|
 International Symposium
on Biotechnology of
Temperate Fruit Crops and
Tropical Species
October 10-14, 2005
Hilton Daytona Beach / Ocean Walk
Village
Daytona Beach, Florida USA |
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INTRODUCTION
 Mark your
calendar and make plans to attend the International Symposium on
Biotechnology of Temperate Fruit Crops and Tropical Species scheduled
October 10-14, 2005 in Daytona Beach Florida, USA.
This meeting combines the First International Symposium on Transgenic
Fruit Trees and the Third International Symposium of Biotechnology of
Tropical Species. The International Symposium of Biotechnology of Tropical
Species has been held at four-year intervals with previous meetings held
in Taipei, Taiwan (2001) and in Brisbane, Australia (1997) and we invite you
to join us. The International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS)
sponsors this joint symposium.
We ask everyone with Internet access to use the symposium web page
whenever possible. You will soon be able to submit your abstract online,
register for the conference online and even find out about airline, hotel
and other travel arrangements. And, you will be able to conveniently pay
for your registration fee with a Visa, Master Card, discover or American
Express credit card. Please take a moment to add our website address to
your bookmark list.
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WHO
SHOULD ATTEND?
 The
conference is designed to bring together biotechnology researchers in
government, university and private sector laboratories working with
temperate tree fruits, and with tropical and subtropical
fruit, vegetable and ornamental crops. In addition, we expect government policy
makers, regulatory officials, industry leaders, and public interest group
representatives to attend. It is anticipated that attendees will represent
many developed countries with advanced research programs and developing
countries in South and Central America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia
and the Mediterranean region.
The International Symposium on Biotechnology of Temperate Fruit Crops and
Tropical Species brings together researchers who are active in the development
of biotechnology tools for fruit crops in temperate and tropical areas
and those working with a range of horticultural crop species in the
tropics. This is an under-researched, heterogeneous group of economically
important species that receive scant attention in most major biotech
meetings precisely due to the difficulties entailed in applying
biotechnological approaches to their improvement. This international
symposium will provide a means for scientists with kindred interests to
gather and exchange information and establish collaborations. Sessions on
market utilization, regulatory issues, risk assessment, and consumer
acceptance distinguish this symposium as unique in its scope of interest.
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PURPOSE
 The
purpose of the symposium is to provide a forum for presentation and
exchange of new information with respect to biotechnology of fruit crops
and tropical and subtropical horticultural plant species. This meeting
will foster interactions amongst researchers with similar interests, joint
research collaborations, exchange of new ideas, and interactions with
regulatory agencies, industry representatives, and public interest
groups. Interactions between researchers in developing and developed
countries, especially those working with tropical and subtropical species,
will be encourages at this meeting. The proceedings of the meeting will be
published by ISHS as an Acta Horticulturae Proceedings volume.
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TOPICS TO BE
PRESENTED
The topics
for presentation and discussion will include:
-
 Transgenic
approaches for improving:
- Product quality
- Disease, insect, and abiotic stress resistance
- Plant growth and development for enhanced crop performance
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Recent
advances in genomics of tree fruit species and tropical and subtropical
horticultural crops and specific applications to:
- Gene identification
- Applied breeding programs
-
Entry of
transgenic crops into the marketplace including:
- Intellectual property rights
- Regulatory issues for commercialization
- Risk assessment
-
Overcoming
hurdles to implementing biotechnologies
-
Non GM
Biotechnologies
- somaclonal variation
- somatic hybridization
-
Enabling
Technologies
- cell culture
- regeneration
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SYMPOSIUM
STRUCTURE
 This
symposium, through a mix of concurrent and joint sessions, and break-out
groups, will explore the progress being made in temperate fruit and
tropical species biotechnology. Invited speakers, oral presentations, and
poster sessions will enable presenters to share their results and
experiences in the application of biotechnology to genetic improvement of
these species. Commercialization and regulation of improved “biotech”
crops will be addressed.Invited speakers and volunteer speakers
will address programmatic topics over the course of the symposium during
plenary sessions. The majority of volunteer presenters will be scheduled
to present their information during poster sessions scheduled in
conjunction with the program agenda. There will be plenty of opportunity
for interaction during Q&A, topical discussion periods and networking
functions. Authors will be asked to submit full manuscripts for review and
publication in a formal proceedings to be published post-conference by
ISHS. The proceedings of the meeting will be published by the ISHS in its
series Acta Horticulturae. Each individual participant, paying the
fee, will receive a copy of the proceedings. Furthermore, the titles of
the papers published, authors, abstracts and keywords will be available
freely on the ISHS Website. Full articles will be retrievable as PDF files
at moderate prices (and to some extent for free to ISHS members).
