The dates for the next American Oat Workers' Conference (AOWC) have been announced!  The meeting, hosted by oat breeder Aaron Beattie from the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, will be held from 21-24 July, 2024, in Saskatoon, SK, Canada.

The official website will be up soon.  In the meantime, more information concerning AOWC is in the AOWC section of the Oat Newsletter (https://oatnews.org/events), which will also be updated as more news concerning the event becomes available.

While the American Oat Workers’ group is designed to meet the needs of those working with oats in North, Central, and South America, everyone is welcome to attend the conference!

Plant Macro- and Microbiomes – shaping new research frontiers

COS-EMBL Workshop

Find all info here: https://www.embl.org/events/cos-embl-plants-workshop/

Programme

The workshop focuses on interactions of plants with biotic friends or foes at the “Macro” (animals, other plants) and “Micro” (fungi, bacteria and viruses) scale, considering molecular and cellular interfaces. There will be four sessions, each hosting a keynote speaker, several early research scientists and addressing a critical aspect of plant biotic interactions. 

Tuesday 14 May 2024

13:30Arrival and welcome

Session 1 Plant MACROBIOME – animals

14:00 Keynote speaker: Saskia Hogenhout (John Innes Centre, UK)

14:40 Invited talks (x4)

16:00 Coffee break

Session 2 Plant MACROBIOME – plant-plant cross-species interaction

16:30 Keynote speaker: Tom Bennett (University of Leeds, UK)

17:10 Invited talks (x4)

18:30 Discussion of the MACROBIOME sessions / Poster session

19:30 Dinner

Wednesday 15 May 2024

Session 3 Plant MICROBIOME – bacteria

08:30 Keynote speaker: Sophien Kamoun (The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)

09:10Invited talks (x4)

Session 4 Plant MICROBIOME – viruses and fungi

10:30 Keynote speaker: Rosa Lozano-Durán (Uni Tübingen, ZMBP, DE)

11:10 Finger food / Poster session

12:00 Invited talks (x4)

13:20 Discussion of the MICROBIOME sessions

13:50 Wrap-up

14:20 End of the workshop

Dear colleagues and friends,

Having organized the last Conference on Cereal Biotechnology and Breeding in 2021 as an online event, we are glad to announce that CBB7 will be held as a presence meeting in Wernigerode, Germany. In addition, the 18th EWAC – The European Cereals Genetics Co-operative Conference will be prepared as a satellite meeting. Both conferences will be jointly organised with the Cereals Section of EUCARPIA - the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding. Participants may submit different abstracts to both events.

The program will cover a wide spectrum of topics dealing with cereals genetics, breeding and biotechnology. It will be a platform for extending research networks and the initiation of new collaborations.

In particular, we want to encourage young scientists to participate to CBB7 and to present their recent results. Therefore, we will offer 6 free student registration fees which will be selected and awarded based on the abstract submissions. Please indicate your interest in applying for free subscription.

We wish to welcome you to Wernigerode for the EWAC and CBB7 Conferences!

On behalf of the Organizing Committee

Andreas BörnerConference Chair
President of EUCARPIA

More Info here: https://akcongress.com/cbb/

It is with great pleasure that we announce the upcoming XIV INTERNATIONAL GLUTEN WORKSHOP. This scientific event will be organized between Spain and Portugal and will be held from 19th - 21st June 2023 in Madrid, Spain.

The primary objective of this meeting is to bring together researchers studying gluten. This workshop represents an invaluable opportunity to share experiences, establish links, and explore collaboration around the issues facing global wheat crops. The meeting will take an integrated approach to research by attracting specialists in diverse subjects and will directly address the distressingly common misinformation about gluten and wheat that circulates is in the media of many developed countries. We expect to present a universal vision of the importance of consumer perception of wheat products, and the effects this has on consumption in developing countries, as well as the implications for wheat research and what action should be taken.

Researchers from around the world will report on progress made in topics such as:

• Contribution of wheat grain components to industrial (food and non-food) quality (gluten proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, bioactive components).

• Genetics and breeding for wheat processing and nutritional quality improvement (Including use of molecular markers, omics, genomic selection, new breeding techniques).

• Impact of GxExM Interaction on wheat end-use quality.

• Relationship between sustainability of the wheat field chain and quality (i.e. field management, grain storage, shelf life).

• Genetic resources for end-use and nutritional quality improvement.

• Nutritional quality, health benefits of wheat.

• Progress in milling and processing technologies.

• Innovations on the analysis of wheat quality parameters: technologies and methodologies.

