Issue No 11, January 1999.

NOTICE: Hard copies of the Australian New Crops Newsletter are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher. Details of availability are included in the Advice on Publications Available.

27. New Crop Conferences, Workshops and Seminars

[Our policy with presenting information about conferences has been to present enough detail so readers may contact the organisers if they wish to attend, acquire proceedings or follow up the particular subject]

Fourth International Symposium On Kiwifruit
Santiago, Chile
January 11-14, 1999

Organized by Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA-Chile) and Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales, Universidad de Chile under the auspices of The Fruit Section of the International Society for Horticultural Science

For further information contact:

Dr. Julio Retamales (Convener)
INIA- La Platina Casilla 439/3
Santiago, Chile
Facsimile: 56 2 541 7667
Email: kiwi99@platina.inia.cl

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.inia.cl/platina/kiwi99/

The British Columbia Herb Growers Association/ Associated Ginseng Growers of British Columbia
February 18-20, 1999
Kelowna, BC, Canada

The following speakers are confirmed:

The Associated Ginseng Growers of BC has been holding a conference and tradeshow at the end of February for ten years. The annual Prairie Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Conference has been rotating between the three Prairie provinces. Attendees have mostly been primary producers from Western Canada but include manufacturers and distributors from throughout North America.

For more information, contact:

Andrea Gunner, PAg R#4
C17 Knob Hill Road, Armstrong
British Columbia V0E 1B0 Canada
Telephone: 1 250 546 2712
Facsimile: 1 250 546 2713
Email: agunner@junction.net

48th Oilseed Conference
The Doubletree Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
February 29 - March 2, 1999

Sponsored by the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS), the National Cottonseed Products Association (NCPA), and the Southern Regional Research Center of the USDA/ARS.

The program will consist of sessions on processing in the global market; the United States Department of Agriculture; and general issues, including an EPA report on MACT regulations.

A tabletop exhibit by suppliers of products and services to the oilseed processing industry will be held in conjunction with the conference.

For more information contact:

48th Oilseed Conference
PO Box 3489
Champaign, Illinois, 61826-3489 USA Telephone: 1 217 359 2344
Facsimile: 1 217 351 8091
Email: meetings@aocs.org.

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.aocs.org/48oils.htm

Plant Breeding In The Turn Of The Millennium
Universidade Federal de Viçosa Viçosa MG, Brazil
March 2-3, 1999

Plant breeding is powered by several specific objectives, even though its general goal is the enhancement of the genetic potential of crop species. The turn of the millennium raises high expectations in all fields of knowledge. Speculations, forecasts of the next conquests of science and discussions of its direction tend to become more evident on these occasions.

The objectives of the workshop are to discuss and review current and emerging topics, methodologies that will influence the way plant breeding will be done in the next years. The program was designed to allow discussions on philosophical tendencies, classical and biotechnological aspects of plant improvement, according to the perspective of the most proeminent international authorities in each subject.

Topics to be addressed will include Green Revolution: History and Perspectives (Norman Borlaug); Optimization of Breeding Plans by Computer (Hartwig Geiger, Universität Hohenheim, Germany); New Strategies in Plant Breeding: The EST Technology (Antoni Rafalski, Dupont, US); Transgenic Plants: where are we going? (Brian Larkins, University of Arizona); The Plant Breeding Philosophy at Cargill (Walter Trevisan); Molecular Markers: where are we going? (Dário Grattapaglia, EMBRAPA, Brazil); Forestry Breeding: Perspectives of Cloning (Edgard Campinhos, Consultant); The Plant Breeding Philosophy at Agroceres; Genetic Diversity: De Novo Variation and Elevated Epistasis (Ronald Phillips, University of Minnesota); Genetic Potential of the Wild Species (Steve Tanksley, Cornell University); Breeding for Disease Resistance: New Perspectives (JE Parlevliet, Wageningen Agricultural University); Plant Breeding Contributions in Brazil : History and Perspectives (Ernesto Paterniani, ESALQ, Brazil); Measures of Representativeness in Breeding and Germplasm Conservation (Roland Vencovsky, ESALQ, Brazil); The Plant Breeding Philosophy at Pioneer; The Profile of a Plant Breeder for the Third Millennium (Donald Duvick, Iowa State University); The Plant Breeding Philosophy at Monsanto (Geraldo Berger); Perspectives of Plant Breeding for the Next Millennium (James Kelly, Michigan State University).

