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Invited Speakers

General Session

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William B. Miller

(Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA) – Perspectives into the world trade in and uses of geophytes

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Dariusz Sochacki 

(Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland)

Production and breeding of flower bulbs and herbaceous perennials in Poland

 

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Tomasz Michalik

 (Vitroflora, Poland)

Production and breeding of flower bulbs 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 flower bulbs: a useful approach for development and valorization

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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

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Session 3 - Biodiversity and genetic resources

Yesim Yalcın Mendi

(Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey) – Preservation of Genetic Resources of Ornamental Geophytes Using Biotechnological Methods

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Session 4 - Genetics, biotechnology and breeding

Paul Arens 

(Wageningen University, The Netherlands) – Towards marker assistant breeding in tulips

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Session 5 - Plant protection

Gary A. Chastagner 

(Washington State University, WA, USA) - Advances in disease management on ornamental geophytes and flowering herbaceous perennials

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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

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Technical Tour

Technical Tours

Tuesday 
April 16, 2024
8.30 – 17.00
 

A / Tour

8:30 Perennials Nursery PANEK

11:30 The Birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin and Park in Żelazowa Wola

13:30 Lunch

14:30 Horticultural Farm Tomasz Morawski (hydroponically tulip forcing)

B / Tour

08:30 Horticultural Farm Tomasz Morawski (hydroponically tulip forcing)

10:30 Perennials Nursery PANEK

13:00 Lunch

14:30 The Birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin and Park in Żelazowa Wola

C / Tour

08:30 BOTANIA – Katarzyna Kulisiewicz & Ignacy Kulisiewicz (hydroponically tulip forcing)

10:30 Volmary (the production of the perennials young plants)

13:00 Lunch

14:30 The Gardens of the Royal Castle in Warsaw

D / Tour

8:30 Norwa Plants (Tissue Culture Laboratory) 

10:00 BOTANIA – Katarzyna Kulisiewicz & Ignacy Kulisiewicz (hydroponically tulip forcing)

12:30 Lunch

14:00 The Royal Łazienki Park in Warsaw

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