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Session 7
Plant Biotechnology

Chair:
Wilhelm Gruissem, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland & EPSO

Co-chairs:
Roberto Tuberosa, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Italy
Qifa Zhang, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Peter Langridge, Australian Centre of Plant Functional Genomics & University of Adelaide, Australia

Keynote:
Wilhelm Gruissem Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland & EPSO
Crop biofortification: GMOs or non-GMOs?

Main Lectures:
Qifa Zhang, Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Transgenic rice for food security and sustainable agriculture

Peter Langridge, Australian Centre of Plant Functional Genomics & University of Adelaide, Australia
Genetic and genomic approaches to improve abiotic stress tolerance in cereals

Theodor Crosbie, Monsanto, USA
Re-inventing plant breeding in the genomics era

Sabrina Sabatini, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy
The rate of cell differentiation controls the Arabidopsis root meristem growth phase

Main lecture on a EU project:
Catherine Feuillet, Scientific Institute for the Agronomic Research - Clermont-Ferrand (INRA), France & FP7 EU Project TriticeaeGenome
The wheat genome sequencing project: laying the foundation for a paradigm shift in wheat breeding

Topics

• Cellular processes and regulatory networks
• Genomics tools and platforms
• Sequencing plant genomes
• Biodiversity and natural variation
• Functional genomics
• Cisgenic and transgenic crops
• Marker-assisted selection to improve crop performance