Seminar on crop diversity
Date: 1 October 2026
Time: 14:30 - 16:45
Venue: Crafoord hall, Navet, Alnarp
Language: English
Organiser: Department of Biosystems and Technology
Location: Alnarp
Welcome to a seminar about crop diversity and sustainable agriculture!
Speakers and presentation titles:
Dr. Sheila Alves, Alternative Crops Agronomy, Crops Research Centre, Teagasc, Ireland: The value of winter faba bean and field pea intercrops
Professor Lucia Gutierrez, Dept. Plant Breeding, SLU, Sweden: Mapping plant to plant interactions in oats
Professor Pete Iannetta, Dept. of Ecological Sciences, James Hutton Institute, UK, and Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal: Hidden in plain sight: evidencing the multifunctional value of home-grown legumes
Dr. Matti Leino, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden: Collecting legume genetic resources in Sweden
Panel discussion with the presenters.
The speakers at seminar are involved in the examination and supervision of Dylan Wallman’s PhD thesis Intercropping traditional pea varieties with faba bean in organic farming: Legume diversification for sustainable agriculture, which is subject to public defence on 2 October.
Coffee/tea will be served, and we appreciate your help to estimate the number of attendees by filling in the registration form.