Focus of Working

The WG’s activities focus on all aspects of research and development related to plum cultivation under various environmental conditions, including harvesting and post-harvest issues, processing (such as fruit drying and storage), genetics and breeding, testing of cultivars and rootstocks, evaluation and conservation of genetic resources, fruit quality, pests and diseases, propagation, economics, and more.

Activities

2018
Meeting: Jelgava, Latvia

2016
Meeting: XI International Symposium on Plum and Prune Genetics, Breeding and Pomology - 17-21. July / Freising and Hallbergmoos, Germany

2015
Meeting: 3rd Plum and Prune WG Meeting focused on "Present Constraints of Plum Growing in Europe" - 21-22 August / Island of Skopelos – Greece