PAG Asia 2014

May 19 - 21, 2014

Abiotic Stress

Abiotic stresses such as water deprivation, soil salinity, extreme temperatures and soils polluted with heavy metals, are primary causes of crop losses worldwide. Adaptation to these suboptimal conditions involves a complex network of multiple pathways that determines proper spatial and temporal regulation of genes, producing optimal levels of response proteins. Such precision in gene regulation involves transcriptional, posttranscriptional, translational and posttranslational levels. In recent years, several exciting advances have been made in this area of research. The workshop will feature prominent scientists engaged in dissecting abiotic stress tolerance using genetic, biochemical and molecular approaches and discusses how those findings can help in improving stress tolerance of crop plants.