National Symposium on "Plant Propagation Conservation, Modification and Characterization"

National Symposium on "Plant Propagation Conservation, Modification and Characterization" will be held at Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, April 3-4, 2009. The themes of the symposium are: a) current Developments in Pant Tissue Culture and In vitro Breeding, b) In vitro Conservation of Threatened & Endangered Medicinal and Economically Important Plant Species, c) Automation in Plant Tissue Culture,  d) Commercial Micro-Propagation, e) Metabolomics, Secondary Metabolites and Nutritional Foods, f) Status and Trends in Transgenic Development, g) Plant Genomics and Proteomics, Molecular Markers and Marker Assisted Breeding, h) Emerging Technologies: Nano-Biotechnology, Bio-Energy and Bio-fuels, i) Global Challenges and Strategies for regulatory and IPR issues.

For more details about the symposium please see the website: http://www.ihbt.res.in/