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Home / Blog / THOC keeps Greece closer to IOC
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THOC keeps Greece closer to IOC

Madrid / 03.08.2021
ELGO-DIMITRA PRESENTS THE THOC2 PROJECT TO THE MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD OF GREECE

On 6 July 2021, the Minister of Rural Development and Food of Greece, Mr Spilios Livanos, accompanied by the Head of the Prefecture of Crete, Mr Stavros Arnaoutakis, and congressmen and stakeholders of Crete visited ELGO-DIMITRA in Chania.

During the short visit to this certified plant nursery, Georgios Koubouris, who oversees the national germplasm bank of Greece, presented the second phase of the True Healthy Olive Cultivars project (THOC2), the Gen4Olive project, and other activities developed by the ELGO-DIMITRA.

Two weeks later, on 21 July 2021, the two Deputy Ministers of Greece, Ms Fotini Arampatzi and Mr Ioannis Economou, also visited ELGO-DIMITRA, confirming the strong interest and support of the Greek government in the production of certified olive plants.

Greece is committed to the certification of a plant nursery in the national production of olive seedlings.

Olive variety certification is one of the priority objectives of the THOC2 project. The IOC is developing this project in collaboration with the University of Córdoba for the IOC’s network of germplasm banks, which has 23 olive collections in different countries.

The THOC2 project is a collaborative project that aims to authenticate the most representative olive varieties in the world and to put order in the confusion surrounding varietal denominations. For this purpose, the THOC2 project started from a list of 192 different varietal denominations. The resulting authenticated varieties from this list will be diagnosed for the pathogens established by the European regulations and will be maintained pathogen free in an international isolation repository, such as mother plants of nuclear rootstock, for the production of initial material, with varietal and sanitary guarantees.

This vegetal material will be available to the IOC network of germplasm banks to be used as starting vegetal material in their national certification programmes.

 

ELGO-DIMITRA PRÉSENTE LE PROJET THOC2 AU MINISTRE DU DÉVELOPPEMENT RURAL ET DE L’ALIMENTATION DE LA GRÈCE

Le 6 juillet 2021, le ministre grec du Développement rural et de l’Alimentation, Spilios Livanos et le gouverneur de la Crète, Stavros Arnaoutakis, accompagnés de membres du Parlement et d’entrepreneurs crétois, ont visité les installations de l’organisation agricole ELGO-DIMITRA à La Canée.

Pendant la courte visite de la pépinière certifiée, Georgios Koubouris, qui supervise la banque grecque de germoplasme, a présenté la deuxième phase du projet True Healthy Olive Cultivars (THOC2), le projet Gen4Olive et d’autres activités mises en œuvre par ELGO-DIMITRA.

Deux semaines plus tard, le 21 juillet 2021, deux vice-ministres, Fotini Arampatzi et Ioannis Economou, ont également visité les installations d’ELGO-DIMITRA, confirmant ainsi le vif intérêt et le soutien du gouvernement grec pour la production d’oliviers certifiés.

La Grèce s’est engagée dans la certification d’une pépinière consacrée à la production nationale de plants d’olivier.

La certification des variétés d’olives est l’un des objectifs prioritaires du projet THOC2. Le COI met en œuvre ce projet, en collaboration avec l’Université de Cordoue, pour le réseau des banques de germoplasme du COI, qui compte 23 collections nationales d’oliviers.

Le projet THOC2 est un projet collaboratif qui vise à authentifier les variétés d’oliviers les plus représentatives et à confirmer l’usage correct des dénominations variétales. À cette fin, le projet THOC2 se base sur une liste de 192 dénominations variétales. Une fois authentifiées, ces variétés seront diagnostiquées pour vérifier l’absence des pathogènes visés par la réglementation européenne et elles seront isolées dans un dépôt international. Elles seront ensuite utilisées comme plantes mères de porte-greffes pour la production d’un matériel initial garanti sur le plan variétal et sanitaire.

Ce matériel végétal sera mis à la disposition du réseau des banques de germoplasme du COI qui l’utiliseront comme matériel végétal de départ dans leurs programmes nationaux de certification.

 

 

 

 

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