Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section

FESTULOLIUM WORKING GROUP

Festulolium Working Group was established during the Eucarpia FCAG Section meeting 2010 in Poznan. Prof. Mike Humphreys was elected as the first Head of the WG. 

The main aim of the WG is to build a functional platform for sharing the expertise and knowledge on the genetics, genomics, physiology, ecology and breeding of Festulolium (hybrids of Festuca and Lolium species). For that, WG workshops are organized either as separate meetings or within the FCAG section conferences. 

FWG Core Board (2010-2016)

Mike Humphreys (head)

Vladimir Černoch

Marc Ghesquière

Liv Østrem

Zbigniew Zwierzykowski

IBERS, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

DLF, Hladké Životice, Czechia

INRA, Lusignan, France

NIBIO, Fureneset, Norway

IPG PAS, Poznań, Poland

FWG Core Board (2016-present)

Marc Ghesquière (head)

Vladimir Černoch

Mike Humphreys (2016-2017)

Liv Østrem (2016-2019)

Zbigniew Zwierzykowski (2016-2017)

Danny Thorogood (since 2017)

David Kopecký (since 2019)

Arkadiusz Kosmala (since 2019)

INRA, Lusignan, France

DLF, Hladké Životice, Czechia

IBERS, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

NIBIO, Fureneset, Norway

IPG PAS, Poznań, Poland

IBERS, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK

IEB, Olomouc, Czechia

IPG PAS, Poznań, Poland

FWG Workshops


  • The 1st Workshop, Poznań, Poland, October 7-8, 2010
  • The 2nd Workshop - under the 29th EUCARPIA Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, September 4-8, 2011
  • The 3rd Workshop - under the 30th EUCARPIA Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section Meeting, Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia, May 12-16, 2013
  • The 4th Workshop - under the 25th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Aberystwyth, Wales, UK, September 7-11, 2014
  • The 5th Workshop - under the 31th EUCARPIA Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section Meeting, Ghent, Belgium, September 13-17, 2015
  • The 6th Workshop, Olomouc, Czech Republic, April 5-6, 2016
  • The 7th Workshop - under the joint meeting of the 32nd EUCARPIA Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses       Section and Protein Crops Working Group of Oil and Protein Crops Section, Vilnius, Lithuania, September 11-14, 2017
  • The 8th Workshop - under the joint symposium of the 20th of European Grassland Federation and the 33th EUCARPIA Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section, Zürich, Switzerland, June 24-27, 2019
  • The 9th Workshop - under the 34th EUCARPIA Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section Meeting, Freising, Bavaria/ Germany, September 5-9, 2021