NATO ADVANCED RESEARCH WORKSHOP
USE OF AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT GENES IN AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
October 17-21, 1999 Szeged, Hungary
Director: Dr. G. Hrazdina
Institute of Food Science, Cornell University,
NYSAES, Geneva, N.Y. 14456, USA
Phone: 315-787-2285; Fax: 315-787-2284
e-mail: gh10@cornell.edu
Agriculture during the 45 years of communist regimes in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia was centrally directed without regard of quality factors and market need, and was heavily subsidized. Democratization of the countries and adoption of market driven economies, including agriculture, created conditions that require new thinking and approaches to find market areas that will fill the needs of each country, and provide produce that is not redundant for the Common Market. To qualify for member status, these countries will have to integrate their economies, including agricultural production. To help with establishing these conditions for the improvement of agricultural production, Cornell University's International Agriculture Program initiated a dialogue in 1998 between researchers from Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. This workshop is the continuation that dialogue and its pupose is to provide a common platform for establishing scientific cooperation among interested scientists to help solving common agricultural problems using the tools of biotechnology. The workshop has sessions on Plant Transformations, Plant Genomics, Breeding Plants for Resistance and Legal Aspects of Biotechnology, including risk assessment. In addition to the plenary lectures listed below, there will be contributed papers (15 min) on the above topics.
Plenary lectures:
From fundamental research to start-up company- M. van Montague, Rijksuniversiteit Gent, Belgium,
Mapping of the wheat genome for genetic diversity - A. Kubek, Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovak Republic
Crop improvement by transgenic technology - D. Dudits, Hung. Acad. Sci., BRC, Szeged, Hungary
Strategies for improving resistance - Z. Kiraly, Hung.Acad. Sci. Budapest, Hungary
Current procedures for applying risk assessment in genetically modified crops - A. Aniol, IHAR, Radzikow, Poland
Questions arising from the implementation of the Hungarian gene technology law - E. Balazs, Ag. Biotech. Center, Godollo, Hungary
Public perception and legislation of Biotechnology in Poland - T. Twardowski, Pol. Acad. Sci. Poznan, Poland
Legal aspects of biotechnology - R. Cahoon, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. USA
Organizing Committee:
G. Hrazdina, Cornell University, USA
J. Pauk, Cereal Research Nonprofit Company, Hungary
E. Zimnoch-Guzowska, IHAR, Poland
Z. Galowa, Agricultural University Nitra, Slovak Republic
Related Sites:
NATO | Cornell University's International Agriculture Program