The 2 nd International
Symposium on Underutilised Plant Species
Crops for the Future: Beyond Food Security
The Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 27 June - 1 July 2011
DRAFT PROGRAMME
Week in brief
Sunday 26 June 2011
All Day Available for private and side meetings 16.00-20.00 Registration
18.00-20.30 Welcome reception
Monday 27 June 2011 08.00-9.00 Registration
09.00-9.30 Symposium Opening 09.30-11.30 Plenary Addresses
12.45-14.15 Opening Ceremony - Symposium and Crops for the Future Research Centre 14.30-18.20 Plenary Addresses
18.30-22.00 Poster viewing/Side events
Tuesday 28 June 2011
08.30-17.00 Parallel sessions (Themes 1-4)
19.00-22.00 Symposium dinner and cultural show
Wednesday 29 June 2011
08.30-12.30 Parallel sessions (Themes 1-4) 14.00-17.30 Plenary (Theme 5)
18.00-22.00 Poster viewing/side events
Thursday 30 June 2011
08.30-13.00 Plenary (Theme 5)
14.00-15.45 Feedback sessions & recommendation 16.00 Closing Ceremony
Friday 1 July 2011
All Day Technical visits, side meetings and post-Symposium tours
Time Sunday 26 June
Monday 27 June
Tuesday 28 June
Wednesday 29 June
Thursday 30 June Friday 1 July 08.00
Pre-
symposium events
Registration
Technical visits, side meetings and post- Symposium tours
08.30 Parallel
Sessions (Themes 1-4)
Parallel Sessions (Themes 1-4)
Strategic sessions (Theme 5)
09.00 Symposium
Opening
09.30 Plenary
Addresses
10.00 COFFEE/TEA COFFEE/TEA
10.30 Parallel
Sessions (Themes 1-4)
Parallel Sessions (Themes 1-4)
COFFEE/TEA
11.00 Strategic sessions
(Theme 5)
11.30 LUNCH
12.00
12.30 OPENING by
PM
LUNCH &
posters
LUNCH &
posters
13.00 LUNCH BREAK
13.30
14.00 PHOTO Parallel
Sessions (Themes 1-4)
Strategic Session (Theme 5)
Feedback (Themes 1-5)
14.30 Plenary
Addresses
15.00 Recommendations
15.30 COFFEE/TEA COFFEE/TEA
16.00 Registration Opens
COFFEE/TEA Parallel Sessions (Themes 1-4)
Strategic Session (Theme 5)
Closing Ceremony
16.30 Plenary
Addresses
17.00 Poster
viewing
Side events / meetings (KLTC)
17.30 Poster
viewing and side events 18.00 Welcome
Reception
18.30 Poster
viewing and side events
19.00 Symposium
Dinner and Cultural Show 19.30
20.00
On programme, number in square brackets before speaker’s name is abstract number.
Monday 27 June 2011
Symposium Opening
Chair: Professor Ian Pashby Time Description
08.00-09.00 Registration and arrival of delegates
09.00-09.30 Welcome from the Chair Professor Ian Pashby
Welcome to participants on behalf of co-Conveners Dr Festo Massawe Welcoming Words: Chair of ISHS Commission on Plant
Genetic Resources
Dr Hannah Jaenicke
Keynote Addresses
Chair: Professor Sayed Azam-Ali
09.30-10.10 Research and development of underutilised plant species: crops for the future - beyond food security
[1] Dr Hannah Jaenicke 10.10-10.50 Conservation and utilisation of underutilised crops in
Malaysia
[2] Datuk Dr. Shukor Abd.
Rahman 10.50-11.30 Stakeholder coalitions for enhancing the
improvement of agricultural R & D in Africa: the case for underutilised crops
[3] Professor Monty Jones
11.30-12.30 LUNCH break
Official Opening Address/Launching of CFF Research Centre
12.45 Arrival of Prime Minister
12.45-14.15 Official Opening Address/Launching of CFF Research Centre
The Prime Minister
14.15 GROUP PHOTO
Keynote Addresses
Chair: Professor Jeremy Roberts
14.30-15.10 Research for the development of underutilised plant species: policies and funding constraints
[4] Professor M S Swaminathan 15.10-15.50 Agricultural biodiversity for nutrition and livelihoods -
the special place of ‘Orphan Crops’
[5] Dr Kwesi Atta-Krah 15.50-16.20 Coffee and tea break
16.20-17.00 Toward agricultural diversification: the role of collaborative action
[6] Dr Michael Hermann 17.00-17.40 Research and development of underutilised plant
species: the role of vegetables in assuring food and nutritional security
[7] Dr Jacqueline d’Arros Hughes
17.40-18.20 The contribution of underutilised plant species to food security: the challenge of sustainable crop production
[8] Professor Peter J.
