General information about the Symposium in PDF.

The X International Symposium on Plant Biotechnology, organized by the Instituto de Biotecnología de las Plantas (IBP), will be held from 17 to 19 April, 2012. This scientific event, as continuity of the previous ones, aims to contribute to the development and application of the advances in the field of Plant Biotechnology and enable the exchange of experiences among the participating specialists. It will be hosted by the Ministry of Higher Education of Cuba (MES), Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) and the Ministry of Agriculture of Cuba (MINAGRI).

The X International Symposium of Plant Biotechnology will be held on the same date that the Fifth Edition of International Conference on Agricultural Development and Sustainability Agrocentro 2012 organized by the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas. Both events share common objectives with scientific activities that will be of interest to the participants to them. In the frame of both scientific meeting will be held the 20th International Symposium of the International Scientific Centre of Fertilizers (CIEC 2012).

These events will take place at the Hotel Barcelo Cayo Santa Maria Beach & Colonial Resort*****, located in the Jardines del Rey archipelago in the north of Cuba, in an area declared as Biosphere Reserve. It is 10 km (5 min) away  from Las Brujas local airport, 50 km from the center of Caibarién city, and 116 km from the international airport Abel Santa Maria of Santa Clara (middle of Cuba) (90 min).

Topics

	Plant cell, tissue and organ culture
	In vitro propagation
	Plant breeding
	Secondary metabolism
	Plant-microbe interactions
	Functional genomics and proteomics
	Bioinformatics
	Biofortification and metabolic engineering
	Abiotic stress and plant nutrition
	Biotechnology and biofuels
	Biotechnology, climate change and food security
	Biodiversity and conservation of phytogenetic resources
	Biotechnology and public perception
	Professional formation in biotechnology
	Scientific communication in biotechnology