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SUMMARY:Indigenous and Heirloom Seeds: Stewardship\, Sovereignty and Legal Protection
DESCRIPTION:Event information\nIntellectual property has been protecting plants and seed in the United States since the 1930s. Over the last century\, the reach of intellectual property over seeds and plants has consistently expanded. At the same time\, there have been a number of international initiatives that have attempted to regulate how plants and seeds are used and exchanged. The result is a complex and changing legal landscape that impacts the way seeds and plants are used as well as who gets to control and benefit from that use. This workshop will look at techniques used to ensure Indigenous intellectual property\, traditional ecological knowledge and traditional crop varieties are protected. We will hear about the key features of intellectual property law and other plant protection and methods that exist in seed stewardship. \nRegister to attend >\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\nAlexandra Zamecnik\, Executive Director\, Native Seeds/SEARCH\nCollaboration\, representation and transparency in heirloom seed stewardship: Examples from Native Seeds/SEARCH\nAlexandra Zamecnik is the Executive Director of NS/S. She has a Masters in International Relations and has extensive experience working in conservation and natural resources management in Mexico and Central America. She is focused on strengthening NS/S’s policies and practices around seed stewardship and seed sharing. \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nDr. Andrea Carter\, Director of Agriculture & Education\, Native Seeds/SEARCH\nChallenges and Opportunities in Southwest Seed Stewardship\nDr. Andrea Carter is the Agriculture\, Education & Outreach Director. She serves as a link between the NS/S seed bank and small-scale farmers across the Southwest. She received her PhD in Plant Science from the University of Arizona and focused her research on drought-adapted crops. \n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nBobby Stone\, Board Member\, Native Seeds/SEARCH\nA life of Farming and Seed Saving in Gila River\nRobert Stone is the former Lt. Governor for Gila River Indian Community. He is the vice chair of the NS/S Board of Directors. He is recognized as a spiritual leader\, traditional singer\, traditional farmer\, artist\, and indigenous seed and food advocate. Bobby attended Central Arizona College where he earned a degree in Agriculture Technology\, and then continued at University of Arizona. Bobby has been a life-long farmer and he maintains a seed bank with an array of indigenous crops. \n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\nDr. Brad Sherman\, School of Law\, University of Queensland\nAn Overview of Intellectual property protection for seed\nBrad Sherman is UQ Laureate Professor and a member of the ARC Centre for Plant Success at the University of Queensland\, Australia where he researches on intellectual property. He is currently working on a history of intellectual property in the citrus industry in California and Arizona. \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nDr. Allison Fish\, School of Law\, University of Queensland\nUsing public databases to prevent biopiracy of seed\nAllison Fish is a Senior Lecturer in Law and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Futures at the University of Queensland in Brisbane\, Australia. Allison’s research focuses on the use of law and technology to manage of intangible cultural heritage in India and Australia.
URL:https://www.plantsuccess.org/event/indigenous-and-heirloom-seeds-stewardship-sovereignty-and-legal-protection/
LOCATION:City High  37 E Pennington St\, Tucson\, AZ 85701\, City High 37 E Pennington St\,\, Tucson\, AZ 85701\, AZ\, United States
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SUMMARY:Centre for Plant Success Webinar Series: Alicia Hellens
DESCRIPTION:Alicia Hellens\nPart 1- The transcription factor bZIP11 acts antagonistically with trehalose 6-phosphate to inhibit shoot branching\nThe ontogenetic regulation of shoot branching allows plants to adjust their architecture in accordance with the environment. This process is due to the regulation of axillary bud outgrowth into branches\, which can be induced by increasing sugar availability to the buds through decapitation of the shoot tip. Different sugar signalling components have been identified in the induction of shoot branching. However\, the molecular components that maintain bud dormancy in response to sugar starvation remain largely unknown. In this part of the talk I will present findings from one chapter of my PhD\, which identified a new model of interactions between sugar signalling molecules\, Tre6P\, bZIP11\, and SNRK1 in the inhibition of axillary shoot branching. \nPart 2 – Life beyond a PhD: my first year as a kiwifruit rootstock breeder\nKiwifruit is New Zealand’s largest commercial fruit crop bringing over $8 billion annually via cultivars grown for Zespri. The Kiwifruit Breeding Centre is a joint venture between Zespri and the New Zealand crown research company Plant and Food Research\, to provide more kiwifruit better and faster for Zespri. Kiwifruit cultivars that produce desirable fruit do not necessarily have good root systems or resistance to disease. For this reason\, commercial kiwifruit plants are not grown from seed but are the result of grafting onto a rootstock. A rootstock can also impact characteristics onto the scion such as low vigour in vegetative growth. In New Zealand there are two commercial rootstock varieties both of which have drawbacks. With a rapidly changing climate it is more vital than ever that rootstocks are bred for current and future environments both in New Zealand but also around the world. Therefore\, the rootstock breeding program is focusing on developing new\, environmental specific rootstocks targeting desirable\, sustainable\, traits. In this part of the talk I will give an overview of the kiwifruit breeding pipeline and discuss rootstock-specific traits of interest in our programme. \nThis event is open to Centre Members only. If you are a Centre Member who would like to attend\, please contact admin@plantsuccess.org for the Zoom invitation.
URL:https://www.plantsuccess.org/event/centre-for-plant-success-webinar-series-alicia-hellens/
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SUMMARY:Talking Plant Science: Alex Wu
DESCRIPTION:The ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture is proud to bring you the next seminar in our Talking Plant Science series presented by Dr Alex Wu. \nCrop modelling for informing leaf photosynthesis and crop yield improvement\nAn increasing global food demand begs new strategy for crop yield improvement. Leaf CO2 assimilation is an important driver of crop growth and yield. However\, the translation of leaf photosynthetic manipulation to crop yield performance is less straightforward. Yield is a complex emergent property driven by instantaneous leaf CO2 assimilation\, summed over the whole canopy of the crop and across the entire crop life cycle\, all interacting with environmental effects on growth and development of the crop. Here\, I will present a ‘cross-scale’ crop modelling effort used to develop integrative leaf-to-field modelling tools\, offering new predictive capabilities to aid photosynthesis and yield improvement. This: (i) enables in silico field testing of putative strategies for leaf photosynthetic manipulation in target population of environments; (ii) offers a platform for the dissection of crop growth components and identification of key photosynthetic properties for growth enhancement. The two-pronged\, but complementary pathways are generating new information on the value proposition of photosynthetic manipulation and informing fundamental and applied research directions\, helping to discover and support new strategies for crop yield improvement. Potential synergies with other crop research technologies are discussed. \n \nDr Alex Wu\nAlex Wu is a crop modeller. He completed a postdoc in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis and an ARC DECRA. He is known for his research on modelling leaf photosynthetic CO2 assimilation and field crop yield performance for supporting yield improvement. He has developed in-depth understanding\, using cross-scale crop modelling\, of two-way interactions between leaf biochemical\, canopy structure\, and whole crop growth and yield. Alex has generated a priori yield impact assessment of photosynthesis bioengineering of crops\, aiding fundamental research for enhancing yield improvement outcomes. He was awarded the Australian Society of Plant Scientist Peter Goldacre Medal in 2020.
URL:https://www.plantsuccess.org/event/talking-plant-science-alex-wu/
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