Klimaatverandering uit Oostenrijk

Group picture of the entire consortium at the last project’s meeting held in Bonn on 29-30 May 2024

oktober 28, 2024

ADAPT project comes to an end after four important and productive years of potato research

The ADAPT project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 program, has concluded with significant advancements in developing climate-resilient potatoes, bringing together a multidisciplinary team to enhance stress resilience and breeding strategies for future potato crops.

Updates on the Austrian potato variety trials (Nov 2022)

november 05, 2022

Update on ADAPT potato variety trials in Austria (Nov 2022)

The ADAPT project aims at developing new strategies to make potatoes fit for the challenging growth conditions of the future. Within this project, potato varieties trials are conducted in Austria.

The potato is used to cooler climate and vulnerabe to environmental stresses; particularly to combinations of heat and drought.

september 01, 2020

Major European project to develop heat- and drought-stress tolerant potatoes

The Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna coordinates a consortium of 17 European leading academic research institutions, potato breeders, a non-profit EU association, a government agency and a screening technology developer.