The Study Group for Plant Breeding invites its members to the 227th meeting, which will take place on Thursday 22 January 2026. Non-members are also allowed to join once for free. The theme of this meeting is: ‘New field cropping methods: Breeding for mixed and strip cropping’
Date and time: Thursday afternoon, 22 January 2026
Venue: Hotel de Nieuwe Wereld, Marijkeweg 5, 6709 PE Wageningen
Language: This meeting will be held in English
Programme (order of speakers may be switched):
13:00 – 13:30: Walk-in
13:30 – 14:30: Peter Bourke (WUR Plant Breeding)
‘Breeding for diversified cropping systems, with some examples from the Netherlands’
14:30 – 15:15: Coffee and tea
15:15 – 16:15: Eva Zand (Sativa, Rheinau/CH)
‘Intercropping of maize and pole beans: challenges in breeding’
16:15 – 17:00: Drinks
Please forward this message to everyone interested!
Board Study Group for Plant Breeding: Richard Visser (chair), Suzan Gabriels, Inge Matthies, Emile Clerkx, Pieter van Poppel, Arjan Koot, Jan-Kees Goud (secr.).
For information e-mail: jan-kees.goud@wur.nl
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