Event

Workshop: Rootstock-scion and rhizosphere signaling

In the COST Action “Vegetable grafting to improve yield and fruit quality under biotic and abiotic stress conditions” researchers originating from 12 EU countries cooperate with the aim to select better rootstocks for crops like tomato, cucumber, pepper, aubergine and melon. Exchange of knowledge and experience is an important means to realise this goal.

Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture and University of Groningen organise a Rootstock-scion and rhizosphere signaling” in the framework of this COST Action on Monday April 18, 2016 at the venue of Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture.

Program

9:00 - 9:15	Registration and welcome
9:15 - 9:45	“Greenhouse horticulture in The Netherlands”, Dr. Sjaak Bakker, BU manager WUR Greenhouse Horticulture
9:45 - 10:30	“Yield component analysis of greenhouse crops”, Dr. Ep Heuvelink, Horticulture & Product Physiology Group, Wageningen University
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 - 11:45	“Strigolactones: signalling molecules with surprising in- and outdoor activities”, Prof. Dr. Harro Bouwmeester, Plant Physiology, Wageningen University
11:45 - 12:30	“Plant growth at high densities: how light signals control plant architecture”, Prof. Dr. Ronald Pierik, Plant Ecophysiology, Utrecht University

You are invited to participate in this workshop.