{"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":"2026-07-06T14:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:48:47","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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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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36 months (January 2025 \u2013 December 2027)<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\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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Description<\/h4>\n\n\n
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The activities envisaged in this project intend to confirm and\/or expand the information collected for phenotypic description during the GERMAIS project and compare the level of genetic variability present in the selected seed nuclei.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GERMAIS 2 Project is part of the research activities conducted over the last twenty years on Piedmontese corn ecotypes, starting from the first \"Seed Project\" financed in 2006 by the Piedmont Region created with the aim of registering in the National Register as a Conservation Variety the ecotypes of corn recovered and characterized by the CRAB (Reference Center for Organic Agriculture) and the then nascent Piedmontese Ancient Corn Association. The activities of Germais 2 will be consequential to those carried out in 2023 as part of the project called GERMAIS and will allow to confirm and\/or expand the information collected for the phenotypic description, furthermore the creation of on-farm cultivations of the seven varieties will allow to compare their level of genetic variability with that present in the nuclei selected in 2023. The project \u201cGER-MAIS 2\u201d, at a general level, aims at the restoration, maintenance and improvement of agricultural biodiversity, the sustainable management of natural resources and the maintenance and enrichment of the heritage of regional genetic resources through the conservation and reintroduction activity on the territory of traditional plant varieties. Specifically, the partnership has the following objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n