University of California Davis, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center (5:00 to 7:30 pm) - Davis, CA, United States
Monthly networking event with featured speaker Dr. Florence Negre-Zakharov (webcast at 6:30), Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis - Topic: Investigating fruit volatile metabolism: toward improving crop flavor quality
Presenting and discussing basic principles of quality management and it focuses on the needs of seed testing laboratories that wish to comply with the ISTA Accreditation Standard and prepare for attaining and maintaining ISTA Accreditation.
Sampling principles, testing plan design, assessment of GMO content, SeedCalc, Uncertainty. Theory of PCR methodologies; testing through-put and turnaround time, challenges specific to GMO testing. Hands-on practice of samples processing; Qualitative and qPCR testing an...
Balai Kartini Exhibition and Convention Center - Jakarta, Indonesia
Encompassing every aspect of the crop production value chain, this conference is one of the few in the world to incorporate the global picture, focusing not only on science and technology, but also on finance and investment, research and development, sustainable farming...
The aim of the CAAS conference series is to provide a forum for laying the foundations of a new principled approach to Agricultural and Animal Science.
Online at 1pm Eastern Standard Time (GMT - 5:00) (12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific). - Brookings, SD, United States
Drs. Bill Berzonsky and Melanie Caffe at South Dakota State University will describe how to generate double haploids in wheat and demonstrate the use of the technique in the South Dakota State University winter wheat breeding program.
Online at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) (12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific) - , United States
Drs. Bill Berzonsky and Melanie Caffe at South Dakota State University will describe how to generate double haploids in wheat and demonstrate the use of the technique in the South Dakota State University winter wheat breeding program.
Julius Kühn-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen - Großer Sitzungssaal - Erwin-Baur-Str. 27 - Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Schwerpunkte sind der Einsatz von molekularen Markern in der Zierpflanzenzüchtung sowie die Vorstellung von wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungsergebnissen zu abiotischem und bio-tischem Stress. Hierbei spielen Trockentoleranz, Screening-Verfahren, das Deutsches Phänotypisi...
Schwerpunkte sind der Einsatz von molekularen Markern in der Zierpflanzenzüchtung sowie die Vorstellung von wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungsergebnissen zu abiotischem und biotischem Stress.
University of California Davis, Plant & Environmental Sciences Building, Room 3001 (2:00 - 4:45 pm) - Davis, CA, United States
Research & technology presentations - Topic: strategies for using modern genomics in breeding - Speakers: Dr. Richard Michelmore, The Genome Center, UC Davis & Dr. Allen van Deynze, Seed Biotechnology Center, UC Davis
University of California Davis, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center (5:00 to 7:30 pm) - Davis, CA, United States
Monthly networking event on the 2nd Thursday of the month, with featured speaker Dr. Jorge Dubcovsky, whose research illustrates the power of modern biotechnology approaches in delivering new tools to breeders.
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Aims to promote the discussion on themes related to forage breeding and update the participants on the progress attained in the last decades. Theme: ‘Breeding Forages for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation – Eco-efficient animal production’.
International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
ICRISAT Campus - Patancheru, Hyderabad, India
Major focus: analysis and the use of marker genotyping data rather than on data generation. Presentations and/or hands-on training on topics like overview of molecular marker technology especially SSRs and SNPs, experimental design and data analysis components of phenot...
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Xiyuan Hotel - Nanning, Guangxi, China
Topics include: trends for maize in Asia. breeding and biotechnology for maize improvement , maize in cropping system of Asia, abiotic and biotic stresses, value-added maize, maize seed production and supply.
A forum for leading international scientists and young researchers to present their latest research findings, exchange their research ideas and share their experiences in climate change and food security studies. There will be technical sessions, poster sessions, and so...
Online course offered by the Dept. of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Online graduate-level course offered for noncredit professional development. Course covers standard breeding methods and theories associated with population movement of cross-pollinated crops and self-pollinated crops that are forced to cross-pollinate.
