From June 3 to 5, 2019, the ISF World Seed Congress was held in Nice with over 1,500 assistants from around the world. The NEURICE project was attended by two of its partners, the French Rice Center and Cirad, who presented a poster explaining the problems of the French Camargue region and the interest of […]
The blue crab, an ally in front of the apple snail plague in rice crops
- Tuesday, 11 June 2019
The blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) has become an ally in the fight against the plague of apple snail (Pomacea maculata) that has seen its populations reduced to 90% in some places in the Ebro Delta (Spain). Although in principle is very good news for the fight against the apple snail, the […]
The NEURICE project helps to promote the production of organic rice in the Ebro Delta
- Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Organic rice is a production that, in the Ebro Delta area, is still quite testimonial but has a demand that grows year after year. It is a fact that the demand does not cover the productions since the cooperatives of the zone must import ecological rice in order to supply the demand of the consumers. […]
Camilo López-Cristoffanini defends his doctoral thesis on improvement of varieties
- Monday, 18 March 2019
Camilo López-Cristoffanini, a Chilean researcher member of the consortium of the NEURICE project and a scholarship holder of the CONICYT BecasChile, defended his thesis last Monday, March 11, at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Barcelona with the title : “Variety improvement in rice (Oryza sativa L.): proteomic, hormonal […]
The first results in field conditions: The Neurice rice lines have proved to be more productive in salinity conditions
- Wednesday, 27 February 2019
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 […]
Coordination
The Neurice project is coordinated by the University of Barcelona.
Neurice coordinator: Salvador Nogués Mestres
