EUCARPIA Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses section conference will be organized in Brno, September 10-14, 2023. Explore more at the conference websites and sign up! This will finally be a place to meet colleagues and friends, exchange news and new ideas, listen exciting lectures, and explore a bit of Czechia and place of Mendel in person .
It is already 100 years from the first reported artificial crossing of fescues and ryegrasses and development of the first artificial hybrid named later on as Festulolium. David Kopecky (IEB, Olomouc, Czech Republic) and Arkadiusz Kosmala (IGR, Poznan, Poland) compiled a book entitled 'Festulolium, from the Nature to Modern Breeding' consisting of...
New long-term research alliance between the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University and Germinal has been established. This will see Germinal employ and direct a core team of forage and grassland researchers and plant breeders at IBERS focused on addressing climate challenges and enhancing...
I am sorry to announce that in the light of the global pandemic state (Coronavirus), the Organizing Committee of the 9th EUCARPIA Festulolium Working Group Workshop decided to cancel the meeting in Poznań, Poland (24-25 September 2020). Protecting the health, safety, and well-being of all the potential attendees is our priority. I hope that it will...
Call for papers for this issue has beed announced!
The EUCARPIA Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses conference was organized by Stephan Hartmann (LfL, Freising, Germany) as online meeting. In total 37 presentations were given by grass and legume breeders and researchers, including invited talks, regular talks and flash presentations. The contributions were peer-reviewed and published as Proceedings by...
Our section conference is almost starting and the final program is finalized. The Welcome speeches starts Monday September 6 at 9am, followed by the key-note lecture provided by Prof. Johannes Isselstein. See the detailed program below and mark the dates of September 6 to September 8 in your agenda!
We are pleased to announce several news regarding the Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses section conference 'EXPLOITING GENETIC DIVERSITY OF FORAGES TO FULFIL THEIR ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ROLES'.