The challenges posed by climate change-rising temperatures, water scarcity, biotic stresses-are strongly impacting Italian fruit production.
To address them, innovation is needed: identifying new gene pools, improving existing varieties, and implementing sustainable biotechnological approaches.
This is the context for VALFRUIT (Valorization of genetic resources to improve fruit crops), a project funded under Spoke 1 of the National Agritech Center, which aims to create genetic materials and knowledge to develop more resilient and sustainable fruit crops.
Agrigeos participates as an assay center, bringing a specific contribution in the phenotyping of citrus fruits obtained through Techniques of Assisted Evolution (TEA) under abiotic stress conditions, using the Plantarray system to precisely analyze plant response.
📅 The results of the project will be presented in the Valfruit webinar, scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 28, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Participation is free of charge and entitles agronomists, foresters and agro-technicians to Professional Training Credits (CFPs).
Project partners:
- University of Verona (lead partner)
- University of Palermo
- Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti (CIV)
- Sicural s.r.l. consortium
- Agrigeos S.r.l.
- Agricultural Society Defense of Canneto
🔗 S ign up here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bgCz7vUOQbecKfUHuoUDVg