Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD – Health, science, technology, research, innovation and international affairs
Description: A holistic multi-actor approach towards the design of new tomato varieties and management practices to improve yield and quality in the face of climate change
climate change (1649) tomato varieties (4) tomato quality (1) tomato yield (1)
In the light of the forecasted world demographic growth and the global changes in climate, it is becoming a major challenge for society to provide sufficient amounts of fruit of high nutritional and sensory quality. While we are entering a period of increasingly rapid climate change, TomGEM aims to design new strategies to maintain high yields of fruit and vegetables produced at harsh temperature conditions, using the tomato as a reference fleshy fruit crop. TomGEM considers all developmental processes cont
The main outcomes of the project are the superior genotypes in terms of tolerance to heat stress and yield stability, but also new genes and new markers that will help the tomato breeders to create new tomato varieties and cultivars that are better suited to high temperature conditions.
As a young scientist within TomGEM, I had the opportunity to collaborate with lead scientists in the field and to have early access to the new technologies. I extended my academic skills and was able to build on my previous experience. Working in a H2020 project gave me the opportunity to work at different stages of translational research: to work on fundamental, basic research but also at the end of the process, where we are evaluating products that are very close to go to the market.
Vanessa Campo-Ruiz, MD PhD – Health, science, technology, research, innovation and international affairs