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Scientific
Program (Social
program below) (WUEMED Workshop below)
Saturday, September 24
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13:00-14:30 |
Registration
and poster mounting |
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Session 1. Introduction and setting the scene |
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Co-Chairs: Gian Tommaso Scarascia Mugnozza and Roberto
Tuberosa |
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14:30-15:10 |
Welcoming
address from the organizers and local authorities |
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15:10-15:40 |
Opening comments: Why are we
here? Abraham Blum (www.plantstress.com, Tel-Aviv,
Israel) |
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15:40-16:15 |
Relative economic impact of
drought in agriculture Renè Gommes
(FAO, Rome, Italy)
- Invited Speaker |
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16:15-16:40 |
Coffee break and poster viewing |
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16:40-17:15 |
Defining the drought
environment - Physical and biological perspectives John B. Passioura (CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra,
Australia) - Invited Speaker |
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17:15-17:50 |
Monitoring plant and soil
water status – Established and novel methods Hamlyn Jones (SCRI, Scotland, UK) - Invited Speaker |
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17:50-18:25 |
The historical perspective of
dryland agriculture: Lessons learned from 10,000 years José
Luis Araus (University of Barcelona, Spain) - Invited
Speaker |
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18:25-19:00 |
More
growth for the same water? Linking genetics and physiology Josette
Masle (The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia) - Invited Speaker |
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19:00-20:30 |
Welcome reception (hosted by The British Council
in Rome) |
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20:30-21:30 |
Concert by the choir of the
University of Rome "La Sapienza" |
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Sunday,
September 25
Session
2. Improving yield under water-limited conditions –
Soil and crop management
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Co-Chairs: Manuela M.
Chaves and Giuliano Mosca |
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08:30-09:05 |
Lessons from field research
under water-limited conditions. Deficit (supplemental) irrigation Elias Fereres (CSIC, Institute of sustainable agriculture, Cordoba,
Spain) - Invited
Speaker |
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09:05-09:40 |
Non-drought factors reducing
yield in dry-land environments Len J. Wade (University of Western Australia, Perth,
Australia) - Invited
Speaker |
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09:40-10:00 |
Evaluation of wild Cicer species for
resistance to drought Cengiz Toker (Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey)
- Selected Talk |
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10:00-10:20 |
Adaptability and stability analysis of grain yield
in advanced bread wheat lines for drought stress in cold and moderate dryland
areas of Iran Mozaffar Roustaii (DARI, Maragheh, Iran) - Selected Talk |
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10:20-11:05 |
Coffee break and poster viewing |
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11:05-11:40 |
Crop simulation models as a research
and a dryland farming tool Francois Tardieu (INRA-ENSAM, Montpellier, France) - Invited
Speaker |
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11:40-12:00
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Water and soil salinisation in Italy: Impacts and
mitigation options Nicola Colonna (ENEA, Rome, Italy) - Selected Talk |
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12:00-12:20 |
Effects of deficit irrigation and crop load on
yield and growth of plum trees Diego S. Intrigliolo (IVIA, Moncada, Spain) - Selected
Talk |
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12:20-12:40 |
Rooting ability of transplanted rice under
different water regimes Akihiko Kamoshita (University of Tokyo, Japan) - Selected Talk |
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12:40-13:00
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Effects of water deficits on soybean grown in a
semiarid temperate environment of Argentina Roberto
E. Brevedan (Universidad
Nacional del Sur and CERZOS, CONICET, Argentina)
- Selected Talk |
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13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
Sunday, September 25
Session 3. Improving
yield and sustainability under water-limited agriculture
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Co-Chairs: Neil C.
