Webinar: Creating Crops for the Future: Challenges, Technology and Sustainable Solutions

Posted: Nov 1st, 2020

This seminar has passed. A recording can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/Rt63wUB9XTI

One of the most urgent scientific challenges of the 21st century lies in ensuring that we have enough food for the growing global population. Join us for this special event where three experts in the field of plant science will speak on how scientists are advancing sustainable crops and biotechnologies to make world food security a reality.

Speakers:

  • Professor Pamela Ronald (UC Davis)
  • Professor Harvey Millar (ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology)
  • Professor Robert Furbank (ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis)

Date: November 11, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm AEDT UTC+11

Register here.

Join Moderator Professor John Evans (ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis) in a unique forum for discussion about how critical and complex issues can be addressed, including water and land scarcity, climate change, the role of genetic engineering and other modern agricultural technologies and the importance of interdisciplinary approaches.

Webinar organised by Plantae, in collaboration with the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology.


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