XIV GREMPA meeting on pistachios and almonds Options méditerranéennes SERIES A : Mediterranean seminars Series, Vol. 94

GREMPA (Group of Mediterranean Research on Almond and Pistachios) is a research group created during the seventies with the support of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza. During this time, GREMPA's work has been mainly based on the study and improvement of almond and pistachio genetic resources with Mediterranean origin, although efforts have been made in all aspects of the production and marketing of these species.

The meetings of the group are held periodically every 3 or 4 years to exchange research results and to promote joint research and cooperation among scientists of the Mediterranean area working on almond and pistachio.

This publication presents the Proceedings of the XIV GREMPA meeting on Pistachios and Almonds, which took place in Athens (Greece) from 31st March to 4th April 2008, and contains 40 articles classified into the five sessions that structured the scientific programme of the Meeting:

Cultivars-RootstocksBreeding,

Orchard management, Physiology-Biology-Biotechnology (including pollination and fruit set), Pest-Diseases, and Industry-Harvesting-Marketing-Quality and Control-Safety.