A UMT (joint technical unit) is made up of at least one recognised technical institute and a public research institute or a higher education institution. They conduct together, on a given geographic area, a national R&D program. Such a program falls into the scientific or technical priorities of the project partners and aims at producing scientific knowledge and at creating technological or socio-economical innovations of general interest. A UMT aims to develop a common culture between research and development actors.
‘QUALINNOV‘ associates INRA and lnstitut Technique du Vin.
This unit was created in 2008 to conduct R&D actions and contribute to the elaboration of quality wines and grape-derived beverages meeting consumers demands, both on the sensorial (aromas, polyphenols) and health levels.
Main objectives are:
to supplement the knowledge on the elaboration of qualitative characteristics during grape production and transformation processes
to provide tools and methods to the vine and wine industry allowing to pilot processes according to the requested products typology
The unit specializes in analytical chemistry, fermentation and separation technics applied to eonology engineering and vine and wine-growing ecophysiology. It benefits from the INRA Pech rouge experimental facilities: fields, technology halls, analytical laboratory and has a preferential access to the technical platforms of the joint research unit ‘Sciences for oenology‘, (INRA-Montpellier Sup Agro).
’Géno-vigne‘ associates INRA , Montpellier SupAgro and the Institut français de la Vigne et du Vin - Management of vine genetic resources and conservation methods
The general objective of Géno-Vigne is to optimize the management, conservation and technology transfer of vine genetic resources in France, for the benefit of the vine and wine industry, by sharing teams, tools and expertise. France, through IFV and INRA, possesses the richest clones and wine grape varieties collections in the world. Géno-Vigne is in charge of the transfer of innovative technologies in diversity analysis, based on the recent advances in the grapevine genome and sequencing understanding. The UMT creates new grape varieties more resistant and selects new clones. It also takes part in the training of vine industry actors.
The Géno-Vigne’s project allows better managing and characterising these resources, to guaranty their long-term conservation by fostering synergies and cooperations between the IFV and INRA’s Vassal experimental station. The DIAPC joint research unit brings also experience on management, conservation and characterisation of genetic resources.
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