Division: Special Sessions

Title: Symposium--Pulse Crops: Partners in Resilience

Organizers: Mark A. Brick , Clarice J. Coyne , Michael A. Grusak , Matthew Blair and Bir B. Singh
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Format: Oral Symposium
Keywords: Agronomy, Genomics, Pulses and Soils

Session Description: 2016 has been declared the International Year of Pulses and this symposium will cover important topics about the production and importance of pulse crops, tools for the imporvement of pulse crops, and the role pulse crops pay in resilient agricultural.  We anticipate a strong industry-academic approach in the final proposal.  Further, we anticipate industry support for a food event following the symposium.