Invited Speakers
General Session
William B. Miller
(Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA) – Perspectives into the world trade in and uses of geophytes
Dariusz Sochacki
(Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland)
Production and breeding of flower bulbs and herbaceous perennials in Poland
Tomasz Michalik
(Vitroflora, Poland)
Production and breeding of flower bulbs and herbaceous perennials in Poland
Jadwiga Treder
(The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland) – Production and breeding of flower bulbs and herbaceous perennials in Poland
Rina Kamenetsky Goldstein
(ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel) - 30 years for geophyte production in changing climate – where science meets technology
Ki-Byung Lim
(Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea) - Biotechnology in breeding or ornamental geophytes
Session 1 - Propagation, cultivation and forcing
Margherita Beruto
(Chair ISHS Division Ornamental Plants, Italy) – Micropropagation of flower bulbs: a useful approach for development and valorization
Session 2 - Flowering, postharvest and storage physiology
John M. Dole
(North Carolina State University, NC, USA) - Long-term storage of cut flowers, including peonies, tulips and iris
Session 3 - Biodiversity and genetic resources
Yesim Yalcın Mendi
(Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey) – Preservation of Genetic Resources of Ornamental Geophytes Using Biotechnological Methods
Session 4 - Genetics, biotechnology and breeding
Paul Arens
(Wageningen University, The Netherlands) – Towards marker assistant breeding in tulips
Session 5 - Plant protection
Gary A. Chastagner
(Washington State University, WA, USA) - Advances in disease management on ornamental geophytes and flowering herbaceous perennials
Session 6 - Using in landscape and for other purposes
Bożena Szewczyk-Taranek
(University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland) – Perennials and geophytes selection for therapeutic horticulture