On behalf of the MC of the COST ACTION FA1204, the local organizing committee of CEBAS-CSIC welcomes all interested stakeholders (horticulturalists, plant pathologists, plant breeders, physiologists, biotechnologists and policy makers) to attend the 1st COST ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the action, jointly organized with the 1st ROOTOPOWER WORKSHOP.

COST ACTION FA1204 aims at stimulating cutting-edge multidisciplinary transnational collaborations towards identifying and understanding how rootstock-mediated traits can improve vegetable crop yield and quality under adverse biotic and abiotic conditions.

SESSION I: WG 1 - GENETIC RESOURCES AND ROOTSTOCK BREEDING

Chair: Dr. Andrew Thompson. Cranfield University, UK

SESSION II: WG 2 - ROOTSTOCK-SCION INTERACTIONS AND GRAFT COMPATIBILITY

Chair: Dr. Jan Henk Venema. University of Groningen, The Netherlands

SESSION III: WG 3 - ROOTSTOCK-MEDIATED RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES

Chair: Dr. Dietmar Schwarz. Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Germany

SESSION IV: WG 4 - ROOTSTOCK-MEDIATED IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT QUALITY

Chair: Dr. Cherubino Leonardi. University of Catania. Italy

SESSION V: VEGETABLE GRAFTING: STATE OF THE ART FROM A COMMERCIAL VIEW

Chair: Dr. Giuseppe Colla, University of Tuscia, Italy

SESSION VI: WORKSHOP ON PHENOTYPING, PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF ROOTSTOCK-MEDIATED TOLERANCE TO SOIL ABIOTIC STRESSES IN TOMATO

Chair: Dr. Francisco Pérez Alfocea. CEBAS-CSIC, Spain