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February 2010
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February 1-2
2010 New Mexico Chile Conference
- Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces -
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
February 1-4
International Conference on:
"Food Security and Climate
Change in Dry Areas" -
Amman, Jordan
February 1-5
Genetic Technology
“SUPERWORKSHOP”: five one day
workshops dedicated to each of
the genetic seed testing areas:
herbicide bioassay,
immunoassay/ELISA, molecular
genetics and plant breeding,
electrophoresis, and PCR -
Iowa State University Seed
Science Center - Ames, Iowa, USA
February 2-5
International Conference on
Green Plant Breeding
Technologies - Vienna,
Austria
February 3-4
UK Soil Association Annual
conference 2010 "The Future of
Food" - The Custard Factory,
Birmingham, United Kingdom
February 3, 4, 9, 10 & 11
HGCA Agronomy Workshops 2010
- Scotch Corner, Willerby,
Grantham, Newmarket, Newbury,
United Kingdom
February 3-5
Fruit Logistica 2010 -
Berlin, Germany
February 3-6
Expo Agro Sinaloa
2010 - Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
February 3-7
International Conference on
Organic Agriculture in Scope of
Environmental Problems -
Famagusta Cyprus
February 4
East Texas Turfgrass Conference
- Overton, Texas, USA
February 7-11
COURSE:
Genomic approaches to evolution
and development - European
Molecular Biology Organization
(EMBO) - Heidelberg, Germany
February 8-11
Joint annual meeting of the U.S.
Weed Science and Rangeland
Management Societies -
Denver, Colorado, USA
February 9-10
2010 International Conference on
Biotechnology and Food Science
(ICBFS 2010) - Bangalore,
India
February 9-11
World Ag Expo - Tulare,
California, USA
February 9-13
36th International Fair of
Agricultural Machinery -
Zaragossa, Spain
February 10-12
Corn Belt Seed Conference -
Joint annual meeting of the
Indiana Crop Improvement
Association (ICIA) and the
Indiana Seed Trade Association
(ISTA) - Sheraton Keystone Hotel
- Indianapolis
February 11, 16 & 17
HGCA and MAGB Malting Barley
Workshops - Edinburgh / Bury
St Edmunds / Beverley, United
Kingdom
February 12-13
February 12-13
2010 International Conference on
Biotechnology and Food Science
(ICBFS 2010) - Bangalore,
India
February 15
HGCA Milling Wheat Conference
- Wellcome Trust Conference
Centre, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire,
United Kingdom
February 15 - May 14
Wheat Improvement and Pathology
- Hands-on training program
- CIMMYT, El Batán & Obregón,
Mexico
February 16-17
Grains Research and Development
Corporation 2010 New South Wales
Grains Research Update -
Charles Sturt University - Wagga
Wagga, New South Wales,
Australia
February 16-18
Le Salon du Végétal -
Angers, France
February 17-20
BioFach 2010 - Nurmberg,
Germany
Febraury 19-20
New Mexico Organic Farming
Conference 2010 - Marriott
Albuquerque Pyramid North -
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
February 23
CropLife Canada Stewardship
Programs for Experimental PNTs
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
Canada
February 21-26
RNA Silencing Mechanisms in
Plants (Keystone Symposium
on Molecular and Cellular
Biology) - Hilton Santa
Fe/Historic Plaza - Santa Fe,
New Mexico, USA
February 23-24
The Dundee Conference -
Environmental Management and
Crop Protection CPNB 2010 -
West Park Conference Centre -
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
February 23-24
Grains Research and Development
Corporation 2010 Victorian
Grains Research Update -
Mercure Hotel and Convention
Centre - Ballarat, Victoria,
Australia
February 23-26
International Conference on
Molecular Aspects of Plant
Development (Keystone
Symposium on Molecular and
Cellular Biology) - Vienna,
Austria
February 25
HGCA Milling Wheat Conference
- Wellcome Trust Conference
Centre, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire,
United kingdom
February 25
30th Kentucky Alfalfa Conference
- Cave City Convention Center -
Cave City, Kentucky, USA
February 25-27
The 2010 Pest & Production
Management Conference -
Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport -
Orlando, Florida
February 26-28
2010 International Conference on
Agricultural and Animal Science
- Singapore
February 27 - March 7
Salon international de
l'agriculture 2010 - Paris
Porte de Versailles - Paris,
France
February 28 - March 3
Global Biosecurity 2010:
Safeguarding Agriculture and the
Environment - Brisbane
Convention and Exhibition Centre
- Brisbane, Australia
March 2010
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 March
2010 - September 2011
European Plant Breeding Academy
Davis, California ~ Angers,
France ~ Enkhuizen, The
Netherlands ~ Barcelona, Spain ~
Gatersleben, Germany ~ Davis,
California
This two-year course addresses
the reduced number of plant
breeders being trained in
academic programs around the
world. The program targets
working professionals who desire
to become fully trained plant
breeders while maintaining their
current employment. Participants
meet for six one-week sessions
over two years at 4 European
locations and at UC Davis.
