Welcome to the NKJ NordCrop “Climate resilient crops in the North and beyond!” NordCrop funded by Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research (NKJ) holds a meeting in Alnarp 10 March, tentatively as a hybrid meeting (if Covid-19 regulations does not allow a physical meeting we will go fully online). There will be a focus on abiotic stress in crops in Nordic conditions and also a focus on young researchers.
Program 10 March 13:00-16:30 CET
Place: Crafoord Hall, Navet, SLU Alnarp or online (link will be provided)
13.00 Key note 1: “Climate effects on stomatal regulation” Ebe Merilo, University of Tartu
13.30 “Hydraulic integrity of tomato plants in response to drought under elevated CO2”, Prof Fulai Liu, University of Copenhagen
13.50 “Root and shoot hydraulic integrity of tomato plants in response to drought under elevated CO2”, Dr Shenglan Li, University of Copenhagen
14.10 “Interaction of multiple stresses and CO2 in wheat”, Dr Lamis Abdelhakim, Aarhus University
14.30 “Susceptibility genes and salt tolerance”, Prof Erik Andreasson, SLU
14.50 – short break
15.00 Key note 2: “Phenotyping for yield” Erik Murchie, University of Nottingham
15.30 “Phenotyping in the Nordic region”, Dr Eva Rosenqvist, University of Copenhagen
15.50: “HeRo: Healthy Roots – the importance of root architectural traits for the resilience of winter wheat”, Dr Jonathan Cope and Dr Ida Karlsson, SLU
16.10: “Drought resistance in Sorghum”, Dr Kibrom Abreha, SLU
16:30 Wrap-up