Centre for the investigation of synthesis and transformation of nutritional substances in the food chain in interaction with potentially harmful substances of anthropogenic origin: comprehensive assessment of soil contamination risks for the quality of agricultural production
Programme title: OP Research, Development and Education
Call number: 02_16_019
Call title: Excellent research
Priority axis 1: Strengthening capacity for high-quality research
Investment priority 1: Enhancing research and innovation (R&I) infrastructure and capacity to develop R&I excellence, and promoting centres of competence, in particular, those of European interest
Specific objective 1: Improving the international quality of research and its results
Project title EN: Centre for the investigation of synthesis and transformation of nutritional substances in the food chain in interaction with potentially harmful substances of anthropogenic origin: comprehensive assessment of soil contamination risks for the quality of agricultural production
Project title CZ: Centrum pro studium vzniku a transformací nutričně významných látek v potravním řetězci v interakci s potenciálně rizikovými látkami antropogenního původu: komplexní posouzení rizika kontaminace půdy pro kvalitu zemědělské produkce
Project Registration Number: CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000845
Project description
The project aims to assess the behaviour of contaminants in agroecosystem components and in interaction with nutrients; to understand the impacts of soil contamination with hazardous substances on the quality of agricultural production. State-of-the-art methodological approaches and instrumental analytical techniques will be used to achieve the objectives. A detailed understanding of the factors influencing the behaviour of contaminants in interaction with natural biogens will lead to a more accurate estimation of the level of contaminant risk in the agroecosystem as a whole. Key activities will be carried out within the scientific research teams:
- Identification of sources, contents, mobility and bioavailability of chemical elements in soil
- Assessment of sources, levels and transformations of organic contaminants in soil
- Modelling the behaviour and transport of substances, spatial estimation and mapping the spatial distribution of monitored substances in soil
- Evaluation of the effect of the investigated pollutants and their metabolites on processes in the rhizosphere of plant roots
- Uptake, accumulation and transformation of hazardous substances by plants and biochemical changes in the plant organism as a result of interaction with these substances
- Evaluation of the effect of the pollutants and their metabolites on soil micro- and mesofauna
- The potential impact of the test substances on freshwater organisms
- Comprehensive assessment of biochemical parameters and quality of animal production due to changes in the content of feed grains
- Effect of contaminants on the presence of pathogenic microorganisms in plants and livestock
- Development and modification of analytical techniques for the determination of a wide range of compounds of interest within the research programme
- Completion of infrastructure
- Developing research Teams
- Development of internationalisation
Budget (total eligible expenditures): 244 892 514,60CZK
Project implementation period: 1. 10. 2018 – 30. 6. 2023
Involved university unit:
- CZU Prague – Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources
Project Scientific Director: prof. Ing. Pavel Tlustoš, CSc., dr. H. c.
Project manager: Mgr. Marcela Sedláčková
Financial manager: Ing. Vladimír Albrecht
This project is co-financed by the EU
