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Preliminary Program Thursday, 15 October 2015 09:00-‐18:00 Registration and Poster Mounting OPENING SESSION Session Chair: David Roquetti, Brazil 13:30-‐14:00 Welcome Speeches
Ismail Cakmak, Sabanci University Andrew Green, International Zinc
Association Patrick Heffer, International Fertilizer
Industry Association Wolfgang Pfeiffer, HarvestPlus
14:00-‐14:45 Opening Keynote Speech
Michael McLaughlin, Adelaide University SESSION 1: HUMAN NUTRITION AND SOCIAL ASPECTS Session Chair: Ross Welch, USA 14:45-‐15:45 Keynote Presentations
14:45 UNICEF, Peru 15:15 Marilia Nutti, Brazil
15:45-‐16:25 Oral Presentations
15:45 Increasing the Use of Zinc and Oral Rehydration Salts in Uttar Pradesh Andrew Green, USA
16:05 Policy and Regulatory Initiatives to Promote Zinc in Indian Agriculture R. K. Tewatia, India
16:25-‐17:00 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing 17:00-‐19:00 Welcome Cocktail and Poster Viewing Dinner on your own
Friday, 16 October 2015 09:00-‐10:00 Keynote Presentations
09:00 Economic and Social Issues of Zinc Deficiency Manfred Zeller, USA
09:30 Valuing zinc fertilizer use in Pakistan Martin Broadley, UK
10:00-‐10:40 Oral Presentations
10:00 The Zinc Nutrient Initiative: Promotion of Zinc Fertilizer in Agriculture for Increased Food Security, Nutrition Security, and Economic Benefits Ming Xian Fan, China
10:20 Potential linkages between zinc in soils and human nutrition Samuel Gameda, Ethiopia
10:40-‐11:10 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing SESSION 2: PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, GENETICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Session Chair: Martin Broadley, UK 11:10-‐12:10 Keynote Presentations
11:10 Zinc Biofortication of Crops by Using the Genes Involved in Metal Homeostasis in Plants Naoko Nishizawa, Japan
11:40 Molecular analysis of within-‐plant Zn mobility in a metal hyperaccumulator and a crop model system Stephan Clemens, Germany
12:10-‐12:50 Oral Presentations
12:10 Whole genome gene copy number variation as a major driving force for evolution of metal hyperaccumu-‐lation in Noccaea caerulescens Mark Aarts, Netherlands
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12:30 Molecular speciation and tissue compartmentation of Zn in durum wheat grains with contrasting Zn nutritional status Daniel P. Persson, Denmark
12:50-‐14:00 Lunch 14:00-‐15:00 Keynote Presentations
14:00 HarvestPlus: State-‐of-‐Art and Program Strategic Priorities in Biofortified Crop Development and Commercialization Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Colombia
14:30 Breeding Advances in Development of high Zinc wheat and Historical Shifts in grain Zinc concentration in CIMMYT wheat germplasm Govindan Velu, Mexico
15:00-‐15:40 Oral Presentations
15:00 Progress in development of high grain Zinc rice varieties for Asia Mallikarjuna Swamy, Australia
15:20 Overexpression of HvSUT-‐1 in wheat results in increased yield and grain Zn but how does this affect micronutrient bioavailability? James Stangoulis, Australia
15:40-‐16:00 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing 16:00-‐17:00 Oral Presentations
16:00 Identification of new candidate genes involved in Zn homeostasis by Genome Wide Association Study Valeria Ochoa, Netherlands
16:20 Factors affecting leaf absorption and localization of foliar-‐applied zinc in wheat Anika Mrozek-‐Niecko, Poland
16:40 Phloem Transport of Zinc is Promoted by Adequate Magnesium Nutrition in Wheat Levent Ozturk, Turkey
17:00-‐18:00 Poster Viewing 19:30-‐22:30 Gala Dinner
Saturday, 17 October 2015 SESSION 3: FERTILIZER ZINC AND CROP BIOFORTIFICATION Session Chair: Ellis Hoffland, Netherlands 09:00-‐10:00 Keynote Presentations
09:00 Zinc Biofortification of Wheat through Soil Organic Matter Management Rainer Schulin, Switzerland
09:30 Reactions of fertilizer zinc in soil and their effect on Zn availability Fien Degryse, Australia
10:00-‐10:40 Oral Presentations
10:00 Biofortification of Scottish Potatoes with Zinc Phillip White, UK
10:20 Zn Nutrition in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz): Experience from 25 Years of Continuous Application and Field Validation Trials in an Ultisol of Kerala, India Susan John, India
10:40-‐11:10 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing 11:10-‐12:30 Oral Presentations
11:10 Improving nutritional quality of grain and flour in winter wheat through foliar Zn combined with N or P applications Meng Li, China
11:30 Agronomic Biofortification of Wheat with Zinc in Pakistan: Effective Strategy and Advantage of High-‐zinc Density Seed Abdul Rashid, Pakistan
11:50 Can Andean potato be agronomically biofortified with iron and zinc fertilizers? Peter Kromann, Ecuador
12:10 Zinc Biofortification in Wheat through Foliar Fertilization Combined with Pesticides Ivan Ortiz-‐Monasterio, Mexico
12:30-‐14:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
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SESSION 4: ZINC IN SOILS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Session Chair: Milton Moraes, Brazil 14:00-‐15:00 Keynote Presentations
14:00 Zinc Availability in Brazilian Agroecosystems Luiz R G Guilherme, Brazil
14:30 Zinc and environmental issues in soil, water and sediment: a review Erik Smolders, Belgium
15:00-‐15:40 Oral Presentations
15:00 Understanding Availability of Zinc to Crops Ellis Hoffland, Netherlands
15:20 Effect of zinc sulfate heptahydrate conditioned with zinc oxide and neem oil on productivity, zinc biofortification and zinc use efficiency in Basmati (aromatic) rice Yashbir Singh Shivay, India
15:40-‐16:10 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing 16:10-‐17:10 Oral Presentations
16:10 Increasing cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) productivity through integrated soil fertility management and zinc fertilization Muneta G Manzeke, Zimbabwe
16:30 Yield and quality of sugarcane fertilized with zinc in the planting furrow Estêvão Vicari Mellis, Brazil
16:50 Zinc Deficiency of Maize in Romania Radu Lacatusu, Romania
SESSION 5: CLOSING SESSION Session Chair: Michael McLaughlin, Australia 17:10-‐17:40 Session Summary Presentations 17:40-‐17:50 Poster Prizes 17:50-‐18:00 Closing
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