September 29-29, 2011

WEBINAR - Natives: Harvesting and Pure Live Seed

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SGS North America, Inc.*

Online - , United States

Viability of native seed is affected by collection and storage methods. Information on purity, germination and TZ testing methods will be presented along with a review morphology of dicot and monocotyledon natives and checking for seed fill prior to harvest.

September 29-29, 2011

WEBINAR - How to align sequences

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Michigan State University

Online at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) (12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific) - , United States

Dr. Candice Hansey, Michigan State University, will demonstrate the problem of sequence alignment and provide examples of software that can be used to align sequences.

September 29-29, 2011

WORKSHOP - Seed Testing through ISTA Standarts

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University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

University of Agriculture, Department of Crop Physiology - Faisalabad, Pakistan

Queries and registration: DR. Irfan Afzal, seedphysiology11@gmail.com

September 29-29, 2011

2011 UT Pumpkin Field Day

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University of Tennessee

West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center, 605 Airways Boulevard (from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m) - Jackson, TN, United States

September 29-29, 2011

University of Tennessee, Pumpkin Field Day 2011

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University of Tennessee

West TN Research & Education Center - Jackson, TN, United States

September 28, 2011 - October 19, 2011

Lettuce Annotation Jamboree

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University of California, Davis

University of California - Davis, CA, United States

Oct 3-11: focus on annotation of individual species; main emphasis on lettuce but individual researchers may work in parallel to annotate other Compositae species. Oct 12: Workshop on analyses of synteny and comparative genomics; Oct 13-19: syntenic and evolutionary com...

September 28-30, 2011

Danforth Center 13th Annual Fall Symposium: "Plant Genomes to Phenomes"

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Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center - St. Louis, MO, United States

September 28, 2011 - October 1, 2011

3rd Scientific Conference at the IFOAM Organic World Congress (OWC)

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International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR)

Gyeonggi Paldang, Korea

September 27-28, 2011

COURSE - Seed Physiology, Production and Management

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University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

University of Agriculture, Department of Crop Physiology - Faisalabad, Pakistan

Two days course on “Seed Physiology, Production and Management” followed by a one day workshop on “Seed Testing through ISTA standards” on September 29. Queries and registration: DR. Irfan Afzal, seedphysiology11@gmail.com

September 27-29, 2011

ISTA Purity Workshop

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Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

University of Saskatchewan, CFIA's Seed Testing Laboratory, 301-421, Downey Road - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

This workshop aims at presenting and discussing the principles of the ISTA analytical Purity test, Pure Seed Definitions, the Other Seed Determination test, seed identification, results calculations and reporting plus aspects of quality management linked to analytical p...

September 27-29, 2011

III Seed Congress of the Americas

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Seed Association of the Americas (SAA)

Hotel Grand Hyatt Santiago - Santiago, Chile

The motto of the meeting is Promoting the seed business in the Americas and its principal focus of the congress will be "seed treatment". Biotechnology and phytosanitary aspects will be additional components of the agenda.

September 27, 2011 - November 1, 2011

COURSE - Online plant breeding course: Germplasm and Genes

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University of Nebraska

Online course offered by the Dept. of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Online graduate-level course offered for noncredit professional development. Course focuses on the importance of creating the necessary genetic variation resources for conventional and modern plant breeding programs.

September 27-29, 2011

54. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften e.V

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pflanzenernährung e. V.

Kiel, Germany

Gemeinsame Tagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pflanzenernährung e. V. und der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften e. V. "Stickstoff in Pflanze, Boden und Umwelt"

September 27-29, 2011

Joint meeting “Nitrogen in plants, soil and environment” of the German Society of Plant Nutrition and the Society of Agronomy

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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel - Kiel, Germany

Gemeinsame Tagung "Stickstoff in Pflanze, Boden und Umwelt" der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Pflanzenernährung e. V. und der Gesellschaft für Pflanzenbauwissenschaften e. V.

September 27-30, 2011

Vitalis Open Days

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Voorst, Netherlands

September 26-30, 2011

Seed Captain Program - Module Seed Priming, Dormancy & Enhancement

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Rhino Research Group

Taichung , Taiwan

This module will provide a deeper insight in seed priming, an important physiological enhancement method and its relation to seed germination and seed dormancy breakage. Theory and practicum will combine basic as well as some advanced technologies in seed priming.

