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December 22, 2008
A workshop on the role of Marker
Assisted Selection in breeding varieties for organic agriculture
will be organised from 25 (13.00h) – 27 February 2009 (13.00h)
in Wageningen, the Netherlands.
The workshop is organised in cooperation between the EU-project
BioExploit and the EUCARPIA Section Organic and Low-input
Agriculture. We invite the following stakeholders as
participants: Breeders and researchers involved and/or
interested in plant breeding for organic agriculture with or
without detailed knowledge on molecular techniques as well as
opinion leaders , e.g. from organic or conventional umbrella
organisations focusing on breeding and seed production for the
organic sector. There will be a maximum number of 60
participants. The aim of the workshop is to facilitate a broad
discussion with invited speakers on the state of the
art and progress in relation to whether, when and how breeding
programs for organic agriculture can benefit from Marker
Assisted Selection.
The workshop is a follow-up of the discussion on MAS in plant
breeding programs for organic agriculture, organised by COST
SUSVAR and ECO-PB in January 2005 in Driebergen, the
Netherlands. In the meantime, science has made progress,
practical breeders have got more experience with MAS, and
questions for breeding for organic agriculture may be more
articulated. So now it is time for an update and further
deepening of the issues involved. The workshop will discuss
basic selection principles as well as contrast breeding
strategies
according to organic principles and MAS in a few crop and trait
cases. Next to proceedings, the workshop will contribute to a
policy paper identifying and clarifying key issues based on an
analysis of role of MAS in breeding for organic agriculture.
A detailed program and registration forms will soon be available
on the websites of
BioExploit, EUCARPIA,
ECO-PB and
Cost 860 Susvar. |
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