Nordic Cereal Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark

The 30th Nordic Cereal Congress (NCC) will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 15 to 17 June.

NCC will present the most recent developments in cereal genomics and marker-assisted selection, breeding, agronomy, tolerance to abiotic and biotic stress, nutritional, baking and malting quality, as well as socio-economic aspects.

Keynote speeches will include:
- 'Healthgrain: exploring cereal grains for food';
- 'Cereal production in a changing climate';
- 'Cereal science as a key discipline in supporting food production and fundamental research';
- 'Bread wheat in Germany';
- 'Quality control of cereal grains by NIR (near infrared) spectroscopy';
- 'Cereal cell wall polysaccharides in food, feed and fibre';
- 'Factors influencing bioavailability of iron and zinc in cereals'.For further information, please visit:
http://www.agri.life.ku.dk/faggr/plantandsoil/DCF.aspx(opens in new window)