September 26-28, 2011

OECD Steering Group on “Environmental Considerations for Risk/Safety Assessment for the Release of Transgenic Plants”, Face-to-face meeting

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Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Guadalajara, Mexico

Contact: K. Suwabe, ENV/EHS

September 26, 2011 - October 28, 2011

COURSE - Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance

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Colorado State University

Online - , United States

The course will focus on plant breeding strategies and practices directed toward improving plant performance in moisture-stressed environments. Targeted to graduate students in the plant sciences, as well as to professionals in the public and private sectors.

September 26, 2011 - October 5, 2011

17th IFOAM Organic World Congress 2011

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International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM)

Namyangju Sports & Culture Center - Namyangju City, Gyeonggi Province, Korea

September 26-29, 2011

5th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture & 3rd Farming Systems Design Conference

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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

September 25-30, 2011

Rhizosphere 3 International Conference

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Burswood Convention Centre - Perth, WA, Australia

The aim of this conference is to provide a multidisciplinary forum for exchanging innovative ideas and methods for studying the rhizosphere, understanding its complexity and further up-scaling its functioning to better evaluate its ultimate role in ecosystem processes.

September 24-27, 2011

SAHARA - 24th. International Exhibition for Agriculture and food for Africa and the Middle East

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Cairo International Conference Center “CICC” - Cairo, Egypt

September 22-22, 2011

WEBINAR - The Value of Biopesticides: Effective. Safe. Smart

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Biological Products Industry Alliance (BPIA)

Online, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT - , United States

September 22-22, 2011

WEBINAR - Soybean Cultivar Testing - Cultivar and accelerated aging tests

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SGS North America, Inc.*

Online - Brookings, SD, United States

SGS will cover five processes used to determine soybean cultivars: hilum check and seed characteristics, seed coat peroxidase reaction. hypocotyl color seedling growout test, electrophoresis, event ID using PCR/DNA based methods

September 22-22, 2011

Rsearch Powered by Vineland

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Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

Vineland campus, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm - Vineland Station, ON, Canada

The latest science and technology innovations for the Canadian horticulture industry.

September 21-21, 2011

TTI Green Genetics Networking Event

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TTI Green Genetics

Nieuwegein's Business Center - Nieuwegein, Netherlands

Themes of the workshops will be Genetics, Physiology, Phytopathology, Being succesful in the European Research Area.

September 21-21, 2011

China Seed Workshop 2011 - "Challenges and Opportunities in China Seed Industry under New Policies"

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Jianyin Building, 14:00 ~ 17:30 - Beijing, China

1. Current situation of the seed industry in China 2. Analysis of China's seed policies 3. Opportunities in China's seed industry

September 21-22, 2011

European Workshop on Organic Seed Regulation

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European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (ECO-PB)

The Organic Research Centre, Elm Farm, Hamstead Marshall - Newbury, United Kingdom

The aim of the meeting is to commonly evaluate the progress made over the last few years in seed derogation policies and practices in Europe. The central question is how can we (further) harmonize regulations on a European level and create a level playing field among (g...

September 21-22, 2011

6th European Workshop on Organic Seed Regulation

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European Consortium for Organic Plant Breeding (ECO-PB)

Organic Research Centre, Elm Farm - Hamstead Marshall near Newbury, United Kingdom

September 21-23, 2011

XXXVIII Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Genética

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Hotel Nelva - Murcia, Spain

September 19-22, 2011

19th Beijing Seed Congress

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Beijing, China

September 19-21, 2011

Training program - HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) for the Organic Professional

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Organic Trade Association (OTA)

All Things Organic and Natural Products Expo East - Baltimore, MD, United Kingdom

The course provides instruction in the seven principles of HACCP, how they relate to prerequisite and organic certification programs, how to write HACCP Plans and implement HACCP in organic food environments.

September 19-30, 2011

Molecular Breeding Course 2011

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International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

IRRI Headquarters - Los Baños, Philippines

Objective: to provide hands-on training and enhance the capability of rice scientists to apply molecular technologies into on-going rice breeding programs aimed at developing high yielding varieties resistant to various biotic and abiotic stresses with improved grain an...

