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ISTA SEED SYMPOSIUM 2010
Cologne, Germany, 16-18 June 2010 |
CALL FOR PAPERS
This is the first invitation to people interested in presenting a paper during the Seed Symposium of the 29th ISTA Congress under the theme 'Application and improvement of established and advanced technologies in seed testing'.
The 29th ISTA Seed Symposium will be made up of five oral sessions, detailed below, and two poster sessions, each of 2 hours, covering the same topics. Each oral session will be chaired by a lead speaker who is well known in the field of seed science and technology.
Intending participants are encouraged to present oral and poster papers dealing with a range of topics under the above theme. The research reported in offered papers can cover both the scientific basis of aspects of seed quality and its technological application in seed testing. In all sessions, we welcome papers based on both established seed testing methods and those using new or advanced technologies such as automated and computer-based methods and non-destructive techniques. Papers may be on crop species, flowers, trees and shrubs and new and potential cultivated species. We encourage papers on both tropical and temperate species.
Offers of papers should be submitted online only (click here for paper submission form) in the form of an abstract in English of 1600 characters (maximum). Papers will be presented orally and in poster form in English, both forms having equal status. As the number of oral presentations will be limited by time constraints, oral presentation of your paper may not be possible and you may be asked to present your paper as a poster. The selection of papers for oral presentation will be by the Scientific Programme Advisory Committee. |
SESSIONS
Session 1 - Technologies for improved seed supply
Chair and lead speaker: PK Agrawal (International Seed Consultant), India
Aspects of seed production related to seed quality during conventional and organic production; genetic conservation for breeding and diversity; participatory plant breeding; seed supply and development of seed testing in developing countries; seed health issues during production; physical and chemical seed treatments; seed moisture testing.
Session 2 - Aspects of purity: genetic, technical and physical
Chair and lead speaker: E Noli (University of Bologna), Italy
Varietal identification; seed lot heterogeneity and sampling; automated and computer-based methods for seed identification and assessment; seed processing; GM testing, the co-existence of GM and conventional seed production; contamination with fungal fruiting bodies, weeds and parasitic plants.
Session 3 - Basic approaches to physiological processes in seeds. (ISSS collaborative session)
Chair and lead speaker: G Leubner (University of Freiburg), Germany
Seed development and maturation; desiccation tolerance and its acquisition; water activity in seeds; regulation, induction and breaking of dormancy; genomics; genetic regulation and initiation of germination; stress tolerance; physiology of priming.
Session 4 - Approaches to the evaluation and improvement of germination
Chair and lead speaker: J Léchappé (GEVES), France
Germination testing methods; dormancy in seed testing; viability testing; influence of storage and storage conditions on germination; seed collection and handling effects on germination and longevity; effects of insect pests and seed-borne pathogens.
Session 5 - Assessment and improvement of seed performance in practice
Chair and lead speaker: S Matthews (University of Aberdeen), United Kingdom
Causes of vigour differences (production, processing, physiological); vigour testing; impact of seed vigour on crop and transplant establishment; priming and other invigoration treatments; vision systems for seedling selection
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TIMETABLE FOR SUBMISSION AND ACCEPTANCE OF PAPERS
- October 2008 First call for papers.
- 15 July 2009 Deadline for submission of papers. Papers reviewed by the Scientific Programme Advisory Committee.
- 17 September 2009 Authors of papers considered for oral presentation contacted for further information on experimental results, additional to the abstract.
- 1 November 2009 Authors informed whether papers have been accepted for oral or poster presentation.
- 1 March 2010 Deadline for payment of registration fee for authors of accepted oral papers. If the presenter of an oral paper has not registered, the paper will be replaced in the programme.
Deadline for acceptance of an invitation to present an offered oral paper as a poster.
- 2 April 2010 Deadline for payment of registration fee for authors of accepted poster papers. If none of the poster authors has registered by this time, it will not be possible to present the poster and the abstract will not be published.
Funding: Authors of proposed papers are encouraged to explore possible sources of funding for their attendance at the symposium as early as possible. ISTA cannot offer any financial support to authors of papers. However, a letter of acceptance of a paper for presentation (subject to funding) can be provided to assist in funding applications after 1 November 2009. |
29th ISTA SEED SYMPOSIUM
Scientific Programme Advisory Committee Members
Alison A Powell (GB) Seed Symposium Convenor
Theresa Aveling (SA)
Valerie Cockerell (GB)
Michael Kruse (DE)
Joel Léchappé (FR)
Julio Marcos Filho (BR)
Augusto Martinelli (AR)
Lea Mazor (IL)
Enrico Noli (IT)
Anne Bülow-Olsen (DK)
Robin Probert (GB)
Zdenka Prochazkova (CZ)
Brent Turnipseed (US)
Joost Van der Burg (NL) |
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