Heat resistance, biodiversity services : sunflowers have a bright future
For the first time, an international, multidisciplinary consortium has been set up for sunflower research, bringing together world leaders in ecology, economics, genetics, and biotechnology to sunflower ecology and breeding. The HelEx – Helianthus Extremophiles – project involves 18 partners working on developing new sunflower varieties more resistant to high temperatures and drought while maintaining […]
Launch of HelEx
We are proud to announce the launch of HelEx, our new Horizon Europe project! The primary aim of HelEx is to employ extremophile Helianthus species in order to mitigate the effects of climate change on feedstock and ecosystem services offered by sunflowers. The consortium met last week for an online meeting to begin a four-year collaboration as […]