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BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Det adaptive potensialet i epigenetisk regulering av vekstrytme hos gran

Forests play a major role as carbon storage and source of renewable biomass for the bioeconomy. Effective buildup of the forest resources depends on trees that are adapted to the climate, and able to take advantage of the higher temperatures and prolonged growing season we expect from climate cha...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2021

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

New generation biofertilizers for improved nitrogen management, sustainable food production and low greenhouse gas emissions

Biotechnology for reduced N2O emissions from farmland The project has searched along two tracks for reducing N2O emissions. One is to use nitrification inhibitors (NI), compounds which selectively inhibit ammonium oxidation in soil. The second is to grow N2O-reducing bacteria in the waste from bi...

Awarded: NOK 5.0 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

SuSCrop-Development of lodging-resistant and climate-smart rye – a contribution to a sustainable cereal production in marginal environments

European cereal production experiences an ongoing intensification and specialisation on wheat and barley production at the expense of minor cereals as oat, rye and spelt, and rye is today mainly grown in environments where climate- and soil conditions are unfavourable for wheat production. In ord...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

SusCrop - Developing resilience and tolerance of crop resource use efficiency to climate change and air pollution

Climate change will impact arable crop production in coming decades and air pollution is already having substantial impacts on crop productivity causing significant yield losses across Europe. In spite of international efforts to reduce emissions, poor air quality in Europe is currently set to co...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

New breeding strategies for better longevity and animal welfare in future crossbred sows

Crossbred sows, which are the result of crossing two purebreds of different breeds, are the dams of the slaughter pigs, and therefore, are economically the most important animals in the pork production chain. Crossbred sows also tend to produce larger litters and have better mothering ability tha...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Innlandet

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Development of technical and chemical supplementation for pig embryo transfer at a commercial scale

Using embryo technology in pig breeding is of interest, but it is a challenge to collect egg cells or embryos from live sows without surgery. This project has included the development of equipment and methods to make this possible. New and improved versions of the catheter produced at NTNU have b...

Awarded: NOK 0.57 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Innlandet

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Exploiting bioresources for environmental friendly strawberry production with enhanced yield, quality and shelf life (MiljøVennlig)

Powdery mildew and gray mold are the two most important fungal diseases in strawberry, can cause severe pre and postharvest yield and quality losses if not properly managed. Potential of optical radiation for management of powdery mildews in wide range of crops has been reported previously. Preci...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Sustainable management of pasture parasites in Norwegian beef and dairy cattle

Use of pasture is important for cattle production throughout Norway. Grazing cattle can, however, be infected by parasites that affect their production negatively. The pasture parasites (PP) may also cause clinical disease, even mortality, and thus adversely affect animal health and welfare. In ...

Awarded: NOK 0.92 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Enduring Growth! New tools and workflows for risk and contingency management from pig production to pork processing

A few years ago, a new type of quality defect in pork became apparent, especially in ham. This quality defect caused significant economic losses, especially for producers of cooked ham, in several European countries including Norway. The project Enduring Growth! gathered a network of important st...

Awarded: NOK 7.0 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Oslo

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Adaptations within the Norwegian wheat value chain to improve quality and obtain high quantities for milling in a challenging climate

The project aimed to increase the production of Norwegian milling wheat with stable and good baking quality despite impending climatic challenges by expanding knowledge and adapting strategies within the value chain. Low protein content and unpredictable variations in gluten quality have been cha...

Awarded: NOK 0.44 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

Etablering av et norsk Earth BioGenome Project

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Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2019-2021

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

SusCrop - Knowledge-driven genomic predictions for sustainable disease resistance in wheat

Progress in plant breeding is based on the ability to do precise selection of new offsprings with desired traits. Traditionally, this is done by testing of large populations in field trials over multiple years and locations. This is both costly and time consuming. Genomic selection makes it possi...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2023

Location: Akershus

BIA-Brukerstyrt innovasjonsarena

Effektiv plasmaprosess for desentralisert nitrogenoksidproduksjon fra luft

Nitrogen is essential for plant growth and essential for maintaining world food production. The use of organic fertilisers and artificial fertilisers in agriculture results in large emissions, loss of nutrients and pollution. The nitrogen that is lost can be translated to lost value for the farme...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Manure, fish slurry and digestate; from problem to farmers’ gold.

Norway has large and very different waste streams, containing important nutrients. However, the different sectors, in agriculture, aquaculture, other businesses, and the wastes created by common citizens, are not well coupled for a better and holistic recirculation of the nutrients. We must find ...

Awarded: NOK 3.6 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Friske varroaresistente honningbier

Honeybees perform an important service by pollinating a number of agricultural crops as well as wild plants. Along with wild pollinating insects, honeybees are exposed to a number of stressors. For honeybees, the single most important threat is the parasitic mite Varroa destructor (varroa mite) a...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Towards a sustainable control of wheat dwarf virus disease in China and Norway by application of CRISPR and Next Generation Sequencing

Cereals (wheat, barley and rye) are dominant staple food crop grown worldwide and are among the most important crops in the world. In Norway and China, wheat has significant importance as a food source and also has a socio-economic impact on the development of both countries. These cereals are af...

