Balkan Young Scientists Net on Organic Breeding

The 4th Online meeting of Balkan Young Scientists Net on Organic Breeding will take place on Thursday, 27th June, 13.00 CET on the topic of

Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) and Organic Plant Breeding

PROGRAMME:

• 1. Dynamic management of Plant Genetic Resources through accelerated use in the LIVESEEDING project ( Dr Kostas Koutis, Dr Kostas Krommydas, AEGILOPS)
• 2. Tomato landrace assessment (productivity and quality traits) for organic farming systems (Ilias Avdikos, Assistant Professor. International Hellenic University, Greece)
• 3. Organic fruit breeding and PGR – a Greek case study: the InnOBreed project (Sevi Liouza, Forester – Environmental scientist- organic farmer, BioFRU, Greece)
• 4. European Coordination Let’s LIberate Diversity (ECLLD) – Missions and Training opportunities on Plant Genetic Resources: conservation, seed production and policy (Gabriele Maneo and Matthias Lorimer, agronomists, Secretariat – Italy)