Welcome to the 16th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference

The 16th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference (APBC) will be held at the QT Hotel, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia on 9-11 May 2022.

The APBC 2022 program will focus on “Towards 2050”, with conference topics across grains, fodder, fruits and nuts, vegetables, forestry and horticulture.

The theme is “Towards 2050” to capture the long-term nature of plant breeding, and the essential component plant breeding needs to play to deliver food and prosperity to the predicted world population of 9 billion by this date in the face of decreasing available production area, climate change and continued demand for new products.

Our vision for the conference is a meeting place for current and future plant breeders and allied scientists to come together and share experiences and ideas that can be used to support our drive towards 2050. The key sub-themes are predictive breeding, products for markets, dealing with the impacts of variability and climate change, and preparing for the future.

Topics for each session will be developed from submitted abstracts across the broad sub-themes of:

Predictive breeding
Products for markets
Dealing with the impacts of variability and climate change
Preparing for the future

Website: http://apbconference.org/

KEY DATES

Registration open

Early bird registration closed

Abstract submissions closed