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

Oral Session
C01 Crop Breeding & Genetics

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.

Cosponsor(s):

C08 Plant Genetic Resources
Monday, November 1, 2010: 12:55 PM-4:25 PM
Long Beach Convention Center, Room 104A, First Floor

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Organizer:
Georgia Eizenga
Presider:
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
Audio File Recorded presentation
1:25 PM
62-2
Challenges in Wheat Breeding and Some Possible Solutions.
Sanjaya Rajaram, ICARDA
Audio File Recorded presentation
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
Audio File Recorded presentation
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
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:55 PM
62-5
Breeding for a Second (?) Green Revolution in Corn.
Kevin Pixley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:40 PM
Break
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
Audio File Recorded presentation
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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