Seed and seedling quality are critical to agriculture and food security, as sub-optimal performance can cause significant economic losses by affecting growth and yield after transplantation. Environmental stress, particularly temperature shifts driven by climate change, heavily influences seedling quality, reducing yield predictability. The TOLEDS project aims to address these challenges by studying how LED treatments impact redox homeostasis and resilience to temperature stress in tomato plants. By testing different LED wavelengths and intensities on tomato seedlings under stress, the project will identify optimal irradiation conditions to reduce ROS production and lipid peroxidation. Using physiological, biochemical, and transcriptomic analyses, TOLEDS will uncover biochemical and molecular markers of tomato-LED pairs with enhanced temperature resilience, providing insights for sustainable crop management amidst climate change.
| Partners: | UNIBA |
| Code: | P2022XPJC5 |
| Type: | Nazionale - PRIN 2022 PNRR |
| Start: | 30/11/2023 |
| End: | 29/11/2025 |
| Amount: | 11000 |
| Leader: | NO |
| Referent: | Alessandra Villani |
