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

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Today's date is Thursday, March 28, 2024
Creating Crops for the Future: Challenges, Technology and Sustainable Solutions : A special International Plantae Webinar (online) Other events...
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, including recently named GCHERA World Agriculture Prize Laureate Professor Pamela Ronald, will speak on how scientists are advancing sustainable crops and biotechnologies to make world food security a reality.

REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/37UhubF

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.

This event is presented by Plantae, and co-hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology.

Note: November 11, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Australia East Coast Daylight Time (AEDT UTC+11), which is November 10, 7:00-9:00 pm EST, 4:00-6:00 pm PST

Speaker(s) Professor Pamela Ronald (UC Davis), Professor Harvey Millar (ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology) and Professor Robert Furbank (ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis)
Location Online
URL https://plantae.org/creating-crops-for-the-future-challenges-technology-and-sustainable-solutions/
Start Wed, 11 Nov 2020 08:00
End Wed, 11 Nov 2020 10:00
RSVP RSVP is required.
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Last Updated Tue, 10 Nov 2020 09:53
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