"Due to limited availability of arable land, and water resources, the large use of fertilizers, and the high market demand for vegetables, cucurbits and solanaceous crops are frequently cultivated under unfavourable soil and environmental conditions. These include soilborne pathogens, salinity, thermal stress, drought, and heavy metals. These harmful conditions are magnified by the changing environmental conditions and the restrictive policies of agrochemical use. One way to avoid or reduce losses in production caused by adverse conditions in vegetables would be to graft them onto rootstocks capable of alleviating the effect of external stresses on the shoot. This Action aims to stimulate cutting-edge multidisciplinary collaborative research towards identifying and understanding how rootstock-mediated traits can improve vegetable crop yield and quality under biotic and abiotic adverse conditions. Sharing knowledge and enhancing scientific and technical collaboration will surely fill knowledge gaps in the area of vegetable grafting. This Action can also stimulate the wider commercial development and exploitation of this technique in Europe."
COST ACTION FA1204 final output
Pula-Croatia - Final Conference
Final Report - Round table with indutries
19th to 21st September 2016
http://www.iptpo.hr/costfa1204/
2nd training school on Vegetable grafting
Wageningen, The Netherlands, 19th–21st April 2016
Core Working Groups Meeting and Steering Committee Meeting
Bleiswijk, The Netherlands 18th-19th April 2016
MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL COOPERATION (MERC)
Workshop
Vegetable grafting for sustainable horticulture
10 November 2015 - Aula Blu, University of Tuscia, Viterbo
Program of the workshop and info
Under the patronage of
13-16 September 2015 3rd COST ANNUAL CONFERENCE
"Rhizosphere and Rootstock" Programme
Book of Abstracts - web page of presentations
Venue: Berlin, Humboldt University, Campus Dahlem, Lentzeallee 55/57
Leibniz-Institut für Gemüse und Zierpflanzenbau Symposium page
Working Groups Meeting and Steering Management Committee
2-4 March 2015 Antalya
The main topic of the meeting:
“Rootstock-mediated improvement of fruit quality and underlying biological mechanisms”
Presentations at Antalya Meeting page
2nd COST Action FA1204 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
"Innovation in Vegetable Grafting for Sustainability"
20th - 22th October 2014 CARCAVELOS, PORTUGAL
Steering Group meeting - WG Meeting @ Jerusalem (Israel - ישראל)
Technical Visit @ Arava Valley (Israel - ישראל)
February 9-13, 2014
Grafted-plant production chain: from healthy seeds to healthy plants in the field
Chair of the Action: Dr Giuseppe COLLA (IT)
Vice Chair of the Action:Dr Francisco PEREZ ALFOCEA (ES)
Science officer of the Action:Dr Ioanna STAVRIDOU
Administrative officer of the Action:Mr Christophe PEETERS
Downloads
Action Fact Sheet
Memorandum of Understanding
Annual Progress Conference Report
Download Annual Progress Conference Report as PDF
Progress Report
Download Progress Report as PDF
Poster