ILS is going to host a set of monthly free webinars on topics related to legumes cultivation and improvement starting.
The webinars will use Microsoft Teams platform and will be hosted by Nelson Nazzicari and are made possible thanks to CREA (Italian Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics).
The tentative calendar is the following:
First webinar, Sep 19, 2024, 4pm CEST (UTC+2)
Eric Bishop-von Wettberg (University of Vermont, USA)
The Vavilovian series in the Genus Vigna, and prospects for North America
Second webinar, Oct 9, 2024, 4pm CEST (UTC+2)
Syama Chatterton (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge)
Strategies to address root rot in pea and lentil
Third webinar, Nov 13, 2024, 4pm CET (UTC+1)
Lars Kamphuis (Curtin University, Australia)
Ascochyta blight in lentil. Our understanding of the genetic control of the disease and the key effectors of the pathogen
Fourth webinar, Dec 11, 2024, 4pm CET (UTC+1)
Carlota Vaz Patto (ITQB-UNL, Portugal)
Lathryus germplasm characterization and breeding
Fifth webinar, Jan 8, 2025, 4pm CET (UTC+1)
Valerio Hoyos-Villegas (Mc Gill University, Canada)
What is keeping consumers from eating more beans and pulses? Scientific and other insights
Sixth webinar, Feb 12, 2025, 4pm CET (UTC+1)
Diego Rubiales (CSIC, Spain)
Legume breeding for disease resistance
Seventh webinar, Mar 12, 2025, 4pm CET (UTC+1)
Marie-Laure Pilet-Nayel (INRAE, Rennes, France)
Genetic control of Aphanomyces root rot resistance in pea
Eighth webinar, Apr 2025
Aladdin Hamwieh (ICARDA, Egypt)
Topic: TBA
- Aladdin Hamwieh’s public profile
- Link to participate [WORK IN PROGRESS]
Ninth webinar, May 14, 2025, 4pm CEST (UTC+2)
Dil Thavarajah (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge)
Legume Breeding for organic adaptability
Tenth webinar, Jun 11, 2025, 2pm CEST (UTC+2)
Note that time is different from the usual!
Janine Croser (University of Western Australia)
Rapid Allele Mining for legume improvement
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