WE WILL EAT HEALTHY, WE WILL ALL EAT

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE IS TO FEED THE 11 BILLION PEOPLE WHO WILL POPULATE THE PLANET IN 2050. GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF PLANTS AND THE USE OF PURIFIED WATER FOR GROWING ARE THE ANSWERS

BETWEEN 2012 AND 2013, NEAR PIACENZA, A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED ON THE EFFECT OF THE INCREASING CARBON DIOXIDE ON THE GROWING WHEAT. THE EXPERIMENTAL FIELD WAS EXPOSED TO AN ATMOSPHERE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 570 PPM OF CO2 (THE EXPECTED CONCENTRATION FOR 2050)

SPECIES UNDER OBSERVATION. THE GRAIN WE WILL EAT TOMORROW WILL WITHSTAND THE MOST EXTREME ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

GENOME EDITING ALLOWS INTERVENTION IN THE DNA OF SOME VARIETIES TO ANNIHILATE THEIR WEAK POINTS AND ENHANCE THEIR STRONG POINTS

FIORENZUOLA D’ARDA WORKS ALL YEAR ROUND TO PREPARE THE SOWING AND THEN HARVEST CEREALS GROWN IN EXPERIMENTAL FIELDS

REST IN THE COLD. A SPECIAL ROOM HOSTS COLLECTIONS OF BARLEY GERMOPLASM, OATS, WHEAT, AS WELL AS EGGPLANT AND ASPARAGUS

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Insight

The Crea Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Center in Fiorenzuola d’Arda, founded in 1990, was born from institutes which have been working in the field of genomics and genomics research since the 1940s.

Cereal growing represents the core business of the center, with particular attention to barley, which is the cereal that the piacentini researchers have studied the longest.

Crea experts have participated in numerous international initiatives for the sequencing of the genome of wheat and have developed particular expertise in the technique of genome editing.

CESENA, THE PURIFIER WITH THE ‘GREEN THUMB’ SUSTAINS THE CROPS OF THE FUTURE

THE BIG BINGE. BACTERIA EAT UP THE ORGANIC SUBSTANCES PRESENT IN THE WASTE WATER AND MAKE IT LESS HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT

AN EXPERIMENTAL GREENHOUSE HOSTS PEACHES AND TOMATOES GROWN USING WATER WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PURIFICATION

Unfiltered and undisinfected purified water + fertilizer

Unfiltered and unsanitized purified water

Drinking water + fertilizer

Filtered and disinfected purified water

Filtered and disinfected purified water + fertilizer