Conference Program in Lanzhou

Program

Conference program in Lanzhou

Time / Topic / Speaker/ Institution
21st June
8:30-19:00 / Reception and registration
Reception center of Tsuiying Hotel, Lanzhou University
No. 226 Tianshui South Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou
17:00-18:00 / IHSG Executive meeting
Yifu Science Building, Lanzhou University
Day 1
22ed June / Monday
Yifu Science Building, 2nd Floor, Lecture Hall, Lanzhou University
8:30 / Welcome to delegates / Local Organizing Committee;
Local officials (University/Provincialetc);
President IHSG
9:10 / Conference photo
9:30 / Plenary talk：Overview of the Chinese Seed Industry & Gansu Seed Production
Chairperson：Dr Phil Rolston / YanRong Wang, Lanzhou University, China
10:00 / Session 1. Genetics and breeding
Chair persons：Dr Phil RolstonProf Qingfeng Li
10:00 / Plenary talk：The plant breeders’ dilemma: forage versus seed / Alan Stewart, PGG Wrightson Seeds, NZ
10:30 / Morning tea & view Session 1 & 2 posters
10:50 / Plenary talk: Can molecular genetics breeders help solve the plant breeders’ dilemma of forage versus seed / ZengYu Wang, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, USA
11:20 / Flowering dynamics of a diverse perennial ryegrass population grown for seed / Simon Abel, Aarhus University, Denmark
11:35 / Seed traits variation and correlation analysis of different Leymuschinensisgermplasm / GongSheLiu, Institute of Botany, CAS, China
11:50 / The screening for Siberian wild rye germplasm with low seed shattering rate and implication for future genetic improvement / WenGangXie, Lanzhou University, China
12:05 / Reproductive biology of Stylosanthes / LiJuanLuo, Hainan University, China
12:20 / Targeted mining cleistogamy genes in Cleistogenessongorica by transcriptome sequencing / JiYu Zhang, Lanzhou University, China
12:35 / Lunch, Danguiyuan, 2nd Floor, Lanzhou University
14:00 / Session 2. Seed production: achieving high yields and environmental sustainability Chair persons：Prof John Hampton & Prof PeiSheng Mao
14:00 / Plenary talk: The next steps to achieve higher seed yields / Thomas Chastain, Oregon State University, USA
14:30 / Plenary talk:Cytokinin regulation in seed, a key driver of seed size / Paula Jameson, Canterbury University, NZ
15:05 / Climate change and herbage seed production: cause for concern? / John Hampton, Lincoln University, NZ
15:20 / Un-realized seed yield potential-undersized seed and seed loss / Jason Trethewey, AgResearch, NZ
15:35 / Afternoon tea and view Session 1 & 2 posters
15:55 / Irrigation and trinexapac-ethyl effects on seed yield in first-and second-year red clover stands / Nicole Anderson, Oregon State University, USA
16:10 / Spring defoliation date effects on seed yield of ryegrass / Bede McCloy, NZ Arable, NZ
16:25 / Use of precision agriculture tools in conducting a large-scale field trial in forage kale seed production / Murray Kelly, PGG Wrightson Seeds, NZ
16:40 / Thoughts about a new nitrogen regulation system in Denmark / Rene Gilsum, Aarhus University, Denmark
16:55 / The potential impact and opportunities from nutrient management regulation on the New Zealand herbage seed industry / Nick Pyke, Foundation for Arable Research, NZ
17:10 / View Session 1 & 2 posters
18:30 / Conference dinner, Danguiyuan, 2nd Floor, Lanzhou University
Day 2
23rd June / Tuesday
Yifu Science Building, 2nd Floor, Lecture Hall, Lanzhou University
Session 3. Endophyte utilization and pests control
Chair persons：Prof BirteBoelt Prof ChunJie Li
8:30 / Plenary talk: Vertically transmitted endophytes as biocontrol agents / John Hampton, Lincoln University, NZ
9:00 / Plenary talk: The relationships between Epichloëendophyte and seeds vigor of native species from Western China / Pei Tian, Lanzhou University, China
9:30 / Issues in the production and delivery of high viable endophyte seed to end users / Phil Rolston& Stuart Card, AgResearch, NZ
