报告题目:Borlaug and the Future of the Green Revolution
报告人: Ronald L. Phillips 教授
主持人:舒庆尧教授
时间:2014年3月10日(周一)16点
地点:浙大紫金港农学院A-113报告厅
演讲简介:
World population is increasing at the rate of one billion people every 14 years. Borlaug recognized the strain that such population numbers places on the food system. The Nobel Peace Prize bestowed on Borlaug in 1970 highlighted the relationship of food and peace. Borlaug spent a lifetime finding ways to encourage more food production via his wheat breeding program and establishing the World Food Prize and the Global Youth Institute. Poverty in the developing world led to numerous food riots as the price of rice increased. Fortunately, we are experiencing a revolution in genetics/genomics that should foster improved crop and livestock production. Traits such as submergence tolerance in rice will be important in flood prone areas, usually farmed by the poorest farmers. The use of biotech varieties continues to increase providing many benefits but also raising several issues.
报告人简介:
菲利普博士,1991年当选美国科学院院士,是明尼苏达大学董事会名誉教授,明尼苏达大学植物分子遗传研究所、微生物与植物基因研究所的创始人和前任负责人之一。曾任美国农业部首席科学家,美国作物科学协会理事长,美国科学协会理事长主席。
菲利普博士主要从事农学与植物遗传学研究,将植物遗传学和分子生物学技术相结合,采用创新性方法促进人们对谷类作物基础生物学的理解和改良。主持的研究课题是美国农业领域开展现代植物生物技术研究的最早项目之一。曾担任众多国际刊物的编委,已编写著作6本,发表论文150余篇,撰写论著75章节、摘要355篇。菲利普博士先后获得众多荣誉与奖项,主要包括:美国科学促进协会成员(AAAS Fellow),普渡大学荣誉博士学位,普渡大学农业领域杰出校友奖,Dekalb遗传学作物科学杰出成就奖,美国作物科学学会研究奖,美国作物科学总统奖,Siehl奖及博洛尼亚大学科学奖等。