March 22nd 2024, 09:00 – 13:00 (CET – Italian time)
Aula Magna of Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (University of Pisa).
Via del Borghetto, 80 56124 Pisa (Italy)
Program
08.30 - 09.00 REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Chairmen Prof. Tommaso Giordani
09.00 - 09.15 Prof. Marcello Mele (Director of Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment) Opening-Welcome
09.15 - 09.30 Prof. T. Giordani (Univerity of Pisa) Presentation of the project “FIGGEN”
09.30 - 09.45 Prof. M. López-Corrales (Extremadura Scientific and Technological Research Center - CICYTEX) The Spanish Fig Germplasm Bank and sustainable production systems in fig trees
09.45 - 10.00 Dr G. Usai (Univerity of Pisa) The haplotype phased genome of fig (Ficus carica L.): a crucial resource for fig breeding
10.00 - 10.15 Prof. A. Kuden (Çukurova University) Phenotyping analysis of potted fig plants exposed to drought and salt stress
10.15 - 10.30 Dr. M.G. Domínguez Yagüe (Extremadura Scientific and Technological Research Center - CICYTEX) Phenotyping analyses on adult plants in three germplasm banks of the fig tree in the Mediterranean basin
10.30 - 10.45 Dr. M. Castellacci (University of Pisa) Exploiting the genetic diversity of the fig tree to discover molecular markers associated to important traits
10.45 - 11.00 Francisco Balas Torres (Head of production and R&D FIKI Europe) FIGGEN relevance for companies: an experience from Extremadura.
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee-break
11.30 - 11.45 Prof. G. Baraket (Faculty of Sciences of Tunis - UTM) Overview on participatory assessment of the potential of fig genotypes in FIGGEN project.
11.45 - 12.00 Dr. M. J. Serradilla Sánchez (Extremadura Scientific and Technological Research Center - CICYTEX) Management of innovative preharvest strategies to obtain high-quality standard and hygienic-sanitary figs for fresh and dry consumption " (INNOFIG)"
12.00 - 12.15 Dr. S. Comlekcioglu (Çukurova University) Characterization of some fig genotypes selected from Mediterranean and Southeastern Anatolia
12.15 - 12.30 Dr. P. Farina (University of Pisa) Twenty years after the first report of Aclees taiwanensis in Europe: how to protect fig orchards from this invasive alien threat?
12.30 - 12.45 Dr. Fateh Aljane (Institute of Arid Regions - University of Gabès) Fig (Ficus carica) genetic resources in the oases of Kebili (South-West of Tunisia): richness and opportunity for valorization
12.45 - 13.00 Dr. Olfa Saddoud Debbabi (National Genebank of Tunisia) Management of fig genetic resources in Tunisia
13.30 - 14.30 Lunch
The workshop will be organised as a hybrid event (both on-site and on-line). The participation is free, but the registration is mandatory.
The link to participate with Microsoft Teams platform is: urly.it/3-p5-
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