Kick-off meeting: Bologna

The in-presence kick-off meeting of the project Polyploidbreeding will take place in Bologna on 4-5 December 2023.

• social dinner, December 4th
• project meeting at S.I.S. headquarters on December 5th. Two sessions
  • morning: 9:00 - 13:00
  • afternoon: 14:00 - 16:00

Programme

1. Initial address from the Director General of S.I.S.
2. General presentation of the project
3. Scientific lecture: “Genomics of polyploid wheats: durum (4x) and bread (6x)”
4. Discussion of ongoing activities:
   • field trials: barley, durum wheat, bread wheat
   • drone phenotyping
   • genotyping strategy
   • climate variables
5. presentation of breeding programmes at S.I.S.
6. presentation of project website and discussion on social media platforms:
7. wrap-up discussion

Figure: Premises of S.I.S. (Società Italiana Sementi)

Figure: Group picture during the meeting

Figure: Project dinner

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