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, 1st Floor, the National Key Facilities Building for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, CAAS
Location of Opening Ceremony and Workshop
Conference Hall, 2nd 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 |
