Conference Session Topics

Researchers and expert scientists from research institutes, academia and industry are invited to present their recent findings and visions about the research, development, processing of wheat landraces within these 6 subject areas. More information on paper submission here.

Wheat

• The History and Nature of Wheat: Landraces to Modern Wheat
• The Problems of Modern Wheat concerning Health & Nutrition etc.
• Solutions to the Problems of Modern Wheat
• Using New Ideas or Goals in Breeding and Selection Programs to Solve Problems of Production, Processing, Health and Nutrition
• Address Challenges of Climate Change
• Breeding and/or Selecting Seed Based on Low Input Sustainable Organic Systems
• Genetic Structure of Indicators of the Content and Quality of Protein and Other Nutritional Factors in Grain
• Defining Terms: Ancient Wheat, Heritage Wheat, Modern Wheat, Landraces, Populations, etc.

Production

• The History and Nature of Wheat Production: Wild Wheat to Industrialized Agriculture
• The Problems of Modern Production including Agronomic, Health and Environmental Considerations
• Solutions to the Problems of Modern Wheat Production Using Regenerative Organic Agriculture to solve the Problems of Industrialized agriculture and address challenges of climate change: Opportunities and Challenges
• Protein and other nutritional resources in the wheat gene pool
• Structure of wheat protein yield and perspectives of its improvement

Processing

• The History and Nature of Wheat Processing
• The Problems of Modern Wheat Processing on Health and Nutrition
• Solutions to the Problems of Modern Wheat Processing
• Using Traditional Processing Methods to solve the Problems Including Flavor and Aroma Considerations

Nutritional and Medical Considerations

• The Historic Role of Wheat in Human Health & Nutrition
• The Health and Nutritional Challenges of Modern Wheat for Growth, Development, Maintenance, Chronic Disease and Sports Medicine
• Solutions to these Problems Possible with changes in Modern Systems of Plant Breeding and Selection, Production and Processing
• Using Wheat Landraces to Solve Health & Nutritional Problems
• Secondary metabolites from different wheat landraces as active nutrients
• General characteristic of different landraces with regard to the protein content in grain and of essential amino acids in it

Economic and Market Perspective

• Economic Problems with Modern Seed Breeding and Selection
• Economic Problems with Modern Industrialized Wheat Production
• Economic Problems with Modern Wheat Processing
• Solutions to the above Problems
• The Role of Marketing in introducing potential solutions to the public

Other Grains

• Similar Topics with a focus on other cereal crops