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Tuesday, July 28th

Tuesday, July 28th, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm · Salon 17/18/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session SY08: Symposium: Underutilized Crops for Secure and Green Futures
Presiding: Nyree Zerega, Northwestern University / Chicago Botanic Garden
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July 28th 8:00 amSalon 17/18/The Shaw Conference CentreIntroduction
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SY08002July 28th 8:15 amSalon 17/18/The Shaw Conference CentreThe ecological side of an ethnobotanical coin: how long do our selective impacts on the landscape persist?
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Symposium PresentationRoss, Nanci J..ethnobotany
unconscious selection
legacies
historical ecology
land-use history
in situ management
SY08003July 28th 8:45 amSalon 17/18/The Shaw Conference CentreIncreasing homogeneity in global food supplies, agricultural research funding, and recommendations for diversifying food systems
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Symposium PresentationKhoury, Colin.food security
Crop Diversity
crop wild relatives
climate change
Plant genetic resources
SY08004July 28th 9:15 amSalon 17/18/The Shaw Conference CentreCrop wild relatives – how much do we really understand?
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Symposium PresentationKnapp, Sandra.Solanum
solanaceae
crop wild relatives
taxonomy
distribution
conservation
food security
July 28th 9:45 amSalon 17/18/The Shaw Conference CentreBreak
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SY08006July 28th 10:15 amSalon 17/18/The Shaw Conference CentreBasic research with practical applications: Phylogenomics and pollination biology in a genus of underutilized tree crops (Artocarpus, Moraceae)
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Symposium PresentationGardner, Elliot M.; Zerega, Nyree.economic botany
phylogenomics
pollination
Moraceae
underutilized crops
SY08007July 28th 10:45 amSalon 17/18/The Shaw Conference CentreThe African Orphan Crops Consortium, an Uncommon Collaboration
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Symposium PresentationVan Deynze, Allen; Simons, Tony; Jamnadass, Ramni; Shapiro, Howard.Domestication
nutrition
breeding
Africa
Orphan
SY08008July 28th 11:15 amSalon 17/18/The Shaw Conference CentreAmaranthus – Highly Adaptable and Underutilized Crops and Weeds
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Symposium PresentationLawton-Rauh, Amy.Amaranthus
amaranthaceae
Population Genomics
Phylogenetics
adaptation
food security
weedy species
underutilized crops
July 28th 11:45 amSalon 17/18/The Shaw Conference CentreDiscussion
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Tuesday, July 28th, 11:30 am to 12:00 pm · SCC Board Room/The Shaw Conference Centre
Session M34: Meeting: Tropical Biology Section business meeting
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July 28th 11:30 amSCC Board Room/The Shaw Conference CentreTropical Biology Section business meeting
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