The NordGen Day 2024

All participants to the NordGen-day needs to be registered beforehand and carry their name tag throughout the day. This is due to security issues.

Coffee and tea will be served.

Welcoming speeches by 

Mette Kjöbek Petersen - Chair of NordGen's board

Lise Lykke Steffensen - NordGen Executive Director

Each year, NordGen propagate cereals and grasses at a testing field called Lönnstorp. A bus will take you to the field where a guided tour will take place. Limited number of seats.

During 2024, NordGen will cultivate its entire selection of flax. This bus takes you to our flax fields where a guided tour will take place. Limited number of seats. 

Visit our greenhouse and our garden which are used for propagation of seeds and characterisation of plants. Our field staff will take you on a walk and share information on what they do.

Throughout the house, our staff will be ready to showcase their work. Take a stroll and see and hear more about what we do.

Short presentations (20 min) will take place on the second floor of the house. 

10.30-11.00 The current status of Nordic AnGR from a population and genetic perspective

11.00-11.30 PRO-GRACE: a novel European initiative for a research infrastructure on plant genetic resources

11.30-12.00 Oak in the Nordic countries

13.30 Student talks:
1) Awakening Angelica: Breaking Seed Dormancy for Optimal Germination
2) Cracking Trifolium Dormancy: Rapid Freeze-Thaw Technique for Seed Germination
3) Importance of Cultivation Distance for Crosspollination in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

13.30-14.00 Give PEAS a Chance

14.00-14.30 Crop Wild Relatives

From 12.00-13.00, a light grab-and-go lunch (sandwich etc) will be available.

Second tour of the day to the fields of Mellangård, where NordGen's collection of flax varieties are cultivated this year. Limited number of seats.

Second tour of the day showing NordGen's fields of cereals and grasses. Guided tour. Assembly point: NordGen sign

Our field staff takes you for a walk in our greenhouse and garden, sharing information about their daily operations.

Throughout the house, our staff will be ready to showcase their work. Take a stroll and see and hear more about what we do.

Short presentations (20 min) will take place on the second floor of the house. More detailed information on the topics will be shared later.

End of the NordGen day.