Italy – Egypt  Year
of Science & Technology

Genetics & Genomics
For Crops Development In The Mediterranean Area

15 – 16 November 2009

The Agricultural Research Center
(AGERI Hall)

Time

Title

Speaker

9:00-09:30

- Registration

9:30-10:00

-Opening Session

-Prof. Dr. Tarek Hussein
President, ASRT
-Prof. Dr Franco Porcelli. Scientific Attaché. The Italian Embassy in Egypt
-Prof. Dr. Ayman .F. Abouhdied
President, ARC

10:00-12:00

Session I
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Abdelrahim Shehata (ARC)

10:00-10:25

-Field Crops Status In Egypt

-Rrof. Dr. M.A.El-Nahrawy (ARC, Egypt)

10:25-10:50

-Research And Development For Mediterranean Agriculture

-Prof. Dr. Riccardo Aleandri (CRA, Italy)

10:50-11:15

-Current and Future Prospects Of Agricultural Biotechnology In Egypt

-Prof. Dr. Ahmed El-Bahy (ARC, Egypt)

11:15-11:40

-Prospective Of Agricultural Biotechnology Research In Saudi Arabia

-Prof. Dr. Abdullah A. A. Al-Doss, Director of Center of Excellence In Biotechnology Research. (KSU, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia)

11:40-12:00

General Discussion

12:00-12:30

Coffee Break

12:30-14:00

Session II
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Hanaiya A. El-Etriby (ARC)

12:30-13:00

- Cereal Research and Varietal Development In Italy 

-Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Lupotto (CRA, Italy)

13:00-13:30

-Molecular Mining For Arsenic Tolerant Genes In Rice

-Prof. Dr. Mohamed Yacout (Alexandria University, Egypt))

13:30-14:00

 General Discussion

14:00-14:45

Lunch

14:45-15:00

-An Example Of Collaboration Between Egypt And Italy

-Dr. Yasser Zien (ARC, Egypt)

15:00-17:00

Session III
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Riccardo Aleandri (CRA)

15:00-15:30

- Molecular Markers for Developing Wheat and Barley Under Stress Conditions

-Prof. Dr. Samy Abdel-Aziz Afiah (DRC, Egypt)

15:30-16:00

-Genomic Analysis Of Drought Tolerance in Wheat and Barely

-Dr. Ayman Diab (ARC, Egypt)

16:00-16:30

- Application Of Molecular Breeding To Rice Improvement

-Dr. Kotb A. Attia (ARC, Egypt)

16:30-17:00

General Discussion

Time

Title

Speaker

09:00-11:30

Session IV
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Lupotto (CRA)

09:00-09:30

-Genomic Advances In Crop Plants For Industrial End Uses: Case Studies

-Prof. Dr. Paolo Ranalli (CRA, Italy)

09:30-10:00

- Application Of Molecular Breeding To Wheat Improvement

- Dr. Ahmed Abd Rabou  (ARC, Egypt)

10:00-10:30

-Molecular Genetic Studies On The Relationship Between Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) And Broomrape (Orobanche crenata).

- Dr. Nour Eldin Omar (NRC, Egypt)

10:30-11:00

- Molecular Studies On Biotic Stresses In Flax And Faba Bean.

- Prof. Dr. Naglaa Ashry (ARC, Egypt)

11:00-11:30

General Discussion

11:30-12:00

Coffee Break

12:00-14:00

Session V (Soil Microbiology)
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Hany El-Shemy (Cairo University)

12:00-12:30

-Rice Associated Bacteria: Friends And Enemies

-Prof. Dr. Vittorio Venturi (ICGEB, Italy))

12:30-13:00

-Use Of Some Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) To Enhance The Rice Crop In Paddy Field In Egypt

-Prof. Dr. Nabil Omar (ARC, Egypt)

13:00-13:30

-Employment Of Molecular And Biochemical Approaches To Detect Genetically Engineered Microorganisms In Their Natural Habitats 

-Dr. Desouky Abd-El-Haleem (Mubarak City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications, Egypt)

13:30-14:00

General Discussion

14:00-14:45

Lunch

14:45-15:00

-SIRA Corp. Activities In The Field Of Biotechnology.

-Eng. Ihab Al-Mahy (SIRA, Egypt)

15:00-17:00

Session VI (Research World Meets Market)
Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Ebtesam Alolayan (KSA)

15:00-15:20

- Seed Industry And Agricultural
Development

-Prof. Dr. Abd Rabou Ismail (ARC, Egypt)

15:20-15:40

-The Experience Of An Italian Rice Seed Company

-Dr. Massimo Biloni
SAPISE Seed Comapny, Italy

15:40-16:00

-Sequencing And Genotyping Application In Agriculture

-Dr. Denis Lobidel, Illumina Ltd, United Kingdom

16:00-16:20

-Biocontrol Of Soil-Borne Pathogens.

-Prof. Dr. EL-Shahat M.  Ramadan, SEKEM Group, Egypt

16:20-16:40

-Bio-Control Pros & Cons

- Dr. Hamed El Naggar, Organic Biotechnology KZ Company, Egypt

16:40-17:00

General Discussion And Closing