From November 1st to 2nd, the 2022 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 Luo Jun attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech, while Assistant to the President andthe Dean of the College of Agronomy., Shan Weixing, presided over the forum.
The forum was conducted in a combined online and offline format, with over 200 domestic and international experts, scholars, and student representatives in attendance. The forum invited speakers including Professor Miriam Gifford, Professor Murray Grant, Professor Vardis Ntoukakis, and Researcher Emily Breeze from the University of Warwick in the UK, Professor Niklaus Grünwald from Oregon State University in the USA, Professor John M. McDowell from Virginia Tech in the USA, Professor Yuelin ZHANG from the University of British Columbia in Canada, Professor Corné Pieterse from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, Professor Gary John Loake from the University of Edinburgh in the UK, Professor Patrick Schäfer from Justus Liebig University Giessen in Germany, Professor Ming-Bo WANG from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia, Professor Liu Yule from Tsinghua University, Researcher Li Lei from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Researcher Guo Huishan from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Qiao Yongli from Shanghai Normal University, Professor Wang Wenming from Sichuan Agricultural University, as well as our university's own Professor Ji Wanquan, Professor Hu Xiaoping, and Professor Yang Qin. Also, doctoral candidate Zhong Chengcheng from the University of Queensland in Australia, postdoctoral fellow Yang Yang from our university, and doctoral candidates Zhang Yingqi and Liu Song, among 24 experts and scholars, 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 five 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.
