Mycorrhizal inoculants for crop resilience. Designing microbial consortia that enhance nutrient uptake, drought tolerance, and disease suppression.
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
What if the answer to drought lies in the soil?
Active EU-funded programmes across three research pillars. One focus: the soil organisms most science still overlooks.
AGAPP-E ACTIVE
AgAPP-e
Agriculture's digital analyser of production, for phosphorus efficiency. AI-powered platform automating nutrient management.
BIOFERTILA ACTIVE
BIOFERTILA
Biodegradable agricultural film from wool and agro-forestry waste. Replaces plastic mulch, degrades into biofertiliser.
BIONIR ACTIVE
BioNIR
Real-time soil and plant health monitoring via Vis-NIR spectroscopy. Calibrating sensors for field deployment.
FERTINUREX ACTIVE
Fertinurex
Urease-inhibiting soil formulations from microbial extracts.
DRYBOUND ACTIVE
DryBound
Synthetic microbial consortia from drought-adapted plants to increase crop drought resistance.
EUREKA ACTIVE
Eureka
Automating phosphorus balance calculations and digitalising phosphorus flows across agricultural systems.
AgAPP-e is co-financed by the European Union. The official acknowledgement below reproduces the mandatory project declaration as published, in Portuguese, including the consortium and funding figures.
AgAPP-e
Analisador Digital da Produção Agrícola, para a eficiência do uso do Fósforo
Consortium
GLOBAZ, S.A.; Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa; Soilvitae, Lda
Objectives
To improve both production and environmental protection, fertiliser management must be local or site-specific: agricultural efficiency can be quadrupled when nutrient flows and reserves are properly observed. Yet growers lack diagnostic tools geared towards targeted treatments. The AgAPP-e project sets out to automate fertiliser recommendations, improving precision and increasing phosphorus-use efficiency.
Operation Code
COMPETE2030-FEDER-01399900, LISBOA2030-FEDER-01399900
Operação cofinanciada pela União Europeia através do Programa COMPETE 2030
Three Pillars
Mycelium-based composites for sustainable packaging. Growing the next generation of materials from fungal networks.
Bioactive compounds with antimicrobial properties. Isolating and characterising novel metabolites from Portuguese microbial biodiversity.