Overview
- Editors:
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Isabel Roldán-Ruiz
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(ILVO), Inst. for Agricult. and Fisheries Res., Melle, Belgium
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Joost Baert
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(ILVO), Inst. for Agricult. and Fisheries Res., Melle, Belgium
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Dirk Reheul
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Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
- This book provides an update of the recent research in
- fodder crops and grass breeding
- This book contains the reports of lively debates and
- workshops on the future of breeding, the implementation of evaluation methods
- that estimate feeding value, recent advances in phenotyping and genomic
- selection, highlighting future perspectives in breeding and breeding research
- of grasses and fodder crops
- This book contains the proceedings of a meeting attended by 124
scientists or breeders from 25 countries in Europe and overseas, very
representative for the grass and fodder crops breeding community
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Table of contents (51 papers)
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Scarcity of Natural Resources
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- Á. Helgadóttir, L. Østrem, R. P. Collins, M. Humphreys, A. Marshall, B. Julier et al.
Pages 3-13
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- B. Boller, C. Grieder, F. X. Schubiger
Pages 15-19
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- A. Bothe, S. Nehrlich, E. Willner, K. J. Dehmer
Pages 21-27
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- D. Gasior, J. Harper, M. Humphreys, A. Lovatt, A. Armstead, R. Sanderson
Pages 29-33
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- A. Katova, J. Baert, D. Reheul
Pages 35-40
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- V. Kemešytė, G. Statkevičiūtė, A. Aleliūnas, G. Brazauskas
Pages 41-45
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- S. K. Arojju, D. Milbourne, P. Conaghan, T. R. Hodkinson, S. Barth
Pages 47-52
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- F. X. Schubiger, J. Baert, T. Ball, Z. Both, E. Czembor, U. Feuerstein et al.
Pages 53-62
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- P. Westermeier, A. Wosnitza, E. Willner, U. Feuerstein, W. Luesink, S. Schulze et al.
Pages 63-68
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- A. Fariaszewska, J. Aper, M. Staniak, J. Baert, J. Van Huylenbroeck, J. De Riek
Pages 69-73
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- E. C. Brummer, M. Trammell
Pages 75-79
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- H. Acuña, L. Inostroza, D. Pinochet, O. Balocchi, F. Ortega, O. Romero et al.
Pages 81-87
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- D. Sokolović, S. Babić, J. Radović, M. Petrović, G. Jevtić, Z. Lugić et al.
Pages 89-97
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Scarcity of Breeders
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- T. De Swaef, A. Ghesquiere, P. Lootens, I. Roldán-Ruiz
Pages 101-104
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- K. Jonavičienė, S. Yates, S. Nagelmüller, F. Liebisch, N. Kirchgessner, A. Walter et al.
Pages 105-109
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- P. Lootens, W. H. Maes, T. De Swaef, J. Aper, K. C. Mertens, K. Steppe et al.
Pages 111-116
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- G. Statkevičiūtė, A. Aleliūnas, V. Kemešytė, G. Brazauskas
Pages 117-120
About this book
This book includes papers presented at the 2015 meeting of the Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section of Eucarpia. The theme of the meeting “Breeding in a world of scarcity” was elaborated in four sessions: (1) scarcity of natural resources, (2) scarcity of breeders, (3) scarcity of land and (4) scarcity of focus. Parts I to IV of this book correspond to these four sessions. Session 1 refers to the consequences of climate change, reduced access to natural resources and declining freedom in using them. Plant breeding may help by developing varieties with a more efficient use of water and nutrients and a better tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. Session 2 refers to the shrinking number of field breeders. There is a need for a mutual empathy between field- and lab-oriented breeding activities, integrating new methods of phenotyping and genotyping. Session 3 underscores the optimal use of agricultural land. Forage needs to be intensively produced in a sustainable way, meeting theenergy, protein and health requirements of livestock. Well-adapted varieties, species and mixtures of grasses and legumes are needed. Session 4 refers to the fading of focus in primary production triggered by a range of societal demands. There are few farmers left and they are asked to meet many consumer demands. Both large-scale, multi-purpose species and varieties and specialized niche crops are required. Part V summarizes the conclusions of two open debates, two working group meetings and two workshops held during the conference. The debates were devoted to the future of grass and fodder crop breeding, and to feed quality breeding and testing. The conference hosted meetings of the working groups “Multisite rust evaluation” and “Festulolium”. Workshops focused on “genomic selection and association mapping” and on “phenotyping” with applications in practical breeding research. Part V contains also short sketches of breeding ideas presented as short communications.