We cordially encourage you to attend and contribute to one of the major events of 2023 in the gluten field. Demand for wheat in the developing world is projected to increase 60% by 2050.

Understanding and properly decoding the multiple roles governing wheat production, transformation, and use will continue to be incredibly important in shaping people's diets around the world. The research community is fully engaged as demonstrated by the increasing number of manuscripts devoted to the subject. We hope to establish a friendly and open academic environment for all of us working in or interested in moving into this area of research. aim is for you to communicate your latest results in gluten research to the best researchers in this area of knowledge.

Hoping to see you in Madrid!

Patricia Giraldo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)
Gilberto Igrejas (Universidad os Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro)
Chairs of the XIV International Gluten Workshop

To sign up click here: www.xivglutenworkshop.com/sign-up

International Workshop on Bunt and Smut Diseases of Cereals | June 13-15, 2023 | BOKU Campus, Tulln, Austria

The 22nd International Workshop on Bunt and Smut Diseases of Cereals is planned for June 13-15, 2023 at the BOKU campus Tulln, Austria.

The workshop will gather public and private sector researchers, plant-pathologists, geneticists, breeders, extension specialists, farmers and users of cereal products to discuss new findings on bunt and smut diseases of cereals and thus contribute to sustainable control and prevention of these bothersome fungal diseases.

Time: June 13-15, 2023
Place: BOKU Campus Tulln, Austria

For information contact us by email: bunt@boku.ac.at

https://boku.ac.at/en/ifa-tulln/institut-fuer-biotechnologie-in-der-pflanzenproduktion/xxii-international-workshop-on-bunt-and-smut-diseases

We would like to bring to your attention again the 7th edition of our course on Genomic selection in plant breeding. A hands-on short course in R. 

Please take a look at the website  www.gscourse.com where you can find all the information also in our Twitter account @gscourseR.

The course will take place at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) in Spain from the 22 to the 26 of May 2023.  
There is a maximum number of 25 participants. 
I´ll be delighted if you could spread the word within your institution/company or on social media.
We look forward to seeing you in May 2023 in Madrid, Spain.
With regards,

The BBSRC funded Designing Future Wheat (DFW) Institute Strategic Programme spans eight UK research institutes and universities and aims to develop new wheat germplasm containing the next generation of key traits. The aim of this DFW course is to offer training in important methodologies employed by different groups within DFW. The participants will gain the skills necessary to apply these methodologies in their own research.

Target Audience

The course is aimed at anyone with an interest in cereals research and crop breeding. The course is an entry level introduction, giving a taste of crop development and phenotyping, wheat genetics and genomics, wheat pathology, sources of genetic diversity in wheat and genomics data resources. Applications are welcome from UK and international undergraduates, breeders, PhD students, and postdocs. A total of 16 places are available for this course.

The course is a five-day-programme of classroom lectures and hands-on exercises. A guest speaker representing UK commercial breeding and a visit to a commercial breeding programme will expand the topics covered. There will also be opportunities for the whole group to enjoy social activities and discussions.

Prerequisites 

It is essential that participants are fluent English speakers, as this intensive course will be given in English. Successful applicants will be provided with bibliography to read in advance.

Program Costs

The registration fee is £499, payable in advance. This includes:

• Accommodation including breakfast for four nights: Mon 14 to Friday 18 November. The accommodation is situated on the Campus of the University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich.

• Lunches and refreshments Monday to Friday and the workshop dinner on Thursday evening.

• Transport for the visit to the breeding station.

Please note – participants are responsible for booking and paying for their own travel arrangements to and from Norwich, i.e. visas, flights, train, coach or taxi travel.

Successful applicants will be notified shortly after the application deadline and will be sent an invoice for their registration fee to be paid by bank transfer within two weeks.

JIC will help with practicalities of visa arrangements, e.g. send invitation letters, as necessary.

Application Deadline

The deadline for submission is Friday 8th July 2022.

Applicants are required to submit their completed application form, CV (maximum length two sides of A4) and a letter of recommendation from their Head of Department (or equivalent).

Applications should be sent by email to dfw.course@jic.ac.uk quoting “DFW course 2022”.

Find the program here.

WELCOME TO FROM SEED TO PASTA IV

Following the three previous editions of “From Seed to Pasta”, this fourth edition (FSTP4) takes place in Bologna from 26 to 28 October 2022.

FSTP4 will provide a timely update on durum wheat multidisciplinary research towards a more sustainable and resilient durum wheat chain capable of enhancing food security while providing more nutritious grain and a healthier diet.
Facing the challenges posed by the climate crisis requires updated crop managements and fast genetic gains made possible by genomic-assisted selection based on advanced genomics knowledge and breeder’s friendly phenotyping to identify superior haplotyes, clone and edit the causal sequences.

