Reminder: Rapid Cycle Crop Breeding (RCCB) conference to be held Jan 7-10, near Washington, D.C. Please note that the abstract and early registration deadlines have been extended to December 1^st after which walk-in registration rates will apply.

On behalf of our organizing committee, we would like to invite all of you to the 1^st international conference on Rapid Cycle Crop Breeding (RCCB) which will be held January 7 through the 10^th, 2014 (the week prior to Plant and Animal Genome) just outside of Washington DC (Landsdowne, VA). There will be four aspects covered; practical breeding systems, science of shortened juvenility, regulatory aspects concerning novel transgenic crops, and a workshop on how to talk about biotechnology to the public. Invited speakers include: Bert Abbott, Sue Gardner, Pace Lubinsky, Magda-Viola Hanke, Leandro Pena, Steve Strauss and Ralph Scorza. Further information is on our website including how to register: http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/19310505/RCCB%20Conference.docx

Submitted abstracts to rapidcyclecropbreeding@yahoo.com will be considered for presentations.

Attached is an information sheet with all the details on registration, location and agenda.

If further information is needed, please feel free to contact Ralph Scorza, ralph.scorza@ars.usda.gov.

Also attached is a flyer for the conference.

Chris Dardick

Plant Molecular Biologist/Pathologist

USDA ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station

2217 Wiltshire Road

Kearneysville, WV 25430

Office: 304-725-3451 ext. 387

Cell: 304-991-9528

Chris.dardick@ars.usda.gov