HelEx at the 2025 Annual Conference of the Institutes for Bee Research
HelEx research on sunflower floral resources and bee health presented at the Institutes for Bee Research annual conference (February 2025).
HelEx Work Package 1.3 discussed with Soltis, RAGT and Lidea
HelEx Work Package 1.3 genetic approach discussed with Soltis, RAGT and Lidea (February 2025).
First HelEx results shared with the industry at SELEOPRO
HelEx first results presented to sunflower breeders and agronomists at SELEOPRO (February 2025).
HelEx pollinator detection models at the Phenome-Emphasis annual meeting
HelEx pollinator detection models presented at the Phenome-Emphasis annual meeting (January 2025).
HelEx at the SEMAE technical meeting on sunflower and oilseed rape nectar
HelEx presented nectar secretion work to the SEMAE seed sector technical meeting (January 2025).
The HelEx project presents promising advances for more tolerant sunflowers.

From October 15 to 17, 2024, JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH hosted the second HelEx project annual meeting in Graz, Austria. This project, supported by the European Union’s Horizon Europe program, brings together 18 partners from 9 countries, including research institutes, SMEs, and industrial players, to develop new sunflower varieties more tolerant to high temperatures and […]
HelEx activities presented to the INRAE SPE division
HelEx presented internally at INRAE SPE division to strengthen cross-unit collaboration (October 2024).
HelEx introduced at the Seleopro Carrefour Tournesol
HelEx consortium presented to the European sunflower value chain at Seleopro Carrefour Tournesol (October 2024).
HelEx sunflower genomic resources presented at the ICSG meeting
HelEx genomic resources showcased at the International Consortium for Sunflower Genomics meeting (October 2024).
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