Awarded: NOK 4.4 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Forum for circular economy solutions in Norwegian wastewater management

Mineral sources of plant nutrients such as phosphorus (P), potassium (K), sulfur (S) and zinc (Zn) of commercial value, are limited. Nitrogen fertilizers are currently produced using natural gas, which will run out in the foreseeable future. The result is that fertilizer prices rise. In order to ...

Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

JPIWATER-Water Challenges for a Changing World

Mass development of aquatic macrophytes - causes and consequences of macrophyte removal for ecosystem structure, function, and services

In the MadMacs project, we studied six sites in rivers and lakes with mass development of macrophytes. The sites were in Norway, Germany, France, South Africa, and Brazil, and the macrophytes were perceived as problematic by water managers and residents. At each site, we mechanically removed the ...

Awarded: NOK 2.5 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Oslo

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

Lystgassutslipp fra plasma-aktivert nitrogen-anriket digestat

N2 Applied develops a technology for plasma treatment of manure and digestate from biogas production. This is expected to be an economically competitive nitrogen supply process for fertilizing plant growth and simultaneously eliminate unwanted odor and loss of ammonia from storage and application...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Akershus

FORNY20-FORNY2020

Production of Medicinal Compounds in Aeroponics

Aeroponics is an environmentally friendly and economically efficient plant growing system. It is not subjected to weather conditions (when conducted indoors) nor to soil interference. It decreases water usage by 98%, fertilizer usage by 60%, pesticide and herbicides usage by 100%. Moreover, a muc...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Rogaland

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Genotyping goats to cost effectively increase genetic progress

Genomic Selection (GS) is expected to result in an increase in accuracy of selection of young animals and an increase in rate of genetic improvement for the population. GS has been successfully introduced in many dairy cattle populations around the world but is less widespread in small ruminants...

Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Understanding the causal agent(s) of tip rot to reduce carrot loss and waste within the supply chain

Carrot is the main field vegetable in Norway, and it contributes over 886 million NOK per annum, where 94.5% of the market share is covered by locally produced carrots. It is stored in cold storage for up to 8 months. It has been claimed that tip rot of carrot is an increasing problem in Norway, ...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Akershus

JPIWATER-Water Challenges for a Changing World

Mass development of aquatic macrophytes - causes and consequences of macrophyte removal for ecosystem structure, function, and services

Awarded: NOK 0.78 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2022

Location: Akershus

FORNY20-FORNY2020

An eco-friendly paradigm in soil disinfection: Formulation of a biostimulant to treat the potato cyst nematode plague

Potatoes are the third largest global plant crop for human consumption after rice and wheat. More than a billion people are eating potatoes, and the annual production is >370million metric tons. Potato cyst nematodes (PCNs) is a serious condition that affect crop yield adversely and are a serious...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Akershus

FORNY20-FORNY2020

PoultryBone: Utvinning av protein og mineraler fra kyllingbein

Efficient use of resources related to food production is one of the most important challenges facing society in the future. Our process method, PoultryBone, can open up a whole new product portfolio from chicken bones that so far have not been possible. From boiled chicken bones remaining after t...

Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Vestland

BIONÆR-Bionæringsprogram

HESTEFORSK Forståelse av etiologien bak acquired equine polyneuropathy via studier av Schwanske cellekulturer H-18-47-409

To close in on the aethiology behind the disease acquired equine polyneuropathy (AEP), the main aim of the project was to establish a platform for studying the pathological changes, including the conspicuous inclusions, in the Schwann cells (SC) in nerves of affected horses. The project`s first ...

Awarded: NOK 0.73 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

BIOTEK2021-Bioteknologi for verdiskaping

FP: Bioøkfelles -Assessment of econ. and bio. implications, prospects and risks by implementation of new gene tools in modern bio-production

The EcoGene project has explored the possibilities and challenges of using new gene-editing tools in Norwegian bio-production, such as salmon and pig production. The project has combined biological and socio-scientific perspectives to assess risk and how technology can be used in a beneficial way...

Awarded: NOK 10.2 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

FFL-JA-Forskningsmidlene for jordbruk og matindustri

Reindeer CWD prion ecology: Risk of dissemination by sheep

In this project, the primary objective was to investigate if reindeer chronic wasting disease (CWD) is transmissible to sheep. A secondary aim was to explore the interplay between sheep and reindeer in Nordfjella. Further, we wanted to investigate the potential for reindeer CWD and newly emerged ...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2024

Location: Akershus

LANDBASERT-LANDBASERT

HESTEFORSK Is 'Jumpers Knee' a clinical entity in horses? An investigation of patellar desmopathy as a cause of stifle lameness H-18-47-393

Orthopedic disorders that cause lameness are a major animal welfare problem in horses. Hindlimb lameness can be difficult to evaluate and diagnose and wrong or misleading diagnoses can lead to wrong or misguided treatments. In human athletes, pain in the patellar tendon, so-called 'Jumper's knee'...

Awarded: NOK 1.4 mill.

Project Period: 2019-2025

Location: Akershus

FRIMEDBIO-Fri prosjektstøtte for medisin, helse og biologi

Enterococcal RseP as a target for new diagnostics and antibiotics

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are responsible for several human infections, and their treatment has become challenging because the bacteria have become resistant to most antibiotics. In this project, we started from a recently discovered antimicrobial peptide/bacteriocin called enterocin...

Awarded: NOK 10.4 mill.

Project Period: 2018-2023

Location: Akershus

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