International Conference on Legumes in the Changing Climate Scenario: Challenges and Opportunities

ICAR

International Conference

on

Legumes in the Changing Climate Scenario: Challenges and Opportunities

Kanpur, India

February 9-11, 2013

Organized by:

Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development

and

Indian Institute of Pulses Research

In collaboration with:

Indian Council of Agricultural Research

THEMES

1. Global scenario on legume production

Production and consumption

Marketing and trade

Policies and issues

2. Crop adaptation to climate change

Adaptation mechanism

Mitigation strategies

Crop modelling

3. Innovative techniques towards legumes improvement

Pre-breeding and germplasm enhancement

Restructuring plant types

Genomics enabled improvement

Transgenics

4. R e s o u r c e c o n s e r v a t i o n i n e x t r e m e environments

Resource use efficiency

Crop diversification and sustainability

Soil health improvement

5. Disease - pest dynamics in climate change

Surveillance and forecasting

Host plant resistance

Diagnostics and bio-ecology

Novel pest management techniques

6. Improving nutritional quality of legumes

Nutrition and human health

Biofortification vis-a-vis micronutrient malnutrition

Value addition

7. Mechanization for improving legume production efficiency

Efficient resource saving machineries

Drudgery reduction and energy management

8. Participatory technology development

Public-private partnership

Technology assessment, refinement and dissemination

Social, economic and policy issues

Date and Venue: The conference will be held at the Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur during February 9-11, 2013.

Call for Papers: The participants of the Conference are invited to contribute abstracts of the papers for oral or poster presentation on all the major food legumes (including peanuts and soybean), arid legumes (guar, moth bean, cowpea and horse gram) and forage legumes (lucerne, berseem, etc.). However, abstracts for poster presentation can be submitted on any legumes of even minor or local importance. Abstracts not exceeding 250 words should be submitted on A4 size paper in MS Word and/or mailed electronically at isprd.icl2013@gmail.com. The title of the abstract should be in bold font followed by the name(s) of author(s) and affiliation. The Abstracts will be published preconference.

Schedule and Important Deadlines

Submission of Abstract: July 31, 2012

Notification of Acceptance: August 31, 2012

Submission of Full Paper: October 31, 2012

CONTACT: Dr AK Choudhary

Organizing Secretary (ICL 2013)

Indian Institute of Pulses Research

Kanpur 208 024, Uttar Pradesh, Ind

FOR DETAILS, PLEASE REFER http://www.iipr.res.in/icl_2013_first_circular.pdf