Readings and exercises continue
between sessions via the
internet.
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March 1-3
8th European
Sunflower Biotechnology Conference - Fame Residence
Hotel - Antalya, Turkey
March 1-4
Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries
Conference "Options and opportunities in crops,
forestry, livestock, fisheries and agro-industry to face
the challenges of food insecurity and climate change"
(ABDC-09) - Guadalajara, Mexico
(by invitation only)
March 1-4
10th Annual Congress of the
African Seed Trade Association
(AFSTA) - Bamako, Mali
March 2-5
ISTA Seed Health Workshop: Detection of Botrytis
cinerea on Linum seeds and on sunflower seeds;
detection of Fusarium spp on wheat seeds -
GEVES-SNES, Angers, France
March 2-5
23rd Annual ASTA Management Academy - Purdue
University's campus - West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
March 3-4
Grains Research and
Development Corporation 2010 South Australian Grains
Research Update - Adelaide Convention Centre -
Adelaide, South Australia
March 3 – April 8
Advanced
Plant Breeding Topics - Mini-course for seed
professionals - University of Nebraska-Lincoln /
Distance Education & Life-Long Learning Program -
Lincoln, Nebraska
March 4-6
Commodity Classic - Anaheim, California, USA
March 4-6
Second International Conference on Drought Management
Economics of Drought and Drought Preparedness in a
Climate Change Context - Organized by
ICARDA/FAO/CIHEAM/Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Affairs of Turkey - Istanbul, Turkey
March 8-11
AGBIOSAFESEED 2010 - International Conference on
Agro-biotechnology, Biosafety and Seed Systems in
Developing Countries - Optimizing agro-biotech potential
while ensuring biosafety amidst seed production and
distribution challengess - Imperial Resort Beach
Hotel - Entebbe, Uganda
March 9-10
2010
Greenhouse Tomato Short Course - Eagle Ridge
Conference Center - Raymond, Mississippi, USA
March 12-13
Use
of Bioinformatics in Agriculture and Plant Science -
National Institute of Plant Genome Research - New Delhi,
India
March 15-20
40th Anniversary and
Scientific Conference of the Crop Science Society of the
Philippines - Grand Regal Hotel, Davao City, The
Philippines
March 15-26
Quantitative Methods in Plant Breeding - NIAB -
Cambridge, United Kingdom
March 17-18
North
Dakota State University Extension Service - 2010 Western
Crop and Pest Management School - Holiday Inn
Riverside - Minot, North Dakota
March 18-19
China Crop Protection Summit - Shanghai, China
March 18-19
GMO Asynchronous and Asymmetric Approvals: bringing
lasting solutions to identified problems - CEN
Cenelec Management Centre - Brussels, Belgium
March 22-24
NZBio
Conference 2010 - Sky City Convention Center -
Auckland, New Zealand
March 22-26
Africa Rice Congress / Congrès du Riz en Afrique 2010 - Bamako, Mali
March 24
Agriculture 2.0 - The Conference for Innovators and
Investors - The Four Seasons Hotel - Palo Alto,
California
March 28-31
Global Conference on Agricultural Research for
Development (GCARD) - Corum - Montpellier, France
April 2010
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April 6-8
EUCARPIA Cereal Section Meeting
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
April 6-10
ISTA Workshop on Variety Testing
- an introduction, using protein
electrophoresis and Polymerase
Chain Reaction (PCR) for GMO
Detection - Bangalore, India
