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Opening Remarks
Diter von Wettstein, Washington State University |
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Session I: Defending Against Diseases and Pests
Chair: Roger Beachy, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Controlling Viral Diseases |
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David Baulcombe, The Sainsbury Laboratory, United Kingdom
Expanding the Role of R-Genes for Resistance to Potato Virus X |
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Claude Fauquet, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Controlling Geminiviruses by Multiple Strategies |
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Pamela Ronald, University of California, Davis
Signaling in the Rice Xa21 Mediated Resistance Response |
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Brian Staskawicz, University of California, Berkeley
Molecular Breeding for Plant Disease Resistance |
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Shauna Somerville, Stanford University
The Plant Cell Wall: The First Line of Defense |
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Jeff Dangl, University of North Carolina
The Molecular Logic of the Plane Immune System: From Model Plants to Crop Application |
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Fred Perlak, Monsanto Company
The Role of Transgenic Plants in Controlling Insect Pests in the Field |
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Session II: Developing Stress Tolerance
Chair: Elizabeth Vierling, University of Arizona
Tolerance to Temperature Changes |
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Elizabeth Vierling, University of Arizona
The Complexity of Plant Responses to High Temperature |
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Jian-Kang Zhu, University of California, Riverside
Understanding and Improving Salt and Drought Tolerance: The Role of Protein-Coding Genes and Non-Coding Genes |
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Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, University of Tokyo, Japan
CBF/DREB 1 Gene and Applications for Drought Tolerance in Plants |
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Yafan Huang, Performance Plants, Inc., Canada
Crop Drought Tolerance and Yield Protection by Genetic manipulation of Farnesylation |
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Keynote Speaker:
Barbara Schaal, Washington University in St. Louis
Challenges for Applications of Transgenic Plants From the Perspective of Population Biology and Environmental Issues |
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Session III: Improving Nutritional Composition
Chair: Robert Goldberg, University of California, Los Angeles
Enhancing Vitamin Composition |
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Dean DellaPenna, Michigan State University
Strategies to Enhance Micronutrients in Food |
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Elliot Herman, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Altering Soybean to Mitigate Food and Feed Intolerance |
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Brian Larkins, University of Arizona
Molecular Genetic Approaches to Developing Quality rotein Maize |
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Session IV: Seeds of Tomorrow
Chair: Robert Goldberg, University of California, Los Angeles
Genes that Control Regulatory Functions |
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John Harada, University of California, Davis
Regulatory Genes that Control Embryo and Seed Formation |
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Robert Fischer, University of California, Berkeley
The Role of Genetic Imprinting in Seed Development |
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Ross Bicknell, New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Limited
The Potential Value of Apomixis in Agriculture. Research Progress and Remaining Challenges |
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Keynote Speaker: Richard Flavell, Ceres, Inc
Genomics and Biomass Energy Crop Improvement |
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Session V: Engineering Crops for the Future
Chair: Diter von Wettstein, Washington State University
Plant-based Vaccines |
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Charles Arntzen, Arizona State University
Plant-Derived Protein Pharmaecuticals: From Vaccines to Therapeutics |
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Jim Peacock, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Genes, Crops, Food, Health - A Smooth Path? |
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Ronald Sederoff, North Carolina State University
Functional Genomics of Forest Trees |
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Birger Lindberg Møller, Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University, Denmark
Strategies To Remove Cyanogenic Glucosides From Cassava Roots and to Exploit Them in Plant Defense Against Herbivored and Insects |
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James Cook, Washington State University
Novel Cropping Systems to Conserve Water, Fertilizer and Prevent Soil Erosion |
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Keynote Speaker: Calestous Juma, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Genomics, Innovation and Human Welfare: Policy and Institutional Dimensions |
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