The workshop titled “Seed priming: a green tool for sustainable agriculture” showcased the result of the joint efforts of the two PRIMA projects BENEFIT-Med and OPTIMUS-Prime. The entire workshop was broadcasted live and is permanently available and accessible on the Youtube channel of Universitat Jaume I (Castellon de la Plana, Spain)

The Coordinators Vicent Arbona and Alma Balestrazzi provided an overview of their respective projects, underlining the multidisciplinary features and Partners involved as well as the common interest for the seed priming technology, applied to different crop species, using different priming agents. The Monitoring Officer, Dr. Fabrice Dentressangle, provided a brief introduction, on the behalf of PRIMA Foundation, highlighting the relevance of joint events that can strengthen the cross-talk between different PRIMA project.

Invited Speakers included Eduardo Bueso Ròdenas, Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia (Spain), Adriano Griffo, University of Pavia (Italy), Loїc Rajjou, Istitute Pierre Bourgin – INRAE (France), Beatriz Juliàn-Lopez, Institute of Advanced Materials – Universitat Jaume I – Castellò (Spain), Cinzia Bertea, University of Turin (Italy), Patricia Benito, Caldic S.L./Instituto de Biologia Molecular de Plantas – Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain), Wanda Waterworth (Keynote Speaker), University of Leeds (UK), Andrea Pagano, University of Pavia (Italy).