210 Symposium--Better Nutrition through Seed Composition

The theme is to provide an overview of biotechnology and conventional success in improving nutritional quality and human health by altering seed composition. The alterations can have beneficial or negative effects on seed quality which need to be considered. The goal is to highlight the impact that crop scientists can make to solve human health needs.

C09 Biomedical, Health-Beneficial & Nutritionally Enhanced Plants
Tuesday, November 2, 2010: 8:10 AM-12:00 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 306, Seaside Level
Organizers:
Linda Pollak and M. Paul Scott
Presiding:
Linda Pollak
8:10 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:15 AM
210-1
Biofortification Strategies in Theory and Practice.
Kevin Pixley, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Wolfgang Pfeiffer, CIAT - Intl Center for Tropical Agriculture; Raman Babu, CIMMYT; Natalia Palacios, CIMMYT
8:40 AM
210-2
Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway Guided Genetic Analysis and Selection for ProVitaminA in Maize.
9:05 AM
210-3
Iron Biofortification of Maize Grain.
Owen Hoekenga, USDA-ARS; Mercy Lung'aho, Cornell University; Elad Tako, Cornell University; Leon Kochian, USDA-ARS; Ray Glahn, USDA-ARS
9:30 AM
210-4
Crop Performance and Nutritional Quality of "Low Phytic Acid" and "High Phytase" Genotypes.
Victor Raboy, USDA-ARS
9:55 AM
Break
10:10 AM
210-5
Breeding for Improved Nutrition: A Seed Scientist's Perspective.
A. Susana Goggi, Iowa State University; Linda Pollak, USDA-ARS; Kevin T. MONTGOMERY, Montgomery Consulting
10:35 AM
210-6
Removal of An Abundant Allergen From Soybean Seeds by RNA Interference (RNAi) Technology.
Won-Seok Kim, University of Missouri; Hari Krishnan, USDA-ARS
11:00 AM
210-7
Improving Human Zinc Nutrition through a Combination of Crop Management and Plant Breeding for Rice.
Sarah Johnson Beebout, IRRI-International Rice Research Institute; Francis Rubianes, IRRI-International Rice Research Institute; Deepinder Grewal, IRRI-International Rice Research Institute; Parminder Virk, IRRI-International Rice Research Institute
11:20 AM
Discussion
12:00 PM
Adjourn
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