History
EUCARPIA was founded in 1956 and has its headquarters in Wageningen (the Netherlands). It was instrumental in the 1960s to build gene banks in Europe.Mission and aims
Its aim is exchange of information and maintenance if international contacts in the area of plant breeding. To this end the society organises and supports annual workshops and meetings on current topics from all sectors of plant breeding and genetic research, during which there are discussions about various agricultural crops and topics of general interest. These topics pursue method- or plant- specific questions on topics from biometry to genome analysis and from resistance breeding to the history of plant breeding. A General Congress and General Assembly is held every four years. Sections and working Groups: There are sections and working groups with the GPZ which hold regular meetings and workshops. *Potatoes, Vanessa Prigge (Germany) *Cereals, Andreas Börner (Germany) *Organic and Low-Input Agriculture, Linda Legzdiņa (Latvia) *Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses, David Kopecký (Czech Republic) *Genetic Resources, Shelagh Kell (United Kingdom) *Maize and Sorghum, Alain Charcosset (France) *Vegetables, Yuling, Bai (The Netherlands) *Fruit, Jiri Sedlak (Czech Republic) *Ornamentals, Johan van Huylenbroeck (Belgium) *Oil and Protein Crops, Leonardo Velasco (Spain) *Biometrics in Plant Breeding, Hans-Peter Piepho (Germany) Honorary Members The Society has bestowed honorary membership on the following: * Erich von Tschermak-Seysenegg, Austria, 1956 *Wilhelm Rudorf, Germany, 1965 *Jean Bustarre, France, 1968 *Erik Akerberg, Sweden, 1972 *Jan Stefan Bojanowski, Poland, 1989 *Hermann Hänsel, Austria, 2004 *Fernando Nuez-Vinals, Spain, 2004 *Weblinks
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