Crop for the Future: Taming a neglected local weed as a crop for food security

Crop for the Future will develop Chenopodium album to be reintroduced in modern agriculture by:
Establishing the technological platforms to accelerate the domestication of C. album. Characterizing the nutritional and anti-nutritional value of C. album. Elucidating the regulation and biosynthesis of anti-nutritional saponins in C. album.

CropFor

Funded by:

DFF

Project: Crop for the Future
Period: 01/01/2021 - 01/01/2024

Contact

Søren Bak
Professor
bak@plen.ku.dk
+4535333346

Katja Annette Willrodt
Project Manager
kwi@plen.ku.dk
+4535325828

Crop for the Future in the media

P1 Morgen, DR 

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Participants

Navn Titel Affiliation E-mail
Søren Bak Project Leader, Professor University of Copenhagen bak@plen.ku.dk
Pablo D. Cardenas Assistant Professor University of Copenhagen pdcardenas@plen.ku.dk

Thure Pavlo Hauser

Associate Professor University of Copenhagen tpha@plen.ku.dk
Poul Erik Jensen Professor University of Copenhagen

peje@food.ku.dk

Brande Wulff Professor, Group Leader John Innes Institute Brande.Wulff@jic.ac.uk