Consortium members The ASTER project is composed by a large consortium, involving 15 Partners and Research Institutions placed around the Mediterranean Sea Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (CNR) members Università del Piemonte Orientale (UNIUPO) members Università di Catania (UNICT) members Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa (ISA-PT) members Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA) members Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) members Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) members Antonis Vezyroglou & SIA EE (AVS) members Isparta Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi (ISUBU) members High Agronomic Institute of Chott-Mariem (ISA-CM) members National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia (INAT) members University Badji Mokhtar – Annaba (UBMA) members University M’Hamed Bougara of Boumerdes (UMBB) members École Nationale d’Agriculture de Meknes(ENAM) members Université Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah (USMBA) members