Gregory
18.30 Poster viewing
Theme 1: Nutritional, processing and end-user values
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Session: 1
Chair: Dr Mahmood Muhamed
Time Title Presenter
08.30-09.10 Documentation, nutritional content, traditional knowledge and conservation of Marshall Islands breadfruit cultivars
[9] Mary Taylor
09.10-09.30 Developing a priority setting approach for
domestication of indigenous fruit and nut species in Makawanpur District, Nepal
[10] Nirmala Joshi
09.30-9.50 Studies on physico-chemical characters of local genotypes of some underutilised fruits grown in west Bengal
[11] Pallab Datta
09.50-10.10 Fruits of the future: Canarium odontophyllum and Mangifera pajang with high nutraceutical value
[12] K. Nagendra Prasad 10.10-10.50 Coffee/tea break
10.50-11.10 Nutritional composition of some lesser-known wild fruits used by indigenous tribal communities of Orissa State, India
[13] Ajay Mahapatra
11.10-11.30 Nutritional value and economic potential of underutilised Mangifera species in Bungai Area, Sarawak, Malaysia
[14] Pearlycia Brooke
11.30-11.50 Cactus pear: its role in food and life functions [15] R C Gupta 11.50-12.30 Exploring the new applications of gum arabic
obtained from Acacia species to preserve fresh fruits and vegetables
[16] Asgar Ali
12.30-14.00 LUNCH and Poster viewing
Session: 2
Chair: Dr Asgar Ali Warsi
Time Title Presenter
14.00-14.20 Survey of traditional leafy vegetables-based recipes in southern Benin and nutritional values of dishes in Kpomasse District
[17] Sossa Vihotogbe C
14.20-14.40 Pteridophytes as leafy vegetables in Bengal [18] Tapan Maity 14.40-15.00 Effect of postharvest treatment and packaging
system on quality attributes of Sarawak’s indigenous midin fern (Stenochlaena pulustris)
[19] D. Nicholas
15.00-15.20 Effect of soaking pre-treatments on nutritional composition and functional properties of bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) flour
[20] Abdul-Rasaq Adebowale
15.20-16.00 Coffee/tea break
16.00-16.20 Diversity in nutrient composition of underutilised root and tuber crops
[21] Temesgen Magule Olango
16.20-16.40 Survey of production, proximate composition and utilisation of some minor root and tuber crops in Nigeria
[22] Adeyemi Olojede
16.40-17.00 Harnessing the potential of underutilised root tubers in Benguet province, Luzon, Philippines as substitute for wheat flour to enhance food security
[23] Teodora Balangcod
19.00-22.00 Symposium Dinner and Cultural Show
Wednesday 29 June 2011 Session: 3
Chair: Dr Lim Yin Sze
Time Title Presenter
08.30-09.10 Nutritional value and potential of Malaysian underutilised fruits and traditional vegetables
[24] Mohd Shukri Mat Ali 09.10-09.30 Underutilised fruits in Bangladesh in areas of
nutritional food security, economy, women participation and poverty reduction
[25] Mohammad Rahim
09.30-09.50 Indigenous knowledge and chemical / microbiological properties of three traditional baobab fermented novel foods from Benin
[26] Flora Josiane Chadare
09.50-10.10 Using underutilised food crops to strengthen the nutritional status of HIV-impacted communities in Zimbabwe
[27] Tsitsi Nyamupingidza
10.10-10.50 Coffee/tea break
10.50-11.10 Palmyrah seed embryo (Borassus flabellifer L.): an underutilised species for food and nutraceutical supplement
[28] Thangaraj Parimalazhagan 11.10-11.30 Health promoting properties of selected Malaysian
underutilised fruits
[29] Azrina Azlan 11.30-11.50 Development of underutilised Celosia argentea-
based value added product and its impact on haemoglobin status of adolescent girls
[30] Alka Gupta
11.50-12.10 The role of indigenous foods in improving iron and vitamin A status of pre-school children in a rural semi-arid area (Kitui District – Kenya)
[31] Eunice N. Mutemi
12.10-12.30 Antimicrobial activity of essential oil extract of Ocimum basilicum L. leaves on a variety of pathogenic bacteria
[32] Amir Mohammad Daneshian Moghaddam 12.30-14.00 LUNCH and Poster viewing
Theme 2: Economic and marketing potential – building value chains
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Session: 1
Chair: Dr Mohd Norowi Hamid
Time Title Presenter
08.30-09.10 Underutilised plant species and value chains – the case for baobab and tamarind
[33] Patrick Van Damme 09.10-09.30 Supply chain analysis of value-adding products from
Maranta arundenacea: an underutilised crop in the Philippines
[34] Amparo Wagan
09.30-09.50 Bambara groundnut as panacea for food security:
profitability and production efficiency in Benue State, Nigeria.
