A satellite conference to ComBio 2008 assessing future strategies to develop improved plants for agriculture and bio-fuel production and to assess the performance of plants in natural environments.
General Information
The impacts of global climate change and drought on the environment and agriculture, coupled with the need to increase the supply of food and bioenergy for a growing world population, provides plant scientists with a major challenge.
This symposium brings together a diverse group of scientists to discuss future strategies to improve crops, to produce bio-fuel and to assess plants in natural environments.
The symposium is jointly organised by CSIRO Plant Industry and Plant Energy Biology Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence.
Program
The program is as follows:
This symposium brings together a diverse group of scientists to discuss future strategies to improve crops, to produce bio-fuel to assess plants in natural environments.
Day 1: Water productivity
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Control of transpiration
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Roots and hormone signalling
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Roots and hydraulic signalling
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Drought stress and reproductive development.
Day 2: Plant energy
Day 3: Plant products and bio-fuels
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From artificial photosynthesis to bio-fuel production
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Respiration, photosynthesis and stress tolerance
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Genomic approaches to future improvements.
Use the link on the left for a detailed PDF version of the program.
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