Rice is a staple food for more than half of the world’s population, making it crucial to understand how pesticides affect it. Traditional single-omics methods offer only limited insights, whereas multi-omics approaches can uncover the complex interactions and mechanisms at play in rice. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the MPOPPE project will investigate the molecular effects of commonly used pesticides on rice by combining transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. The project will examine changes in gene expression, identify key proteins, and track metabolic shifts in rice exposed to pesticides, with a focus on stress responses and detoxification pathways. Its findings will provide vital information to develop integrated pest management strategies that improve rice yields and support sustainable farming practices.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101210853.
