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Ecology and Sustainability<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Description<\/h4>\n\n\n
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The activities planned under this project are intended to confirm and\/or expand the information gathered for the phenotypic description during the GERMAIS project, and to compare the level of genetic variability present in the selected seed stocks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GERMAIS 2 project forms part of a body of research carried out over the past twenty years on Piedmontese maize ecotypes, beginning with the first \"Progetto Sementiero\" (Seed Project), funded in 2006 by the Piedmont Region with the aim of entering in the National Register, as Conservation Varieties, the maize ecotypes recovered and characterised by CRAB (the Reference Centre for Organic Farming) and by the then newly founded Associazione Antichi Mais Piemontesi. The work of Germais 2 follows on directly from that carried out in 2023 under the project known as GERMAIS, and will make it possible to confirm and\/or expand the information gathered for the phenotypic description. In addition, growing the seven varieties on farm will allow their level of genetic variability to be compared with that of the seed stocks selected in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In broad terms, the \"GER-MAIS 2\" project seeks to restore, maintain and improve agricultural biodiversity, to manage natural resources sustainably, and to maintain and enrich the region's stock of genetic resources through the conservation and reintroduction of traditional plant varieties across the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Specifically, the partnership has set itself the following objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n