[35] Dorothy Ani
09.50-10.10 Integrating indigenous vegetables into smallholder production systems for enhanced food security:
analysis of experiences from Musanze District, Northern Province, Rwanda
[36] Edward Mutandwa
10.10-10.50 Coffee/tea break 10.30-11.10
10.50-11.10 Integrating the indigenous kei apple (Dovyalis caffra) fruit tree into a local permaculture vegetable home eco-gardening system among resource-poor households in a semi-arid environment of South Africa
[37] Simeon Materechera
11.10-11.30 Nypa fruticans: a potential plant species as a source of economic growth for Malaysia
[38] Wan Zaki W M 11.30-11.50 Commercialisation of underutilised crops: pitanga - a
case study
[39] John L. Griffs Jr 11.50-12.10 Characterisation, sustainable use and value chains of
Annona cherimola Mill. in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
[40] Patrick van Damme
12.30-14.00 LUNCH and Poster viewing Session: 2
Chair: Dr Stephano Padulosi
Time Title Presenter
14.00-14.40 Some intervention strategies for promoting
underutilised species: case of local vegetables in Kitui District, Kenya
[41] Lucy W. Kariuki
14.40-15.00 The diversity of indigenous African leafy vegetables that are produced, consumed and sold in various households in Vihiga District, Western Kenya
[42] Sylvester Aura
15.00-15.20 Empowering community and rural institutions for on- farm/in situ conservation and sustainable use of cultivated and wild tropical fruit in Asia
[43] Bhuwon Sthapit
15.20-16.00 Coffee/tea break
16.00-16.20 Contributions, challenges and opportunities for underutilised crop species in Papua New Guinea: rural community perspectives
[44] Maia H. Wamala
16.20-16.40 Biodiversity and socioeconomic factors supporting farmers’ choice of wild edible trees in the
agroforestry systems in Benin (West Africa)
[45] Achille Ephrem
16.40-17.00 Edible plants of the world – database [46] Bruce French
19.00-22.00 Symposium Dinner and Cultural Show
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Session: 3
Chair: Professor Patrick Van Damme
Time Title Presenter
08.30-9.10 Famine food plants: genetic resources for crops for the future.
[47] Robert Freedman 09.10-9.30 Traditional knowledge on medicinal and aromatic
plants from the Orang Asli as a source for future crops
[48] Norini bt. Haron 09.30-9.50 Diversifying income opportunities with underused
crops
[49] Hannah Jaenicke 09.50-10.10 Prospecting of wild, neglected and underutilised fruit
species for increasing food security, nutrition and economic wealth of livelihoods
[50] Randeni Leel Randeni
10.10-10.50 Coffee/tea break
10.50-11.10 Underutilised wild grasses for sustainable development of Maharashtra State, India
[51] Chandrakant Salunkhe 11.10-11.30 Coix lacryma-jobi L.: an underutilised grass for food
security and economic empowerment
[52] Lirio Lorenza 11.30-11.50 Popularisation of grain amaranth as profitable and
potential nutritional crop in hill and plain regions
[53] Niranjana Murthy 11.50-12.10 The underutilised ginger flora of Malaysia and its
potential for the floriculture industry
[54] Yen-Yen Sam 12.10-12.30 An economic analysis of production and marketing
aspects of underutilised flower tagar
(Tabernaemontana coronaria) in West Bengal Province of India
[55] A K Pal
12.30-14.00 LUNCH and Poster viewing
Theme 3: Physiology, agronomy and agroecological potential
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Session: 1
Chair: Professor Felix Dakora
Time Title Presenter
08.30-9.10 Underutilised species as the backbone of
multifunctional agriculture – the next wave of crop domestication
[56] Roger Leakey
09.10-9.30 Allanblackia: a model for the domestication of high potential tree crops in Africa?
