In the NEURICE project it is planned to assess the New EUropean salt tolerant RICE lines in two consecutive years (2018 and 2019). Thus, the newly breeded salt-tolerant rice lines generated in the project have been already tested under salinized and non-salinized field conditions for first time in Spain, Italy and France. In total, seven […]
More than 200 professionals in the 15th Technical Rice Conference
- Wednesday, 20 February 2019
On February 12th, the 15th Technical Rice Conference organized by IRTA was held in the Tarragona town of Deltebre, attended by some 250 producers, technicians and companies linked to the sector. During the day, various topics were addressed, such as the various studies on certain diseases that affect the cultivation of rice, such as Pyricularia […]
The presence of apple snail in France has been detected
- Tuesday, 12 February 2019
The apple snail (Pomacea insularum) is a freshwater gasterópode that is considered one of the 100 most damaging invasive species in the world. This month of July the presence of apple snail on the lake of Saint-Esprit in the French town of Frejuli, belonging to the province of Provence-Alps-Cote d’Azur, has been detected in the […]
The NEURICE project meets to assess the work done so far
- Tuesday, 05 February 2019
Nearly thirty researchers from the NEURICE project met on January 29 and 30 in the French town of Arles to share the work carried out so far in the project of 4 years (2016-2020). The main objective of the NEURICE project (New commercial EUropean RICE) is to develop strategies for the productivity, stability and quality […]
Solutions to eradicate the apple snail, a plague in the rice fields (Euronews video)
- Monday, 08 October 2018
Coordination
The Neurice project is coordinated by the University of Barcelona.
Neurice coordinator: Salvador Nogués Mestres