Turner and Paola Rossi Pisa |
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14:30-15:05 |
Can access to a cropping system simulator help farmers
reduce risk in drought prone environments? Zvi Hochman (CSIRO, Toowoomba, Australia) - Invited Speaker |
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15:05-15:40 |
Strategies for improved management of scarce
water resources in agriculture Theib
Oweis (ICARDA,
Aleppo, Syria) - Invited Speaker |
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15:40-16:00 |
Explore on-farm for North Africa Mohamed El-Mourid (ICARDA, Tunisia) - Selected Talk |
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16:00-16:20 |
Predict crops response by linearization about
control approximation Ibnou
Dieng (Centre
d'étude régional pour l'amélioration de l'adaptation
à la sécheresse, Thiès, Senegal) - Selected Talk |
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16:20-17:05 |
Coffee break and poster viewing |
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17:05-17:40 |
Coping with drought in developing countries
agriculture Sushil Pandey (IRRI, Los Baños, The Philippines) - Invited Speaker |
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17:40-18:00 |
Development of phenological-stage-specific crop
coefficients (Kc) to manage deficit irrigating in agricultural production
systems Giovanni Piccinni (Texas University, Uvalde, TX, USA) - Selected Talk |
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18:00-18:20 |
Parameterization of root water uptake function
under water stress Francesca
De Lorenzi (ISAFOM-CNR,
Ercolano, Italy) - Selected Talk |
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18:20-18:40 |
Dual-purpose landraces of pearl millet (Pennisetum
glaucum) as sources of high stover and grain yield for drought-prone arid
zone environments of India Om Parkash Yadav (Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, India) - Selected Talk |
Monday, September 26
Session 4. Molecular and
physiological bases of plant adaptation to drought - 1
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Co-Chairs: Dorothea
Bartels and Immacolata Coraggio |
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08:30-09:05 |
Perception and signaling of
plant water status Bill Davies (Lancaster University, UK) - Invited Speaker |
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09:05-09:40 |
Cellular bases of adaptation
to drought and changes in the transcriptome under drought Hans J. Bohnert (University of Illinois, Urbana,
IL, USA) - Invited Speaker |
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09:40-10:00 |
Genetic analysis of the response of maize leaf
growth to water deficit in populations segregating for anthesis-silking
interval Claude Welcker (INRA,
ENSAM Montpellier, France) - Selected Talk |
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10:00-10:20 |
Stress adaptive mechanisms from wheat landraces
and wild relatives Matthew Reynolds (CIMMYT, Mexico) - Selected Talk |
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10:20-11:05 |
Coffee break and poster viewing |
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11:05-11:40 |
Monitoring changes in the
proteome and metabolome under drought John Bennett (IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines) - Invited Speaker |
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11:40-12:00 |
Control of plant water relations and water-use
efficiency through manipulation of ABA biosynthesis Andrew
J. Thompson (University of Warwick, UK) - Selected Talk |
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12:00-12:20 |
Root growth and soil water extraction patterns of
wheat genotypes differing in drought tolerance Ahmed
M. Manschadi (APSRU,
Toowoomba, Australia) - Selected Talk |
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12:20-12:40 |
Effects of whole and partial root zone drying on
leaf and xylem sap cytokinin concentration in tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum) Guzel Kudoyarova (Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia) - Selected Talk |
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12:40-13:00 |
Reciprocal graftings of Lycopersicon
pennellii, L. esculentum cv. Lukullus and the tomato mutant notabilis
point out specific roles for root- and shoot-derived ABA in stomatal activity
control Ricardo F. De Oliveira (Escola Superior de Agricultura
Luiz de Queiroz, Brasil) - Selected
Talk |
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13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
Monday, September 26
Session 5. Molecular and
physiological bases of plant adaptation to drought - 2
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Co-Chairs: Steve A. Quarrie and Milvia Luisa Racchi |
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14:30-15:05 |
Whole plant responses, key
processes and adaptation to drought stress
Renee Lafitte (Pioneer-Dupont, Woodland, CA, USA) - Invited
Speaker |
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15:05-15:40 |
Root growth maintenance under
water deficits: region-specific responses of the cell wall proteome Mary E. Le Noble (University of Missouri, Columbia,
MO, USA) - Invited Speaker |
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15:40-16:00 |
Roles for 1-Cys peroxiredoxins and late
embryogenesis abundant (LEA)-like proteins in stress tolerance Shaheen Mowla (Rothamsted
Research, Harpenden, UK) - Selected Talk |
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16:00-16:20 |
The use of deletion mutants in identifying
candidate genes for drought tolerance Jill E. Cairns (IRRI, Los Baños, Philippines) - Selected Talk |
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16:20-17:05 |
Coffee break and poster viewing |
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17:05-17:40 |
Plant reproduction under
stress John
S. Boyer (University of Delaware, Lewes,
DE, USA) - Invited Speaker |
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17:40-18:00 |
Imaging carbohydrate translocation with CFDA in
developing maize kernels Pirjo Makela (University of
Delaware, Lewes, DE, USA) - Selected Talk |
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18:00-18:20 |
Insights into the molecular genetics of drought
resistance from one mapping population of rice Adam Price (University of
