RAFBCA: Risk assessment of fungal biological control agents

• Forschungsstelle: EU FRP
• Projektnummer: 01.0023
• Projekttitel Englisch: RAFBCA: Risk assessment of fungal biological control agents

Schlüsselwörter (Englisch)

Risk assessment; biological control agents (BCAs); fungal metabolites; toxin production; Stagonospora; bindweeds; leptosphaerodione; elsinochrome A; cercosporin; Convolvulus; Calystegia;
Agriculture; Economic Aspects; Food; Industrial Manufacture; L

Alternative Projektnummern (Englisch)

EU project number: QLK1-CT-2001-01391

Forschungsprogramme (Englisch)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.1.5 Sustainable agriculture, fisheries and forestry

Kurzbeschreibung (Englisch)

See abstract

Partner und Internationale Organisationen (Englisch)

Coordinator: T. Butt (UK)

Abstract (Englisch)

The aim of this unique project is to establish whether metabolites produced by fungal biological control agents (BCAs ) enter the food chain and if they pose a risk to human and animal health.

This will be achieved through:
1) development of tools (e.g. biosensors) and methods (e.g. high throughput assays like ELISA, Vitotox) for rapid and accurate detection of fungal metabolits;
2) biochemical and molecular studies to elucidate their mode of action;
3) molecular markers to monitor fungal BCAs in the environment;
4) studies to determine if metabolites enter the food chain and, if so, identify the route of entry and type and quantities present, this multidisciplinary project will assure food safety by anticipating risks, tracing the sources of contaminants, if any, in the food chain and quantifying risk factors (key actions 1 and 3).

Datenbankreferenzen (Englisch)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 01.0023