International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics, Nov. 3-5, Bengaluru, India, Abstracts Due Aug. 15

Save the date! The International Symposium on Rice Functional Genomics is taking place in Bengaluru, India from November 3 - 5, 2023. The theme of the 20th symposium is “Rice research for sustainable food and nutrition security.” The conference will focus on bringing together an international group of professionals to further emerging techniques and outcomes with a vision for rice crop improvement in global food and nutrient security while minimizing impact on the environment. The conference will include a keynote address and plenary lectures, lectures by eminent rice researchers from over 20 countries, early career researchers talks, workshops on Plant Phenotyping and Gene-Editing, and poster sessions.

Subthemes of the meeting are:

• Genomics and Epigenomics

• PanGenomics: finding hidden genomic diversity

• Climate resilience: biotic stresses

• Climate resilience: abiotic stresses

• Plant development: vegetative and reproductive

• Plant Nutrition and sustainable rice production

• Metabolomics for nutritious rice

• Translational Genomics: Molecular breeding and Gene-editing

• Germplasm characterization and trait discovery

• GWAS for QTL identification and molecular breeding

Abstracts are due by August 15th. Registration begins May 15th, and early registration ends September 30th. For more information visit the conference website.