This course aims at sparking interest in a wide array of topics, which can be useful for a career in plant breeding industry or in science. Subjects treated are at a higher integration level, not only taking into account plant breeding aspects, but regarding all aspects involved, such as environmental issues, products and chain issues, climate change, technical possibilities, limiting resources and participatory approaches. Subjects treated include new trends and technologies in plant breeding, climate resilience, new crops, breeding for low-input cropping systems, breeding for symbiosis between plants and micro-organisms, automatic phenotyping, and breeding for alternative cropping systems such as strip cropping, urban agriculture and vertical farming.
