New directions for a diverse planet
4th International Crop Science Congress
Brisbane, Australia, 26 September – 1 October 2004
- 0. Crop science for a diverse planet
- 1. Crop science for addressing water scarcity
- 2. Crop science for a sustainable future
- 3. Crop science for harnessing genetics
- 4. Crop science for effecting change
- 1. Crop science for addressing water scarcity
- Breeding crops that do better under water scarcity
- Irrigated rice-based systems 5ACSC
- Physiology and improving productivity under water scarcity
- Dryland cropping systems
- New imperatives for irrigated agriculture
- Water and nutrients in turf grass
- Environmental consequences of water management in farming systems
- 2. Crop science for a sustainable future
- Farming and cropping systems
- Conservation and reduced tillage systems
- Turfgrass, the most visible crop
- Asian cropping systems (5ACSC)
- Biocide dependence and resistance
- Nutrient recycling and balance in cropping systems
- Managing climate risk in cropping systems
- Raising yield potential in cropping systems
- 3. Crop science for harnessing genetics
- Genome sequencing of model systems
- Gene to phenotype complexity
- Genetic resources for the 21st Century
- Harnessing molecular markers for plant breeding
- New frontiers in altering plant metabolism
- Adaptation to abiotic challenges
- Adaptation to biotic challenges (5ACSC)
- Biotechnology for a better world
- 4. Crop science for effecting change
- Proven processes for innovation and change
- Implementing change - lessons for the future
- The role of IT in enhanced delivery and adoption
- New pathways for delivery in Asian countries (5ACSC)
- Research planning monitoring and evaluation
- Agents for change - public, private and NGOs
- 5. 5th Asian Crop Science Conference
- 6. 12th Australian Agronomy Conference
- Root Specific
- WUE and drought resistance models
- Effects of water and salt stress on yield and components
- Other physiology and water stress
- General farming system/rotation
- Legumes in farming systems
- Other
- Conservation and reduced tillage systems
- Asian cropping systems (5ACSC)
- Biocide dependence and resistance
- Weeds
- Diseases
- Insects
- Soil N cycling and uptake
- Soil OM and use of wastes
- Nutrient use efficiency, general fertilizer studies
- Phosphorus
- Other elements: S, Zn, microelements
- Inoculants, rhizobia, biofertilizers
- Rice
- Maize and sorghum
- Wheat
- Broad leaf crops
- Gene discovery
- Genotype by environment interaction
- Monocots
- Dicots
- Molecular marker selection
- Tissue culture
- Interspecific crossing
- Heterosis rice and other crops
- Genetic analysis
- Physiological traits
- Variety identification, release, progress
- General
- Salt
- Temperature
- Other: Heavy metal, waterlogging, drought
- Insects, Nematodes
- Fungii, monocots
- Fungii dicots
- Viruses, bacteria
The refereed proceedings may be cited as:
Fischer RA etal (2004). New directions for a diverse planet: Proceedings for the 4th International Crop Science Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 26 September – 1 October 2004.
First Published 2004
ISBN 1 920842 21 7