September 19-23, 2011

54º. Curso Diacom: Tetrazólio e Patologia de Sementes

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Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)

Embrapa Soja - Londrina , Brazil

Objetivo: apresentar tecnologia adequada para avaliar corretamente a qualidade das sementes de soja e identificar as causas de descarte de seus lotes devido à baixa germinação no teste de laboratório.

September 19-23, 2011

VII Congresso Brasileiro de Biossegurança / VII Brazilian Biosafety Congress

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Joinvile, Brazil

September 19-23, 2011

Problem Formulation: A Strategic Approach to Risk Assessment of GMOs

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International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)

Trieste, Italy

September 19-22, 2011

8º Congresso Brasileiro do Algodão & Cotton Expo 2011

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Centro de Convenções e Exposições Expo Center Norte - São Paulo, Brazil

September 18-20, 2011

The 15th Australian Barley Technical Symposium

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Hilton Adelaide Hotel - Adelaide, SA, Australia

"Barley for Business" is the theme of the 15th ABTS and this will be reflected in sessions addressing industry consolidation, privatisation of plant breeding and corporate investment in research.

September 17-21, 2011

19th Beijing Seed Conference

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Exhibition Center, Zhuang Hu, Wang Zuo Town - Beijing , China

A composite conference for business negotiation, trade of seed commodity, academic exchange, varieties of crops exhibition.

September 15-15, 2011

WEBINAR - How to use R software for statistical data analysis

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Ohio State University

Online at 1pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT - 4:00) (12pm Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific) - , United States

During this webinar, Dr. Heather Merk, The Ohio State University, will introduce R software for statistical analysis and demonstrate how R has been used to analyze tomato phenotypic data collected for the SolCAP project.

September 15-15, 2011

WEBINAR - 2011 Social Media Training

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National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)

Online - , United States

Will address the goals of the series and why growers should engage in social media. Presenters will define the objectives and review “return on investment” of engaging in social media and how it fits within the context of agriculture.

September 14-14, 2011

National Organic Conference

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TEAGASC - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Ballykisteen, Limerick Junction, Co. Tipperary , Ireland

September 14-16, 2011

5º Mercosoja 2011, Congresso de Soja do Mercosul y I Foro de la Soja ASIA-MERCOSUR

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Centro de Convenciones de la Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario - Rosario, Argentina

September 13-18, 2011

5th International Conference on Silicon in Agriculture

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Friendship Hotel - Beijing, China

“Silicon and Sustainable Agricultural Development”. A forum for scientists, colleagues, students, fertilizer producers and consumers to present their most recent findings and achievements, and to exchange experiences with international partners.

September 12-13, 2011

G20 Conference on Agriculture Research for Development: "Promoting Scientific Partnerships for Food Security"

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Agropolis International

Montpellier, France

Promoting scientific partnerships between agricultural research institutions of G20 members; mobilizing agricultural research systems of G20 countries in order to enhance the coherence of politics by a better global coordination and a more efficient contribution to CGIA...

September 12-16, 2011

18th Australian HACCP Conference

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Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

The conference will discuss topics such as Food Safety Culture, the value of third party audits, chemical hazards with stockfeed and organic vegetables, allegens, food safety in a natural disaster, hormones and beef, food safety in fishing vessels and due diligence.

September 12-16, 2011

Plant Systems Biology Summer School: tools and strategies for elucidating gene regulatory networks

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University of Warwick

Palazzo Pesaro-Papafava - Venice, Italy

A mixed program of research talks and workshops focused on different experimental and theoretical methods for elucidating gene regulatory networks.

September 12, 2011 - October 7, 2011

30th International Vegetable Training Course

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World Vegetable Center

Regional Office for East and Southeast Asia - Bangkok, Thailand

Module I: From Seed to Harvest

September 11-15, 2011

Symposium - II International Society for Horticulture Science (ISHS) Genetically Modified Organisms in Horticulture (GMO 2011) - “Paving the Way for a Sustainable Future”

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International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

Protea Hotel - The Winkler in White River - Mpumalanga, South Africa

The sessions will focus on: GMO’s in developing countries, Plant and pest diseases – Reducing Environmental Footprint, Exploitation and Progress of GMO’s in Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables, Progress of GMO’s in other crops and Regulation and Legislation.