April 11-13
2nd International Conference of
the European Turfgrass Society
- Angers, France
April 11-15
BioVisionAlexandria 2010 - Bibliotheca Alexandrina -
Alexandria, Egypt
April 12-16
Advanced course on applications of bioinformatics in
plant breeding - Zaragoza, Spain
April 12-20
COURSE:
Contemporary approaches in plant genetic resources
conservation and use - Wageningen
University - Wageningen, The Netherlands
The overall objective of the training programme is to
enhance participants’ capabilities to deal with the
management of genetic resources activities and
programmes
April 15
CPVO Seminar: The enforcement of plant variety rights
- Titania Hotel - Athens, Greece
April 18-22
5th European Plant Science Organization (EPSO)
Conference "Plants for Life" - Olos Polar Center,
Lapland, Finland
April 20-22
IX Simposio
Internacional de Biotecnología Vegetal / 9th
International Symposium on Plant Biotechnology -
Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
April 21-22
Black Sea region:
Agrarian Strategies in 2010 - Kiev, Ukraine
April 22-23
Workshop of the
European Seed Association: "Intellectual Property
Protection in Plants and Seeds" - Brussels, Belgium
April 24-27
2nd International
Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources -
Bologna, Italy
April 25-28
California Seed Association -
Annual Convention - Resort
at Squaw Creek - Squaw Valley, Lake Tahoe, California
April 26-30
12th International
Food Legumes Research Conference V and European
Conference on Grain Legumes VII: "Legumes for Global Health: Legume Crops and Products for
Food, Feed and Environmental Benefits" - Convention
Center of Kervansaray Hotel, Lara - Antalya, Turkey
April 27-28
7th Annual
BIGMAP Symposium - Gateway Hotel and
Conference Center - Ames, Iowa, USA
May 2010
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May 1 - October 21
International Neo-Superior Vegetable Expo - Shanghai,
China
May 3-6
BIO International
Convention - McCormick Place - Chicago, Illinois,
USA
May 17 - June 18
Course:
Sustainable farming and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- Wageningen University - Wageningen, The
Netherlands
This 5–week training programme combines the course on
Agriculture in transition: analysis, design and
management of sustainable farming with the IPM food
safety training programme.
May 17-19
IX
Kasvitieteen Päivät - IX Finnish Symposium on Plant
Science - University of Eastern Finland - Finland
May 27-30
AUSVEG National Convention, Trade Show and National
Awards for Excellence - Conrad Jupiters Hotel Casino
- Gold Coast, Queensland
May 31 - June 2
ISF Congress -
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
May 31 - June 18
COURSE:
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and food safety
- Wageningen University - Wageningen, The
Netherlands
The training programme aims to enhance the
participants’ knowledge and ability to identify and
solve problems in IPM and aspects related to sustainable
agriculture and food safety.
May 31 - June 25
COURSE:
Seed potato technology, certification and supply systems
- Wageningen University - Wageningen, The
Netherlands
The course reviews the current knowledge on seed
potato technology and its application in different
agro-ecological regions of the world. It assesses the
efficient use of modern technology in seed supply
systems, the development of adequate seed policies and
institutional requirements.
June 2010
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June 3
ISF Post Congress seminar
"Adventitious Presence/Low Level Presence: Impact on the International
Seed Trade" - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
June 6-10
21st International
Conference on Arabidopsis Research - Pacifico Yokohama Convention
Complex - Yokohama, Japan
June 6-11
12th Congress of the International
Association for Plant Biotechnology - America’s Center Convention
Complex - St. Louis, Missouri, USA
June 6-12
2009 International Neo-superior Vegetable Expo - Shanghai, China
Info: sichuan@zhongdu.com.cn
June 7-9
The 2010 Corn
Utilization and Technology Conference (CUTC) "Corn: America's Renewable
Resource" - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
June 7-11
12th International
Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria - Reunion Island, France
June 8
IGC Grains Conference 2010 - Queen
Elizabeth II Conference Center - London, United Kingdom
June 8-11
I Congresso Brasileiro de Recursos
Genéticos - Bahia Othon Palace Hotel - Salvador, Bahia, Brasil
June 8-13
ISTA Workshop on GMO Testing - Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit
und Lebensmittelsicherheit (Bavarian State Office for Health and Food
Safety) - Oberschleißheim, Bavaria, Germany
June 11-13
ISTA Workshop on Species and Variety Testing/ Proteinelectrophoresis
- Federal Plant Variety Office - Hanover, Germany
June 13-23
An International
Short Course in Agroecology, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and
Sustainable Agriculture - Michigan State University - East Lansing,
Michigan, USA
June 14-18
8th International Wheat Conference (IWC)
- St. Petersburg, Russia
June 14-25
COURSE: Plant Breeding for
Drought Tolerance - Colorado State University - Fort Collins,
Colorado, USA
The purpose is to provide a forum for exchange between plant
physiologists, agronomists, and geneticists in order to continue the
positive trend towards crop improvement through plant breeding and
genetics. We hope also to build collaborations between the public and
private sectors, as well as with graduate students in plant breeding,
genetics, and physiology programs
June 14-25
COURSE:
Plant variety protection (Plant Breeders' Rights) - Wageningen
University - Wageningen, The Netherlands
The course focuses on the practical implementation of the legal
framework for the protection of plant varieties (plant breeders’ rights)
in an intellectual property rights system.
See
http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/docs/nfp/NFP-brochure.pdf
page 26
June 16-18
CHSH (Tomato Section ) 2010 Congress & New Tomato Expo - Shanghai,
China
June 16-22
International Seed Testing Association
(ISTA) - 29th ISTA Congress - Cologne, Germany
June 20-24
Seed Ecology III, the Third
International Society for Seed Science Meeting on Seeds and the
Environment - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
June 20-25
International Conference on Food
and Agriculture Applications of Nanotechnologies - São Carlos, SP,
Brazil
June 24-25
Plant Breeding for
Drought Tolerance - Colorado State University - Fort Collins,
Colorado, USA
June 25-30
Biosafety - An
International Short Course in Environmental Aspects of Agricultural
Biotechnology - Michigan State University - East Lansing, Michigan,
USA
June 27 - July 1
Metabolomics 2010 -
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 29 - July 2
Rye Working Group of EUCARPIA -
International Symposium on Rye Breeding & Genetics - Zhodino,
Belarus
Info: spcaf@mail.ru
July
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July 4-9
XVII Congress of the Federation of European Societies of
Plant Biology (FESPB) - Valencia Conference Centre
(Palacio de Congresos) - Valencia, Spain
July 6-10
Joint
Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) 87th Annual
Meeting & Canadian Seed Growers Association Meeting
- Grand Okanagan Lakefront Resort - Kelowna, British
Columbia
July 8-9
AgriGenomics World Congress - Brussels, Belgium
July 11-16
International Internship Program in Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR): Technology Transfer, Use and
Management - Michigan State University - East
Lansing, Michigan, USA
July 12-15
Australian Summer Grains Conference 2010 - Gold
Coast, Australia
July 18-21
3rd Workshop on Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and
Germination - York Museum Gardens - York, United Kingdom
July 31 - August 4
Plant Biology 2010 - Joint Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Plant Biologists & the Canadian
Society of Plant Physiologists - La Société
Canadienne de Physiologie Végétale - Palais des
congrès (convention centre) - Montréal, Québec,
Canada
August 2010
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August 4-6
XXII Seminario Panamericano de Semillas - Hotel
Sheraton - Asunción, Paraguay
August 7-11
American Phytopathology
Society (APS) Annual Meeting - Opryland, Nashville,
Tenessee, USA
August 22-27
XXVIII International
Horticultural Congress (IHC2010) - Lisbon, Portugal
August 23-28
2010 IUFRO Tree
Biotechnology Conference - Seoul, Korea
August 29 - September 3
Molecular Plant Breeding: An International Short Course
on Practical Applications of Molecular tools for Plant
Breeding - Michigan State University - East Lansing,
Michigan, USA
August 30 - September 1
Capsicum and Eggplant Breeding 2010, Working Group
Meeting - Valencia, Spain
August 31 - September 3
8th
International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae and
Related Pathogens - Department of Physics Martin
Wood Lecture Theatre - Oxford, United Kingdom
September 2010
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 September
2010 - June 2011
Plant Breeding Academy, Class
III
Davis, California
This two-year course addresses
the reduced number of plant
breeders being trained in
academic programs around the
world. The program targets
working professionals who desire
to become fully trained plant
breeders while maintaining their
current employment. Participants
meet at UC Davis for six
one-week sessions over two
years. Readings and exercises
continue between sessions via
the internet. |
September 2-5
SPPS PhD Student
Conference - Espoo, Finland
September 12-15
ABIC 2010 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
September 19-22
ABIC 2010
Conference - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
September 19-30
International Agricultural Biotechnology Short Course
- Michigan State University - East Lansing, Michigan,
USA
September 27 - October 1
World Cowpea
Research Conference - Dakar, Senegal
October 2010
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October 4-22
COURSE:
Plant genetic resources and seeds: policies,
conservation and use - India
See
http://www.nuffic.nl/international-organizations/docs/nfp/NFP-brochure.pdf
page 26
October 10-13
European Seed Association - Annual
Meeting - Brussels, Belgium
October 19-22
CHSH 2010 (Cruciferous Section ) 2010 Congress & New
Cruciferous Vegetables Expo - Shanghai, China
October 25-26
5th Annual
Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM-Lucerne 2010) -
Lucerne, Switzerland
October 31 - November 4
ASA / CSSA / SSSA Annual
Meeting - Long Beach, California
November 2010
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November 1-3
British Crop
Protection Council (BCPC) Congress &
Exhibition 2010 - London, United Kingdom
November 1-19
Plant genetic resources and seeds: policies,
conservation and use - Wageningen UR Centre for
Development Innovation - India
November 13-17
Asian Seed Congress
-
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
November 8-12
3rd International Rice
Congress (IRC2010) "Rice for Future Generations" -
Vietnam National Convention Center - Hanoi, Vietnam
Congress will include the 28th International Rice
Research Conference, 3rd World Rice Commerce Conference,
3rd International Rice Technology and Cultural Expo
November 6-9
Western Seed
Association - Annual Meeting - Westin Crown
Plaza - Kansas City, Missouri
 November
7-8
ASTA Farm and Lawn Seed Meeting
Westin Crown
Plaza - Kansas City, MissouriNovember 16-18
Canadian Seed Trade Association
(CSTA) Semi-annual Meeting -
Fairmont Hotel - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
November 15-20
The International
Society for Biosafety Research - 11th International
Symposium on the Biosafety of GMOs - “The role of
biosafety research in the decision making process” -
Centro Cultural Borges - Buenos Aires, Argentina November
20-26
2009 International Neo-superior Vegetable Expo - Shanghai, China
Info:
sichuan@zhongdu.com.cn
November 24-26
Integrated Pest Management in Europe - The ENDURE
Network of Excellence shares the fruits of four years’
research with the crop protection - Hotel George V -
Paris, France
December
2010
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December 1-3
2nd EUCARPIA Organic
and Low-input Section Conference - Paris, France
December
7-10
ASTA 40th
Soybean Seed
ASTA 65th Corn & Sorghum Seed Conferences
Seed Expo 2010
Hyatt Regency Hotel - Chicago, Illinois |
February
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