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The China－EU Workshop on New Technologies and Methods in Crop Molecular Breeding

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20 – 22 June 2011, Beijing, China

Objectives

China and the EU are dedicating great R&D efforts in agriculture, aquaculture, food security and food safety. They both face common challenges, such as the growing demand for safe, nutrious and affordable food given the constraints of land, water, energy and in face of the environmental limits (e.g. soil erosion, and combined effects of climate change impacts and biodiversity loss). The sustainable exploitation of biological resources for a secure and healthy food supply, animal feed and a wide range of sustainable materials and technical products, will require careful use of land, more and better use of the oceans, and a shift to systems that produce more from less.

The EU-China partnership initiative in crop breeding to be launched on June 20, 2011 is a very important new instruments that may serve as model to reinforce a systematic co-operation at the level of EU and China programmes and beyond.

Organizing Committee

l Shumin Wang, Deputy Director General, Institute of Crop Science, CAAS

l Xifeng Gong, Deputy Director General, Department of International Cooperation, CAAS

l Jiansheng Li, Professor, National Maize Improvement Center, CAU

l Jose Luis Araus, Professor, Department of Plant Biology, University of Barcelona

l Martin Parry, Professor, Plant Science Department, Rothamsted Research

l Simon Griffiths, Professor, Department of Crop Genetics, John Innes Centre

l Jianbing Yan, Professor, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, HZAU

l Guoying Wang, Professor, Institute of Crop Science, CAAS

l Lanqin Xia, Professor, Institute of Crop Science, CAAS

l Jiankang Wang, Professor, Institute of Crop Science, CAAS

Location of Registration

Reception Desk, 1^st Floor, the National Key Facilities Building for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, CAAS

Location of Opening Ceremony and Workshop

Conference Hall, 2^nd Floor, the National Key Facilities Building for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, CAAS

Program

Monday, 20 June 2011
8:30am-2:00pm	Registration
Opening Ceremony of The EU FP7 Project OPTICHINA and The China-EU Workshop on New Technologies and Methods in Crop Molecular Breeding Chair: Dr. Xifeng Gong (DDG, Department of International Collaboration, CAAS)
2:00-2:25pm		Welcome speeches from: Dr. Ren Wang (Vice President, CAAS) Ms. Maive Rute (Director for Agriculture, Food and Biotechnology Research in the EC and the EC Chair of Agri-Bio Task Force) Mr. Chen Linhao (DDG, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Science and Technology of China) Dr. Philippe Vialet (Scientific Counselor, EU Delegation to China) Dr. Jianmin Wan/Dr. Shumin Wang (DG/DDG, Institute of Crop Science, CAAS)
2:25-2:35pm		Dr. Xifeng Gong (DDG, Department of International Collaboration, CAAS) “Introduction to CAAS - EU Collaboration”
2:35-2:45pm		Ms. Maive Rute (European Commission) “EU-China R&D Cooperation in Agriculture”
2:45-3:05pm		Dr. Jose Luis Araus (University of Barcelona) “Introduction to OPTICHINA”
3:05-3:30pm		Group photo and Coffee break
Session I: Perspectives of Crop Molecular Breeding Chair: Dr. Shumin Wang (DDG, Institute of Crop Science, CAAS)
3:30-4:10pm		Martin Parry (Rothamsted Research) “Integrated approaches to wheat improvement”
4:10-4:50pm		Yunliu Fan (CAAS) “The research and development of phytase_corn in China”
4:50-5:30pm		Jiansheng Li (CAU) “Progress and perspective of maize molecular breeding in China”
6:00-8:00pm		Dinner at Yue Gong Fu restaurant (hosted by Dr. Huajun Tang, Vice President, CAAS)
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Session II: High-throughput Genotyping and Germplasm Profiling Chair: Dr. Jose Luis Araus (University of Barcelona)
8:30-9:00am		Xianchun Xia (CAAS) “Functional markers in wheat”
9:00-9:30am		Yunbi Xu (CAAS/CIMMYT China) “SNPs in maize: genotyping and application in genetics and breeding”
9:30-10:00am		Jingsheng Lai (CAU) “High-throughput genotyping of maize lines by Solexa sequencing”
10:00-10:30am		Coffee break
10:30-11:00am		Xueyong Zhang (CAAS) “Association mapping and considerations for design breeding in wheat”
11:00-11:30pm		Xiaohong Yang (CAU) “The history of maize domestication and adaptation as revealed by a genome-wide survey of SNP and haplotype variation”
11:30-12:00pm		Qiang Gao (BGI) “The next generation sequencing accelerates crop molecular breeding”
12:00-2:00pm		Lunch at Xin Yuan Fu restaurant
Session III: Transformation and Transgenic Crops Chair: Dr. Jiansheng Li (China Agricultural University)
2:00-2:30pm		Huw Jones (Rothamsted Research) “Wheat Transformation: A European Perspective” (By video)
2:30-3:00pm		Guoying Wang (CAAS) “Maize transformation”
3:00-3:30pm		Lanqin Xia (CAAS) “Wheat genetic transformation and its applications in China, current status and challenges”
3:30-4:00pm		Coffee break
4:00-4:30pm		Hao Chen (HZAU) “Development of transgenic insect-resistance rice”
4:30-5:00pm		Jiankang Wang (CAAS/CIMMYT China) “Breeding with known gene information”
5:00-5:30pm		General Discussion
6:00-8:00pm		Dinner at Xin Yuan Fu restaurant (hosted by the Institute of Crop Science, CAAS)
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Session IV: TILLING and QTL Mapping Chair: Dr. Martin Parry (Rothamsted Research)
8:30-9:00am		Trevor Wang (John Innes Centre) “TILLING”
9:00-9:30am		Hai-Chun Jing (Institute of Botany, CAS) “Identification of 'sweet' associated genes in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)”
9:30-10:00am		Jianbing Yan (HZAU) “Association mapping for enhancing maize improvement”
10:00-10:30am		Coffee break
10:30-11:00am		Yongzhong Xing (HZAU) “Isolation of three agronomically important QTLs and their application in rice improvement”
11:00-11:30pm		Jose Luis Araus (University of Barcelona) “Phenomics”
11:30-12:00pm		Daniel Jeffers (CIMMYT China) “Precision phenotyping for biotic stresses in maize: Are we good enough?”
12:00-2:00pm		Lunch at Xin Yuan Fu restaurant
Session V: Informatics and Marker Assisted Selection Chair: Dr. Yunbi Xu (CAAS/CIMMYT China)
2:00-2:30pm		Chris Love (Rothamsted Research) “Crop informatics” (By video)
2:30-3:00pm		Simon Griffiths (John Innes Centre) “QTL analysis and application in wheat”
3:00-3:30pm		Luyan Zhang (CAAS) “An integrated tool for building linkage map and identifying QTL”
3:30-4:00pm		Coffee break
4:00-4:30pm		Jill Cairns (CIMMYT) “Linking MAS with phenotyping”
4:30-5:00pm		Mingliang Xu (CAU) “Improvement of maize resistance to head smut and stalk rot”
5:00-5:30pm		General Discussion
5:30pm		End of the China-EU Workshop on New Technologies and Methods in Crop Molecular Breeding
6:00-8:00pm		Dinner at Xin Yuan Fu restaurant

The China－EU Workshop on New Technologies and Methods in Crop Molecular Breeding

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