State-of-the-art presentations will showcase how to safeguard soil health while reducing the environmental footprint of durum wheat production based upon higher nutrient-use efficiency coupled with better understanding of GxExM interactions.

Issues related to the production of higher quality and healthier semolina and pasta will be addressed in a dedicated session involving the milling and pasta industry.
We look forward to welcoming you in Bologna to attend FSTP4.

Karim Ammar, Roberto Tuberosa

SAVE THE DATE DOWNLOAD HERE !

The International Plant Phenotyping Syposium has been postponed to 2022

After careful deliberation and consideration of the global status of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic, the IPPN Executive Board has taken the decision to postpone its 7th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium (IPPS7) to 2022.

The Conference, co-organized in collaboration with Wagningen University, had been initially planned to take place in Wageningen, in October 2021.

„Since we cannot predict the course of the pandemic and the progress of vaccinations globally, especially with respect to international travel, the IPPN Board together with the local organizing team have jointly decided to postpone IPPS7 to 2022.“

We still follow the plan to combine the IPPS7 with the inauguration of the Netherlands Plant Eco-Phenotyping Center in Wageningen! Both events would provide visitors an excellent showcase of the most advanced methods, technologies, and applications in plant phenotyping worldwide.

“Vienna ICC Conferences” have become a tradition since the Association was founded in 1955 and since the Headquarters is located there.

The Department of Food Science and Technology of BOKU will host this event and will ensure a safe environment following a sound COVID-CONCEPT.

The hybrid format includes benefits for all participants. Attending in person, you will enjoy the event as well known from previous years including all the networking possibilities plus to be connected comfortable to the digital platform, which facilitates to retrieve information, arrange meetings etc. Participating remotely, you’ll have access to all content and be able to attend the live sessions, download abstracts and view posters, interact with participants and speakers via chat or video call, and build your own personalised schedule.

The Conference Committees with members from public and private institutions from all over the world will facilitate an interesting program, focused on sustainability and future challenges in the cereal sector by inviting internationally renowned experts. The program will cover aspects and latest developments starting from crop production with special emphasis on the change of climate and its influence of the world nutrition, via cereal processing, nutrition, analytics, quality and safety up to market trends and consumer demands to tackle the needs in the cereal business today and tomorrow.

The ICC2022 will be a great forum for discussions, to convene and collaborate and an excellent opportunity to build new connections and to renew friendships.

All stakeholders in the grain food chains are called to support this event by contributing with their expertise and sharing the results of their work in oral and poster presentations as well as panel discussions and tabletop exhibitions.

ICC and BOKU would like to express a warm welcome to all participants from all over the world to join this ICC Conference in the beautiful city of Vienna and we are looking forward to meeting you all in July 2022!

Dear Colleagues:

Montana BioAgriculture Inc. is pleased to invite you to "International Virtual Wheat Stem Sawfly Forum: Farmer's Voices”, June 1-2, 2022. This is our second year holding this forum. We would be pleased to have you join us with questions and feedbacks. Attached please find additional document to provide details of the forum. We will have opening remarks by U.S. Senator Steve Daines. 

Please register online at “montanabioag.com" by filling out “Contact Montana BioAg Inc”. We look forward to have you join us. 

Sincerely, 
Hikmet Budak

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

In November 2021 we will organise the 6th CBB Conference (CBB6) which will be held fully online. The abstract submission is open until 15 September!

The registration and abstract submission is open!

The event will be jointly organised with the Cereals Section of EUCARPIA - the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding Research. EUCARPIA aims to promote scientific and technical co-operation in the field of plant breeding in order to foster its further development.

Submission

Abstract submission deadline: 15 September 2021 Abstract notification by Organizers: 30 September 2021

Registration and payment

Early bird payment deadline: 15 October 2021

FULL INFO HERE

Abstract Submission open until March 31: https://bunt.boku.ac.at/call-for-abstracts/

Hosted by: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Institute of Biotechnology in Plant Production
Konrad Lorenz Str. 20, 3430 Tulln, Austria

co-organizers: ECOBREED    &    LIVESEED

The 2021 workshop on bunt and smut diseases will be an online event.
https://bunt.boku.ac.at/

We plan to accommodate a poster viewing room with self-explanatory posters and four workshops about 1.5 hours each and allow sufficient time for discussions
1) Epidemiology and Pathology
2) Genetics and Genomics of Resistance/Pathogenicity
3) Resistance Breeding and Cultivar Development
4) Integrated Control

Within each workshop we plan for a few short presentations of new and/or ongoing projects and then discuss these including cooperation options.
In case you are interested in participation as presenter or as participant, please answer the reply-form at the webpage

Registration deadline for participant only: April 30, 2021

No registration fee.

