2019: Foundations for the Future: Embracing New Agricultural Technology
Feeding the future depends on innovation in agriculture, including new technology, diverse crops, and improvement to classic methods.
Symposium Recordings & Poster Abstracts
The 2019 WSU Plant Science Symposium, Foundations for the Future: Embracing New Agricultural Technology, can be viewed at the following link:
Speakers
Joyce Van Eck Boyce Thompson Institute: Center for Plant Biotechnology Research
Topic: Fast-tracking Improvement of Groundcherry and Goldenberry by CRISPR:
Ripening the Potential of Underutilized Fruit Crops
Sayed Azam-Ali University of Nottingham-Malaysia: Crops for The Future
Topic: Forgotten Foods to Feed the Future
Argelia Lorence Arkansas State University: Plant High-Throughput Phenotyping Facility
Topic: Harnessing the Power of -omic Approaches to Better Understand the Role
of the Inositol Pathway to Ascorbate at Conferring Plants Enhanced
Growth and Resilience to Abiotic Stresses
Lav Khot Washington State University: Agricultural Automation Engineering
Topic: Transitioning to Smart Agriculture: Technology Landscape
Amanda Cavanagh University of Illinois: Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Topic: Engineering an Alternative Photorespiration Pathway to Improve Photosynthesis and Crop Yield
Rosana Serikawa Corteva Agriscience: Agricultural Division of DowDuPont
Topic: Product Development – From Discovery to Orphan Crops Registrations
Student Speakers
Niall Miller WSU-Vancouver
Topic: The Effects of Domestication on the Legume-Rhizobia Mutualism
Travel grant recipient
Anil Adhikari Texas A&M
Topic: Hybrid wheat: a promising technology for feeding the future
Travel grant recipient
Holly Lane Texas A&M
Topic: Correlating Near-Infrared Spectra of Kernels to Grain Yield in Maize
Travel grant recipient
2018: Diversity in Agriculture
Diversity is inherent to plant breeding, not only in the germplasm and environments we study, but also regarding the people, techniques, and ideas.
Symposium Recordings & Poster Abstracts
The 2018 WSU Plant Science Symposium, Diversity in Agriculture, can be viewed at the following link:
Speakers
Paul Christou ICREA Research Professor at Universitat de Lleida
Topic: Thirty five years of plant biotechnology: Personal reflections and the importance of diversity
Linda MacKechnie Ball Horticultural Company
Topic: Terraces and Islands: Career Migration in Plant Biology
Debora Menicos Driscoll’s
Nilsa Bosque-Perez University of Idaho, Moscow
Topic: Utilizing crop diversity to enhance resistance to insect pests
Teresa Capell Universitat de Lleida
Topic: Corn domestication: diversity and artistic creativity for science communication
Renee Lafitte
Corteva Agriscience
Elizabeth Lee University of Guelph
Topic: Diversity-Variation-Change: Lessons that we can learn from plant breeding
2017: Pioneering Ideas in Agriculture
A unique focus on entrepreneurial endeavors with innovative approaches to agriculture.
Symposium Recordings & Poster Abstracts
The 2017 WSU Plant Science Symposium, Pioneering Ideas in Agriculture, can be viewed at the following two links:
Speakers
Amit Dhingra Washington State University & Phytelligence
Topic: Does graduate school produce innovative thinkers?
Patrick Schnable Iowa State University & Data2Bio
Topic: Entrepreneurship and Academia: Three case Studies
Roger Muren Formerly Bayer CropScience Vegetable Seeds
Topic: Innovation in the private seed industry
Jason Cavotorta Earthworks Seeds
Topic: Challenges & Opportunities in Agricultural Start-ups
Nicholas Staropoli Genetic Literacy Project
Topic: Genetic Literacy Project and its role in achieving public scientific literacy related to agricultural biotechnology
Matt King DuPont Pioneer
Topic: From satellites to sequencing: driving precision agriculture through collaborations and innovation