In partnership with the national agricultural research and extension systems (NARES) and the private hybrid rice seed sector, IRRI proposes to establish a Hybrid Rice Research and Development Consortium (HRDC).
Conference for Plant Breeders and Molecular Geneticists
OECD-GenomeAssociation-OZ09 Towards the application of association mapping to plant genetic improvement.
Nov 9-12, 2009, The University of Western Australia, Perth
It is with pleasure that we announce and call for abstracts for “OECD-GenomeAssociation-OZ09”, a conference of vital importance to plant breeders and molecular geneticists. While based on the Brassica crops, the conference is designed to challenge all plant breeders with the new technologies of association mapping emerging from human and animal genetics.
This important OECD conference takes place at The University of Western Australia in Perth, Western Australia, from November 9-12 2009. It comes at a time when major advances are occurring through genome association mapping in humans, animals and some plant species. The challenge of this conference is to provide plant breeders with a clear path towards the application of association mapping to plant genetic improvement. OECD invited speakers are international experts in molecular marker discovery, plant genetic mapping, new biometrical approaches to plant breeding, human genetics and animal breeding.
We encourage all plant breeders and molecular geneticists to join the event by way of contributed papers and/or by registering to attend as a delegate.
·Details of our team of invited speakers and their paper topics
·Simple explanation of how to lodge an abstract (please note that deadline for abstracts is June 30)
·An overview of the conference logistics
Conference registrations will open later this month. We draw your attention to the $100/head discount that applies to those who register and pay prior to July 30.
Apart from anything else, this is a fantastic reason to come to Perth, Western Australia in late spring!
F: +61 8 9525 5008PO Box 341 Mundijong Western Australia 6123
M: 0418 931 938
Hybrid Rice Seed Production Training Course
HRDC is working with The Asia and Pacific Seed Association (APSA) and Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS) to organize a training course for hybrid rice seed production in 2009. Here below is the information:
The training course will be conducted in Nangchang, Jiangxi province, China, and managed by JASS which had a similar course with APSA in the last two years;
The course will focus on hybrid rice Seed Production;
The proposed duration of the course is three weeks (21 days) starting early September 2009;
The course will be based on a no-loss and no-profit concept for a full cost recovery. The cost for each participant was estimated to be US$3,000 to US$3,500;
The cost will cover all local expenses related to the course, but not the cost of international travel;
APSA and HRDC are collecting information on the number of course participants and are currently working with JASS for a final budget and course design;
