Program for Conference on "Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in a Changing Climate" Monday, 27th of January, 2014 Location: Lillehammer 1 08:30 - 11:30 Registration of participants 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch 13:05 - 13:20 Opening of the conference (Pål Vidar Sollie, Ministry of Agriculture and Food) Chair: Peer Berg 13:20 - 14:00 Effects of climate change on bioproduction (Jørgen E. Olesen, Aarhus University, Denmark) abstract presentation 14:00 - 14:30 Strategy building in farm animal practices – a look into the future (Theo Meuwissen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway) abstract presentation 14:30 - 15:00 Sustainable primary production in a changing climate – effects to barley and oilseed rape from the future climate (Rikke Bagger Jørgensen, Technical University of Denmark, and Michael Foged Lyngkjær, University of Copenhagen, Denmark) abstract presentation 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 - 16:00 Challenges for fish in warmer waters: the case of the Arctic char (Sigurður Guðjónsson, Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Iceland) abstract presentation 16:00 - 16:30 Adaptation of Nordic forage crops to a changing climate (Áslaug Helgadóttir, Agricultural University of Iceland, Iceland) abstract presentation 16:30 - 17:10 Adaptability of forest trees to climate – what can we learn from their evolutionary history? (Antoine Kremer, INRA Université de Bordeaux, France) abstract presentation 17:10 - 17:30 Coffee break 17:30 - 18:10 Back to the future: The use of historical samples to assess and predict the consequences of climate change on the genetic resources of fish (Einar Eg Nielsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) abstract presentation 18:10 - 18:30 Resilient and multifunctional-grasslands for agriculture and environmental service during a time of climate change (Mike W. Humphreys, IBERS, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom) presentation 18:30 - 18:50 Prepared for the climate change induced thermal fluctuations? Lessons from germs and flies (Tarmo Ketola, University of Jyväskylä, Finland) 19:30 - 22:00 Welcome reception and poster session, Lillehammer 3 Tuesday, 28th of January, 2014 Location: Lillehammer 1 SESSION II: “Understanding genetic diversity and adaptation using molecular and quantitative genetic tools” Chair: Torsten Nygård Kristensen 08:30 - 09:10 Genetic adaptation to climate change: Insights from natural populations (Ary A. Hoffmann, The University of Melbourne, Australia) abstract presentation 09:10 - 09:50 The molecular underpinnings of adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana (Juliette de
Meaux, University Münster, Germany) abstract 09:50 - 10:15 Coffee break 10:15 - 10:55 On identifying variation related to local adaptation (Outi Savolainen, University of Oulu, Finland) abstract 10:55 - 11:35 Association mapping of traits relevant to fitness of barley in the future climate (Cathrine Heinz Ingvordsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark) abstract presentation 11:35 - 11:55 Genome-wide patterns of climate adaptation in teosinte (Zea Mays) (Tanja Pyhäjärvi, University of Oulu, Finland) presentation 11:55 - 12:15 Phenotypic or molecular diversity screening for conservation of genetic resources? Lessons from three common grass species (Siri Fjellheim, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway) presentation 12:15 - 13:30 Lunch 13:30 - 14:10 The impact of glacial and postglacial history on the genetic structure of Norway spruce and Siberian spruce (Mari Mette Tollefsrud, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Norway) abstract SESSION III: “Modelling, and characterization and utilization of genetic resources Chair: Odd Arne Rognli 14:10 - 14:50 Need for seed banks in a changing climate (Roland von Bothmer, The Nordic Genetic Resource Center, Sweden) abstract presentation 14:50 - 15:20 Coffee break 15:20 - 16:00 Forest tree breeding in face of climate change (Yousry A. El-Kassaby, The University of British Columbia, Canada) abstract presentation 16:00 - 16:40 Breeding for the future – avoiding climate extremes and maximising yield of spring wheat in water limited environments (Scott Chapman, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia) abstract presentation 16:40 - 17:00 Using process-based models to design ideotypes for timothy in Norway (Marcel van Oijen, CEH-Edingburgh, UK) presentation 17:00 - 17:20 Break 17:20 - 17:40 Assessing plant genetic resources for climate change adaptive traits (Abdallah Bari, International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Morocco) presentation 17:40 - 18:00 Characterization of European wide barley landrace material for implementation in crop development (Peter Hoebe, The Scottish Agricultural College, UK) presentation 18:00 - 18:20 Development of national crop wild relative conservation strategies in Europe: Studies of Cyprus and Norway (Jade Phillips, University of Birminham, UK) presentation 18:20 - 19:00 A view from industry on genetic resource
