WORKSHOP: VALORISING THE DIVERSITY OF THEFIG TREE, AN ANCIENT FRUIT CROPFOR SUSTAINABLE MEDITERRANEANAGRICULTURE: THE PRIMA PROJECT“FIGGEN”
 
Registration Participants:
 
09.00 - 09.15 Carmen González Ramos. Director of CICYTEX: Opening-Welcome
09.15 - 09.30 Prof. T. Giordani (Univerity of Pisa): Presentation of the project“FIGGEN”
09.30 - 09.45 Dr G. Usai (Univerity of Pisa): The haplotype phased genome of fig(Ficus carica L.): a crucial resource for fig breeding
10.45 - 10.00 Prof. M. López-Corrales (CICYTEX). Spanish germplasm bank andthe different production systems developed in fig tree by CICYTEX
10.00 - 10.15 Prof. A. Kuden (Çukurova University). Phenotyping analysis ofpotted fig plants exposed to drought and salt stress and adult fig genotypes
10.15 - 10.30 Prof. G. Baraket (Faculty of Sciences of Tunis - UTM). Theusefulness of the transdisciplinary approach for a sustainable commercialproduction of the fig tree in the Mediterranean region in relation to climate change.
10.30 - 10.45 Dr. Haffar Sahar (Faculty of Sciences of Tunis - UTM). Usefulnessof molecular markers in the characterization of two spontaneous and cultivatedcompartments of fig trees in Tunisia
10.45 - 11.00 Monserrat Pons i Boscana (Responsible for the fig germplasm bankof the Balearic Islands, Spain). Varieties autochthonous to the Balearic Islands:Field of Son Mut Nou.
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee-break and poster vision.
11.30 - 11.45 Dr. Paolo Belloni (Responsible for the fig germplasm bank "Igiardini di Pomona" - Italy). The Fig Germplasm Collection at Pomona Gardens
11.45 - 12.00 Prof. Dr. Oğuzhan Çalışkan (Mustafa Kemal University). Caprifig(Ficus carica var. caprificus) genetic resources in the eastern Mediterraneanregion of Türkiye.
12.00 - 12.15 Dr. Olfa Saddoud Debbabi (National Bank of Genes - Tunisia).Conservation of the genetic resources of the fig tree in Tunisia
12.15 - 12.30 Francisco Balas Torres (Head of production and R&D FIKI Europe).FIGGEN relevance for companies: an experience from Extremadura.
12.30 - 12.45 Dr. Ghassan Zahid (Çukurova University): Comparativemetabolome and transcriptome analysis of anthocyanin biosynthesis in fig (Ficuscarica L.)
12.45 - 13.00 Dr. Fateh Aljane (Institute of Arid Regions of Medenine - Tunisia):Genetic Resources of the Fig Tree in Arid Zones (Tunisia): considerable potential,diversity and impacts of Climate Change
13.15 - 13.30 Dr. Arzu Ayar (Fig Research Institute - Turkey): Studies on thegenetic diversity of female figs in the fig gene bank of Türkiye
13.30 - 14.0030 - 14.00 Discussion and conclusions