In Florence, a study day on conservation and use of plant genetic resources with a focus on Crop Wild Relatives
On February 25, Florence will host a study day entitled "Management and use of plant germplasm and microbial collections for the protection and economic enhancement of agrobiodiversity". Organized by the Southeast and Southwest sections of the Accademia dei...
Enhancing nutraceutical traits in Brassica oleracea L. for functional food production
On Jenuary 23th, the scientific journal CABI Agriculture and Bioscience published an article written by Gresheen Garcia, Donata Arena, Hajer Ben Ammar, Victor Manuel Rodriguez, Pablo Velasco, and Ferdinando Branca entitled "Enhancing nutraceutical traits...
Excursion to the Egadi Islands for the conservation of Brassica macrocarpa
Despite the bad weather that was raging in the rest of Sicily, the beautiful island of Favignana and its inhabitants welcomed with open arms the staff of Rete Semi Rurali, University of Catania, and Juan Carlos University of Madrid, all partners in the COUSIN project,...
Identification of genomic regions associated with partialresistance to Aphanomyces root rot in pea
On December 1th, the scientific journal The plant genome (volume 18, issue 4) published an article written by Sara Rodriguez-Mena, Maria Carlota Vaz Patto, Susana Trindade Leitão, Diego Rubiales, and Mario González entitled “Identification of...
Crop Wild Relatives and the COUSIN project presented on inRete!
The Italian partner Rete Semi Rurali ETS presented the COUSIN project on 𝐢𝐧𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐞!, its monthly series of live events designed to raise awareness of RSR, its projects, members, and the organizations it collaborates with in Italy and Europe. In the first episode of the...
The role of CWRs in developing more resilient and sustainable agricultural systems in an online meeting with stakeholders
On 12 December 2025, an online stakeholder meeting was organized by the partner BETA Technological Center organized within the framework of the project COUSIN to discuss the role of crop wild relatives (CWR) in the development of more resilient and sustainable...
Cultivating Biodiversity: Educational Garden Planting at San Martín School with APRISCO
COUSIN partner Aprisco planted this academic year’s educational garden at San Martín School (Garganta la Olla), a partner in the “Farmland biodiversity for rural wellbeing” living lab. The same approach was followed as last year's garden, focusing on legumes and their...
COUSIN results to the Swiss Commission for Cultivated Plants
Blaise Petitpierre and Sylvain Aubry (UNIL and FOAG) have presented COUSIN results to the Swiss Commission for Cultivated Plants (CPC/SKEK) on 6th November 2025 in Lyss, Switzerland. The CPC is responsible for the conservation and sustainable use of cultivated plants...
COUSIN video – #5: The Crop Wild Relatives Conservation Strategies explained
"The Crop Wild Relatives Conservation Strategies explained" is the fifth and last video in a series designed and produced by the COUSIN to explore the history, characteristics, and potential of CWRs. Crop Wild Relatives are a vital source of genetic diversity for...
COUSIN video – #4: The use of Crop Wild Relatives in breeding
"The characterization of Crop Wild Relatives unveiled" is the third video in a series designed and produced by the COUSIN to explore the history, characteristics, and potential of CWRs. How does breeding improve living organisms through domestication, crossbreeding,...
COUSIN video – #3: The characterization of Crop Wild Relatives unveiled
"The characterization of Crop Wild Relatives unveiled" is the third video scribing in a series designed and produced by the COUSIN to explore the history, characteristics, and potential of CWRs. Crop wild relatives are valuable for biodiversity and breeding, and to...
COUSIN video – #2: The importance of Crop Wild Reltives
"The importance of Crop Wild Reltives" is the second video scribing in a series designed and produced by the COUSIN to explore the history, characteristics, and potential of CWRs. Crop Wild Relatives are wild species closely related to cultivated crops and rich in...
COUSIN video – #1: The journey of plant domestication
The COUSIN project has designed and produced a series of five video scribing to explore the history, characteristics, and potential of Crop Wild Relatives, the “cousins” of modern crops and a valuable resource for the future of our agriculture. The first in this...
The COUSIN project arrives on the free repository ZENODO
The COUSIN community is now live on Zenodo. A free, open-access repository created by CERN and OpenAIRE which allows researchers to share and preserve publications, datasets, and other outputs. Creating our COUSIN community there is an important step toward open...
The role of crop wild relatives in Brassica breeding: COUSIN Project highlights at the Smarties.bio Open Day
On the 14th of November 2025, participants of the Smarties.bio seed company Open Day had the valuable opportunity, after visiting the company’s production fields, to closely observe the brassica populations developed within the COUSIN project. The visit was guided by...