Novità+Eventi

The agricultural European Innovation Partnership (EIP-AGRI) has been set up in 2012 by the European Commission as a new way of helping the agricultural and forestry sector to become more productive, sustainable and capable of tackling current challenges such as fiercer competition, more volatile market prices, climate change and stricter environmental rules. The focus of EIP-AGRI lies on forming...

New Horizon 2020 work programme for 2016-2017 available

The third edition of the local tomato fair ‘Fira d'Alcala de Xivert’ will take place from 17-18 October, 2015 in the Spanish town of Alcala de Xivert. The fair is dedicated to the local variety known as ‘Tomata de Penjar’. Throughout the weekend, visitors will find a number of food stalls or tasting and cooking activities involving the ‘Tomata de Penjar’ as the main ingredient as well as other...

The conference of Ethylene 2015 will be held from November 14-18 in Chongqing, China. The meeting will focus on the impact of phytohormone ethylene on various aspects of plant biology, bringing together scientists and researchers working in the field on the theme. Several TRADITOM partners are among the invited speakers at this event. The project coordinator Prof. Antonio Granell (CSIC) will give...

Since the official start of the TRADITOM project in March 2015, the tomato plant growing activities are well under way and progressing. A set of traditional tomato varieties has been planted and cultivated in different locations to check different growth conditions and the effect of those on phenotype of the different traditional accessions. A number of TRADITOM partners and associated partners...