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10:15 Sugar Sensing and Water Saving David Granot (ARO, Israel) 10:35 Coffee Break 10:55 Improving water productivity in irrigated agriculture: Are we reaching the limits? Elias Fereres (Royal Academy of Engineering, Madrid, Spain) 11:35 Impact of irrigation and water quality on soil properties and plant response Shmuel Assouline (ARO, Israel) 11:55 Crop water use in green-houses and screenhouses Josef Tanny (ARO, Israel) 12:15 Lunch
Session 3. BREEDING, GENOMICS & BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR ANIMAL & PLANT IMPROVEMENT
Chairmen: Ilan Paran & Hinanit Koltai 13:00 Developing plant varieties: Emerging technologies for crop (and animal) improvement relevant to agriculture in Israel and the global drylands Debbie Delmer (University of California, Davis, USA) 13:40 Genetic regulation of tomato fruit ripening: genes to genome to epigenome Jim Giovannoni (Cornell University, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, USA ) 14:20 Integrating molecular genetics and field data to understand how environmental conditions are relayed to fruit tree production Doron Holland (ARO, Israel) 15:00 Coffee break 15:20 Improving production and nutritional value of farmed seafood Sheenan Harpaz (ARO, Israel) 15:40 Genomic selection in dairy cattle and tilapia Micha Ron (ARO, Israel) 16:00 Discover, Innovate and Communicate Marc Van Montagu (Ghent University, Belgium) 16:40 Panel Discussion 3: Solutions to the Food Crisis: GMO versus classical breeding Moderator: Jonathan Gressel Panel discussion leaders: Dani Zamir, Avraham Levy, Jim Giovannoni, Debbie Delmer 17:15 Panel Discussion 4: Regulations and Policy relating to Genetically Modified Products as a solution for the projected Food Crisis Moderator: Yuval Eshdat Panel discussion leaders: Marc Van Montagu, Sinaya Netanyahu, Ofer Haviv, Ahud Gazit , Avichai Perl, Avi Israeli 18:10 Closing Remarks
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10:10 How basic research of agricultural problems contributes to the reduction of postharvest losses Dov Prusky (ARO, Israel) 10:30 Panel Discussion 2: Technologies & solutions for developed and developing countries: what is the middle ground? Moderator: Samir Druby Panel discussion leaders: Yaacob Katan, Sonny Ramaswamy, Ian Ferguson, Dani Shteinberg, 11:30 Group Photo / Lunch
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Uri Zuk Bar, Yuval Eshdat , Moshe Flaishman, Shmulik Friedman, Abed Gera, Sheenan Harpaz, Amots Hezroni Yael Kahel, Hinanit Koltai, Amnon Lers, Amnon Lichter, Ilan Paran, Avichai Perl, Irit Prigojin, Ada Rafaeli