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Breeding chicory roots for health products
Don’t miss our new leaflet where we explain the main objective of CHIC project: To breed chicory roots to bring health products to the society!
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Technical and risk and regulatory assessment of NPBTs update
CHIC is the Chicory Innovation Consortium. The project’s main objectives are 1) to implement New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs) in chicory in order to establish it as a multipurpose crop for the production of health-related products with clear benefits for consumers, and 2) to develop co-innovation pathways with stakeholders for game-changing technologies, such as NPBTs.
Augmented reality educational game for the young generation!
Gene editing, or genome editing in augmented reality, is a process in which small intended changes in the DNA are introduced in the genome of a living organism such as plants.
Implementation of NPBTs in chicory for bioactive terpenes update
CHIC is the Chicory Innovation Consortium. The project’s main objectives are 1) to implement New Plant Breeding Techniques (NPBTs) in chicory in order to establish it as a multipurpose crop for the production of health-related products with clear benefits for consumers, and 2) to develop co-innovation pathways with stakeholders for game-changing technologies, such as NPBTs.