For further information contact:

Biowork Office
Departamento de Fitotecnia
Universidade Federal de Viçosa
36571-000 Viçosa MG, Brazil
Telephone: 55 31 899 1115
Facsimile: 55 31 899 2614
Email: biowork@mail.ufv.br

Or refer to the Web site:
http://www.ufv.br/dft/biowork/english.htm

First International Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics
Wageningen International Congress Centre (WICC-IAC) Wageningen, the Netherlands
March 4-6, 1999

European agriculture and its food industry have many faces. But they have in common a need to meet the challenges of sustainable growth, social integration and coping with rapid changes in global markets.

These markets which will be fully demand-driven, strongly consumer- oriented and with the tendencies of openness and loss of trade barriers.

In most highly industrialised European countries, the relationship between society and agriculture is changing radically. This is because in most of the member states of the EU the societal need for food security, for sufficient foreign currency and for the maintenance of the economic basis in rural regions has been met.

As a consequence, these needs no longer justify the traditional trade barriers or the vigorous promotion of agricultural technology by governments.

Specialisation and increased production no longer seem necessary. Agriculture has even become a major source of risk in our risk-society.

Other competing societal values, needs and interests are emerging in the political arenas of many states and in the EU. Agriculture and the food industry are thus engaged in a quest to redefine and normalize their relationship with society.

In every European country the agricultural and food industries are being challenged to overcome significant problems which have a distinctly ethical character; problems which are closely related to public and consumer concerns.

The agenda of the European states, the EU, the WTO, FAO, and OECD will in future doubtless contain themes such as the persistence of hunger in the world and our moral obligation to press for changes to hasten its elimination; the environmental damage caused by agricultural practices and our obligation to preserve biodiversity in local and global contexts; questions concerning the acceptability of the major impact of new (bio)technologies on food, animals, the environ-ment and society at large; questions of consumer trust and industrial trustworthiness in the areas of food safety and food ethics; the importance of respecting animal welfare and animal health in intensive husbandry systems; questions concerning human health.

For further information, on the scientific programme, contact:

Centre for Bio-ethics and Health Law
Utrecht University
Frans W.A. Brom
Heidelberglaan 2 NL-3584 CS Utrecht The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 30 253 4399
Facsimile: 31 30 253 9410
Email: fbrom@theo.uu.nl

For further information on the conference contact:
Congress Office
Wageningen Agricultural University
Will Bodde Costerweg 50 NL-6701 BH Wageningen The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 317 484 008
Facsimile: 31 317 485 309
Email: Will.Bodde@Alg.VL.WAU.NL

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.theo.uu.nl/eur-safe/home.htm

Bonn, Germany
March 23-25, 1999

The symposium will address several aspects of industrial crops and products research and development, including agronomy, breeding, policy and economics, industrial processing and utilisation, and environmental impact.

It will focus on existing and new potential industrial crops such as oil and fibre crops and crops for production of carbohydrates or proteins.

Crops producing other special compounds for industrial application will also be discussed.

Industrial crops to be included: Oil crops such as: rapeseed, sunflower, linseed, castor bean, soy bean, crambe and other minor oil crops. Carbohydrate crops such as: potato, wheat, maize, beet, Jerusalem artichoke, chicory and quinoa. Fibre crops such as: flax, kenaf, hemp, sorghum and miscanthus. Protein crops such as: peas, beans, wheat. Other crops for special industrial markets.

Also the non-food utilisation of co-products from the above crops is included in the symposium.

