Dr. John Bennett  (Sydney University, Australia) 

Titles:

- Could drought tolerance in rice be enhanced by introduction of fructan biosynthesis genes from wheat?
- The impact of drought on the development and function of anthers.
- Towards a molecular understanding of drought-induced starch mobilization.

- Apomixis as a route to greater drought tolerance.

 

Dr. Matthew Reynolds   (CIMMYT, Mexico)

Titles:

- Introduction to physiological breeding
- Conservation Agriculture: Potential soloution to enhance crop productivity, crop water use and reverse soil degradation
- Examples of physiological interventions in breeding wheat for drought adaptation.
   

Dr. Richard Richards   (CSIRO, Australia) 

Titles:

- Physiological traits for water-limited environments - what are the success stories?

- A case study in wheat: A physiological and molecular breeding program to improve yields in dry environments.

   

Dr. Alexey Morgounov (CIMMYT, Turkey)

Titles:

-  Iranian wheat landraces are a rich source of genetic diversity for wheat improvement

-  Winter wheat breeding for drought tolerance.
-  Approaches to improve  wheat production  in water limiting environments
   

Dr. Michael Baum  (ICARDA)

Titles:

- Analysis of drought tolerance in barley
 
   

Dr. Khaled Masmoudi  (Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax, Tunisia)

Titles:

- Introduction to plant transformation technology: particle bombardement and Agrobacterium tumefaciens mediated transformation  
- Molecular basis of improving drought and salinity tolerance in cereals 
   

Dr. Ghasem Hosseini Salekdeh
Titles:
- Exploiting proteomic to identify drought tolerance candidate genes
 
   

 

Dr. Reza Haghparast
Titles:
- Plant breeding strategies against drought stress in DARII