Will bring together industry leaders, investors, policy makers, scientists, researchers and other professionals working in the area of AgBio and discuss the latest scientific advances in agricultural biotechnology and future directions of the technologies.
The course is targeted to graduate students in the plant sciences, as well as to professionals in the public and private sectors. It will provide one transferable graduate-level credit.
6 one-week sessions in Belgium, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain and California - , United States
The integrated postgraduate program, which is not crop specific, teaches the fundamentals of plant breeding, genetics, and statistics through lectures, discussion, and field trips to public and private breeding programs. Participants attend six 6-day sessions in five co...
The aim of this international symposium is to present the newest research results and research goals, analyse present conditions and perspectives in sunflower genetic resources.
Hof van Wageningen - Hotel & Congress Centrum - Wageningen, Netherlands
Addresses the phenotyping bottleneck by providing stimulating talks from internationally renowned keynote speakers from the seed industry, breeding institutes and academic breeding groups working in the plant phenotyping research area.
BIO China will bring together executives from biotechnology, pharmaceutical companies and investment firms from North America, Europe and Asia to meet and explore business opportunities with China's emerging biotech sector.
Topics of interest will include: human nutrition; soil and crop management; zinc fertilizers and crop nutrition; plant physiology; plant breeding and molecular biology; and environmental issues.
Online at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) (12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific) - , United States
Dr. Candice Hansey, Michigan State University, will demonstrate the problem of sequence alignment and provide examples of software that can be used to align sequences.
Online course offered by the Dept. of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Online graduate-level course offered for noncredit professional development. Course focuses on the importance of creating the necessary genetic variation resources for conventional and modern plant breeding programs.
University of Agriculture, Department of Crop Physiology - Faisalabad, Pakistan
Two days course on “Seed Physiology, Production and Management” followed by a one day workshop on “Seed Testing through ISTA standards” on September 29. Queries and registration: DR. Irfan Afzal, seedphysiology11@gmail.com
The course will focus on plant breeding strategies and practices directed toward improving plant performance in moisture-stressed environments. Targeted to graduate students in the plant sciences, as well as to professionals in the public and private sectors.
This module will provide a deeper insight in seed priming, an important physiological enhancement method and its relation to seed germination and seed dormancy breakage. Theory and practicum will combine basic as well as some advanced technologies in seed priming.
The aim of this conference is to provide a multidisciplinary forum for exchanging innovative ideas and methods for studying the rhizosphere, understanding its complexity and further up-scaling its functioning to better evaluate its ultimate role in ecosystem processes.
Objective: to provide hands-on training and enhance the capability of rice scientists to apply molecular technologies into on-going rice breeding programs aimed at developing high yielding varieties resistant to various biotic and abiotic stresses with improved grain an...
"Barley for Business" is the theme of the 15th ABTS and this will be reflected in sessions addressing industry consolidation, privatisation of plant breeding and corporate investment in research.
Online at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) (12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific) - , United States
During this webinar, Dr. Heather Merk, The Ohio State University, will introduce R software for statistical analysis and demonstrate how R has been used to analyze tomato phenotypic data collected for the SolCAP project.
“Silicon and Sustainable Agricultural Development”. A forum for scientists, colleagues, students, fertilizer producers and consumers to present their most recent findings and achievements, and to exchange experiences with international partners.
The conference will discuss topics such as Food Safety Culture, the value of third party audits, chemical hazards with stockfeed and organic vegetables, allegens, food safety in a natural disaster, hormones and beef, food safety in fishing vessels and due diligence.
EUCARPIA - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
Cristal Hall (Aula Kryształowa), Warsaw University of Life Sciences - Warsaw, Poland
Will cover research on genetic resources, new breeding methods like genome mapping, molecular markers, genetic transformation, next generation sequencing in fruit breeding, as well as studies on resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, tree architecture and fruit qu...