[57] Ramni Jamnadass (Katja Kehlenbeck) 09.30-9.50 Density and distribution of tamarind (Tamarindus
indica L.) in Senegal: assessing the potential of a Sahel tree to adapt to climate change
[58] Sali Bourou
09.50-10.10 Physiological adaptation of tamarind (Tamarindus indica) in relation to progressive drought stress
[59] Marème Niang Belko 10.10-10.50 Coffee/tea break
10.50-11.10 Functional responses of baobab seedlings to drought conditions: differences between western and south- eastern Africa
[60] Sebastiaan De Smedt
11.10-11.30 Cultivation of Jatropha curcas L. in Sofala, Central Mozambique
[61] Alexander van Gablenz
11.30-11.50 Yield response of selected taro (Colocasia esculenta L.
Schott) landraces to water stress
[62] Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
11.50-12.10 Evaluation of melons and indigenous Cucumis spp.
genotypes for drought tolerance
[63] Sudhakar Pandey 12.10-12.30 Adaptation and evaluation of quinoa, a valuable crop
in Iran
[64] Niaz Ali Sephahvand 12.30-14.00 LUNCH and Poster viewing
Session: 2
Chair: Professor Roberto Coronel
Time Title Presenter
14.00-14.40 Variety trials of indigenous vegetables in Indonesia and community-based seed conservation and multiplication in the Philippines
[65] Andreas Ebert
14.40-15.00 Loss of varieties in yam (Dioscorea spp.): case studies in northern Ghana
[66] Gordana Kranjac- Berisavljevic
15.00-15.20 Determining the effect of fertiliser on a South African medicinal plant Artemisia afra
[67] Ian du Plooy 15.20-16.00 Coffee/tea break
16.00-16.20 Effect of different levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrient elements on yield, yield
components and photosynthetic rate of Persian shallot (Allium altissimum)
[68] Mohammad Kafi
16.20-16.40 Studies on clonal characterization, floral biology, fruit yield components and fruit quality traits in teasle gourd (Momordica subangulata Blume. subsp.
renigera)
[69] Umesh Thapa
16.40-17.00 The diversity and cultivation system of Saccharum edule L. and its role as an edible plant in Papua, Indonesia
[70] Saraswati Prabawardani
19.00-22.00 Symposium Dinner and Cultural Show
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Session: 3
Chair: Dr Peter G Alderson
Time Title Presenter
08.30-09.10 Biological nitrogen fixation – the role of underutilised leguminous species
[71] Felix D Dakora 09.10-09.30 Effect of sowing date on the performance of bambara
groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) landraces in the transition and forest agro-ecologies of Ghana
[72] Joseph Berchie
09.30-09.50 Stability and adaptability of bambara groundnut landraces
[73] Endah Sri Redjeki 09.50-10.10 AquaCrop Model as a tool to disclose the water
productivity of bambara groundnut landraces for rainfed farming in Botswana
[74] Asha Karunaratne
10.10-10.50 Coffee/tea break
12.30-14.00 LUNCH and Poster viewing
Theme 4: Biotechnology, breeding and seed systems
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Session: 1
Chair: Professor Monty Jones
Time Title Presenter
08.30-09.10 Molecular characterisation of genetic diversity of underutilised crops: buckwheat as an example
[75] Zhang Zongwen 09.10-09.30 From advanced to underutilised crops: making fonio
benefit from research on major African cereals
[76] Adeline Barnaud 09.30-09.50 Development of random mating populations in finger
millet (Eleusine coracana L.) and their role in breeding programmes
[77] Vijay Kumar Yadav
09.50-10.10 IP in plant breeding and biotechnology: plant variety protection and patents in Africa
[78] Hamdino Ahmed 10.10-10.50 Coffee/tea break
10.50-11.10 Cross-species amplification of microsatellite markers in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) and their application in diversity study
[79] Prakit Somta
11.10-11.30 Developing genetic mapping and marker-assisted breeding techniques in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea L.)
[80] Nariman Ahmad
11.30-11.50 Molecular analysis of bambara groundnut, an underutilised African legume crop as part of the BAMLINK project – what lessons can we learn?
