Celebrating 70 years of research on vegetables at Wellesbourne
This year marks 70 years of research on vegetables and other crops at the Wellesbourne Campus.
To celebrate this occasion we are holding an event on 18th December 2019, 11 am to 3.30 pm in the Conference Centre at the Wellesbourne Campus, CV35 9EF. If you'd like to join us please register below.
The outline programme is as follows:
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10.30 -11.00 |
Arrival and coffee |
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11.00 |
Professor Lorenzo Frigerio, Head of the School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick |
Welcome and introduction to the day |
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11.10 |
Professor Rosemary Collier, Warwick Crop Centre, School of Life Sciences |
Brief history of NVRS, IHR, HRI and University of Warwick (Warwick Crop Centre, School of Life Sciences) at the Wellesbourne Campus |
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11.20 |
Key note speaker – Professor Tim Lang, City University |
The importance of vegetables in the UK! |
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12.00 |
Dr Graham Teakle, Dr Guy Barker, Dr Charlotte Allender – School of Life Sciences and UK Vegetable Gene Bank, University of Warwick Sue Kennedy and colleague - Elsoms Seeds |
Vegetable genetics and breeding – past, present and future.
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13.00 |
Lunch and networking. |
Professor Eric Holub - British haricot bean tasting |
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14.00 |
Professor Ian Burns Professor Bill Finch-Savage Dr John Clarkson Professor John Walsh Professor Rosemary Collier Dr Dave Chandler School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick |
Reflections on vegetable research – past, present and future |
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15.15 |
Professor Ian Crute |
Summing up and depart |
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