?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Plant+breeding+for+organic+and+sustainable%2C+low-input+agriculture%3A+dealing+with+genotypeenvironment+interactions.+Book+of+Abstracts&rft.subject=+Breeding%2C+genetics+and+propagation&rft.subject=+Values%2C+standards+and+certification&rft.description=This+proceedings+summarize+the+results+of+the++first+EUCARPIA+symposium+on+Organic+Plant+Breeding+-+Plant+breeding+for+organic+and+sustainable%2C+low-input+agriculture%3A+dealing+with+genotype-environment+interactions+-+that+took+place+in+Wageningen+in+November+2007.+EUCARPIA+is+the+European+Association+for+Research+on+Plant+Breeding.+%0D%0A%0D%0AOne+of+the+major+constraints+in+organic+farming+is+that+farmers+still+largely+depend+on+crop+varieties+produced+for+conventional+farming+systems+with+high+inputs+of+artificial%2C+mineral+fertilisers+and+chemicals+for+crop+defence.+Therefore%2C+the+organic+sector+urgently+requires+breeding+programmes+for+robust+varieties%2C+which+are+better+adapted+to+low-input+conditions%2C+with+traits+such+as+improved+root+systems%2C+stronger+interspecific+competition+ability+(weed+suppression)+and+yield+stability.+This+symposium+will+explore+alternative+strategies+to+overcome+these+constraints%2C+hereby+also+using+insight+and+knowledge+from+agronomic+fields+working+at+a+higher+aggregation+level+(i.e.+crop+level).%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+event+was+organised+in+cooperation+with+Cost+Action+860+(COST860+-+Sustainable+low-input+cereal+production%3A+required+varietal+characteristics+and+crop+diversity%2C+SUSVAR)%2C+the+European+Consortium+of+Ecological+Plant+Breeding+ECOPB%2C+ISOFAR+and+the+the+Graduate+School+Production+Ecology+%26+Resource+Conservationand+Wageningen+University.%0D%0A&rft.publisher=Wageningen+University%2C+Plant+Sciences%2C+Laboratory+of+Plant+Breeding%2C+Chair+Organic+Plant+Breeding%2C+NL-Wageningen&rft.contributor=Lammerts+van+Bueren%2C+E.&rft.contributor=Goldringer%2C+I.&rft.contributor=Scholten%2C+O.&rft.contributor=%C3%83%C2%98sterg%C3%83%C2%A5rd%2C+H.&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Proceedings&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F13110%2F1%2Flammerts-vanbueren-etal-2007-eucarpia.pdf&rft.identifier=Lammerts+van+Bueren%2C+E.%3B+Goldringer%2C+I.%3B+Scholten%2C+O.+and+%C3%83%C2%98sterg%C3%83%C2%A5rd%2C+H.+(Eds.)+(2007)+Plant+breeding+for+organic+and+sustainable%2C+low-input+agriculture%3A+dealing+with+genotypeenvironment+interactions.+Book+of+Abstracts.+Proceedings+of+Eucarpia+symposium+of+Working+Group+Organic+Plant+Breeding%2C+Wageningen%2C+The+Netherlands%2C%2C+November+7-9%2C+2007.+Wageningen+University%2C+Plant+Sciences%2C+Laboratory+of+Plant+Breeding%2C+Chair+Organic+Plant+Breeding%2C+NL-Wageningen.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F13110%2F