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK) - Selected Talk |
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18:20-18:40 |
Physiological aspects of stay-green as a drought
adaptation mechanism in sorghum Andrew Borrell (QDPIF,
Warwick, Australia)
- Selected Talk |
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18:40-19:00 |
Response of cassava (Manihot esculenta
Crantz) to terminal water stress: ABA, sugar and starch
accumulation/partitioning and root growth under different water regime
treatments Luis
O. Duque (Cornell University, Ithaca, USA) - Selected Talk |
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19:00-19:20 |
Drought tolerance-linked secondary traits for
screening sugar beet germplasm under managed drought conditions Eric
S. Ober (Broom’s
Barn-Rothamsted Research, Bury St Edmunds, UK)
- Selected Talk |
Tuesday,
September 27
Session
6. Genes to support plant performance under water-limited conditions
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Co-Chairs: Montserrat
Pagès and Giuseppe Mandolino |
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08:30-09:05 |
Isolation of genes
controlling the responses to drought stress Kazuo
Shinozaki (RIKEN Tsukuba Institute, Tsukuba, Japan) - Invited Speaker |
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09:05-09:40 |
In silico gene
discovery and high-throughput functional analysis Arjula
Reddy (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India) - Invited Speaker |
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09:40-10:00 |
Evolutionary linkage between drought and
vegetative desiccation tolerance in plants Paxton R. Payton (USDA-ARS, Lubbock,
Texas, USA) - Selected Talk |
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10:00-10:20 |
Osmyb4: a tool to improve
drought and cold tolerance in crops Immacolata Coraggio (CNR, Milano, Italy) - Selected
Talk |
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10:20-11:05 |
Coffee break and poster viewing |
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11:05-11:40 |
Identification
of genes for improving drought resistance of irrigated rice at the
reproductive stage Lizhong Xiong (Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China)
- Invited
Speaker |
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11:40-12:00 |
Comparative analysis of root transcriptome
changes in legumes under drought stress Babu Valliyodan (University of
Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA) -
Selected Talk |
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12:00-12:20 |
Functional genomics to dissect drought signal
transduction in cereals by using A. thaliana as a model system Anna
Maria Mastrangelo (Experimental Institute for Cereal Research, Foggia, Italy) -Selected Talk |
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12:20-12:40 |
Genetically modified plants for improving salt
and drought stress tolerance Khaled
Masmoudi (Centre of
Biotechnology of Sfax, Tunisia) -
Selected Talk |
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12:40-13:00 |
Cloning of genes and development of transgenic
crops for drought and salinity tolerance Kailash
Bansal (National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi, India) - Selected Talk |
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13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
Tuesday, September 27
Session 7.
Integrating whole plant and molecular approaches to improve
drought tolerance - 1
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Co-Chairs: Richard Richards and Antonio Blanco |
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14:30-15:05 |
Conventional breeding
approaches for drought-prone environments – An overview Michele Stanca (Istituto Sperimentale per la
Cerealicoltura, Fiorenzuola d'Arda PC, Italy) - Invited Speaker |
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15:05-15:40 |
Breeding by phenotypic
selection for yield and secondary traits
Marianne Banziger (CIMMYT, Mexico) - Invited Speaker |
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15:40-16:00 |
Genetic and management
options to enhance drought resistance and water use efficiency in dryland
agriculture Rachid Serraj (IAEA,
Vienna, Austria) - Selected
Talk |
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16:00-16:20 |
Why yield potential is a
critical factor in genotypic response to drought James E. Specht (University of Nebraska,
Lincoln,
NE, USA) - Selected Talk |
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16:20-17:05 |
Coffee break and poster viewing |
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17:05-17:40 |
Participatory plant breeding
in water-limited environments Salvatore Ceccarelli (ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria) - Invited
Speaker |
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17:40-18:00 |
Genetic improvement for
drought tolerance in lentil Ashutosh Sarker (ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria) - Selected Talk |
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18:00-18:20 |
Development of drought
tolerant rice cultivars by highly efficient QTL pyramiding Zhi-Kang Li (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
Beijing, China)
- Selected Talk |
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18:20-18:40 |
Marker-evaluated selection: Evaluating allele
frequencies in rice selected under extreme environments to find agronomically
important loci Katherine A. Steele (University of Wales, Bangor, UK) - Selected Talk |
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18:40-19:00 |
Marker-assisted farmer
participatory breeding for drought resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Hesha E. Shashidhar (College of Agriculture,
Bangalore, India)
- Selected Talk |
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19:00-19:20 |
A three-pronged approach to breeding
wheat for adaptation to moisture stress globally Richard M. Trethowan (CIMMYT, Mexico) - Selected Talk |
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21:00-23:00 |
Social Dinner |
Wednesday,
September 28
Session 8. Integrating whole plant and molecular approaches
to improve
drought tolerance - 2
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Co-Chairs: Henry T.
