ISP UPV
06 February 2017 09:00

INTENSIVE PROGRAMME IN VALENCIA VEGETABLE BREEDING

Monday, 6th Feb 2017

9:00- 10:00 Wellcome and course presentation

10:00-13:00 Oportunities and challenges at vegetable breeding industry

14:00-17:00 Seminar: Preparing a breeding programme in a vegetable crop

Tuesday, 7th Feb 2017

9:00-11:00 Breeding for abiotic stresses in vegetables: improving efficiency and adaptation to climate change

11:00-13:00 Omics and marker assisted selection in vegetable crops breeding

14:00-17:00 Joint work by groups for preparing specific breeding programme

Wednesday, 8th

9:00-11:00 Breeding vegetables for apparent, organoleptic, nutritional and functional quality

11:00-13:00 In vitro techniques for breeding in vegetable crops

14:00-17:00 Practical lab session (inoculation, phenotyping, etc.)

Thursday, 9th

9:00-11:00 Hybridization and development of hybrids in vegetables

11:00-13:00 Visit to research greenhouses and practical session of hybridization

14:00-17:00 Breeding vegetables for biotic stresses for a more sustainable agriculture

Friday, 10th

9:00-13:00 Visit to Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias

14:00-17:00 Joint work by groups for preparing specific breeding programme Saturday, 11 Cultural visit to Valencia

Sunday, 12 Monday, 13th Feb 2017

8:00-10:00 Travel to Murcia

10:00-14:00 Visit Companies in Murcia

16:00-19:00 Travel to Almería Tuesday,

14th Feb 2017 9:00

14:00 Visit Companies in Almería

16:00-21:00 Travel to Valencia Wednesday,

15th 9:00-11:00 Seed production and regulations in the vegetable crops industry

11:00-13:00 Breeding new vegetable crops for diversification

14:00-17:00 Joint work by groups for preparing specific breeding programme

Thursday, 16th

9:00-13:00 Specific breeding by crop

14:00-17:00 Visit to germplasm bank Friday,

17th 9:00-14:00 Presentations of breeding programmes by groups and multiplier event.