Last Nov.7, a new section of EUCARPIA named "Organic and low-input agriculture" was created during the EUCARPIA Symposium "Plant breeding for organic and sustainable, low-input agriculture: dealing with genotype-environment interactions", which took place in Wageningen, The Netherlands from Nov. 7 to Nov. 9.
This First Symposium of this new section was organized by Prof. Dr. Edith Lammerts van Bueren. It was atended by more than 130 participants and was a complete success, indicating the clear interest among breeders for the topic of this new section. During the meeting, Prof. Dr. Edith Lammerts van Bueren was elected unanimously as new chairperson of this new section and Dr. Hanne Oestergaard as vice-chairperson.
For more information on this section you can contact the EUCARPIA Secretariat (eucarpia.secretariat@ivia.es) or the chairperson of the section (E.Lammerts@louisbolk.nl)
Abstracts of the Symposium can be downloaded here: link al Book of abstracts EUCARPIA Organic & Low Input Breeding.pdf