MISCOMAR idea and results after first growing season was presented by project coordinator - Dr Marta Pogrzeba on 14th International Phytotechnologies Conference - Phytotechnologies: New sustainable solutions for environmental challenges. IPC2017 took place in Montreal from 25 to 29 of September 2017.
Few pictures from presentation titled: Phytoremediation potential of novel seed-based Miscanthus germplasm cultivated on contaminated land: an introduction to the MISCOMAR project you can find below.
Moreover presented results of seed-based hybrids and their potential to phytoremediation have aroused great interest among scientist, mainly in the groups working with Miscanthus. Prof. Larry Erickson and Dr Ganga Hettiarachchi representing Kansas State University are really interested in future collaboration, but also to exchange the knowledge within MISCOMAR and NATO Project G4687 - New Phytotechnology for Cleaning Contaminated Military Sites on they are involved. Below the picture of prof. Larry Erickson, Dr Marta Pogrzeba and Dr Ganga Hettiarachchi (from the left).