Hélène Pidon

Luigi Cattivelli @luigicattivelli is starting the meeting of the #durum Expert Working Group adjunct to #FSTP5

Great presentation and impressive work by Karim Ammar, durum wheat breeder from @CIMMYT, and @HafssaKabbaj from @ICARDA on durum wheat breeding! It’s been a pleasure collaborating and working with you both on the durum wheat project.#FSTP5

Simon Krattinger from @KAUST explains how wheat went viral. He talks about the role of wild relative introgressions in wheat domestication using my favourite Triticum timopheevii’s role in durum wheat’s history through the failed wheat species genome sequence consortium! #FSTP5

Stunning images of wheat inflorescence architecture in talk by Thorsten Schnurbush from @LeibnizIPK #FSTP5

Flash presentation by @Amitdur from @ICARDA 🇮🇳 on effective phenotyping for distinct, uniform and stable (DUS) traits in durum wheat breeding #FSTP5

Excellent presentation by @eakhunov from @wgrc_ksu on the landscape of structural variation in the wheat genome and how to leverage it for wheat breeding #FSTP5

Closing #FSTP5 in Bari, Italy!!! We had excellent time and saw fantastic presentations and posters! We thank the chairs and organisers and are looking forward to come back to Italy for #IWC2026Bologna

Entertainment at the conference dinner in Old Town, Bari #FSTP5 Ristorante R45

Great talk of Carlotta Award 1st class winner Philippa Borrill @PhilippaBorrill @JohnInnesCentre #FSTP5

Very interesting talk of Samuela Palombieri (Unitus, DAFNE, Italy) first class winner of the Carlotta Award at #FSTP5

The Carlotta Award 2025 goes to @PhilippaBorrill from the @JohnInnesCentre who talks about methylation mutants in bread wheat 👏#FSTP5 #WomenInWheat

Klaudia Kruppa from Martonvasar Hungary @MGIHUNREN gets 2nd prize for The Carlotta Award 🥈 #FSTP5 for her work on introgressing Thinopyrum into wheat for leaf rust resistance and drought tolerance

Great talk by Filippo Bassi @fillobax durum wheat breeder @ICARDA on genomic breeding for dryland durum. Look out for the ‘new drought’. #FSTP5

Durum wheat breeder Karim Ammar from @CIMMYT gave an insightful talk on strategies to accelerate genetic gains and improve durum wheat resilience to climate change especially for drought tolerance and stem rust resistance #FSTP5

Great talk by @Val_Klymiuk from @SaskWheat on pre-breeding for disease resistance in Canadian bread and durum wheat using wild relatives of wheat at #FSTP5 Very impressive work and good luck for your new role as Applied Genomics and Pre-breeding Chair @usask

Mixing things up a bit with a presentation on barley genetics by @gurcharn_brar wheat breeder from @UAlberta talking about a single plant omics approach with implications for FHB resistance studies in wheat research #FSTP5

Thanks to the organizers of #FSTP5 for inviting me to present our work on single-plant omics to disentangle FHB resistance. This work is a novel step to improve FHB/DON resistance in cereals. Preprint coming soon! Thanks to @NSERC_CRSNG @SaskBarley @westerngrains for the funding.

Special mention for The Carlotta Award #FSTP5 goes to @veronicaguwela from @cimmyt on her PhD work on introgressing wild relative segments into Malawian wheat to increase grain nutrient content @Notts_WRC funded by @UoNBiosciences Future Food Beacon

Congratulations to the Carlotta Award winners! What a nice ceremony at #FSTP5

#FSTP5 with Ana Laura Achilli winner of the Durum Expert Working Group travel award!!! @analauraachilli