Strategic

Plan

2010-2013

CEBAS-CSIC BUILDING

CEBAS LABORATORIES CULTURE CHAMBERS PILOT PLANT

Facilities (CEBAS-CSIC)

The modern building offers the scientists modernlaboratories, new culture chambers and pilot plantssuited to the expanded research lines of CEBAS (BASICAND APPLIED RESEARCH).

GREENHOUSESEXPERIMENTAL FIELD

Facilities (CEBAS-CSIC)

EXPERIMENTAL FIELD STATION. CEBAS-CSIC has an experimentalfield station, with an extension of 33 hectares; the field station hasgreenhouses available for the research groups. There are fourpeople (civil servant) to help to research groups in the experiences

Approach: Basic and Applied research

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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION

FUNDING

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SOIL and WATER PLANT FOOD

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES CSIC

PERSONNEL CEBAS-CSIC

Permanent Staff (126)

62 Senior Researchers

47 Technical Assitances

17 Administrative Personal

Non Permanent Staff (110)

TOTAL : 236

GROUPS RESEARCH

Department Soil and Water Conservation and Organic

Group on Soil Enzymology and Bioremediation and Organic Wastes

Group on Soil Erosion and Conservation

Group on Sustainability of Soil-Plant Systems

Department Irrigation Group on Irrigation

Department Plant Nutrition Group on Aquaporinas

Group on Nutrición Vegetal

Department Biology of Stress and Plant Pathology

Group on Abiotic Stresses, Production and Quality

Group on Plant pathology

Department Plant Breeding Fruit Breeding Group

Biotechnology of fruit trees Group

Department Food Science and Technology

Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods

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WATER SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT IN

MEDITERRANEAN AGROSYSTEMS

IRRIGATION DEPARTMENTCENTRO DE EDAFOLOGÍA Y BIOLOGÍA APLICADA DEL SEGURA- CEBAS (WWW.CEBAS.CSIC.ES)MURCIA

7 Senior Staff Research Doctors

2 Contracted Research Doctors

2 Staff Technicians

7 Phd Students

2 Contracted Techinicians.

Regulated Deficit Irrigation

Precision irrigation (automatisms and sensors)

Use of non-conventional water resources

Water scarcity in the world

Salt Water 98%

Fresh Water

2%

1400 million km3

TOTAL WATER USEFULFRESH WATER

140.000 km3

Lakes 90%

Rivers

1%

Atmosphere

9%

33 million km3

FRESH WATER

Poles and glaciers 87.3%

Underground Water

12.3% Surface and

atmospheric 0.4%

Agriculture water use efficiency (45%) (Hamdy, 2005; Osman, 2006).

IRRIGATION (70%)(FAO, 2005).

40% Total Food Production

17% Total Agrarian Surface(Fereres y Connor, 2004)

Agronomic Techniques

to increase Water Use Efficiency

1) Water efficient irrigation:

Regulated deficit irrigation.

Precision irrigation.

2) Waste-water reuse in agriculture.

Regulated Deficit Irrigation

The principle of the RDI technique is that plant

sensitivity to water stress is not constant during

the growth season and that intermittent water

deficit during the growth specific periods may

benefit WUE, increase water savings and even

improve harvest quality.

Culture

conditions

Climate

Drought

tolerance

Irrigation

System

Elaboration of

RDI Strategy

VALIDATION

Soil

Growth

Phenology

Specific

Periods

STREP – Food Quality and Safety

(FP6)

Title: Sustainable orchard irrigation

for improving fruit quality and

safety

CE Contribution: 2.249.963 €

Number of partners: 13

Spain, Italy, Netherlands, France,

Greece, Lebanon, Morocco.

IRRIQUAL

Sixth FrameWork

Programme

Main Objective

The main aim of IRRIQUAL is to study the effects of different

irrigation strategies (Regulated deficit irrigation and water quality) on fruit quality and safety in tree

crops

IRRIQUAL

Development and validation of

sustainable irrigation

technology and strategies in

order to increase fruit quality

and safety

Research ActivitiesWP1: Characterisation of

orchards.

