MICROCLIMATT Webinar: Microalgae for productive and sustainable agriculture

March 31, 2022. Virtual format

The MICROCLIMATT Operational Group was born in 2020 in the context of the Call for the Execution of Projects of General Interest by Operational Groups of the European Innovation Association in terms of agricultural productivity and sustainability. GO MICROCLIMATT aims to test the effectiveness of microalgae biostimulants, through demonstrative trials (phenotypic, physiological and transcriptomic), in the fight against the effects of climate change on wheat and tomatoes. This objective will be achieved through:

The demonstration of the increase in carbon fixation in soils and plant biomass of crops treated with the proposed biostimulant solutions, associated with the increase in crop productivity, and the verification of the improvement in soil quality.
The analysis of the mechanisms that induce an improvement in the resistance of treated crops to situations of water stress (lower availability of water), thanks to the use of biostimulant solutions.
The determination of the validity of the proposed solutions in order to reduce the use of chemical fertilizers, which degrade, erode and contaminate soils and aquifers.

In this context, the first MICROCLIMATT Webinar: Microalgae for productive and sustainable agriculture will be held on March 31, 2022, which will be dedicated to presenting the objectives and activities of this innovative project.

PROGRAM

11:00 a.m. Opening, introduction and objectives

José María de Gregorio. Project Manager. AlgaEnergy
Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. BIOVEGEN Manager

11:20 a.m. GO MICROCLIMATT Project

VISION TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT/DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Trajectory of the representative company and contribution to the sustainable intensification of agriculture through innovative biostimulants. María Segura Fornieles. Deputy General Director and Technical Director. AlgaEnergy. José Antonio del Campo Castillo. R&D Director. AlgaEnergy

SCIENTIFIC VISION

Microalgae as an edaphic biostimulant: Encouraging the mitigation of the effects of climate change. Carlos García Izquierdo. CSIC Research Professor. Segura Center for Soil Science and Applied Biology (CEBAS-CSIC)
Transcriptomic analysis of the effect on crops of the application of biostimulants based on microalgae. Francisco Romero. IBVF. Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. US-CSIC
Effect of the use of biostimulants derived from microalgae on the production and quality of wheat and tomato under environmental stress conditions. Victoria Colombo. Head of the horticulture service. IMIDRA

USER/FARMER VISION

Juan Almansa. Project director. HANDLE
Alvaro Perez. Project manager. HANDLE

12:15 p.m. Colloquium and questions

12:30 p.m. Conclusions and closing

The day will allow the possibility of hold b2b meetings previously scheduled between GO MICROCLIMATT attendees and experts

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