10:00 / Morning tea and view Session 3 & 4 posters
10:15 / How does fungicide treatment influence stem rust incidence following a single application in turf type perennial ryegrass / Richard Chynoweth, Foundation for Arable Research, NZ
10:30 / Repellent effect of three insecticides on pollination activity in seed crops of red clover (Trifoliumpratense) / Lars T. Havstad, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Norway
10:45 / Ditylenchusdipsaci nematodes on alfalfa seeds: how to manage for healthy seeds? / François Deneufbourg, FédérationNationale des AgriculteursMultiplicateurs de Semences, France
11:00 / The distribution of locoweed endophyte in Oxytropisochrocephala population, plants and seeds / YanZhong Li, Lanzhou University, China
11:15 / Phenoxy herbicides responses in white clover seed production / Richard Merrilees, PGG Wrightson Seeds, NZ
12:00 / Lunch, Danguiyuan, 2nd Floor, Lanzhou University
14:00pm / Session 4. Seed quality: from field to storage
Chair persons：Prof Tom Chastain and Prof GongShe Liu
14:00 / Plenary talk: Sources of variation in physiological dormancy in seeds / Carol Baskin, University of Kentucky, USA
14:30 / Plenary talk: Seed set and seed development in perennial ryegrass / BirteBoelt, Aarhus University, Denmark
15:00 / Developing viability testing methods for native seeds to promote their use in re-vegetation of desertification lands / YanJunZeng, Lanzhou University, China
15:15 / Physiological and biochemical responses to ultrasonic treatments on aged grasses seeds germination and seedling growth / QuanZhen Wang, Northwest A&F University, China
15:30 / Alleviation of salinity stress on germination of Leymuschinensis seeds depends on light condition / XiaoWen Hu, Lanzhou University, China
15:45 / Afternoon tea and view Session 3 & 4 posters
16:15 / Effect of increasing temperatures on germination of two varieties of Panicumcoloratum. / Maria Andrea Tomas, INTA EEA Rafaela, Argentina
16:30 / Development of a PCR protocols to rapidly distinguish between similar herbage seeds / ZhiPeng Liu, Lanzhou University, China
16:45 / Physiological changes related to deterioration during the storage of Siberian wildrye (Elymussibiricus L) seeds of different moisture content / PeiSheng Mao, China Agric University, China
17:00 / Single counts of radicle emergence to predict seed vigor of Elymusnutans and Avena sativa / YanYanLv, Lanzhou University, China
17:15 / View Session 3 & 4 posters
18:30 / Dinner, Danguiyuan, 2nd Floor, Lanzhou University
Day 3
24th June / Wednesday Morning
Yifu Science Building, 2nd Floor, Lecture Hall, Lanzhou University
Session 5. Seed production in developing countries, and extension, tech transfer and training
Chair persons：Prof YanRong Wang Dr Nicole Anderson
8:30 / Plenary talk: The difficulties of smallholder village farmer forage seed production in Thailand and Laos / Mike Hare, UbonRatchathani University, Thailand
9:00 / Plenary talk: Extension - delivering opportunities to the herbage seed industry: the NZ experience / Nick Pyke, Foundation for Arable Research, NZ
9:30 / Alfalfa seed production technology in China: an overview / XianGuo Wang, China Agricultural University, China
9:45 / Grass seed production in the Hexi Corridor / YunHua Han, Lanzhou University, China
10:00 / Morning tea and view poster Session 5
10:30 / The challenge of perennial grass seed production in China / Alan Stewart/Lui/Rolston/Wang, PGGW/CAS Beijing/AgR, NZ/China
10:45 / Alfalfa seed production and extension in Hetian regionof Xinjiang China / ChunHui Ma, ShiHeZiUniversity, China
11:10 / Lanzhou Conferenceclosing ceremony, IHSG President
Business meeting
12:30 / Lunch, Danguiyuan, 2nd Floor, Lanzhou University
13:40 / Visit Yuzhong Research Station, CPAST,
Take bus at main gate of campus
18:30 / Dinner, DongFang Place, Lanzhou city