WP2: Effects on crop

physiology.

WP3: Effects on fruit qualilty.

WP4: Effects on fruit safety.

Knowledge Integration

ActivitiesWP5: Soil water balance model.

WP6: Whole tree and quality models

WP7. On farm simulation model

Technological

ActivitiesWP8: Water disinfection

WP9: Automation and software.

WP 10: Food safety issues

W11: Best Irrigation

Management Practices

Assessment ActivitiesWP12: Valuation of sustainability

Dissemination ActivitiesWP13: Dissemination, training and

technology transfer

Cooperation Project – FP7-KBBE-2009-3

Título: Sustainable use of irrigation water in

the Mediterranean Region

Europea Financed: 2.990.000 €

Number of Partners: 15

Countries: Spain, Italy, UK, France,

Greece, Lebannon, Morocco, Egypt.

Start date: 1 January 2010

Online Professional IRrigation SchedulingExpert System

Duration: 24 months (Dec 2013 – Nov 2015)

Call: FP7-KBBE-2013-7-single-stage

Funding scheme: CP-TP (Collaborative Project targeted to a special group)

EU contribution 840 000 Euros

www.opiris.eu

Estonia

France

Spain

UnitedKingdom

Greece

UT-SEMIDE

Flights

DONA HORTA

ARGOS

STROGILIS

AGROKTIMA

CERTH

SEEDRI

A.VARGASRITEC

EIC

PROGEAGRO

esearcher perator ser isseminator

Online Professional Irrigation Scheduling - OpIRIS

DB1: Data from previous FP projects; DB2: Users’ archive; DB3: Historical ETo records and crop coefficients

(Kc); OpIRIS: Online Professional Irrigation Scheduling ( ) Irrigation Programmer; ( ) Sensors +

device-to-web datalogger; ( ) Smart_Phone application

CloudDB3

DB2

DB1 OpIRIS-ETc

OpIRIS-F

OpIRIS-H

OpIRIS-DataBase

OpIRIS-Algorithm

OpIRIS-Server

OpIRIS-GUI

OpIRIS-Visitor

OpIRIS-Consultant

OpIRIS-Scheduler

OpIRIS-Controller

OpIRIS-Hardware

(Sensors + Datalogger)

OBJETIVOS

•Free online registry

•Irrigation-related information

DB2

DB1

OpIRISVisitor

•Free online registry•Crop + Geographic coordinates

•Irrigation-related information•Specific crop water requirements-ETc

DB3

DB2

DB1 OpIRIS-ETcOpIRIS

Consultant

DB3

DB2

DB1

•Online registry + License•Exploitation attributes •OpIRIS-Kit (sensors + datalogger)

•Irrigation-related information•Specific crop water requirements•Online Professional irrigation scheduling

OpIRIS-ETc

OpIRIS-F

OpIRIS-H

OpIRISScheduler

DB3

DB2

DB1

•Online registry + License•Exploitation attributes •OpIRIS-Kit (sensors + datalogger)• Specific-Link to irrigation programmer

•Irrigation-related information•Specific crop water requirements•Online Professional Irrigation Scheduling•Online Automatic Irrigation Control

OpIRIS-ETc

OpIRIS-F

OpIRIS-H

OpIRISController

SERVICIOS OPIRIS

Scientific objectives

• To reinforce research and development in irrigation programming through the use of indicators based on soil and plant water status.

• To advance our knowledge of water relations and the ecophysiological behaviour of species deemed to be of special socio-economic interest.

• To encourage the establishment of new deficit irrigation strategies to mitigate the effects of water shortages.

• To study the water status behaviour of soil and its relations with plant root systems.

• To study the use of non conventional water resources for crop irrigation.

Collaborations

• Improve our relationship with national and local stakeholders, water authorities and other water research centres.

• Establishment of bilateral projects with foreign centres (exchange of researchers and elaboration of shared experiments).

• Coordination and/or participation on international research projects financed by different European programs (H2020, InterReg, Life, etc.).

• Coordination and/or participation on international cooperation projects financed by AECI (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional) with Mediterranean and American countries.