Hello ASPS members,

Welcome to 2019!

Already for 2019 we have;

• new employment opportunities on the ASPS job board which you can see here.
• Jan Anderson award and lecture applications are still open. Know of someone who should apply? then let them know. More information on our ASPS web site which you can see here.
• The 2019 Science meets Parliament meeting will be in August rather than February this year. Nominations for ASPS delegates will be called for later this year.
• The January edition of Phytogen has been published and available here.

• And the International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology (ICPMB) is holding a competition to design the 2021 meeting logo. See the Phytogen story here or the e-mail attachment. Please print a copy of the IPMB poster for your department notice board.

Global Plant Council E-Bulletin January 2019|

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January 2019Welcome to another month (and year!) of plant science!

Latest News / 
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If you have news you would like us to share on our website, please contact isabel@globalplantcouncil.org

This month 31 new breaking news stories were posted on the GPC website including…

Inactivating genes can boost crop genetic diversity
Researchers recently showed that inactivating a gene, RECQ4, leads to a three-fold increase in recombination in crops such as rice, pea and tomato. The gene inhibits the exchange of genetic material via recombination (crossover) during the sexual reproduction process in crops. This discovery could speed up plant breeding and development of varieties better suited to specific environmental conditions (disease resistance, adaptation to climate change).

The African Orphan Crops Consortium bears its first fruits: the release of the first five orphan crop genomes
New research published describes and releases the first 5 orphan crop genomes from an international project to boost the productivity of traditional African food supplies.

Research finds ethical sourcing of seeds required for global restoration
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of wild seeds are needed to restore plant ecosystems globally but overharvesting risks their depletion unless ethical seed-sourcing regulations are developed, research has found.

New Phytologist Trust
People and plants: Working together for the planet
Plants, People, Planet, a cross-disciplinary Open Access journal by the New Phytologist Trust, launches its first issue, that will publish peer-reviewed articles, opinion and review that focuses on the connections between plant science and society.

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If you have a conference, meeting, workshop, training course or other event coming up, we can include it in our Events calendar! Please email isabel@globalplantcouncil.org

International Plant & Animal Genome XXVII
12–16 January 2019. San Diego, USA.

International graduate course Ecophysiology of the rhizosphere
14–20 January 2019. Parque Katalapi, Chile.

Indian Plant Science Congress 2019
23–25 January 2019. Kattankulathur, India.

EMPHASIS on the International Year of Plant Health
12 February 2019. Torino, Italy.

Policy /

Lots of new reports, and an archive of useful documents from the last few years, are available on our website. Head to the Resources page and click ‘Reports’.

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Click here for details of the GPC Member Societies and their representatives. 

Please contact us (isabel@globalplantcouncil.org) to find out how your organization can join the Global Plant Council.

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Welcome to 2019. In this issue, enjoy reading 2018 travel reports from The Plant Nutrition Trust awardees. We hope you will be inspired to travel in 2019.

ASPS is also promoting an exciting competition, to design 2 logos for IPMB2021, Cairns, Australia. Entries close 11th March 2019, read details below.

Lastly, click the link to see photos from Combio 2018 in Sydney; http://www.combio.org.au/combio2018/ and deadline for the Jan Anderson Award  is 28th February 2019.

IPMB2021 Competition

Tweets by IPMBcongress

The Plant Nutrition Trust 2018 awardee reports

Daihua Ye, School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia.

Hoang Han Nugyen, Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia.

Akitomo Kawasaki, CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Canberra, Australia.

Jing Cui, Research School of Biology, ANU College of Science, Canberra, Australia.

Jinlong Dong, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Department of Soil-Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers.

Chana Borjigin, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Australia.

Sijia Guo, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Australia.