International Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf to be held in Dallas, TX, May 18-22, 2003

饲料和草坪分子育种国际研讨会将于 2003 年 5 月 18-22 日在德克萨斯州达拉斯举行

• 批准号: 0305213
• 负责人: Andrew Hopkins
• 金额: $ 1.35万
• 依托单位: Noble Research Institute, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-04-01 至 2004-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0305213&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Symposium; Molecular; Breeding; Forage

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. and Texas A&M University are hosting theInternational Symposium on Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf, May 18-22, 2003 inDallas, Texas. This conference will focus exclusively on the theme of cultivar improvement forforage and turf through the application of conventional plant breeding and molecular methods.Forages provide the basis for environmentally sustainable production of animal productsthroughout the world, and turf serves an important environmental and service role in society.The economic impact of forages and turfgrasses is substantial. Cultivar improvement usingconventional selection techniques has barely kept pace with increased production requirements.Molecular technologies offer powerful tools to enhance the process of cultivar improvement,although the development of such technology for forage and turf breeding has been slow relativeto other major crops. Reasons for this slower than desired progress include: the complicatednature of polyploid genetics; the perennial nature of forage and turf crops; and a lack of financialresources to support applied research.This conference will facilitate the assembly of 250-400 participants from academia and industry,representing such diverse professional interests as plant breeding, agronomy, ruminant nutrition,plant genetic resources, intellectual property rights, genomics, transformation, andbioinformatics. The selected speakers are experts in their respective field, and each hascommitted to attend. Thus, this conference will provide an otherwise unavailable opportunity forplant breeders and molecular scientists in the field of forage and turf improvement to cometogether for the purpose of exchanging information and ideas, learning the latest developments,and forming multidisciplinary collaborations. It is anticipated that this conference will facilitatethe advancement of current and future cultivar development in the United States and as well asdeveloping and developed countries.Efforts in conference recruitment will seek to draw critical new thoughts into this field throughthe solicitation of members of historically underrepresented groups, young scientists (includingpost-doctoral fellows), and graduate students. The introduction of new ideas to this discipline isbeneficial and necessary, and the exposure of young scientists to this field will desirablycontribute to cultivar improvement for forage and turf for decades to come.A summary of the conference, including papers from invited speakers and selected oralpresentations, will be compiled in a comprehensive printed proceeding, entitled inMolecularBreeding of Forage and Turf.ln This proceeding will be published by Kluwer AcademicPublishers. This proceeding will be the principal means used to perpetuate the meeting and itsdiscussions.

Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation，Inc. 2003年5月18日至22日，美国得克萨斯州达拉斯市和德克萨斯A M大学共同举办了国际牧草和草坪分子育种研讨会。本次会议将专门讨论通过应用传统植物育种和分子方法改良牧草和草坪品种的主题。牧草为全世界环境可持续的动物产品生产提供了基础，草坪在社会中发挥着重要的环境和服务作用。牧草和草坪草的经济影响是巨大的。利用传统的选择技术进行品种改良几乎跟不上产量要求的增长。分子技术为促进品种改良提供了强有力的工具，尽管与其他主要作物相比，这种技术在饲料和草坪育种方面的发展缓慢。其原因包括：多倍体遗传学的复杂性，牧草和草坪作物的多年生性，以及缺乏财政资源来支持应用研究。这次会议将促进来自学术界和工业界的250-400名与会者的集会，代表了植物育种，农学，反刍动物营养，植物遗传资源，知识产权，genomics基因组学，transformation转换，and bioinformatics生物信息学.被选中的演讲者都是各自领域的专家，每个人都承诺参加。因此，本次会议将为牧草和草坪改良领域的植物育种家和分子科学家提供一个难得的机会，以交流信息和想法，学习最新发展，并形成多学科合作。预计这次会议将促进美国以及发展中国家和发达国家当前和未来栽培品种发展的进步。会议招募的努力将寻求通过征集历史上代表性不足的群体成员、年轻科学家（包括博士后研究员）和研究生，将批判性的新思想引入这一领域。将新思想引入这一学科是有益的和必要的，年轻科学家接触这一领域将在未来几十年内为牧草和草坪的品种改良做出巨大贡献。会议摘要，包括特邀演讲者的论文和选定的口头报告，将汇编成一份综合性的印刷论文集，标题为《饲料和草坪的分子育种》。本论文集将由Kluwer AcademicPublishers出版。这一程序将是使会议及其讨论永久化的主要手段。