Meeting: 6th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG) to be held October 2-7 2012 in Hyderabad, India

第六届国际豆类遗传学和基因组学会议(ICLGG)将于2012年10月2日至7日在印度海得拉巴举行。ICLGG提供了一个共同的会议，以增加研究各种豆类物种的研究人员之间的互动，这些物种既是农作物，也是模式生物。豆科植物在农业和自然系统中都占有独特的地位。特别是，由于它们的根瘤和菌根共生，它们被认为是耕作系统中减少氮和磷的主要来源。这些相同的特性是豆类种子蛋白质氮含量高的基础，使其成为人类饮食中营养氮的重要来源。在豆科作物的基础研究和应用研究中，在许多农艺条件下，许多豆科作物的理论产量与实际产量之间仍存在很大差距。了解构成自然适合度和农艺表现的性状的基本遗传学、基因组学和生物化学是世界范围内植物生物学面临的重大挑战，并对改善人类营养和提高农业可持续性具有深远的影响。ICLGG会议将聚集一批不同的国际学者，就最新的豆类基因组学、遗传学和生物学主题进行对话，重点是将模式系统中的基础研究转化为作物豆类的应用成果。这项提议的资源将用于扩大参与范围，并通过支付美国研究生、博士后和初级教师的参与费用提供新的机会，特别强调妇女和代表不足的群体的成员，否则他们可能没有经济能力参加ICLGG。

The 6th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG) will convene in Hyderabad, India from October 2-7 2012. The ICLGG provides a common meeting to increase interaction among researchers working on various legume species, both as crops and as model organisms. Legumes occupy a unique position in both agricultural and natural systems. In particular, they are well known as a primary source of reduced nitrogen and phosphorus in farming systems, due to their root nodule and mycorrhizal symbioses. These same properties underlie the high protein nitrogen content in legume seed, making them an important source of nutritional nitrogen in the human diet. In both basic and applied research for legumes, there remain large gaps between theoretical and actual yields for many legume crops under many agronomic situations. Understanding the fundamental genetics, genomics, and biochemistry of traits that underlie natural fitness and agronomic performance is a major challenge for plant biology, worldwide, and has profound implications for improving human nutrition and increasing agricultural sustainability. The ICLGG meeting will bring together a diverse group of international scholars for dialogue on the most current topics of legume genomics, genetics, and biology, with strong focus on the translation of basic research in model systems to applied outcomes in crop legumes.The resources derived from this proposal will be used to broaden participation and provide provide novel opportunities by defraying the costs of participation for US graduate students, postdocs and junior faculty, with specific emphasis on women and members of underrepresented groups who might not otherwise have the financial means to attend and participate in the ICLGG.