Bombay Exhibition Center, NSE Complex - Mumbai, India
Latest developments in agriculture and advanced agro-technologies, especially in the fields of irrigation, water management, arid zone agriculture, intensive greenhouse cultivation, development of new seed varieties, and organic and ecologically-oriented agriculture.
Imaging solutions for roots, shoots and canopy phenotypic traits - Novel sensors technologies for plant phenotyping - Data management and analysis pipelines - Data modeling and environmental simulation - Development of standards and best practices for plant phenotyping ...
Cairns Convention Center - Cairns, Queensland , Australia
Held only every four years, the World Avocado Congress presents a rare opportunity for those in the avocado industry to come together to share and learn everything there is to know about our industry.
EUCARPIA - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
Université Lille Nord de France - Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
General aspects and market development - Culture and management, quality traits - Diseases and pests, disease resistance - Genetics and biotechnology - Germplasms and their diversity
Online course offered by the Dept. of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, NE, United States
Online graduate-level course offered for noncredit professional development. Course covers common breeding methods used to improve self-pollinated crops, such as wheat, rice and barley, and theoretical basis for self-pollinated crop breeding.
Technical workshop for agronomists and farm advisers on variety selection and the National Variety Trials to enable them to provide the most relevant and up-to-date advice to growers. Contact belindacay@baonline.com.au or 0423 295 576
Technical workshop for agronomists and farm advisers on variety selection and the National Variety Trials to enable them to provide the most relevant and up-to-date advice to growers. Contact belindacay@baonline.com.au or 0423 295 576
Hilton Wilmington Riverside - Wilmington, NC, United States
Phenotyping the SolCAP potato germplasm panel - Potato Genomics: What's Next? - SNP-based genetic maps: Linkage and QTL analysis - Breeding in a Genomics Era - Developing the Breeder's Toolbox at SGN
Technical workshop for agronomists and farm advisers on variety selection and the National Variety Trials to enable them to provide the most relevant and up-to-date advice to growers. Contact belindacay@baonline.com.au or 0423 295 576
Bringing together experts and leading figures from the public, private and civil society sectors from across Asia around the main theme of ‘Feeding Asia in the 21st Century: Building Urban-Rural Alliances’.
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) - Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
The course aims to develop the next generation of rice breeders adept in using modern tools for enhancing the precision and efficiency of their breeding programs.
This workshop will appeal to quality managers, laboratory managers and seed testing analysts with or without experience in quality management . This workshop aims at presenting and discussing basic principles of quality management and it focuses on the needs of seed tes...
Rice Research and Extension Center, 2900 Hwy 130 East - Stuttgart, AR, United States
New varieties/ U of A Hybrid Rice Development/Rice Diseases; Clearfield Rice crop rotations, Rice weed control on levees, and pigweed control in soybeans; Soybean Varieties/Soybean Diseases/ Rice and Soybean Insect Management; more
Associação Brasileira de Melhoramento de Plantas (SBMP)
Hotel Atlântico Búzios Convention & Resort - Búzios, RJ, Brazil
A SBMP espera poder promover o debate de vários temas importantes para os melhoristas, considerando os aspectos de formação de novos profissionais, a capacidade instalada e as necessidades do Melhoramento de Plantas no Brasil, no que diz respeito aos recursos humanos, g...
The aim of the ICEAE conference series is to provide a forum for laying the foundations of a new principled approach to Environmental and Agriculture Engineering. To this end, the meeting aims to attract participants with different backgrounds, to foster cross-pollinati...
Will cover the integration of genetics and varietal selection, seasonal conditions and epidemiology with the use of at-sowing and foliar fungicides for the economic management of foliar diseases in wheat and barley. Info: erica@icanrural.com.au
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Embrapa Agropecuária Oeste - Dourados, MS, Brazil
A Comissão Brasileira de Pesquisa de Trigo e Triticale reune-se anualmente para avaliar resultados e estabelecer diretrizes e estratégias de pesquisa e transferência de tecnologias para melhorar o desempenho agronômico e industrial do trigo e do triticale, nas diversas ...
