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Olive Track

 

OLIVE-TRACK - Traceability of Origin and Authenticity of Olive Oil by Combined Genomic and Metabolic Approaches (QLK1-2002-02386)

Description
The main objective of this project is to apply molecular technologies based on genomic and metabolic information to the traceability of origin and authenticity of olive oil produced and sold within the European Union. More information here.
NIAB Objectives
• To carry out a feasibility study on the applicability of DNA extraction/purification methods to olive oils collected at different stages of the production chain from crude to highly refined oils.
• To evaluate if the DNA extracted from oil is quantitatively and qualitatively (i.e. fragment size) suitable for genomic analysis involving the use of molecular markers and quantitative PCR.
• To contribute to the olive varietal genotype database by screening with SSR markers a set of olive varieties used in oil production. This database allows the varietal composition of olive oil samples to be interrogated.
• To develop a set of markers (SNPs, SCARs) suitable for quantitative analysis by means of real-time PCR. These data are entered in the olive database (http://bioweb.ensam.inra.fr/multicrop/).
• To develop quantitative methods for the determination of the cultivar composition in blended olive oils.

Time-scale
From: 01/01/03
To: 31/12/05

Partners
Università degli Studi di Parma (UPAR-DES, Italy), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche (CNR-ITB, Italy), PLANTECHNO SRL (PLT, Italy), CSIC, Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding (Spain), University of Azores, Department of Agricultural Sciences (UA-DCA, Portugal), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Genetic and Biotechnology Department (UTAD, Portugal), Phylogene SA (France), Association Française Interprofessionnelle de l'Olive (AFIDOL, France), Associazione Consumatori Utenti (ACU-ONLUS, Italy), Consorzio Nazionale Olivicoltori (C.N.O., Italy), University of Ghent, Department of Organic Chemistry (RUG, Belgium), INRA, Laboratoire "Amélioration des Plantes" (France), Universitè de Corse, Facultè des Sciences et Techniques, Laboratoire de Biochimie (UCPP, France)