Biotech Updates

Oil and Protein Crops Breeding Conference

January 26, 2007

The Oil and Protein Crops Section of the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA) will hold a scientific conference on 7-10 October 2007 in Budapest, Hungary. Researchers, breeders and others with an interest in the genetics and breeding of oil and protein crops are invited to participate. Among the topics to be discussed are directions of breeding for resistance to abiotic and biotic stresses, improved industrial use, and conventional versus organic production.

For more information please visit http://www.altagra.hu/eucarpia, or contact F. Viranyi at Szent István University, Hungary (phone: 36 (28) 522-000 ext. 1785; fax: 36 (28) 522-077; e-mail: viranyi.ferenc@mkk.szie.hu)..