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AGENDA
Sunday,
October 9
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10:00am |
Executive Committee Meeting |
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5:00pm-7:00pm |
Registration Open |
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5:00pm-7:00pm |
Poster Display Set-up |
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5:00pm-7:00pm |
Early Bird Social |
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7:00pm-9:00pm |
ISHS Business Meeting |
Monday, October 10
|
7:00am-6:00pm |
Registration |
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7:00am-8:00am |
Morning Refreshments |
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7:00am-9:00pm |
Posters on Display |
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8:15am-8:45am |
Opening Remarks and Welcome
– Richard Litz, Tropical Research &
Education Center,
University of Florida, Homestead, Florida
– William Brown, Assistant Dean,
University of
Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida
– Ralph Scorza, USDA-ARS,
Appalachian Fruit Research
Station, Kearneysville, West Virgiania |
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8:45am-12:00pm |
General
Session 1 – GM and non GM Biotechnological Approaches
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Chairs:
Ralph Scorza
and
Rod Drew |
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8:45am-9:30am |
Genetic Modification in Fruit Breeding: the
Papaya Example –
Richard Manshardt,
University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii |
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9:30am-10:15am |
Ten Years of Plant Biotechnology Products:
Proven Success and Future Applications
– David Songstad,
Monsanto, St. Louis, Missouri |
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10:15am-10:45am |
Refreshment Break |
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10:45am-11:30am |
Genetic Modifications in Floral Crops:
Research to Marketplace – Steve
Chandler, Florigene, Collingwood, Victoria,
Australia |
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11:30am-12:00pm |
Overcoming Challenges to Deliver Transgenic
Horticultural Products to US and Overseas Markets
– Katherine Kahn, Foreign Agricultural Service US
Department of Agriculture, Washington, District of Columbia |
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12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch on Own |
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1:30pm-3:00pm |
General
Session 1 (continued) – GM and non GM Biotechnological
Approaches |
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Chairs:
Gale McGranahan
and
Luis Navarro |
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1:30pm-2:15pm |
Genetics, Epigenetics and Crop Improvement
– Pat Heslop-Harrison,
University of Leicester, Leicester,
United Kingdom |
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2:15pm-3:00pm |
Applications of Somatic Hybridization and
Cybridization in Scion and Rootsock Improvement with Focus on
Citrus – Jude Grosser,
UF/IFAS CREC, Lake Alfred, Florida |
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3:00pm-3:30pm |
Refreshment Break |
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TWO CONCURRENT SESSIONS |
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3:30pm-4:50pm |
Temperate -
Hot Topics |
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Chairs:
Jay Norelli
and
Chinnathambe Srinivasan |
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3:30pm-3:50pm |
Monitoring Differential Expression during
Fruit Maturation, Ripening and Storage as an Identification Tool
for Gene Candidates for Superior Apple Fruit Quality
– Rozemarijn
Dreesen,
KULeuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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3:50pm-4:10pm |
BpMADS4 - a MADS
Box Gene of Birch Induces Flowers on Transgenic Apple Plants in
vitro – Henryk Flachowsky,
Institute of Fruit Breeding, Dresden, Germany |
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4:10pm-4:30pm |
Using MAT Vector System to Produce Marker-free
Transformed Apricot Plants –
Lorenzo Burgos, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain
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4:30pm-4:50pm |
Genetic Transformation of Apple without Use of
a Selectable Marker – Herb S. Aldwinckle,
Cornell University, Geneva, New York |
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3:30pm-4:50pm |
Tropical -
Non-Gm Technologies |
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Chairs:
Fernando Pliego-Alfaro
and
Simon Raharjo |
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3:30pm-3:50pm |
Recovery of Sexual Triploid Seedless Mandarin
