Timetable & learning outcomes
The summer school aimed to decipher the strategies that have been developed to identify and exploit stress responses and to manage the growing practices that tackle abiotic and biotic stress. Course content focused on major challenges encountered by the agricultural industry, such as confronting climate change and maintaining both the yield and quality of agro-food productions. A variety of crops were be studied, such as tomatoes, strawberries, grapevines, carrots, leeks, pine and oak trees etc.
Programme
Week 1
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Sunday July 16th |
Monday July 17th |
Tuesday July 18th |
Wednesday July 19th |
Thursday July 20th |
Friday July 21st |
Saturday July 22nd |
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10.00 - 12.00 General introduction Kentaro Mori, Michel Hernould |
9.00 - 12.00 Visit of the Institue of Vine and
Wine Sciences Eric Gomes, Patrick Lucas |
8.00 - 17.00 Visit of Maïsadour (corn production and breeding) in Mont-de-Marsan Lucie Bua |
8.30 - 11.30 Visit of Planète Végétal (Carrot and
leek production) in Cestas Christian Letierce |
8.00 - 18.00 Visit of CIREF, Invenio (straweberry selection) in Douville Justine Perrotte |
9.00 -12.00 Visit of Arboricole INRAE
Experimental unit in Toulenne Marie-Laure Greil |
Free time |
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12.00 - 13.00 Lunch
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12.30 - 14.00 Lunch |
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch |
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch |
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14.30 - 16.30 Visit of Chateau Couhins (wine production) Pierre Marazanof |
14.00 - 17.00 Visit of INRAE Pierroton (Forest
management) Didier Bert, Camille Lepoittevin,
Annie Raffin |
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14.30 - 17.00 Bordeaux city visit |
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17.00 - 20.00 Visit of Dune du Pilat |
14.00 - 18.00 Visit of South Gironde |
Week 2
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Sunday July 23rd |
Monday July 24th |
Tuesday July 25th |
Wednesday July 26th |
Thursday July 27th |
Friday July 28th |
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08.30 - 17.00 Visit of Saint-Emilion |
9.00 - 10.00 Basic presentation on French
agriculture Valérie Schurdi-Levraud |
9.00 - 10.00 Basic presentation on plant breeding Valérie Schurdi-Levraud |
10.00 - 11.15 Basic presentation on the impact of climate change on cherry production José Quero-Garcia |
9.00 - 12.00 |
10.00 - 11.30 |
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12.30 - 14.00 |
Closing lunch |
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10.15 - 11.15 Basic presentation on polyphenols and antioxidants Pierre Pétriarcq, Mariana Simões Larraz Ferreira |
10.15 - 11.15 Basic presentation on grape culture and wine production Kentaro Mori |
11.30 - 12.30 Basic presentation on strawberry culture and production Alexandre Prohaska |
14.00 - 17.00 |
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11.30 - 12.30 |
11.30 - 12.30 |
12.30 - 14.00 |
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12.30 - 14.00 |
12.30 - 14.00 |
14.00 - 17.00 |
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14.00 - 18.00 |
14.00 - 18.00 |
Expertise upon completion
Upon
completion of the course, participants were able to translate socioeconomic
and ecological demands into scientific questions and build a project proposal
describing the work-packages, project management and financial support.
Students and speakers collaborated within project teams, thus allowing
participants to develop their project management and communication skills.