Conference “Phenome 2018”
by Jozef Polák
In the period of February 14-17, 2018 the conference “Phenome 2018” was held in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The conference, in which participated more than 200 scientists from numerous countries, was organized by the American Society of Plant Biology, the prestigious scientific society. At the conference, the SAU was represented by prof. Ing. Marián Brestič, CSc. and doc. Ing. Marek Živčák, PhD. In addition to participants from the host country, the most numerous were the scientists from Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia and other countries active in this scientific area. The conference provided also a unique forum for scientific discussions and non-formal meetings with a great atmosphere. Thus, in addition to new knowledge, attendants took home new contacts and offers for international cooperation. As a part of the conference, we attended an excursion to the Maricopa Agricultural Center, the research institute of USDA and University of Arizona, in which the excellent facilities for field phenotyping were presented, including the World’s Largest Robotic Field platform.
