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Visiting Jülich's Forschungszentrum

On January 29-31 2025, Dr. Filippo Biscarini from CNR and Dr. Nelson Nazzicari from CREA visited the Forschungszentrum in Jülich (Germany), where they met the colleagues Dr. Fabio Fiorani and Dr. Kerstin Nagel.

We visited the premises and facilities available at Forschungszentrum Jülich, including the rhizotron automated platform, the growth chambers used to simulate an array of environmental conditions and the greenhouses where an impressive number of experiments is conducted.

We talked about the current state of the Polyploidbreeding project and planned the next steps in terms of data analysis and drafting of documents, as well future activities like participating in research consortia and/or preparing joint grant proposals, to further strengthen the collaboration across insitutions initiated with this project.

This was also an occasion to have a chat with Giulia Moscatelli, who is carrying out the rhizotron experiment, which is progressing according to schedule.

Figure: some of us in the facilities at Juelich's Forschungszentrum

Figure: the rhizotron automated platform

Figure: durum wheat plants growing in the rhizotron platform (two weeks from the start of the experiment)

Figure: facility for magnetic resonance imaging of plant root systems at the Jülich Forschungszentrum

Figure: experimental plant specimen in controlled conditions