By 2050, it is estimated that the human population
will reach 9 billion.
To feed this growing population, it will be necessary to at least double agricultural yields, without increasing the amount of arable land.
Human population is dependent on seed production.
Successful seed formation is a key event in the life of plants, as most of their reproductive success depends on it.
The seed is a complex functional unit arising from the successful accomplishment of the double fertilization process up until the Seed/Fruit development.
Understanding the factors that regulate sexual reproduction will enable this critical aspect of agricultural production to be engineered for increased productivity, without increasing arable land.
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SEB Florence Plant Satellite Meeting From Gametes to Seeds
Advances in plant reproduction is organized by Sexseed team members, and will be held in Florence on June 30 - July 1, 2018, just before the SEB Meeting. This meeting is the result of the demanding investment efforts made in the last years, by the plant reproduction scientific community, in understanding the basis of reproductive traits and its relationship with the plant phenotypic plasticity. . More details here. Abstract submission and registration is now open!
25th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction (ICSPR)
The 25th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction will take place in Gifu (Japan) on June 11–16, 2018. The congress is held once every two years and is hosted by the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research (IASPRR). The 25th ICSPR will be the first held in Japan and will be located at the Nagaragawa Convention Center, Gifu. More detail can be found here. Abstract submission and registration is now open!
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