1st training school on - unitus
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1st training school on
Vegetable grafting
Catania, 23rd–26th September 2014
Department of Agricultural and Food Science of Catania University (http://www.unict.it/)
Location
Selection process
Collection of application (about 30)
Curricula evaluation
Final selection
Criteria selection:
- early Stage Researches (PhD less than 8 years and publications on grafting);
- PhD student and publications on grafting;
- Msc and publications on grafting.
15 participants 1 Bulgaria 1 Croatia 2 Greece 1 Hungary 1 India (rep. Italy) 3 Italy 1 Latvia 1 Malta 1 Portugal 1 Spain 1 Syria (rep. Italy) 1 Turkey
Program - Tuesday 23rd September
08.00 – 09.00: Arrival and registration 09.00 – 09.15: Welcome, presentation of the action and introduction to the School (Cherubino Leonardi) 09.15 – 09.30: Participants presentation
First session Vegetable grafting to enhance the resistance to biotic stress Dr. Rita Grosh - Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) Grosbeeren, Germany basics on plant protection, root functioning
major diseases by fungi and bacteria and their mode of infection
effects of grafting on certain diseases
Vegetable grafting to enhance the resistance to abiotic stress Dr. Georgia Ntasi - Researcher in Agriculture University of Athens, Greece what is grafting and why grafting is needed
grafting union formation process
optimum conditions required
major abiotic stress factors
Second session Genetic resource and biotechnological breeding strategies to generate new rootstocks Prof. Andrew Thompson - Soil and AgriFood Institute, Cranfield University (UK) breeding approaches: how the genetic variations created and being deployed for
selecting or breeding a suitable rootstock
genetic resources: origin of species, area of distribution and discovered potential source of resistance name and location of the source (gene banks) of potential rootstock germplasms crosses made for transferring specific traits
genomic resources: how available genomic resources of principal vegetables could be used to improve the crop performance and the rootstocks
breeding targets for water use: importance of root architecture in water stress condition
Third session Rootstock-scion communication Dr. Ian Dodd – Lancaster Environmental Centre, Lancaster University, United Kingdom how root system affects the shoot physiology
rootstock’s importance in determining root-to-shoot and shoot-to-root signaling, especially under abiotic stress
process of collecting xylem (and phloem) saps from grafted plants for assaying the xylem sap for osmotic and ionic status
how to determine the rootstock effects on leaf water relations
practical activities: porometer, WP4, pressure chamber on 2 sets of tomato plants (well irrigated, water stressed)
Graft compatibility Dr. Ana Pina, Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Cita de Aragòn, Zaragoza, Spain factors and molecular mechanisms responsible
graft compatibility and incompatibility in different species when crossed across with related or distant species
changes at anatomical level resulted from the compatibility or incompatibility
changes occurring in enzymes and hormones as a consequence of grafting
how reactive oxygen species inhibit root ethylene induction and auxin transport
transport and release of auxin during the development of the union
Third session
The role of rootstock to improve fruit quality Graft compatibility Prof. Cherubino Leonardi and Prof. Francesco Giuffrida, Department of Agricultural and Food Science, Univesirty of Catania, Italy fruit quality, its component and its importance in relation to different point of
view
factors attributing the fruit quality characteristics (environmental, technical, biological and post-harvest)
how qualitative traits change in relation to rootstock
practical activities: use of instruments related to fruit quality analysis
Fourth session
The Experience of a nursery Dr Giovanna Causarano, R&D Manager, Centro Seia, Italy role of rootstocks in cultivation
diffusion of interspecific hybrids
pros and cons of common rootstocks of solanaceous and cucurbitaceous vegetables grafting: one of the solution for pests and diseases
types of substrates for the raising vegetables seedlings including grafted plants germination, especially of the interspecific hybrid rootstock (problem for grafting operation)
efficiency of grafting per unit time for different crop (robot? requirement of uniform stem thickness for grafting, etc. )
laser technique to make cut or incision (avoid specific disease)
Fifth session
The experience of seed companies Dr Martin van Stee - Tomato rootstock breeder Enza Zaden
Enza Zaden company’s profile
breeding tomato rootstock
strategies of company to develop or breed tomato rootstock:
screening potential rootstocks genotypes for better root characteristics
digital phenotying of roots of the genotypes
The experience of seed companies Dr David Herzog - Rootstock Coordinator Rijk Zwaan rootstocks of specific purpose (resistance/tolerance to diseases, nematodes, vigor in plant growth, fruit quality of the scion yield and quality)
breeding goals in developing rootstocks of different vegetables
Sixth session
Conclusion and …….
Certificate Delivery
Program – Friday 26th September
Technical visits to Centro Seia (Ragusa Province)
practical activies on grafting, with rootstocks and scion cultivars of solanaceous and cucurbitaceous plants
visited the automated substrate filling and seed sowing unit, incubation chambers and the greenhouse
visits to a vegetable farm specialized into grafted tomato in soilless cultivation
(rockwool) and another farm specialized in grafted eggplant
Trainees hare submitting a report (about 6000 characters) on the Training School
For the reimbursement…
Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent
Did the course meet your expectations?
1 11 4
Clarity and easy of understanding were
1 3 8 4
Time allocation of topics was
2 2 6 6
Depth and level of detail was
6 9 1
How far did you benefit from the material?
1 6 8 1
How did you find correlation between lectures and practical activity?
1 5 8 2
Evaluation form results: course content
94 %
75 %
75 %
63 %
56 %
63 %
Evaluation form results: course trainers
Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent
How did you find the trainers’ performance?
5 7 4
The activities and learning methods used were
1 3 11 1
How far were the trainers clear in the topic presentation?
6 8 2
How far were the trainers available for students’ enquiries?
1 2 1 12
How far were the trainers resourceful? 2 9 5 The trainers’ ability to communicate and respond to the group were (e.g. interest maintained, relevant examples)
1 2 9 4
69 %
75 %
63 %
81 %
88 %
81 %
Evaluation form results: organization
Poor Fair Good Very Good Excellent
How did you find the course organization? 6 10
How did you find the school venue? 3 5 8
How did you find breaks and meals? 1 2 7 6
The welcome was 2 3 11
Not int A little
int Fairly
int Interested Very int
How far were you interested in vegetable grafting before the course?
1 5 5 5
How far were you interested in vegetable grafting after the course?
1 2 13
Evaluation form results: trainee
100%
81 %
81 %
88 %
63 %
94 %