utilization in the light of climate change (Mats
Hansson, Carlsberg Laboratory, Denmark) abstract presentation 20:00 Conference dinner, Weidemannsalen Wednesday, 29th of January, 2014 Location: Lillehammer 1 SESSION IV: “Nordic Forage Crops Genetic Resource Adaptation Network” Chair: Odd Arne Rognli 08:30 - 09:00 Sequencing approaches for estimating genetic diversity between ecotypes and populations in forage grasses (Stephen Byrne, Aarhus University, Denmark) abstract 09:00 - 09:15 Adaptation to future climate: vernalization time, day length and temperature as regulators of growth and yield formation in forage grasses (Mervi Seppänen, University of Helsinki, Finland) presentation 09:15 - 09:30 Relationships between induction of flowering, cold acclimation, deacclimation and reacclimation in a perennial forage grass species (Åshild Ergon, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway) presentation 09:30 - 09:45 Stress responses of clovers are affected by ploidy level and longer daylength at northern latitudes (Ane Vollsnes, University of Oslo, Norway) presentation 09:45 - 10:00 Detecting genome-wide shifts in allelic composition by sampling in swards of a broad-based mixture of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) grown and managed at five locations in Norway (Kovi Mallikarjuna Rao, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway) 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee break SESSION V: “Animal Genetic Resources in the Adaptation to Climate Change” Chair: Theo Meuwissen 10:30 - 11:00 Genomic selection as a tool to decrease greenhouse gas emission from domestic ruminants (John McEwan, AgResearch, New Zealand) abstract presentation 11:00 - 11:15 Future trends in livestock production in the Nordic countries with a changing climate (Bente Åby, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway) presentation 11:15 - 11:30 Is feed efficiency a key trait in future breeding goals? (Lotta Rydhmer, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) presentation 11:30 - 11:45 Coping with climate change through sustainable breeding strategies for Red Maasai Sheep (Emelie Zonabend, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) presentation 11:45 - 12:00 Harnessing genetic diversity for improving productivity of local goat breeds to enhance adaptive capacity of communities in the arid zones of Ethiopia (Tadelle Dessie, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) Nairobi (HQ) and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) presentation 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch SESSION VI: “Sustainable Primary Production in a Changing Climate” Chair: Rikke Bagger Jørgensen 13:00 - 13:30 Carbon dioxide, climate change and agricultural productivity (Lewis H. Ziska, USDA-ARS, USA) abstract presentation 13:30 - 13:45 Utilization of the within a landrace genetic variability – a case study for common bean and lentil (Ioannis S. Tokatlidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece) presentation 13:45 - 14:00 Diverse utilization of plant genetic resources improves durable plant disease resistance (Marja Jalli, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Finland) presentation 14:00 - 14:15 Berry production in northern areas – the importance of climatic adaptation (Inger Martinussen, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Norway) presentation 14:15 - 14:30 Improvements in nitrogen use efficiency of barley to meet the climate change induced challenges (Ari Rajala, MTT Agrifood Research Finland, Finland) presentation 14:30 - 14:45 Coffee break SESSION VII: “Genetic Resources and Climate Change – Science, Strategies and Policies” Chair: Morten Rasmussen 14:45 - 15:00 Genetic engineering, transgenic crops, climate change and food security (Rodomiro Ortiz, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden) presentation 15:00 - 15:30 A view on animal and plant genetic resources in the light of climate change (Irene Hoffmann, FAO) abstract presentation 15:30 - 16:00 General discussion 16:00 Closing of the conference (Odd Arne Rognli, chair of the organizing committee) |
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