10 year's Anniversary Conference 3./4. November 2011
Organic Plant Breeding: What makes the difference?
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Conference Flyer, pdf-file
Conference Program, pdf-file
10 year's Anniversary Conference
Organic Plant Breeding: What makes the difference?
10 year's Anniversary Conference, Frankfurt, 3rd and 4th November 2011
The European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (ECO-PB) founded in 2001 is now in its 10th year – worth to celebrate this with a conference to reflect on the achievements and challenges of Organic Plant Breeding.
A diversity of organic breeding programs has emerged and several cultivars specifically bred for organic and low-input agriculture in Europe are on the market. Cultivars adapted to organic farming systems contribute to the realisation of a low-input external management with emphasis on long-term soil fertility, active soil micro-organisms and optimal farm system resilience. To achieve such cultivars many new concepts have been applied in research and practical breeding, such as broad disease resistance, exploiting genetic diversity in the cultivar concept, improved weed suppression, root systems interaction with beneficial soil micro-organisms, and more experimental approaches.
But what makes the difference in organic plant breeding? Is it merely a matter of adding neglected traits to a breeding program? What can be achieved by selecting under organic growing conditions? And to what extent can organic values be linked to future perspectives by considering plants as partners in evolution?
Call for abstracts
For oral presentations and posters, please send a one page abstract (max. 500 words) before June, 15th 2011. Please submit your abstract through the online procedure.
Abstracts will only be finally accepted after registration.
Location/Time
The conference venue is the "Ökohaus" in Frankfurt (Kasseler Strasse 1a, 60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany), on walking distance of the railway station "West Bahnhof".
The conference will run from Thursday 3rd November, 1 pm till Friday 4th November, 1 pm.
Important dates
- Deadline abstract submission: 15th June;
- Preliminary Program published by 15th August;
- Deadline for early registration fee: 20th August 2011;
- Deadline for registration: 3rd October 2011.