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Invited Speakers

General Session

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William B. Miller

(Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA) – How can we plant more flower bulbs into the landscape?

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Dariusz Sochacki 

(Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland)

Production and breeding of bulbous plants and herbaceous perennials in Poland

 

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Tomasz Michalik

 (Vitroflora, Poland)

Production and breeding of bulbous plants and herbaceous perennials in Poland

 

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Jadwiga Treder

(The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland) – Production and breeding of flower bulbs and herbaceous perennials in Poland

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Rina Kamenetsky Goldstein

(ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel) - 30 years for geophyte production in changing climate – where science meets technology

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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 ornamental geophytes: a useful approach for development and valorization

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Session 2 - Biodiversity, genetics, biotechnology and breeding

Paul Arens 

(Wageningen University, the Netherlands) – Developments in breeding of bulbous crops from a genetics and genomics perspective

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Session 3 - ​Flowering, postharvest and storage physiology

John M. Dole 

(North Carolina State University, NC, USA) - Long term storage of cut flowers

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Session 4 - Plant protection

Gary A. Chastagner 

(Washington State University, WA, USA) -  Integrated management of diseases on ornamental geophytes and herbaceous perennials

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Session 5 - Using in landscape and for other purposes

Bożena Szewczyk-Taranek 

(University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland) Perennials and geophytes selection for therapeutic horticulture

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Session 2
SESSION 3
SESSON 4
SESSION 5
SESSION 6
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Technical Tour

Technical Tours

Tuesday 
April 16, 2024
8.30 – 17.00
 

A / Tour

08:30 Departure of bus from SGGW

09:15 Horticultural Farm Tomasz Morawski (hydroponically tulip forcing)

11:15 Perennials Nursery PANEK

13:00 Lunch

14:15 The Birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin and Park in Żelazowa Wola

B / Tour

08:30 Departure of bus from SGGW

09:15 The Gardens of the Royal Castle in Warsaw

11:30 Volmary (the production of the perennials young plants)

13:15 Lunch

14:45  BOTANIA – Katarzyna Kulisiewicz & Ignacy Kulisiewicz (hydroponically tulip forcing)

C / Tour

08:30 Departure of bus from SGGW

09:00 Norwa Plants (Tissue Culture Laboratory) 

11:00 BOTANIA – Katarzyna Kulisiewicz & Ignacy Kulisiewicz (hydroponically tulip forcing)

12:30 Lunch

14:15 The Gardens of Royal Castle in Warsaw

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