Hybrids by Embryo Rescue and Flow Cytometry
– Luis
Navarro, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones
Agrarias, Moncada Valencia, Spain |
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3:50pm-4:10pm |
Somaclonal Variation in Tissue Culture
Originated Date Palm off-types - Molecular Characterization of
the Most Common off-types – Yuval Cohen,
Volcani Research Center, Beit-Dagan, Israel
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4:10pm-4:30pm |
Genetic Improvement of Asexually Propagated
Plants – Diogenes Infante,
Instituto de Estudios Avanzados, Caracas, Venezuela |
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4:30pm-4:50pm |
Somatic Hybridization and Androgenesis as a
Tool for Banana Breeding –
Akym Assani,
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
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5:00pm-7:00pm |
Formal Poster Session |
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7:00pm-9:00pm |
Welcome Reception |
Tuesday, October 11
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7:00am-6:00pm |
Registration |
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7:00am-8:00am |
Morning Refreshments |
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7:00am-9:00pm |
Posters on display |
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8:30am-11:55am |
General
Session 2 – Disease and Stress Resistance/Growth and Development/Product
Quality |
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Chairs:
Richard Bell
and
Tom Zimmerman |
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8:30am-9:15am |
How can Knowledge about the Molecular Bases of
Plant Disease and Disease Resistance Help Engineering of
Resistance in Crops? –
Oliver LeGall,
UMR INRA/Univ. Bordeaux, France |
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9:15am-10:00am |
Genomics Approaches to Understanding Ripening
Control and Fruit Quality in Tomato
– James Giovannoni,
USDA-ARS,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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10:00am-10:30am |
Refreshment Break |
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10:30am-11:15am |
Using Biotechnology to Improve Resistance to
Environmental Stress in Fruit Crops: The Importance of
Understanding Physiology –
Michael Wisniewski, USDA-ARS Kearneysville, West
Virginia |
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11:15am-11:35am |
Development of Papaya Varieties for Florida
with Genetically Engineered Resistance to Papaya Ringspot
Virus – Michael Davis,
University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida |
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11:35am-11:55am |
Understanding the Carotenoid Biosynthetic
Pathway in Citrus for a Biotechnological Improvement of Fruit
Quality –
Lorenzo Zacarias, Burjasot,
Valencia, Spain
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12:00pm-1:30pm |
Lunch on Own |
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1:30pm-4:00pm |
General
Session 2 (continued) – Disease and Stress Resistance/Growth and
Development/ Product Quality |
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Chairs:
Stefano Tartarini
and
Lorenzo Zacarias |
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1:30pm-1:50pm |
Resistance to Passion Fruit Woodiness Virus in
Transgenic Plants of the Yellow Passion Fruit Expressing the
Viral Coat Protein Gene – Jorge
Rezende, ESALQ - Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil |
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1:50pm-2:10pm |
Strategies for Obtaining Fire Blight
Resistance in Apple by rDNA Technology
– Ewa E. Borejsza-Wysocka,
Cornell University, Geneva, New York
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2:10pm-2:30pm |
Transformation of a Monocot Transcription
Factor Associated with Early Flowering into Embryogenic Cell
Suspension of Banana Cv Mas –
Rofina Yasmin Othman, University of Malaya, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaya |
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2:30pm-3:00pm |
Refreshment Break |
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3:00pm-3:20pm |
Molecular Interactions between Plum Pox Virus
and the Capsid Cistron Engineered in Prunus domestica
– Jiban Kundu, Research Institute of Crop
Production, Prague, Czech Republic |
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3:20pm-3:40pm |
Effects of Environmental Stresses and Abscisic
Acid on the Expression of
sorbitol-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in Rosaceae Fruit
Trees – Yoshinori Kanayama, Tohoku University,
Sendai, Japan |
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3:40pm-4:00pm |
Functional Genomics of Grape Seedlesness
– Avi Perl, Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel
