Innovations in Genetic Improvement of Agricultural Systems
Session 1: Genetic Innovations in Crops
Announcements
Event Video
Moderator
Event Schedule
Opening Remarks
Introductory video
Dr. Gerald Shively
Associate Dean and Director of International Program in Agriculture, Purdue University
Presentations
Genetic Innovations to Increase Nutritional Quality
Dr. Howarth Bouis
Founding Director – HarvestPlus
Genetic Innovations to Increase Productivity
Dr. Elcio Guimaraes
Director General – Embrapa Rice and Beans Research Center
Enhancing Climate Resilience through Genetic Improvement
Dr. Pamela Ronald, Distinguished Professor
Department of Plant Pathology and the Genome Center, University of California-Davis
Genetic Innovations to Enhance Resilience of Maize under Abiotic Stress
Dr. Mitch Tuinstra
Wickersham Chair of Excellence in Agricultural Research – Purdue University
Questions & Answers
Wrap-up & Closing Remarks
Event Ends
Resources
Innovations to Increase Nutritional Quality
Crop Genetic Improvement for Enhanced Human Nutrition
(Article, The Journal of Nutrition, 2002)
Nutritionally Improved Agricultural Crops
(Article, Plant Physiology, 2008)
Agriculture can help address malnutrition around the world
(Article, Farming First, 2020)
Impact of agricultural interventions on the nutritional status in South Asia
(Article, NCBI, 2016)
Nutritionally Enhanced Food Crops: Progress and Perspectives
(PDF Report, National Library of Medicine, 2015)
The application of GMOs in agriculture and in food production for better nutrition
(PDF Report, US National Library of Medicine Nati)
Gene Editing could bring multiple environmental and nutritional benefits
(Article, Fee Navigator, 2021)
Innovations to Increase Productivity
Genetic engineering for improving quality and productivity of crops
(Report, Agriculture and Food Security, 2013)
CRISPR technology is revolutionizing the improvement of tomato and other fruit crops
(Report, Horticulture Research, 2019)
New report highlights 20 years of economic and environmental benefits from using biotech GM crops
(Report, PG Economics Limited, 2017)
Conventional and Molecular Techniques from Simple Breeding to Speed Breeding in Crop Plants: Recent Advances and Future Outlook
(Report, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020)
Engineering of Plants: Agricultural Research Opportunities and Policy Concerns
(Article, National Research Council (US) Board, 1984)
Molecular Breeding to Create Optimized Crops
(Report, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016)
Innovations to Enhance Resilience to Biotic & Abiotic Stress
Enhancing crop resilience to combined abiotic and biotic stress through the dissection of physiological and molecular crosstalk
(Report, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2014)
Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Plants
(Report, Intechopen, 2018)
Resilience in Agriculture through Crop Diversification: Adaptive Management for Environmental Change
(Report, American Institute of Biological Science, 2011)
Enhancing crop resilience to combined abiotic and biotic stress through the dissection of physiological and molecular crosstalk
(Report, Wageningen, Frontiers in Science, 2014)
Abiotic Stress Management for Resilient Agriculture
(Report, Springer, 2017)
Abiotic Stresses and Agricultural Sustainability
(Article, Taylor & Francis, 2012)
Abiotic Stresses: General Defenses of Land Plants and Chances for Engineering Multistress Tolerance
(Report, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018)
Abiotic stress signaling and responses in plants
(Report, Cell, 2016)