Will cover the integration of genetics and varietal selection, seasonal conditions and epidemiology with the use of at-sowing and foliar fungicides for the economic management of foliar diseases in wheat and barley. Info: erica@icanrural.com.au
EUCARPIA - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding
Grand Hotel Adriatic - Opatija, Croatia
Genetic resources in maize and sorghum - B73 and Mo17 sequence data, high-resolution mapping populations - Internet genomic databases and post genome and phenotypic publicly accessible data - Breeding for specific traits (complex traits, breeding for quality, resistance...
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia
ABARES conducts Regional Outlook conferences in each of the States as well as the Northern Territory each year to provide a grass-roots interaction with rural communities around its agricultural and resources commodity forecasts and other key issues affecting rural indu...
Associação Brasileira de Melhoramento de Plantas (SBMP)
Faculdades Associadas de Uberaba, Anfiteatro do HVU - Uberaba, MG, Brazil
Este grupo buscou abordar a grande realidade das empresas pública e privadas que trabalham com pesquisas na agricultura bem como as novidades e o que há de realidade em pesquisas e estudos em soja no país.
The current workshop is dedicated to establishing an overview on the function of NAC factors and the potential use of NAC genes in plant breeding for improved senescence and fungal resistance.
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
Fukuoka, Japan
Opportunity for scientists, growers and market players from around the world to discuss and share information on genetics & breeding, cultivation, quality control and so on in bulb onion, garlic, bunching onion etc.
This 5-day workshop will help a molecular biologist to find solutions to real time problems in a lab and a bioinformatician to understand the laboratory aspects of bioinformatics.
Experten aus Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft werden in informativen Vorträgen über aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Weizen- und Leguminosenzüchtung berichten.
Einen weiteren Schwerpunkt bildet die Saatgutqualität, die für den Erfolg im Ackerbau unverzichtbar ist.
The aim of the ICFEB conference series is to provide a forum for laying the foundations of a new principled approach to food engineering and biotechnology.
The 9th Plant GEM program changes the focus towards the application of Plant Genomics and related fields of research towards addressing global challenges.
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Golden Blue Hotel Express - Londrina , Paraná , Brazil
This workshop focuses in stimulating joint collaboration between UK and Embrapa and its partners (research centres and universities) on wheat and other cereals production and improvement.
Increasing demand, industry integration, development of patent-expiring products, focus on domestic market, seed treatment, priority to environment protection, overcapacity, soaring costs
University of Adelaide, Waite Campus - Adelaide, SA, Australia
Will present, discuss and explore options of using compost and other organic soil amendments for managing and improving horticultural soils and production systems, including amenity horticulture, nurseries, and protected cropping.
It will cover the integration of genetics and varietal selection, seasonal conditions and epidemiology with the use of at-sowing and foliar fungicides for the economic management of foliar diseases in wheat and barley.
It will cover the integration of genetics and varietal selection, seasonal conditions and epidemiology with the use of at-sowing and foliar fungicides for the economic management of foliar diseases in wheat and barley.
The latest research on the bio-ecology of insect pests, host plant resistance, biological controls, pesticides, and insect management on crucifer crops.
The conference program includes oral presentations from leading Scientist in Solanaceae Genetics and Genomics and will cover all aspects of the conventional and modern resistance breeding. The conference creates a forum for exchange of scientific ideas and knowledge bet...
CIMAC addresses possibilities for genotypic adaptation via selection or breeding, modeling that allows extrapolative evaluation of climate change scenarios in view of genotypic adaptation mechanisms and the idea to propose crop ideotypes to develop a basis for tactical ...
Focus is to enhance the participants’ ability to develop strategic solutions to augment business through a deeper understanding of research management, technology access through licensing, regulatory compliance, market access factors and business restructuring.
This 5-day workshop will help a molecular biologist to find solutions to real time problems in a lab and a bioinformatician to understand the laboratory aspects of bioinformatics.
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