[81] Sean Mayes
11.50-12.10 Molecular characterization of South African taro (Colocasia esculenta) germplasm using simple sequence repeat microsatellite markers
[82] Willem Jansen van Rensburg
12.10-12.30 Diversity of Indian Garcinia - a medicinally important spice crop in India
[83] Utpala Parthasarathy 12.30-14.00 LUNCH and Poster viewing
Session: 2
Chair: Dr Sean Mayes
Time Title Presenter
14.00-14.40 Discovering potential valuable applications of
Sarawak’s biodiversity through traditional knowledge documentation
[84] Rita Manurung
14.40-15.00 Screening for improved drought tolerance in the mutant germplasm of African leafy vegetables: leafy amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)
[85] Retha Slabbert
15.00-15.20 Ethnobotany on usage of plant genetic resources: a lesson for future generations in Vietnam
[86] Nguyen Van Kien 15.20-16.00 Coffee/tea break
16.00-16.20 National Information Sharing Mechanism (NISM):
information support system for conservation and sustainable utilisation of PGRFA
[87] Rosliza Jajuli
19.00-22.00 Symposium Dinner and Cultural Show
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Session: 3
Chair: Dr Jenny Harikrishna
Time Title Presenter
08.30-09.10 Genomics opportunities and challenges with underutilised plant species
[88] Stephen Rudd 09.10-09.30 Genetic differentiation and phylogenetic analysis of
African and Asian Lagenaria siceraria (Cucurbitaceae):
definition of the subspecies egusi in West Africa
[89] Enoch Achigan-Dako
09.30-09.50 Potential of biotechnology and genomics application to indigenous and traditional leafy vegetables in West Africa
[90] George Nyarko
09.50-10.10 Domestication state of ackee (Blighia sapida K.D.
Koenig) in Benin based on AFLP and microsatellite markers
[91] Marius R.M. Ekué
10.10-10.50 Coffee/tea break
10.50-11.10 In vitro culture systems for underutilised plants [92] Kodi Isparan Kandasamy 11.10-11.30 In vitro culture of Aquilaria malaccensis for
conservation and exploitation
[93] Sara Jane Chiu 11.30-11.50 In vitro propagation of Sauropus androgynus (sweet
shoot): the potential of different regeneration pathways
[94] Wee Sin Ling
11.50-12.10 Plug and play plant cell cultures [95] Norzulaani Khalid 12.10-12.30
12.30-14.00 LUNCH and Poster viewing
Theme 5: Strategic approaches for research and development
Wednesday 29 June
Session: 1
Chair: Dr Leocadio Sebastian
14.00-14.30 Experiences and lessons learnt in the framework of a global UN effort in support of neglected and
underutilised species
[96] Stefano Padulosi
14.30-15.00 Implementing the strategy for conservation through use of underutilised crops in the Pacific
[97] Mary Taylor 15.00-15.30 Strategic approaches for research and promotion of
underutilised vegetable crops for food security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
[98] Ravza Mavlyanova
15.30-16.00 Coffee/tea break
16.00-16.30 Life history trait approach towards the conservation of rare tree species in tropical forests
[99] Lee Soon Leong 16.30-17.00 The transition from subsistence use to markets:
lessons from South America for improving development strategies of neglected crops
[100] Michael Hermann
17.00-17.30 Use of indigenous plant resources to sustain livelihoods in Africa: a contribution from PROTA.
[101] Enoch Achigan-Dako
Thursday 30 June
Session: 2
Chair: Dr Hannah Jaenicke
08.30-09.00 The continuum approach to the management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture as strategy for enhanced crop productivity
[102] Mba Chikelu
09.00-09.30 On-farm biodiversity conservation: the RC fruit conservation farm
[103] Roberto Coronel 09.30-10.00 Designing strategies and systems to identify, preserve
and promote underutilised indigenous crop species
[104] Ricky Bates 10.00-10.30 A strategic approach to enhance food security
through the exploitation of novel germplasm in underutilised crops
[105] Carol Wagstaff
10.30-11.00 Coffee/tea break
11.00-11.30 Beyond commodity crops: strengthening young scientists’ capacity for research on underutilised species in Sub-Saharan Africa
[106] Per Rubdeber
11.30-12.00 Whole genome profiling with diversity arrays technology (DArT) and its integration with data storage and processing technologies
[107] Andrzej Kilian
12.00-12.30 Brokering knowledge on underutilised species: CFF’s web platform
[108] Paul Bordoni 12.30-13.00 Translational research – from model species to crops
for the future
[109] Jeremy Roberts 13.00-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-14.15 Feedback – Theme 1 Mohd Shukri Mat Ali
14.15-14.30 Feedback – Theme 2 Hannah Jaenicke
14.30-14.45 Feedback – Theme 3 Joseph Berchie
14.45-15.00 Feedback – Theme 4 Sean Mayes
15.00-15.15 Feedback – Theme 5 Kwesi Ata-Krah
15.15-15.45 Recommendations and future events Sayed Azam-Ali and Michael Hermann
16.00 Closing Ceremony
