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PALSA 2023

Jul 11 – 14, 2023
Cornell University
America/New_York timezone

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Session

Grand Challenges in Agricultural Science

Jul 12, 2023, 9:30 AM
Vet Research Tower (Cornell University)

Vet Research Tower

Cornell University

618 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Conveners

Grand Challenges in Agricultural Science

  • Olena K Vatamaniuk (Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University)
  • Arthur Woll (CLASSE)

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  1. 95. Outlook and Opportunities -- The School of Integrative Plant Science at Cornell
    Rebecca Nelson (Associate Director of Research, SIPS, Cornell University)
    7/12/23, 9:30 AM
    Fundamental Research and In Vivo Studies
  2. 106. Delivering Cassava modified with RNAi technology for Resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease to Benefit East African Smallholder Farmers
    Nigel Taylor (Donald Danforth Center Plant Science Center)
    7/12/23, 10:00 AM
    Focus on Food: Security, Toxicity, and Sustainability
    Oral Presentation

    Food and economic security for smallholder cassava farmers in sub-Saharan Africa is threatened by Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). CBSD causes brown necrotic lesions within the storage roots, rendering them inedible and unmarketable. RNAi technology was applied to develop cassava with durable, high-level, resistance to CBSD. Sequences from the coat proteins (CP) of CBSV and UCBSV were...

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  3. 6. Shedding Light on Metal Uptake, Distribution and Storage in Plants
    Mary Lou Guerinot (Dartmouth College)
    7/12/23, 11:00 AM
    Fundamental Research and In Vivo Studies
    Oral Presentation

    Deficiencies of metal micronutrients commonly limit plant growth and crop yields. Furthermore, as most people rely on plants as their dietary source of micronutrients, plants that serve as better sources of essential nutrients would improve human health. We combine genetics, high throughput elemental analysis via inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and high-resolution...

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  4. 32. Synchrotron-based techniques as powerful tools for addressing fundamental issues on Soil and Food Security
    Luiz Roberto Guimaraes Guilherme (Federal University of Lavras)
    7/12/23, 11:30 AM
    Focus on Food: Security, Toxicity, and Sustainability
    Oral Presentation

    Concerns about Food Security and on how to address issues relevant to this global challenge are recurrent and had a worldwide landmark during The World Food Summit, in 1996. Meanwhile, Soil Security is a new concept that has been treated as crucial to guarantee Food Security only after the declaration of the International Year of Soils, in 2015. The assessment and proposition of...

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  5. 4. Delivering Cassava modified with RNAi technology for Resistance to Cassava Brown Streak Disease to Benefit East African Smallholder Farmers
    Nigel Taylor (Donald Danforth Center Plant Science Center)
    Focus on Food: Security, Toxicity, and Sustainability
    Oral Presentation

    Food and economic security for smallholder cassava farmers in sub-Saharan Africa is threatened by Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). CBSD is caused by the two Ipomoviruses, Cassava brown streak virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV) and transmitted by African cassava whitefly Bemisia tabaci, and by farmers who plant infected stem cuttings to establish the next cropping...

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  6. 7. Edible synchtrotron science: cheese, chocolate and meat
    Alejandro Marangoni (University of Guelph)
    Focus on Food: Security, Toxicity, and Sustainability
    Oral Presentation
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