62 Symposium--Accomplishing Green Revolution 2 through Plant Breeding with a Look Back at the First Green Revolution

This will include a tribute to Norman Borlaug (wheat) and Hank Beachell (rice), possibly with speakers from IRRI, CIMMYT to review what was and where we going. Other possible presentations on related areas are genetic gain, developing countries issues, use of marginal land, and policy barriers.

C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics
Monday, November 1, 2010: 12:55 PM-4:25 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 104A, First Floor
Organizer:
Georgia Eizenga
Presiding:
David Baltensperger
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM
62-1
Opportunities for New Green Revolutions through Rice Breeding.
David Mackill, International Rice Research Institute
1:25 PM
62-2
Challenges in Wheat Breeding and Some Possible Solutions.
Sanjaya Rajaram, ICARDA
1:50 PM
62-3
The Last One Standing: O.A Vogel's Contribution to Feeding the World.
Kimberly Garland-Campbell, United States Deptartment of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service; Robert Allan, United States Deptartment of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service; Arron Carter, Washington State University
2:15 PM
62-4
Improved Cowpea Varieties and Intensive Cowpea-Cereals Cropping Systems for Enhanced Food Security and Nutrition in the Tropics.
Bir Singh, Texas A&M University
2:40 PM
Break
2:55 PM
62-5
Breeding for a Second (?) Green Revolution in Corn.
Kevin Pixley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3:20 PM
62-6
Opportunities for Applied Marker-Assisted Breeding in Sorghum: Moving towards the Next Green Revolution.
Charles Hash, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; Santosh Deshpande, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics; Punna Ramu, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
3:45 PM
62-7
Engineering Cotton to Expand Its Role as a Feed- and Food Crop.
Keerti Rathore, Texas A&M University; Sylvain Marcel, Texas A&M University; Sabarinath Sundaram, Texas A&M University; LeAnne Campbell, Texas A&M University; Robert D. Stipanovic, USDA-ARS; Lorraine Puckhaber, USDA-ARS
4:10 PM
Discussion
4:25 PM
Adjourn
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