Workshop on developing resilient crops for drought-prone areas
On 27-30 May 2002, an international workshop on "Progress toward developing resilient crops for drought-prone areas" was held at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) headquarters, Philippines, co-sponsored by IRRI and the Rockefeller Foundation. Extended abstracts of papers presented as well as poster abstracts from the workshop are available on the web. Themes covered in the nine sessions of the workshop include detection and use of molecular markers; genetic dissection of traits related to drought tolerance; breeding and distribution of drought-tolerant maize varieties; application of genomics and proteomics to drought research; and screening protocols for effective selection of drought-tolerant rice. See
http://www.irri.org/publications/limited/limited.asp?id=19 or contact
[email protected] for more information.
