Following the first symposium, held in Beijing, China in 2005, the 2nd International Symposium on Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources was held on 24-27 April 2010 in Bologna, Italy. Abstracts from the symposium are now available. The scientific programme was organised in nine different sessions, covering themes such as harnessing plant diversity: From sequence to function or genomics-assisted crop improvement for food security in developing countries. The symposium was organised by Bioversity International, the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) and the University of Bologna, and took place with the patronage, inter alia, of FAO. See http://www.gpgr2.com/ or contact [email protected] for more information.

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