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This project is supported by Genome Prairie & Genome Canada, a not-for-profit organization which is leading Canada's
national genomics strategy with $600 million in funding from the federal government.



 

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Applying Genomics to Canola Improvement Workshop
December 1st, 2005, 8:30am - 4:00pm
Hilton Garden Inn, Saskatoon, Canada

  • Jerome Konescni, Genome Prairie , Welcome
  • Keith Downey, AAFC, Introductory remarks
  • Gerhard Rakow, AAFC, and Gregory Buzza, Monsanto, Expectations of plant breeders for the use of genomics and biotechnology in crops improvement (public and industry perspectives)
  • George Haughn, University of British Columbia, TILLING in the Botanical Garden: a reverse genetic technique feasible for all plant species
  • Roger Rimmer, AAFC, Molecular markers for plant breeding for disease resistance
  • Adrian Cutler , NRC, From genomics to gene: a case study
  • Xuemin (Sam) Wang , University of Missouri, Lipidomics and applications
  • Mike Murray , DowAgroSciences, Emerging technologies for accelerated trait development
  • Wayne Powell , NIAB Cambridge, UK, New opportunities for crop science research in the 21st century
  • Randall Johnston , Genome Alberta, Concluding remarks

Workshop supporters: Genome Prairie, the Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission, AgWest Bio Inc., the “Enhancing Canola through Genomics” Genome Canada project, the National Research Council,Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and Monsanto.

Workshop organizers: Keith Downey (downeyk@agr.gc.ca), Wilf Keller (Wilf.Keller@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca), Gerhard Rakow (rakowg@agr.gc.ca), Faouzi Bekkaoui (Faouzi.Bekkaoui@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)

 

Canola Industry Meeting
November 30th, 2005

 


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