The UFAS1 Team (Algeria) on its way to the field to monitor the germination status of orphan legumes
The monitoring performed by the UFAS1 Team involves assessing the state of germination in the experimental area by recording detailed measurements at each growth stage of the three cultivated species – trigonella, forage pea, and grass pea – 24 days after planting. A soil tester is used to analyze various parameters such as soil moisture, […]
Dissecting the features of orphan legumes seeds: the climate-resilient pre-germinative metabolism
Intensive lab activities ongoing at UNIPV in collaboration with the BENEFIT-Med Consortium. Seeds harvested from field trials are currently being analysed using molecular and physical-chemical approaches as well as multi-spectral imaging to provide evidence of the beneficial impact of seed priming.
BENEFIT-Med meets PolyCIVIS
The PolyCIVIS project (ERASMUS-JMO-2023-NETWORKS) (https://civis.eu/en/) deals with the challenges of the polycrisis, namey the combination of several concurrent major societal crises by actively working at different levels, combining the latest science with overlooked lessons of the past, across disciplinary clusters, territories and languages. The latest edition of the PolyCIVIS newsletter features an interview of the […]
Advances on orphan legumes – new papers published by the BENEFIT-Med researchers
Two papers have been recently published in the frame of BENEFIT-Med, highlighting the added value of seed priming applied to orphan legumes, challenged by environmental stress conditions. The work by Goufa et al. (Appl. Sci. 2025, 15, 1692. https://doi.org/10.3390/app15041692) reports on the efficacy of biopriming and combined hydro/biopriming treatments to enhance plant growth of the […]
Med Hub database in progress
After the release of the web app on INRAE data (https://trial-inrae-france.onrender.com/) at the beginning of the year, a database is created and based on the IDF (Ile-de-France) database center in Paris. The name of the database is “benefit-med-hub”. Data collection and processing is still ongoing to fill the database. Also, an interactive platform linked to […]
ONGOING PARTICIPATORY FIELD TRIAL AND GREENHOUSE TESTS ON ORPHAN LEGUMES UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE US TEAM (TUNISIA)
The Team of the University of Sfax is leading the second field trial to test the response of orphan legumes to seed priming treatments. The visit of the BENEFIT-Med Coordinator in February 2025 was an excellent opportunity to meet the local Tunisian farmers involved in these participatory activities, and acknlowledge the fundamental contribution of women […]
Conference: Seed Quality & Germplasm. Adaptation to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses.
The Conference was organized by the Laboratory of Weed Science of the Benaki Phytopathological Institute-BPI (Dr. Dimosthenis Chachalis and by the Laboratory of Plant Breeding and Biometry of the Agricultural University of Athens – AUA (Assistant Professor Eleni Tani) in the framework of the BENEFIT-Med project. The event was held at the Multipurpose Hall of […]
SUSTAINABLE SPORE PRODUCTION
The Microbial Genetics Lab of the BENEFIT-Med Coordinator Team, at UNIPV, successfully produced bacterial spores to be used for biopriming through fermentation of orphan legumes straw. Now the process is fully circular and sustainable: biopriming with bacterial spores favours legumes growth –> the waste leftover after legumes collection can be used for spore production!
BENEFIT-Med at the PRIMA DAY in ROME
The Workshop Agriculture and Microbiomes towards the Future New Perspectives between Research and Innovation held in Rome on October 18th, 2024 gathered five PRIMA projects (BENEFIT-Med, PROSIT, REVINE, RESCHEDULE, OPTIMUS PRIME) sharing scientific and technical knowledge, as well as experience in public engagement, with the common goal of bringing innovation to the agroecosystems of the […]
DIRASA meets BENEFIT-Med
The DIRASA (Définition d’un renouvellement de la gouvernance de la recherche en Tunisie) project that aims to improve the governance of university research in Tunisia by enhancing the capacity of different actors to engage with the priorities of national research while promoting the dialogue and the scientific cooperation within the Tunisian National Research System. A […]
