Droughts affect crop production across the world. A central challenge for researchers and policymakers is to devise technologies that lend greater resilience to agricultural production under this particular environmental stress.
Interdrought 2020 aims to facilitate the development of concepts, methods and technologies associated with plant production in water-limited environments.
The congress will take place from March 9 to 13, 2020, in Mexico City. Early-bird registration is open until October 31, 2019 and abstract submissions will be accepted until November 15, 2019.
The conference will focus on:
- Optimizing dryland crop production – crop design
- Water capture, transpiration, transpiration efficiency
- Vegetative and reproductive growth
- Breeding for water-limited environments
- Managing cropping systems for adaptation to water-limited environments
This will be the 6th edition of Interdrought, which builds on the successful series of conferences in Montpellier (1995), Rome (2005), Shanghai (2009), Perth (2013) and Hyderabad (2017).
It will continue the philosophy of presenting, discussing and integrating results of both applied and basic research towards the development of solutions for improving crop production under drought-prone conditions.
To register, and for more information, visit www.interdrought2020.com.
If you encounter any difficulties in registration, or are interested in sponsoring the conference, please send an email to cimmyt-interdrought2020@cgiar.org.
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