Cutting Edge Plant Technology Inspires the Danforth Centers Fall Symposium
Summary
Topics will include biomass and yield traits, abiotic stress tolerance and disease resistance, nutrient allocation, plant architecture, and crop domestication and improvement.“In recent years, due to remarkable advances in genomic technologies coupled with genetics, breeding, agronomics, and detailed phenotypic data, our understanding of the molecular basis of agronomic traits has helped better explain how crops grow, respond to stress, and can be more rapidly and efficiently improved,” said Blake Meyers, Ph.D., member at the Danforth Center, professor, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri and co-host of the event.Research, education and outreach aim to have impact at the nexus of food security and the environment, and position the St. Louis region as a world center for plant science.Topics will include biomass and yield traits, abiotic stress tolerance and disease resistance, nutrient allocation, plant architecture, and crop domestication and improvement.Research, education and outreach aim to have impact at the nexus of food security and the environment, and position the St. Louis region as a world center for plant science.