The Wheat Initiative Expert Working Group on Nutrient Use Efficiency in wheat presents:

What’s new in wheat NUE?

This annual meeting will bring together members of the Expert Working Group on Nutrient Use Efficiency in wheat . Anyone interested in the subject is welcome to attend.

WI NUE Expert Working Group

Workshop at IWC 2026, Sunday May 24th

What’s new in wheat NUE ? – Annual meeting of the WI NUE Expert Working Group

Morning 09h00 / 12h30 - NUE EWG 2026 annual meeting (for members only)

·         Updates about group activities

·         Feedback from webinar series: summarizing the challenges and strategies to improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency

·         Plans for 2026-2027

-- Lunch break 12h30/13h30 -- 

Afternoon 13h30 / 17h00 – Open session

·         Introduction: main challenges impacting wheat NUE in 2026 (format to be confirmed)

·         Presentation 1: Durum wheat lines with improved root growth and N uptake on acidic sandy soils with high Al3+ content (definitive title to be confirmed) – Pr. Jairo Palta (UWA - Australia)

·         Presentation 2: Harnessing AMF to improve nutrient use efficiency in diverse durum wheat genotypes under environmental stresses (definitive title to be confirmed) – Dr. Raffaella Balestrini (CNR – Italy)

·         Presentation 3: Evaluating bread wheat Nitrogen Use Efficiency components under various environments (definitive title to be confirmed) – Dr. Jean-Pierre COHAN and Dr. Amanda Oliveira Silva (ARVALIS – France and OSU – USA).

·         Presentation 4: tbc

·         Presentation 5: tbc

·         Presentation 6: tbc

If you are interested in being part of the Expert Working Group on Nutrient Use Efficiency in wheat?Join here: https://www.wheatinitiative.org/ewg-nutrient