September 11-15, 2011

XIII Eucarpia Symposium on Fruit Breeding and Genetics

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EUCARPIA - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

Cristal Hall (Aula Kryształowa), Warsaw University of Life Sciences - Warsaw, Poland

Will cover research on genetic resources, new breeding methods like genome mapping, molecular markers, genetic transformation, next generation sequencing in fruit breeding, as well as studies on resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses, tree architecture and fruit qu...

September 11-14, 2011

8th International Symposium on Mycosphaerella and Stagonospora Diseases of Cereals

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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Mexico City , Mexico

September 9-11, 2011

Agri Tech India 2011

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Gayathri Vihar, Palace Ground - Bangalore, India

September 8-8, 2011

WEBINAR - Soybean: physical, physiological and pathological testing

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SGS North America, Inc.*

Online - Brookings, SD, United States

This webinar will discuss the common tests ordered on fall soybean production and also show photographs of symptoms/signs including seed coat mechanical damage, field and storage fungi and seedling abnormalities/vigor.

September 8-8, 2011

Corn Disease Diagnostic and Management Clinic

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Iowa State University

Field Extension Education Laboratory (FEEL), approximately 5 miles west of Ames - Ames, IA, United States

September 8-9, 2011

IV Encontro Nacional do Agronegócio Pimenta e Pimentão

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Monte Carmelo, Minas Gerais, Brazil

September 7-7, 2011

Launch of Global Soil Partnership for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

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Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

FAO headquarters – Red Room (1st Floor, Building A) - Rome, Italy

Global Soil Partnership aims at promoting improved management and protection of the soils on which the world’s food production and ecosystem services crucially depend.

September 7-7, 2011

Teagasc National Tillage Crops Forum

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TEAGASC - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Keadeen Hotel - Newbridge, Co Kildare , Ireland

Teagasc Food Researcher, Eimear Gallagher will discuss ways of adding value to grain and will outline novel research which can contribute to adding value to Irish grain in the future. Forum will feature a session on Technology & Margins and one on Grain Marketing.

September 7-7, 2011

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture’s annual Cotton Tour

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University of Tennessee

West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center - Jackson, TN, United States

Variety Selection, Performance, Effects of Planting Date, Cover Crops & Defoliation - Variety Response to Irrigation - Deficit Irrigation of Cotton - Plant Response to Irrigation Regimes - Response of Cotton to Ignite Herbicide - more

September 7-7, 2011

Twilight Grower Sessions

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Vineland Research and Innovation Centre

J. Collins & Sons - Copetown, Ontario, Canada

Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association and Vineland Research and Innovation Centre invite you to attend ‘in the field’ information sessions on ethnic vegetable production. 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

September 7-8, 2011

Coexistence Workshop: The Science of Gene Flow in Agriculture and its Role in Co-existence

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USDA

Jefferson Auditorium, USDA South Building, 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. - Washington, DC, United States

Experts from academia and industry will discuss the impact of gene flow in agriculture, and current and upcoming transgenic and non-transgenic technologies to control gene flow. Given the introduction of new crops for, diverse traits, biofuels, and production systems ai...

September 7-9, 2011

Asia Fruit Logistica 2011

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Fruit Logistica

Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre - Hong Kong, China

Asia's leading trade show for the international fresh fruit and vegetable business.

September 6-8, 2011

Agritech Asia 2011

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Bombay Exhibition Center, NSE Complex - Mumbai, India

Latest developments in agriculture and advanced agro-technologies, especially in the fields of irrigation, water management, arid zone agriculture, intensive greenhouse cultivation, development of new seed varieties, and organic and ecologically-oriented agriculture.

September 6-9, 2011

ABIC 2011 - Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference

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Sandton Convention Centre - Johannesburg, South Africa

ABIC 2011 will bring together leading International researchers in the AgBio sector with industry partners and investors. The theme for ABIC 2011 will be "Agricultural Biotechnology for Economic Development".

September 5-8, 2011

EUCARPIA 29th Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses section Meeting

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EUCARPIA - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

Dublin Castle - Dublin, Ireland

The theme of the meeting is “Breeding strategies for sustainable forage and turf grass improvement”.

