Programme Rundown
| Time from | to | 9-Aug | 10-Aug | 11-Aug |
| 08:30 | 08:40 | Guest Reception | Guest Reception | Guest Reception |
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| 08:50 | 09:00 | |||
| 09:00 | 09:10 | Opening Ceremony | Keynote: Prof Henry Nguyen NextGen soybean genetics with increased yield and climate resilience |
Keynote: Prof Budiman Minasny Revealing Continental-scale soil microbial compositional heterogeneity |
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| 09:30 | 09:40 | Keynote: Prof Christine Foyer Acclimation of legumes to a high CO2 world |
Keynote: Prof Peter Gresshoff Functional genomics and industrial development of the tree legume Pongamia pinnata for sustainable bioenergy and biofood/biofeed production |
Thematic: Dr Sergio Feingold Biotechnology as a tool for adapting crop production to Climate change conditions |
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| 10:00 | 10:10 | Keynote: Prof Kadambot Siddique Diversified food system: The key to improving dietary diversity and fighting hunger and malnutrition in Asia |
Thematic: Prof Maurice S. B. Ku C4 rice: boosting rice photosynthesis for increased yield and stress tolerance |
Thematic: Prof Yanjun Su Lidar-aided high-throughput field phenotyping for crop breeding |
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| 10:20 | 10:30 | Thematic: Dr Sachiko Isobe Genome Sequencing of polyploid crop species and consideration of robust crops in a climate change |
Poster/ Refreshment | |
| 10:30 | 10:40 | Thematic: Prof Prakit Somta Genomic research and breeding in mungbean, a minor legume crop of Asia |
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| 10:40 | 10:50 | Thematic: Prof Haiwei Luo Evolutionary Genomics of Bradyrhizobium |
Thematic: Prof Zhenpeng Kai Ingested bacteria-mediated RNAi for managing the lepidopteran pests |
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| 10:50 | 11:00 | Thematic: Dr Mark Chapman Genomic advances in underutilised legumes: how can we feed a growing population? |
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| 11:10 | 11:20 | Poster/ Refreshment | Thematic: Prof Tianfu Han Molecular Breeding Strategies towards Photo-Thermal Adaptability Improvement in Soybean |
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| 11:20 | 11:30 | Keynote: Prof Fanjiang Kong Soybean flowering responses under various photoperiod and temperature changes |
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| 11:30 | 11:40 | Thematic: Prof Dawei Xin Rhizobial Type III effector involved in the soybean signaling network |
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| 11:40 | 11:50 | Thematic: Prof Ting Fung Chan Unraveling the genomic content of underutilized crops to ensure food security: current progress on Lablab purpureus |
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| 11:50 | 12:00 | Keynote: Prof Hon-Ming Lam Exploring Soybean Genome for Crop Improvement |
Thematic: Prof Jin Wu Hyperspectral remote sensing approaches for agroecosystem studies |
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| 12:00 | 12:10 | Thematic: Prof Ndiko Ludidi Exploring the potential of African Vigna species for climate resilience of the South African food system |
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| 12:20 | 12:30 | Thematic: Prof Brett Ferguson Legumes for sustainable agriculture and mitigating impacts on climate change |
Thematic: Dr Yinglong Chen The role of root-soil interface in adaptation to climate change |
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| 12:30 | 12:40 | Lunch | ||
| 12:40 | 12:50 | Thematic: Prof Ho Lam Jerome Hui Genomics and biology of insects and other arthropods |
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| 13:00 | 13:10 | Lunch | Thematic: Prof Silin Zhong Understand plant gene expression at the epigenome and cistrome levels |
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| 13:20 | 13:30 | Sandwich Lunch | ||
| 13:30 | 13:40 | Thematic: Prof Weibo Xie The Post-GWAS Era of Crops: from Genetic Variants to Function |
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| 13:50 | 14:00 | Transportation | Thematic: Prof Jeong-Dong Lee Breeding strategies of fatty acids profile for various applications |
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| 14:00 | 14:10 | Keynote: Prof Rajeev Varshney Genomic Solutions for ensuring global food security and promoting agriculture sustainability |
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| 14:10 | 14:20 | Thematic: Prof Pan Liao Develop new methods to regulate volatile emission from plants into the environment |
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| 14:20 | 14:30 | Excursion Visit | ||
| 14:30 | 14:40 | Thematic: Prof Eric Giraud The Bradyrhizobium-Legume symbiosis: different ways to form nitrogen-fixing nodules |
Closing Ceremony | |
| 14:40 | 14:50 | |||
| 14:50 | 15:00 | Thematic: Dr Coty Carrera Do major field crops actually differ in the timing of their critical periods for yield determination? A new perspective reconciles apparent differences |
Collaboration Meeting(s) | |
| 15:00 | 15:10 | |||
| 15:10 | 15:20 | Thematic: Dr Asnake Fikre The underutilized climate resilient chickpea in Sub Saharan Africa; exploiting the enormous potential through innovation |
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| 15:30 | 15:40 | Thematic: Prof Wing Tak Jack Wong Cardiovascular Benefits of Soybean |
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| 15:50 | 16:00 | Poster/Refreshment | ||
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| 17:30 | 17:40 | Transportation | Transportation | |
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| 18:00 | 18:10 | Ice-breaking Dinner | Thematic Dinner | Conference Dinner |
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| Keynote Presentations | ||||
| Underutilized crops and nutritional research | ||||
| Genomics and functional agro-ecology | ||||
| New technological platforms |