Biotech Updates

East Asia Scientists Meet on Soybean and Rice

October 30, 2009

More than 150 crop scientists and scholars from China, Japan and South Korea gathered in Beijing, China last October 22-23, 2009 to discuss Important Gene Mining and Molecular Breeding in Rice and Soybean. The 2nd Crop Science Seminar in East Asia 2009 provided a communication platform for the scientists to tackle issues related to the promotion of crop production, technical cooperation in breeding and other research areas, and resource sharing among the three countries. Together they hope to promote the development of agricultural science and technology, increase crop yield and improve crop quality and contribute to global food supply security and stable grain prices. Eighteen experts from China, Japan and South Korea reported on gene discovery, gene cloning, functional verification and molecular breeding in rice and soybean.

More than 150 experts and scholars from China, Japan and South Korea attended this seminar. Tang Shengyao, Asia Division chief of International Cooperation Department, Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, Wan Jianmin, director of Crop Science Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and representatives from the Japanese and Korea embassies in China also attended this seminar and spoke during the opening ceremony.

For more information, contact Prof. Zhang Hongxiang at zhanghx@mail.las.ac.cn or Dr. Yue Tongqing at yuetq@mail.las.ac.cn