Nguyen and Mirella Sari Gorla |
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08:30-09:05 |
Marker-assisted selection for
drought tolerance Jean-Marcel Ribaut
(CIMMYT, Mexico) - Invited
Speaker |
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09:05-09:40 |
Drought tolerance in corn:
New insights from transgene testing Jacqueline Heard (Monsanto, Mystic, CT, USA) - Invited Speaker |
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09:40-10:00 |
What is a QTL for yield under drought? From the
QTL towards a gene function Steve
A. Quarrie (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro) - Selected Talk |
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10:00-10:20 |
Molecular mapping of drought tolerance traits in
rice (Oryza sativa L.): New and future developments Ranganathan
Chandra Babu (Tamil Nadu Agricultural
University, Coimbatore, India)
- Selected Talk |
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10:20-11:05 |
Coffee break and poster viewing |
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11:05-11:40 |
Interfacing plant breeding
with molecular biology and genomics Jeff
Habben (Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Johnston, IA, USA) - Invited Speaker |
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11:40-12:00 |
Effects of the root-ABA1 maize QTL at
varying inbreeding levels, genetic backgrounds and water regimes Massimo Bellotti (University of Bologna, Italy) - Selected Talk |
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12:00-12:20 |
Slow progress in marker-assisted backcrossing of
stay-green in sorghum Tom C.
Hash (ICRISAT, Patancheru, AP, India) - Selected Talk |
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12:20-12:40 |
Mapping Adaptation of Barley
to Drought Environments (MABDE) William Thomas (SCRI, Dundee, UK) - Selected Talk |
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12:40-13:00 |
Sampling of functional diversity
for drought tolerance in barley Rajeev K. Varshney (IPK, Gatersleben, Germany) - Selected Talk |
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13:00-14:30 |
Lunch |
Wednesday,
September 28
Session 9. Future challenges and opportunities
Co-Chairs: Abraham Blum and Paolo
Costantino
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14:30-16:00 |
General discussion –
Moderated by Abraham Blum Panelists: Bill Davies,
Henry Nguyen, Richard Richards, Rachid Serraj, Neil Turner |
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16:00-16:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:30-17:30 |
Future initiatives and research
funding opportunities – Moderated by Josè-Luis Araus Panelists/presenters: John
O’Toole, Enrique Playan, Jean-Marcel Ribaut,
John Rouane |
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17:30-18:00 |
Concluding remarks and
announcement of the next conference – Roberto Tuberosa |
INVITED
SPEAKERS AND CHAIRPERSONS (by order of sessions)
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Speakers |
Affiliation |
Email |
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Abraham Blum |
Plantstress.com, Tel-Aviv, Israel. |
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John
Passioura |
CSIRO
Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia |
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Hamlyn Jones |
University of Dundee, UK |
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Jose-Luis Araus |
Faculty
of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain |
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Elias Fereres |
CSIC,
Institute of sustainable agriculture, Cordoba, Spain |
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Len Wade |
University
of Western Australia, Perth, Australia |
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Francois Tardieu |
INRA (ENSA-M), Montpellier, France |
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Tony
Fischer |
Australian
Centre for International Agric. Research, Canberra, Australia |
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Theib
Oweis |
ICARDA,
Aleppo, Syria |
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Sushil
Pandey |
IRRI,
Los Banos, The Philippines |
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Bill
Davies |
University
of Lancaster, UK |
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Hans Bohnert |
University
of Illinois, Urbana IL, USA |
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John
Bennett |
IRRI,
Los Banos, The Philippines |
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Renee
Lafitte |
Pioneer-Dupont,
USA |
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Robert
Sharp |
University
of Missouri, Columbia MO, USA |
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John
Boyer |
University
of Delaware, Lewes DE, USA |
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Kazuo
Shinozaki |
RIKEN Tsukuba Institute, Tsukuba, Japan |
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Lizhong
Xiong |
Huazhong
Agricultural University, Wuhan, China |
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Arjula
