W495How Can Advanced Genomics Change the Landscape for Breeding in the Developing World?
How Can Advanced Genomics Change the Landscape for Breeding in the Developing World?
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Time: 2:00 PM
Time: 2:00 PM
Room: Pacific Salon 6-7 (2nd Floor)
Productive crops require that two things from genetics: (1) There genomes are free from deleterious mutations that have accumulated over time. (2) Their genetics is matched to local environment and agronomy. The tools of genomics, molecular biology, and population genetics are all giving quantitative genetics the information necessary to evaluate and breed crops with much greater efficiency. How will bioinformatics and modeling drive breeding where genomic selection and genome editing become common place? How to we ensure these benefits accrue for the developing world?
