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ICRCGC: Next Generation Genomics: The Second Green Revolution for Future Food Security

Date: Sunday, January 13, 2013
Time: 1:30 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 1
Jacqueline Batley , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Kaitao Lai , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Michał T. Lorenc , Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Brisbane, Australia
Philipp Emanuel Bayer , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Pradeep Ruperao , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Kenneth Chan , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Sahana Manoli , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Paul J. Berkman , CSIRO Plant Industry, St Lucia, Australia
Agnieszka Golicz , Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics, Brisbane, Australia
Emma Campbell , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Alice C Hayward , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Jessica Dalton-Morgan , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Jaroslav Doležel , Institute of Experimental Botany, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Rajeev Kumar Varshney , ICRISAT, Hyderabad, India
David Edwards , University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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The ‘perfect storm’ of population growth and climate change place huge demand on countries to increase investment in crop production. Improving crops through genomics applications is considered to be one of the most likely approaches to succeed. Genomics advances are driven by rapid improvements in DNA sequencing technology. However translating the genome technology to increase crop resilience and yield in the field remain a challenge.

This presentation will provide an overview of recent advances in genome sequencing technology and how these can be applied to improve our understanding of crop genome structure and expression, with applications in breeding to improve yield under increasingly hostile environments.

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