III. International Symposium: Genetic Variation of Flowering Time Genes and Applications for Crop Improvement 2018
The timing of flowering relies on a complex network of genetic and regulatory pathways and the integration of a variety of environmental cues. In the past years we have gained increasing knowledge of flowering time regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana and numerous crop species. Flowering time regulators are important for crop plant domestication and adaptation to different environments. Their pleiotropic effects can impact important traits such as yield and stress tolerance. Moreover, the phenological development of a plant can be drastically altered by mutation and genetic modification of major flowering time regulators. We welcome contributions for oral presentations and posters from model species and any kind of cultivated plants, including annual and biennial species used in agriculture and horticulture, fruit trees and forest trees.
Conference Venue: Wissenschaftszentrum Kiel, Fraunhoferstraße 13, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Keynote Speakers:
Rishikesh P. Bhalerao, Sweden
Seth Davis, UK
Andrea Eveland, USA
Takeshi Izawa, Japan
Zachary Lippman, USA
Elliot Meyerowitz, USA
Ben Trevaskis, Australia
Program: here
Scientific organizing commitee: Christian Jung, Kiel (c. jung@plantbreeding.uni-kiel.de), Dorothee Staiger (Bielefeld), Klaus Pillen (Halle), Ivo Grosse (Halle), Maria von Korff Schmising (Düsseldorf/Cologne), Nadine Höft, Kiel (n.hoeft@plantbreeding.uni-kiel.de), Antje Jakobeit (Kiel)
Contact: Nadine Höft (n.hoeft@plantbreeding.uni-kiel.de)