September 5-8, 2011

XXXIV Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular

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Barcelona, Spain

El jueves siete tendrá lugar a las 19.00 horas la conferencia y coloquio ‘La modificación genética de plantas y animales. Usos y debates’ en la que Pere Puigdomènech (Investigador y director del Centro de Agrogenómica) y Lluis Montoliu (Investigador del Centro Nacional ...

September 5-9, 2011

21st International Triticeae Mapping Initiative workshop

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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)

Mexico City, Mexico

Will present recent advances in molecular genetics, genomics, and genetic analysis of Triticeae. Topics will include structural and functional genomics mapping and cloning, molecular breeding, wheat genetic resources, bioinformatics, and new technologies for cereal crop...

September 5-7, 2011

2nd International Plant Phenotyping Symposium

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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

Forschungszentrum Jülich - Jülich, Germany

Imaging solutions for roots, shoots and canopy phenotypic traits - Novel sensors technologies for plant phenotyping - Data management and analysis pipelines - Data modeling and environmental simulation - Development of standards and best practices for plant phenotyping ...

September 5-7, 2011

Resistance 2011

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Rothamsted Research

Rothamsted Research, West Common - Harpenden, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

The sixth major international conference in an ongoing series, which will review new research on the origins, nature, development and prevention of resistance to insecticides, fungicides and herbicides.

September 4-6, 2011

Plant Genome Evolution Conference

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NH Grand Krasnapolsky - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Genome structural diversity; Gene and genome duplication; Genetic variation and ecogenomics; Genomic views on hybridization, heterosis and speciation; Plant systems biology: the road from genotype to phenotype; Future directions in plant genomics; Software demonstration...

September 4-6, 2011

Sustainable use of pesticides and integrated pest management in East-Central Europe and the Baltics

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Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute - National Research Institute (IHAR-PIB)

Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute - Radzików, Poland

September 4-9, 2011

VII World Avocado Congress

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Cairns Convention Center - Cairns, Queensland , Australia

Held only every four years, the World Avocado Congress presents a rare opportunity for those in the avocado industry to come together to share and learn everything there is to know about our industry.

September 4-8, 2011

29th Eucarpia forage crops and amenity grasses section meeting - “Breeding strategies for sustainable forage and turf grass improvement”

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EUCARPIA - European Association for Research on Plant Breeding

Dublin Castle Conference Centre - Dublin, Ireland

What will the future of forage and turf grass breeding look like? European grasslands in the future; Breeding strategies; Novel emerging tools for forage and turf species; Breeding towards breeding objectives (Abiotic and biotic stresses, quality)

September 1-1, 2011

10. Göttinger Zuckerrübentagung

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Institut für Zuckerrübenforschung (IfZ)

Universität Göttingen - Göttingen , Germany

September 1-2, 2011

Second European Workshop on Plant Chromatin 2011

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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRAE)

Route de St Cyr (RD 10) - Versailles , France

The focus will be on chromatin as a biochemical entity, and the two major topics will be (1) Chromatin biochemistry (protein complex composition and activity) and (2) Cytology (chromatin dynamics and nuclear architecture).

September 1-1, 2011

WEBINAR - Comparing corn cold test: physical, physiological and pathological testing

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SGS North America, Inc.*

Online at 10:00 am Central U.S. time - Brookings, SD, United States

September 1-3, 2011

Canada’s Fruit & Veg Tech X-Change

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Norfolk County - , Ontario, Canada

September 1-3, 2011

Canada's Fruit & Veg Tech X-Change (CFVTX) - Outdoor Horticulture Trade Show, Norfolk County

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The X-Perience Farm - St.Williams, Ontario, Canada

August 30, 2011 - September 1, 2011

2011 Farm Progress Show

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Decatur, IL, United States

August 30, 2011 - September 2, 2011

European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) - 2011 Congress: Change and Uncertainty; Challenges for Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

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European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE)

ETH Zurich - Zurich, Switzerland

August 23, 2011 - September 22, 2011

COURSE - Online plant breeding course: Self-Pollinated Crop Breeding

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University of Nebraska

Online course offered by the Dept. of Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, NE, United States

Online graduate-level course offered for noncredit professional development. Course covers common breeding methods used to improve self-pollinated crops, such as wheat, rice and barley, and theoretical basis for self-pollinated crop breeding.