III International Organic Fruit Symposium en I International Organic Vegetable Symposium

The mission of the ISHS III International Organic Fruit Symposium and I Organic Vegetable Symposium (OrgHort 2021), organized by the Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente (Di3A) of the University of Catania, is to acquire and to share currently available knowledge on organic horticulture.

The OrgHort 2021 Symposium will define a short, medium and long term vision for improving organic farming agroecology and organic food chains, and will establish an active international network involving all the stakeholders interested on a very actual topic.

The topics of the ISHS III International Organic Fruit Symposium and I Organic Vegetable Symposium will regard:

• organic farming, growing methods and techniques;
• agroecology and horticultural biodiversity;
• breeding and propagation for organic;
• environmental and physiological stress;
• molecular tools and physiological methods for screening;
• biotic stress and control of the major pests and diseases;
• products quality;
• health and nutrition including studies on volatiles, flavour, and nutraceutical compounds;
• structural and functional genomics;
• genetics and cytogenetic studies.

Important dates:

• Early bird registration: 1st April-30th August 2021
• Deadline for abstract submission: 1st June 2021
• Deadline for full text submission: 1st August 2021

More info:www.orghort2020.it/