10th International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics | November 26-29,2012 | Thailand
Last year the world has witnessed the most devastating flooding that wipe out the whole rice crop from the central plain of Thailand. Millions of Thais were forced to leave their home and lost most of their properties from the gigantic inundation. The consequence costs Thailand losing the world top exporting country for the first time since 1982. All rice varieties were inundated for months under deep water. With no exception, Homcholasit, the only Sub1 irrigated rice variety was washed away. Imminent climate change will, in the near future, arrive large productive rice paddy field in Mekong, Chaopraya and Ayavardi deltas. In summer crop, extreme heat wave and unusual cold spells become common treats now and in the next few years to come. Searching for natural genetic variation may never ended. Functional genomics are promising tools to discovering relevance gene functions and innovative methods for rice improvement. Now and in the future, which research should be emphasized ? The ISRFG 10th to be hosted in Chiangmai, Thailand, between November 26 -29th , was assigned by the scientific committee to bring all rice researchers to participate in the strategic planning.
Objectives of the Strategic Planning Meeting
1.) Bringing together rice functional genomics research community to discuss about the impact of extreme and imminent climate change on rice productivity.
2.) Developing a concrete strategic plan to identify innovative genomics tools and genetic resources to enabling breeding-by-design more efficiently and effectively for more resilience to climate change aiming in all rice growing countries.
3.) Proposing to the potential international research funding streams to focus on the new proposed research areas to secure food for the future.
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