Macfrut will host a key event on greenhouse and open-field horticulture. The exhibition, that will take place at the Rimini Expo Centre (6-8 May 2025), will host the International Symposium on Biotechnological Tools in Horticulture (ISHS) for the first time, promoted by the International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS, a society that promotes research in all areas of horticultural sciences), in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences of the Università Politecnica delle Marche, coordinated by Silvia Sabbadini, Angela Ricci, Luca Capriotti and Bruno Mezzetti.
The International Symposium on Biotechnological Tools in Horticulture will kick off on Monday 5 May with technical field visits to some companies in Emilia Romagna. From Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 May, it will move to the Macfrut Exhibition Centre at the Rimini Expo Centre with various sessions hosted in a special exhibition area. The closing is scheduled for Friday 9 May at the Biotech school of the Università Politecnica delle Marche in Ancona.
The world's leading experts in the field will attend the event for an opportunity to bring together plant biotechnology research and the production chain. During the three days, technical-scientific updates on technologies applied to in vitro plant cultivation for the propagation and creation of new resilient and high-quality varieties will be presented.
More in detail, the main topics of the Symposium will focus on the application of biotechnological tools in the fruit and vegetable sector: in vitro cultivation, functional genomic studies, various plant genotyping/phenotyping, new precision breeding technologies (genome editing and cisgenesis/intragenesis), including aspects related to socio-economic impact, biosafety, and public acceptance of the use of biotechnologies in the fruit and vegetable sector.
The coordinators of the Symposium of the Università Politecnica delle Marche explain that "the global challenges affecting production systems, also in response to the impacts of climate change, require generally-complex resolution strategies, and the wide range of biotechnological approaches can offer valid solutions by acting on different levels: from the study of single genes to the interactions between different organisms within an ecosystem. The Symposium can therefore act as a catalyst for interdisciplinary collaboration to promote business opportunities, thus accelerating research and the exchange of ideas between experts in the field."
"The common objective of the various scientific contributions that are arriving from all over the world is to make cultivated plants more 'adaptable' to agents of various kind, such as a lack of water or the attack of pathogens that undermine the quality and quantity of fruit and vegetable production, as well as the knowledge and study of the function and role of genes in some fundamental metabolic processes."
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