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Volume 4, Issue 3 (Suppl) Adv Crop Sci Tech
ISSN: 2329-8863 ACST, an open access journal Plant Genomics 2016
July 14-15, 2016
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July 14-15, 2016 Brisbane, Australia
4th International Conference on Plant Genomics
Genomics generates new insights into host plant defense and offers novel strategies for crop protection
Plant diseases and insect pests are the important threats to agricultural production and crop losses to diseases and insects can
be greater than ~30% of the annual global production. Managing the health of crop plants to assure sustainable agricultural
production can be very challenging. However, rapid advances in plant genomics are evolving our ability to analyze plant-pest
interactions for a better understanding how host plants defend themselves against those attackers. In recent years, we have
been developing and applying these sophisticated genomic tools to examine interactions between crop plants and pests to
elucidate the genetic mechanisms of plant resistance and to fill the gap existing between genotype and phenotype of crop plants.
Furthermore, the rapid development of high throughput technologies and the availability of immense amount of genomic and
genetic data will provide system approaches for understanding and solving the remaining questions on host plant defense
against attacking pests. This presentation reports the recent findings in the above mentioned research and demonstrates how
genomics approaches can facilitate both the identification and use of resistance genes to diseases and insect pests and the
development of novel resistant hybrids and varieties to achieve environmentally friendly crop protection and sustainable crop
production.
Biography
Yinghua Huang is a Research Geneticist for US Department of Agriculture and serves as the Lead Scientist for the Plant Genetics Program. He has served as Fac-
ulty Member for Oklahoma State University for ten years and remains an Adjunct Professor at the university. He is a Member of Editorial Boards for several scientific
journals. He has earned his PhD in Biological Sciences from Michigan Technological University. His scientific background is in plant genetics and molecular biology
and he has considerable research experience in plant biotechnology, genomics and crop improvement. The overall goals of his research are to conduct basic
studies to enhance our understanding of biological processes in plants, to apply newly developing genomics and biotechnologies to facilitate genetic improvement
of crop plants and finally to improve the production system for a better utilization of agricultural and natural resources.
Yinghua Huang
USDA-ARS and Oklahoma State University, USA
Yinghua Huang, Adv Crop Sci Tech 2016, 4:3 (Suppl)