Prof. Michele Morgante

University of Udine

Michele Morgante is professor of Genetics at the University of Udine and Scientific Director of the Institute of Applied Genomics. He was President of the Italian Society of Agricultural Genetics and of the Italian Genetic Association. He is a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and of Academia Europaea.

Presentation:
New Genomic Technologies for agricultural sustainability

Key Points:
• Food production is environmentally expensive.
• Most of the environmental costs come from agriculture.
• We need technological innovations to decrease these costs.
• Genetic innovation can play a major role in cost reduction.
• Genome editing and other NGTs can help us to make old and new plant varieties that better cope with environmental challenges.