🌱On February 25, 2025, the #cousinproject was presented by the University of Catania during a study day on plant and microbial germplasm collections hosted by the Accademia dei Georgofili in Florence.

Read the full article on our website 👉 cousinproject.eu/conferences/...

📚𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢́𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 (𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐥𝐚 𝐎𝐥𝐥𝐚)!
🌱 This year, #cropwildrelatives were introduced!
Many of them come from the #Aprisco gene bank, while others come from more distant areas.
Read the full article! cousinproject.eu/news/cultiva...
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🌱 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐞! 🌱

The Italian partner Rete Semi Rurali ETS presented the #COUSINproject during 𝐢𝐧𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐞!

🎥 The episode is now available with 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬.

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJE0...
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🥦 💡 During the Open Day organised by SMARTIES.BIO, it was possible to observe the #brassica populations of the #COUSINproject alongside Prof. Ferdinando Branca of the University of Catania.

👉 cousinproject.eu/training-act...
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Field monitoring of Brassica rupestris populations in the Palermo area | Cousin Project On October 15th, 2025, the UNICT research team carried out a collection mission along Palermo and Trapani provinces (Caltavuturo, Sclafani Bagni and Castell ...

👣The UNICT research team carried out a collection mission along Palermo and Trapani provinces to monitor three B. rupestris populations, one of the five Brassica wild relatives species highlighted  by the #COUSINproject 🥦

cousinproject.eu/events/field...

8 - Characterisation and use of wild relatives in pea breeding | Cousin Project CWRs of pea, including Pisum fulvum, provide essential traits such as resistance to broomrape and powdery mildew. The COUSIN Project supports the developmen ...

🫛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙖'𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 🌿
👩‍🔬 👩‍🌾 In the #COUSINProject, researchers and breeders are working to develop 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, ideal for difficult conditions such as those in the Mediterranean region.

🔗 👇Practice Abstract 8 cousinproject.eu/resources/pr...

🌎 🤝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐖𝐑𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬.

In 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑨𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 ❺, COUSIN emphasizes the importance of this aspect to 𝒄𝒐-𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕-𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔.

🔗 cousinproject.eu/resources/pr...
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🌱 COUSIN Project Update!

We're working with wild relatives of peas — known as CWR (Crop Wild Relatives) — to boost the resilience of future pea crops.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/3Gf2DfC

#COUSINproject #HorizonEurope

@uvic-ucc.cat
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What is a CWR genetic reserve?
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