🌱 Join Fascination of Plants Day 2026!

On 19 May, our partners at CREA open their doors in Italy for a hands-on event on plant genetics, biodiversity & sustainable agriculture 🌾

Get inspired — and take part in the FoPD yourself: plantday18may.org!

#FoPD2026 #PlantScience #PROWILD

A few months ago our partner CREA ricerca sent out the first PRO-WILD seed packets.

It's great to see photos and enthusiasm from participants exploring wild & modern wheat 🌾

Stay tuned for the next round of seed packets!

#PROWILD #Biodiversity

From seed to seed: How to collect and multiply wild Brassica species? This Practice Abstract, developed within the PRO-WILD project, provides a protocol for the collection and multiplication of wild Brassica species.

🌱 New PRO-WILD Practice Abstract

From seed to seed: How to collect and multiply wild Brassica species

A practical protocol for collecting and multiplying wild Brassica species—supporting the conservation and use of crop wild relatives.

🔗 zenodo.org/records/1796...

#PROWILD #CropWildRelatives

🌱 A PRO-WILD field trial is underway in Clermont-Ferrand!
In November, around 300 wheat introgression lines from crop wild relatives were sown at INRAE to study grain quality and nutritional traits. Uniform emergence so far — a promising start! 🌾
#PROWILD #CropWildRelatives #Wheat #Prebreeding

At the crossroads: Plant treaty negotiations in Lima end without a decision At the end of November 2025, the 11th Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) took place in Lima, co-hosted by Peru and ...

The 2025 session of the ITPGRFA in Lima ended without a decision.
As we work on biodiversity and crop wild relatives, global seed-governance debates like this shape the context for future action.

🔗 Check out the article: www.pro-wild.eu/news/at-the-...

#PlantTreaty #Biodiversity #PROWILD

Switzerland Archives - Fascination of Plants Day 18 May 2024

🌱 Celebrate Fascination of Plants Day on 18 May 2026! Host a workshop, planting session, or community event and explore the wonder of plants — maybe even some crop wild relatives! 🌿 Get started with planning your own event: plantday18may.org/category/eur...
#FoPD2026 #PROWILD

Grano: i poteri degli antenati selvatici  | CREA futuro

🌾 New from our partner CREA (Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria)

An insightful article on wild wheat and CREA’s key role in the PRO-WILD project.

Read here: creafuturo.crea.gov.it/15304/

#PROWILD #CREA #WheatBreeding

🌱 What drives a scientist to work on crop wild relatives?

In this video, PRO-WILD coordinator Jacques Le Gouis from @inrae-france.bsky.social shares his motivation and the story behind the project.

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qq...

#CWR #PlantBreeding #PROWILD

Even basic seed germination can stand in the way of using crop wild relatives in breeding and agriculture.

A new Practice Abstract from Einav Mayzlish-Gati and her team at Volcani Institute shares protocols to overcome these hurdles.

📖 Read: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#CropWildRelatives #PROWILD

Beatuiful landscape in Corsica with hills and a lot of bushy plants.

A wild relative of oilseed rape growing between rocks.

Researcher on a rock, assessing a plant.

This summer, a team from @inrae-france.bsky.social and the Conservatoire Botanique National de Corse explored Corsica to find wild Brassica relatives.

Such missions reveal how plants adapt to local climates and point to regions crucial for conserving genetic diversity.

#CropWildRelatives #PROWILD