On October 30, the 2023 Crop Disease Resistance Forum, hosted by the Crop Disease Resistance Breeding and Genetic Improvement Innovation Introducing Intelligence Base (111 Plan) project and organized by the School of Agriculture's Center for External Cooperation and Services, was held in Room 104 of the Exchange Center. Vice President Wei Gehong delivered the opening speech, and Assistant to the President and Dean of the College of Agronomy, Shan Weixing, presided over the forum.
The forum invited Professor Patrick Schafer from the University of Giessen in Germany, Professor Murray Grant, Associate Professor Emily Breeze from the University of Warwick in the UK, Professor Cao Yangrong from Huazhong Agricultural University, Professor Liu Jun from China Agricultural University, and Professor Zhang Meixiang from Shaanxi Normal University, as well as 15 experts and scholars from our university's College of Agriculture, including Professor Yang Qin, Professor Li Tingdong, postdoctoral fellows Wang Bingxin and Yang Yang, and doctoral candidates He Shuangcheng, Cao Yimeng, Li Yilin, Zhang Ruiyu, and Cheng Xiaofang, who presented academic reports. The experts collectively discussed the current status, cutting-edge technologies, and development trends of crop disease resistance breeding and genetic improvement innovation from the aspects of plant immune mechanisms, plant-microbe interaction mechanisms, new technologies and strategies for crop disease resistance, and innovation and utilization of crop disease-resistant germplasm resources, providing a platform for learning and exchange for teachers and students in related fields.
Our university's Crop Disease Resistance Forum has been held for six sessions since 2017, with over 100 experts and scholars from more than ten countries including the UK, Germany, and the USA sharing cutting-edge research on crop disease resistance through the forum. The forum has promoted academic exchanges and friendships and played an important role in forming an international academic team, promoting substantial cooperative research in the introduction of intelligence base, strengthening the training of high-level talents, and enhancing the research level and international influence of our university's crop science discipline.
