Periodic Reporting for period 1 - NatGenCrop (Employing the natural genetic variation to improve nutritional properties and stress tolerance in vegetable crops)

Yield and nutritional properties of vegetable crops are affected by unfavourable environmental conditions, such as drought, salinity, extreme temperatures, and pollutants. NatGenCrop aims at improving stress tolerance of major vegetable crops (tomato, pepper, legumes, lettuce)...