For any requests please contact the conference secretary: bunt@boku.ac.at

REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT INFORMATION

2021 HARD WINTER WHEAT RUST SYMPOSIUM

Zoom Seminar - April 6th & 8th – 2021

Organized by the Hard Winter Wheat Improvement Committee,

Amir Ibrahim, Texas A&M University, Chair HWWIC

Session Times (Central Time Zone)

Morning Session

9:00AM-11:35AM

Afternoon Session

1:00PM-3:25PM

Program Objectives

The objectives of this meeting are: 1) to provide an update on pathogen variation, host resistance, and molecular biology for the three rust diseases of wheat; 2) explore ideas for durable resistance, gene deployment, and gene stewardship; and 3) provide an opportunity, especially for early career scientists, to present their research in Flash Talks.

Registration

The symposium will be open to all and is free. Although the symposium is sponsored by the Hard Winter Wheat Improvement Committee, everybody from every class of wheat is welcome to attend and submit an abstract about their rust work. Registration will be required to get a head count and facilitate the Zoom sessions. Please register in advance for this meeting at this Zoom link:

https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscuuvrzksH6iKSAUrR-j3CP6d03mFBLc  

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Let us know of any problems with registering.

Invited Speakers

The list of invited speakers includes Erick DeWolf, Xianming Chen, Kim Garland-Campbell, Jim Kolmer, John Fellers, Amir Ibrahim, Yue Jin, Dave Marshall, Les Szabo, Allan Fritz, and Mary Guttieri.

Flash Talks

Flash Talk presenters will have five minutes to present up to five PowerPoint slides that explain research problems, objectives, results or expected outcomes. Try to explain the research in a way such that any listener can understand it in a short period of time. Authors of some abstracts may be invited to give a longer format talk. At the conclusion of each round of Flash Talks during each session, a 15-minute Q&A session will follow that will allow viewers the opportunity to interact with each presenter.

Abstract Guidelines

Abstracts will be required from all presenters. Abstracts will have a 250-word limit to describe the presentation. Tables and Figures are not to be included in the Abstract. Abstracts are due by March 15th, 2021. Please email your abstracts to Jeffrey D. Boehm, Jr. (jeffrey.boehm@USDA.gov). PowerPoint slides for Flash Talks should be sent to the same address at least one week prior to the meeting.

Contact Persons

Bob Bowden, USDA-ARS, Manhattan, KS, Secretary, Hard Winter Wheat Improvement Committee. (robert.bowden@usda.gov)

Jeffrey D. Boehm, Jr., USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE, will be the coordinator of the abstracts and Flash Talk sessions. (jeffrey.boehm@USDA.gov)

The programme is now available for the online ICBC - ICC Cereal and Bread Congress from 29 - 31 March 2021

• "Delivering Health Benefits with Bakery products"

• "Effects of species, breeding and environmental conditions on essential wheat proteins"

• "Impact of whole cereal extruded flours in gluten-free bread making"

• "Bread dough rheology - measuring it to control the end product quality"

• and many more.......

These talks are just some of the specialised talks that will give you an in-depth insight to the hot topics of cereal and bread research and technology. 

Over 40 international speakers confirmed - see the programme HERE 
 

• View the conference topics and submit your poster abstract by 14 March
  

• Registration is open - sign up today
  

• Display your company - view the sponsorship opportunities!

 
Join us from the comfort of your own home or office and network with your peers from around the world! 

Die Getreide-Tagung, die u.a. Themen aus den Bereichen Züchtung, Anbau, Analytik und Verarbeitung behandelt, wird im zweijährigen Rhythmus seit 50 Jahren von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Getreideforschung e.V. - in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Max Rubner-Institut, Detmold - veranstaltet.

Der amtierende AGF Getreide-Ausschuss ist für die Zusammenstellung der Tagungsinhalte mit verantwortlich.

Die Veranstaltung stellt, den ca. 100 Teilnehmern z.B. aus der Züchtung, dem Handel, der Müllerei und aus den Landwirtschaftskammern in Form von Vorträgen aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus Wissenschaft und Praxis dar.

Bei der Abendveranstaltung und in den Pausen können zudem Kontakte zu Fachleuten aufgebaut und/oder intensiviert werden.

LINK: https://www.agfdt.de/termin/getreide-tagung-266.html