Persatuan Genetik Malaysia :: Plant Breeding Seminar - Advanced Breeding Strategies in Crop Improvement

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Date: 14-15 October 2014

Venue: Agriculture Hall,

Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Plant Breeding Seminar:

Advanced Breeding Strategies in Crop Improvement

Oral Speakers’ List

Name

 

Dr Iftikhar Khalil

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Agricultural University Peshawar, Pakistan

Title: Corelation and path coefficient analysis for cane yield and quality parameters in sugarcane  (Saccharum officinarum L.)

 

Dr Peerasak Srinives

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture at Kamphaeng Sane, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Title: The Use of Wide Cross in Jatropha Improvement

 

Dr Bui Chi Buu

Institute of Agricultural Science for Southern Vietnam

Title: Genetics-based studies on heat tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

 

Dr Sanun Jogloy

Khon Kaen University, Thailand

Title: Varietal Improvement of Sunchoke,a Functional Food Crop,for Tropical Area

 

Dr Agung Wahyu Susilo

Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute

Title: Breeding for cocoa resistance to pest and diseases

 

Dr. Shailendra Rajan

Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, India

Title: Mango improvement through farmers initiatives vis-ŕ-vis planned hybridization

 

Dr Sanjeet Kumar

AVRDC The World Vegetable Center, Taiwan

Title: Domestication and Breeding of Peppers (Capsicum spp.) for Global Use: An Insight

 

Dr. M. Ariful Islam

Dept of Genetics and Plant Breeding, EXIM Bank Agricultural University, Bangladesh

Title: Estimation of genetic diversity among 148 Exotic rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes

 

Prof. Sudarsono

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Indonesia

Title: Understanding the Genetics of Kopyor Coconut: a Natural Coconut Mutant with Abnormal Endosperm

 

Prof. Totok Agung Dwi Haryanto

Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Laboratory, Agriculture Faculty, Jenderal Soedirman University, Indonesia

Title: Developing New Aromatic Upland Rice Cultivar to Increase National Rice Production in Indonesia

 

Dr Tamara Li

Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Kazakhstan

Title: Breeding of drought tolerant cereals

 

Dr. Alma Kokhmetova

Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Kazakhstan

Title: Marker-assisted selection for wheat rust resistance

 

Dr Rahul Kumar

Plant Genetics & Breeding, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, DAV University, India

Molecular markers based approach for genetic improvement of tree crops like Tea (Camellia sinensis)

 

Ms. Norunnuha Nawawi

Norunnuha Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Title: Staying Competitive: New Plant Variety Protection and Current Scenario in Malaysia