5° Summer school di dottorato "AGROBIODIVERSITY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA: A HERITAGE TO REDISCOVER AND CONSERVE"

AGROBIODIVERSITY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA:
A HERITAGE TO REDISCOVER AND CONSERVE
5° PhD. Summer School (June 16TH-21ST, 2014)
Gonnosfanadiga and Villacidro (Iglesiente, SW Sardinia)
06/16/14 10:00-16:00 Participants' registration, documentation delivery and welcome speech
16:00-17:00 Opening: presentation and introduction to the course (G. Bacchetta – Università di Cagliari)
17:00-18:00 Iglesiente slide show (G. Bacchetta and C. Pontecorvo – Università di Cagliari)
06/17/14 09:00-10:00 Biodiversity and traditional rural landscapes in the Mediterranean context (C. Blasi – Università La Sapienza)
10:00-11:00 People and Plants: Traditional Botanical Knowledge and Economic Botany (Andrea Maxia – Università di Cagliari)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 History of the agriculture in the Western Mediterranean basin: the role of naked cereals (L. Peña Chocarro – CSIC Rome)
12:30-13:30 European melon landraces: ancient and modern history and genetic diversity (M.B. Picó Sirvent – Universitat Politecnica Valencia) 13:30-15:30 Lunch
15:30-16:30 Olive cultivars in central Spain: biodiversity and trends in floral phenology (R. Perez Badia – Universidad de Castilla la Mancha)
16:30-17:30 Evaluation of Mediterranean agrobiodiversity with image analysis techniques (G. Venora – Staz. Sperimentale Granicoltura Sicilia)
17:30-18:00 Coffee break
18:00-19:00 Debate
06/18/14 09:00-19:00 Field trip to Piscina Irgas e Muru Mannu falls (guided by M. Pappacoda – Assessorato Difesa Ambiente RAS)
06/19/14 09:00-10:00 Microbial biodiversity for traditional food valorisation (G.A. Farris – Università di Sassari)
10:00-11:00 Functional biodiversity of endemic pears in Sardinian agro-ecosystems (G. D’hallewin – CNR di Sassari)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-12:30 Viticulture biodiversity of Sardinia (G. Lovicu – AGRIS)
12:30-13:30 History of viticulture in Sardinia by seeds image analysis (M. Orrù – Università di Cagliari)
13:30-15:30 Lunch
15:30-16:30 Local varieties of cerals and horticultural species in Sardinia (G. Attene – Università di Sassari)
16:30-17:30 Origins of agriculture in Sardinia: cultivated cereals and leguminous crops in the past (M. Ucchesu – Università di Cagliari)
17:30-18:00 Coffee break
18:00-19:00 Debate
06/20/14 09:00-19:00 Field trip to Monte Linas (guided by C. Pontecorvo)
06/21/14 09:30-14:00 Workshop on «Recovery, conservation and enhancement of agrobiodiversity in Sardinia»
14:00-16:00 Lunch offered by the Municipality of Gonnosfanadiga
Location: Guest house of the Forest Agency of Sardinia at Campu S’Isca, Monti Mannu (Villacidro, VS)
Scientific committee: G. Bacchetta, E. Farris, G. Lovicu, A. Maxia, C. Pontecorvo, M. Orrù, M. Ucchesu
Organizing committee: G. Bacchetta, G. Cinus, D. Cogoni, R. Concas, G. Cubeddu, E. Farris, G. Fenu, M. Marignani, M. Mocci, A. Muscas, M. Orrù, T. Pani, M. Pappacoda, C. Pontecorvo, M. Puxeddu, P. Soddu, F. Sollai, P. Vargiu, N. Zanda
Organizing secretary: Centro Conservazione Biodiversità, Tel./Fax +390706753509, E-mail: ccb@unica.it