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4:00pm-5:00pm |
Formal Poster Session |
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5:00pm |
Dinner on Own |
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7:00pm-7:50pm |
General
Session 3 – Integrating Biotechnology into Breeding Programs
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Chair:
Ralph Scorza |
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7:00pm-7:25pm |
Improving Disease Resistance
in Citrus Using Genomic Approaches
– Fred G. Gmitter,
University of Florida/IFAS - CREC, Lake Alfred, Florida |
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7:25pm-7:50pm |
Molecular Genetics in Persian
Walnuts: A Breeder's Perspective
– Gale McGanahan,
University of California, Davis, California |
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TWO CONCURRENT
SESSIONS |
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7:55pm-9:00pm |
Disease and
Stress Resistance/Growth and Development /Product Quality
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Chairs:
Timothy Artlip
and
Kamal Chowdhury |
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7:55pm-8:10pm |
Prolonged Longevity of Cymbidium Flowers
through Genetic Transformation – Li-chun Huang,
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan |
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8:10pm-8:25pm |
Characterization of Ripening-specific MADS-box
Genes from Banana – Haya
Friedman, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel |
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8:25pm-8:40pm |
Molecular Marker-based Selection for Nematode
Resistance in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) – Sivananda
Tirumalaraju, University of
Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, Florida |
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8:40pm-9:00pm |
Discussion |
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7:55pm-9:00pm |
Commercialization of Transgenics |
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Chairs:
Zongrang Liu
and
Cecilia Zapata |
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7:55pm-8:10pm |
Field Performance of Transgenic Citrus Plants
in Spain – Leandro Peña,
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA),
Valencia, Spain |
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8:10pm-8:25pm |
USDA/APHIS
Regulation of Genetically Engineered Plants – John Cordts
- USDA/APHIS, Biotechnology Regulatory Services, Riverdale,
Maryland |
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8:25pm-8:40pm |
Intellectual Property Rights and Regulatory
Issues Related to Biotechnology of Tropical Species in India –
Jitendra Prakash, Invitro
International Pvt. Ltd., Karnataka, India |
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8:40pm-9:00pm |
‘HoneySweet’ – A Transgenic Plum pox virus
Resistant Plum – Development, Field
Testing, and Regulatory Issues – Ralph Scorza,
USDA-ARS, Kearneysville, West Virginia |
Wednesday, October 12 – Optional Professional Tour
Thursday, October 13
|
7:00am-6:00pm |
Registration |
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7:00am-8:00am |
Morning Refreshments |
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7:00am-9:00pm |
Posters on Display |
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8:30am-12:10pm |
General
Session 4 – Integrating Genomics into Breeding Programs
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Chairs:
Viola Hanke
and
Maria Gallo Meagher |
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8:30am-9:15am |
Integrating Genomics into Rosaceae Tree Fruit
Breeding Programs – Pere Arús,
IRTA Barcelona, Spain |
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9:15am-10:00am |
Current Challenges of Tropical Tree Crop
Improvement: Integrating Genomics into an Applied Cacao Breeding
Program – Ray Schnell,
USDA ARS, Miami, Florida |
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10:00am-10:30am |
Refreshment Break |
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10:30am-10:50am |
Intergeneric Hybridization Between Carica
Papaya and Wild Vasconcellea Species and Identification of a
PRSV-P Resistance Gene – Rod
Drew, Griffith University, Nathan, Austrailia |
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10:50am-11:10am |
Almond Shoot Regeneration in Prunus dulcis
- A Molecular Approach to the Regeneration Process
– Ana Margarida Santos, ITQB/IBET, Oeiras,
Portugal |
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11:10am-11:30am |
Development of Platform Biotechnologies for
Genetic Improvement of Prunus spp.
– A. Kalinina,
Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Canada |
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