by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jul 26, 2025 | news, wheat
IAS-CSIC is running a long-term pea pre-breeding program which started with a major focus on developing cultivars adapted to Mediterranean rain fed farming conditions. Therefore, the first priority was the resistance to broomrape (Orobanche crenata), which was not...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jul 26, 2025 | news
Barley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) is the fourth most widely grown cereal in the world used mainly for animal feed and the production of malt for beer and whisky production, though it is also a staple food crop for human consumption in some parts of the world....
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jul 22, 2025 | events, news
In June 2025, in Perugia (Italy) the COUSIN project, along with his sister project (PROWILD), was presented at the 15th National Conference on Biodiversity and the 2nd International Conference on Mediterranean Biodiversity. The event was organized by the Department of...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jul 4, 2025 | news
On 24 and 25 June 2025, GZPK organized a workshop about wheat CWRs in the frame of a professional training for organic breeders. Some wheat Crop Wild Relatives and the wheat populations provided by FiBL have been demonstrated to the participants. (the photo shows the...
by Chiara Degl'Innocenti | Jun 30, 2025 | events, news
In the first half of 2025, COUSIN project partners actively participated in several international conferences to share project outcomes and contribute to the ongoing discussion on crop wild relatives, agrobiodiversity, and sustainable food systems: SILS Webinar:...
