U of S Hosts International Wheat Genetics Symposium

Posted July 31, 1998


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - July 28, 1998
98-07-08-AG

U of S hosts International Wheat Genetics
Symposium

The University of Saskatchewan's Department of Plant Sciences and
Crop Development Centre will host the Ninth International Wheat
Genetics Symposium August 2 - 7, 1998.

This is only the second time in 40 years that the symposium is being
held in Canada. The symposium is held once every five years,
Close to 500 delegates representing 45 countries will be in
attendance.

"This symposium provides scientists with the opportunity to
exchange the latest information on wheat genetics," says Pierre Hucl
with the Crop Development Centre.

All aspects of wheat genetics will be covered, ranging from very
basic research to applied genetics. A total of 400 presentations will
cover topics such as the cytogenetics and evolution of wheat,
germplasm development and breeding, gene transfer and regulation,
marker assisted selection, transgenics, genetics of resistance to
disease, insects and environmental stresses, and end-use quality
traits.

Workshops will focus on the details of wheat genome mapping,
hybrid wheat, genetic transformation, wheat starch quality,
conservation of wheat genetic resources, wheat taxonomy and,
under-utilized wheats.

Hucl expects that ninety per cent of symposium attendance will be
made up of researchers in the field, while the other ten per cent will
be industry affiliated.

For more information, please contact:


Pierre Hucl or Doug Knott
Crop Development Centre Department of Plant Sciences
University of Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-8667 (306) 966-4953