From September 9–20, 2024, a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) was held at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops (IFVCNS) in Novi Sad, Serbia, as part of the CROPINNO project. The mission focused on troubleshooting and refining protocols for omics-based research in sunflower drought tolerance.

This STSM brought together a dedicated team from UROS and IFVCNS to align procedures and prepare samples for upcoming transcriptomic analyses. This collaborative effort supports the broader goal of standardizing methodologies across the consortium and advancing the project’s experimental pipeline.

The outcomes of this mission will contribute to future CROPINNO activities, including gene expression studies and validation experiments planned for the next project phases.