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  • “The untapped potential of forest fruit trees” – Summer School on Scientific Writing, Reviewing, and Publishing

    The 12th Summer School on Scientific Writing, Reviewing, and Publishing: “The untapped potential of forest fruit trees” took place in Logarska dolina, Slovenia, 29 July-2 August 2024. It was organized by FRUITDIV, the Recovery and Resilience Plan project SKUPP, and the EVOLTREE network in cooperation with the Slovenian Forestry Institute. Early career scientists and senior…

  • FRUITDIV’s participation at the 26th World conference of IUFRO in Stockholm

    The XXVI World congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) held in Stockholm on the 23rd-29th of June 2024 brought together more than 4,200 participants from 102 countries. It provided a global forum for the exchange of knowledge, perspectives and visions between scientists across a broad spectrum of disciplines and dialogue with…

  • Summer school – The untapped potential of forest fruit trees

    The 12th Summer School on Scientific Writing, Reviewing, and Publishing: “The untapped potential of forest fruit trees” will take place 29 July – 2 August 2024. The school is organized by the Recovery and Resilience Plan project SKUPP, the Horizon Europe project FRUITDIV and the EVOLTREE network in cooperation with the Slovenian Forestry Institute. The course will…

  • Rooting experiments assessing the ability in apricot CWR

    In Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs), vegetative propagation through rooting is a key trait under selection during fruit tree domestication. Cultivated apricots have a rather low hardwood cutting success rate, reaching hardly 10%. FRUITDIV’s WP3 aims to conduct ex situ phenotyping on CWRs for traits important for different end users and resilient fruit production systems. In…

  • FruitDiv participating at the First International Symposium on Apricot and Plum in Avignon

    INRAE and the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) organised the First International Symposium on Apricot and Plum, April 22-26, 2024, in Avignon, France. This symposium on the genetics, breeding and cultivation of apricot and plum was dedicated to the entire scientific research and development community as well as to the private sector working on…

  • IUFRO World Congress

    From 23 June to 29 June 2029: International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) will host its World Congress during in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • Kick-off meeting in Bordeaux

    The Kick-Off meeting for the FRUITDIV project convened in Bordeaux, France, from January 29th until 1st February 2024, with full participation from all consortium partners. This gathering marked the first face-to-face interaction among the partners, aiming to align objectives, delineate project tasks and establish working procedures for efficient collaboration. Project partners successfully initiated the comprehensive…

  • ISHS Apricot and Plum Conference

    From 22 to 26 April 2024: The First International Symposium on Apricot and Plum will be organised in Avignon, France in the prestigious Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes).