Crawley, Western Australia
December, 2007
Source: December 2007
Newsletter of the Institute of Agriculture, University of
Western Australia
by Dr Guijun Yan
http://www.seedquest.com/News/releases/2007/pdf/21278.pdf
Prof Jinling Meng, Prof Liyong Hu
and Prof Guozgeng Yang from
Huazhong Agricultural
University and Prof Weijun
Zhou from Zhejiang
University, a Chinese academic delegation, visited the
University of Western Australia
(UWA) from September 6-9, 2007.
The delegation was welcomed by UWA
Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof Margaret Seares, IOA
Director, Prof Kadambot Siddique and the IOA Head of School of
Plant Biology, Prof Hans Lambers.
The visitors had a series of
discussions on existing activities and future potential
collaboration between UWA and their Universities.
They also delivered three
seminars: Prof Zhou on interspecific hybridization of Brassica,
Prof Meng on heterosis of canola by subgenomic recombination and
Prof Yang on canola production and farming systems in China.
UWA will collaborate with Zhejiang
University and Huazhong Agricultural University in the
development of a project on breeding of Super Brassicas for
increased oil seed and/or vegetable production.
The delegation also participated
in the 15th Australian Research Assembly on Brassicas (ARAB) in
Geraldton. |
