29/07/2019 – Zhejiang Uni
On Monday 29th of July, 2019, we hosted a delegation of undergraduate students from Zhejiang University (China) led by Professor Fei Dai and Professor Xueren Yin. The students were mainly from three disciplines, eg. Horticulture, agronomy, and applied biotechnology but they are also interested in food security, supply chain, digital agriculture, etc.
Program
| Start | End | Duration | Speaker | Title |
| 8:45 | 9:00 | 15 | Delegation arrives | |
| 9:00 | 9:30 | 30 | G. Estavillo | Agriculture & Food, Photosynthesis Team; Screening photosynthetic traits in wheat |
| 9:30 | 9:45 | 15 | Jing Zhang | High Leaf Oil plantsIntroduction and housekeeping |
| 9:45 | 10:00 | 15 | Pieter Hendriks | The role of root architecture and associated rhizosphere interactions in breeding for weed competitive wheat cultivars |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | 45 | Break | morning tea at Synergy or Disco; interact with visitors; know more what you are doing! |
| 10:45 | 11:00 | 15 | Yoko Kennedy | Digital droplet PCR |
| 11:00 | 11:15 | 15 | Zhongyi Li | Cereal grains for health |
| 11:15 | 11:30 | 15 | Manny Delhaize | Root architecture and the rhizosphere |
| 11:30 | 11:45 | 15 | Zhuanyun Si | Characterising wheat lines with contrasting root morphologies |
| 11:45 | 12:00 | 15 | Srinivas Belide | Efficient production and evaluation of transgenic Sorghum for biosynthesis of oil in vegetative tissues |
| 12:00 | 12:45 | Srinivas/Gonzalo | Visit to tissue culture area and labs, Synergy Building (Srinivas, Gonzalo). Divided into two groups | |
| 12:45 | 14:00 | 1h15 | LUNCH | At Discovery Cafe |
| 14:00 | 15:00 | 60 | Xavier Sirault | Visit to High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre, the Canberra node of the Australian Plant Phenomics Facility |
| 15:20 | 16:30 | 50 | Jamie Scarrow | Visit to our Ginninderra Experimental Station. Will look at field phenotyping tools and few wheat trials |
The day in photos
Delegation attends talks at Stringybark room in Building 801, Synergy.
Delegation attends talks at Stringybark room in Building 801, Synergy.
Students visit tissue culture lab at Synergy building hosted by Dr Srinivas Belide.
Students visit tissue culture lab at Synergy building hosted by Dr Srinivas Belide.
Dr Srinivas Belide explains the procedure of producing plants by tissue culture.
Dr Srinivas Belide explains the procedure of producing plants by tissue culture.
Student delegation at High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre.
Student delegation at High Resolution Plant Phenomics Centre.
Mr Jamie Scarrow from HRPPC demonstrates the use of the PhenomobileLite for high-throughput phenotyping of plant traits at our experimental farm in Ginnindera, Canberra.
Mr Jamie Scarrow from HRPPC demonstrates the use of the PhenomobileLite for high-throughput phenotyping of plant traits at our experimental farm in Ginnindera, Canberra.
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