Reddy |
University
of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India |
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Michele
Stanca |
Istituto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura,
Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy |
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Marianne
Banziger |
CIMMYT,
Mexico |
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Stefania Grando and Salvatore Ceccarelli |
ICARDA,
Aleppo, Syria |
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Jean-Marcel
Ribaut |
CIMMYT,
Mexico |
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Jacqueline
Heard |
Monsanto,
USA |
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Jeff
Habben |
Pioneer
Hi-Bred International, Inc, Johnston IA, USA |
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Chairpersons |
Affiliation |
Email |
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Gian Tommaso Scarascia-Mugnozza |
Italian
National Academy of Science |
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Roberto Tuberosa |
University
of Bologna, Italy |
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Manuela Chaves |
Institute
of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal |
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Giuliano Mosca |
University
of Padova, Italy |
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Neil
Turner |
CSIRO
Plant Industry, Wembley, Western Australia |
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Paola Rossi Pisa |
University
of Bologna, Italy |
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Dorothea
Bartels |
Institute
of Botany, University of Bonn, Germany |
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Carlo Soave |
University of Milano, Italy |
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Steve
Quarrie |
University
of Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
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Immacolata Coraggio |
CNR,
Milano, Italy |
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Montserrat
Pagès |
Department
of Molecular Genetics, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain |
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Stefania Grillo |
CNR,
Naples, Italy |
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Richard
Richards |
CSIRO
Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia |
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Luigi
Monti |
University of Naples, Italy |
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Henry
Nguyen |
University
of Missouri, Columbia MO, USA |
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Mirella Sari Gorla |
University
of Milano, Italy |
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Social Program (Use the registration form for reserving a function) |
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Social
Dinner - |
27 September about 9 pm at Da Meo Patacca, Via dei Mercanti 30,
Trastevere. Buses will pick up participants from most hotels.
Euro 50. |
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Tour |
24 September “Classic Rome” - half day
(morning) Euro 40 |
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Tour |
26 September “Rome Sightseeing” - full
day Euro 90* |
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Tour |
27 September “The Vatican and the
Catacombs” - full day Euro 110* |
*Includes lunch at a typical restaurant
The bus will pick you up in front
of the main entrance to the “Aula Magna” Hall of the University.
WUEMED WORKSHOP
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Following
InterDrought-II, the EU-funded workshop “Improving water-use efficiency in
Mediterranean agriculture: What limits the adoption of new technologies?”
(WUEMED) will be held on September 29 and 30 at the CNR (National Research Council),
which is located 400 meters from the University of Rome. The overall
objective of the WUEMED workshop is to establish a forum to assess and
discuss how the knowledge generated through European Commission funded
research activities between Europe and the Mediterranean (namely INCO-MED
activities), as well as through any other joint international research action
of European and Mediterranean developing countries, together with what will
be presented and discussed during InterDrought-II, may impact and improve
crop production under drought, and from that to the end-users in the
Mediterranean countries. WUEMED participants will have ample opportunities to
interact with InterDrought-II participants through the presentation of
posters throughout the duration of InterDrought-II. WUEMED participants will
evaluate/identify and discuss what are the promising techniques and practices
derived from the scientific knowledge and the constraints (e.g. cost,
sophistication, training, information, policies, etc.) that limit their
adoption for the end-users in Mediterranean countries. |
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Details
of the WUEMED workshop to be posted on the WUEMED website at: www.distagenomics.unibo.it/wuemed |