European
INTEGRAPE - Data integration to maximize the power of omics for grapevine improvement
The COST Action INTEGRAPE will bring together all stakeholders in the
grapevine research community (academic, industry, policymakers and
consumers) in an open, international, and representative network to
develop minimal data standards and good practices in order to integrate
data repositories and improve interoperability between datasets. The
ultimate objective is to harness and exploit all available data to
achieve better management practices and more cost-effective breeding for
improved genotypes. Grapevine is grown worldwide to produce fresh
berries, processed fruits and wine. The major challenge is to control
berry composition and maintain yields while limiting the use of
pesticides, water and other inputs, thus adapting the industry to
climate change while achieving environmental and economic
sustainability. Grapevine research focuses on interactions between the
genotype, phenotype and environment, and information must be integrated
from heterogeneous datasets including ampelography, environmental
biology, genetics, genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics
and metabolomics. The data are currently dispersed and difficult to
access, hindering meta-analysis (the re-use of grapevine data beyond the
original experiments). No institution working in the field of grapevine
research has yet taken on the mission to improve data integration and
interoperability at the global level, although the grapevine research
community is continuously producing large datasets. The concepts
described will support stakeholders by developing innovative strategies
to integrate grapevine data from existing resources and new experiments
in a cost-effective manner, as well as making interoperable grapevine
datasets and tools available in a secure and standardised format.
Project Details
Reference
COST Action CA17111
Status
Running
Start date
September 2018
Duration
48 months
Funding Entity
European Commission - H2020
CITAB/UTAD Financing
0€
Website
http://www.integrape.eu/index.php
Responsible institution
Università degli Studi di Verona (IT)
Partners
INRA (FR)
Julius Kühn-Institute (DE)
Royal Botanic Gardens (UK)
Umea University (SE)
University of Belgrade (RS)
National Institute of Biology (SI)
FCUL (PT)
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier - UNL (PT)
University of Minho (PT)
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (PT)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC (ES)
University of Verona (IT)
Universität Hohenheim (DE)