VI SEFIMEC Symposium

The series of Symposia on Cereal Physiology and Breeding has been aiming to create a fertile space for scientific exchange and to facilitate synergies among scientific groups working on issues of physiology, genetics, and breeding of cereals. These symposia have become an ideal space for presentation of scientific and technical progresses in an environment combining rigorous but constructive discussions with a friendly atmosphere.

The symposium is organized within the context of the Excellence Research Network FIRCME “Physiology of Yield and Quality for the Improvement of Cereals” funded by the Spanish Research Agency (2018-2020) and led by Dr. Slafer (UdL, Agrotecnio), which currently continues in the frame of the Research Network CERES “Resilient Quality Cereals for Spanish Food Security” funded by the Spanish Research Agency (2023-2025) and led by Dr. Igartua (EEAD-CSIC). This network gathers some of the Spanish groups with international recognition on physiology and genetics of cereals.

An outcome of previous Symposia on Cereal Physiology and Breeding has been the strengthened collaborations and synergies between Spanish groups and with groups from other countries that have participated, improving the level of multidisciplinarity, impact and internationalization of research activities in the search for solutions to global agriculture, and particularly the Mediterranean areas.

This Sixth Symposium on Physiology and Cereal Breeding will focus on knowledge and resources (genetic and technological) for the improvement of yield and quality (end-use and nutritional) of cereals in the current context of climate change and population growth.