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About Eu-Sol

Find out more about this project.

An introduction to the aims of EU-SOL and how we plan to achieve them. Plus read about the organisations and people working on this project.

Introduction

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What is Eu-Sol?

Eu-Sol is a multi million Euro research project funded by the European Commission. It is focussed on improving the quality of potatoes and tomatoes.

Who is Eu-Sol?

The project involves 56 partners from 15 different countries. Most are based in the EU but some are from as far apart as Israel and Argentina.

Find out more about the partners and people in EU-SOL by clicking on the tabs above.

What’s in a name?

The nature of Eu-Sol is reflected in its name:

  • Eu = The European Union
  • Sol = Solanaceae (the family of plants that tomatoes and potatoes belong to)
More information: 10 Questions and Answers about Eu-Sol

More information about Eu-Sol is available in a 5-pages leaflet that answers ten questions:

  1. What is EU-SOL?
  2. Why focus on potato and tomato?
  3. What makes potato and tomato important in nutrition?
  4. Why is there a need for new traits?
  5. What type of traits are of interest?
  6. Is conventional breeding no longer needed?
  7. What does EU-SOL add to existing breeding practices?
  8. How will the results be used?
  9. What is the advantage of Marker-Assisted Selection?
  10. Who decides what we need?

 


 

 

 

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What is this website?

Posted by Dan at Feb 09, 2009 04:20 PM
You said, "Eu-Sol is a multi million Euro research project funded by the European Commission. It is focussed on improving the quality of potatoes and tomatoes.", but what I want to know is, what is this website and what is it about? What information is presented here?

RE What is this website?

Posted by Alex Garlick at Feb 09, 2009 04:31 PM
Dear Dan,

Thank you for your enquiry. The website is our way of opening the project up to the public.

Here you will find details about the organisation of the project and the research being done by the scientists on the project. We have tried to put the project into the context of the history of the potato and tomato and the wider diversity of these plants. Background information on plant breeding and DNA has been provided that may help some people understand the work of the project. We have tried to connect the project with peoples interests through recipes and fun activities. Finally we have opened the website up to everyones' thoughts and opinions.

I hope that details to what might be found in the website are provided by the Public homepage, in particular the 'Site contents' section.

Best wishes, Alex