Papers are invited in the field of oils, carbohydrates, fibres and proteins for industrial markets on the following aspects:

• Policy, economics and markets, including production chains (management)
• Primary production (cultivation, breeding)
• Processing of crops to industrial raw materials
• Non-food products based on renewable resources such as: biopolymers, coatings and inks, surfactants, lubricants, adhesives, pigments, reinforcement fibres, biofuels etc
• Renewable resources-based products with biological activities, such as pharmaceutics, biocides, pheromones, fragrances etc
• Microbial conversion of renewable resources to added-value non-food products
• Structure-function relationships in non-food use of agromaterials

For further information contact:

Sarah Wilkinson
Fourth European Symposium on Industrial Crops and Products
Elsevier Science Ltd
The Boulevard, Langford Lane
Kidlington Oxford OX5 1GB, UK
Telephone: 44 1865 843 691
Facsimile: 44 1865 843 958
Email: sm.wilkinson@elsevier.co.uk

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.elsevier.nl:80/homepage/sag/icp99/first.htm

Food Ingredients Asia 1999
International Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
March 30-April 1, 1999

FI Asia 99 will showcase the changes, innovations, food industry trends and demands deemed to carry the food industry into the next millennium.

A conference will run concurrently with this event.

In co-operation with leading international food trade associations, this conference will operate as an international forum where delegates have the opportunity to keep up-to-date with the most recent trends and developments in food ingredient technology and the food industry.

For further information contact:

Mrs L Toh
Miller Freeman Pty Ltd
100 Beach Road
# 26-00 Shaw Towers
Singapore 189702
Telephone: 65 294 3366
Facsimile: 65 299 9782
Email: lynn_toh@mfasia.com.sg

Or Marjo Eussen or Naomi Klein Miller
Freeman BV
PO Box 200, 3600 AE Maarssen
The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 346 559 444
Facsimile: 31 346 573 811
Email: exponl@ibm.net

Or refer to the Web site:
http://www.mfbv.com/food/_fi_asia/intro.html

Oregon State University Campus
April 9-11, 1999

The purpose of this symposium is to discuss the historical and cultural aspects of food populations, their considerations and implications for food consumption of ethnic groups internal and external to the U.S. and information and knowledge which will assist the import and export of foods by the Food Industry.

Topics will include:

• food history
• food cultural practices
• food functional properties
• food product development
• import and export practices and requirements and
• the impact of production, culture, market place and development.

For further information contact:

ZoeAnn Holmes
Food And Culture Symposium
Nutrition And Food Management
College Of Home Economics And Education
Oregon State University
Corvallis Oregon 97331-5103 USA
Telephone: 1 541 737 3561
Facsimile: 1 541 737 6914
Email: food@ucs.orst.edu

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://osu.orst.edu/food-resource/kelsey/

Spring 1999 Conference of the Society for the Social History of Medicine
Aberdeen April 9-11, 1999

With food issues such as BSE, E. coli, diet and degenerative disease, and the role and duties of governments in connection with such issues constantly under discussion in the media, the topics explored during this conference are of considerable contemporary, as well as historical interest.

It is hoped that the conference will attract not only historians and social scientists who are interested in food, science, medicine and policy, but also scientists, doctors and other health professionals who are concerned with such issues.

For more information contact:

Dr David F Smith
University of Aberdeen
Department of History
Meston Walk, Old Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB24 3FX UK
Telephone: 1224 273 676
Facsimile: 1224 272 203
Email: d.f.smith@abdn.ac.uk

Or refer to the Web Sites:
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~his049/dddsshm.htm
http://www.oup.co.uk/sochis/subinfo/#F1
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~ahzwww/homesshm.htm

University of Keele, Staffordshire, UK.
April 11-14, 1999

Populations of plants are genetically variable.

Movement of pollen, seeds and other propagules can cause changes in gene frequencies within and between plant populations and may even result in the transfer of genetic material from one species to another.

Potential gene flow is a critical issue in relation to the development of transgenic crops, where the escape of the transgene eg herbicide tolerance or insect resistance, could have environmental consequences.

This Symposium will bring together the two areas of gene flow and the development of genetically modified crops.

Considerable research effort in Europe and North America is being devoted to studying the risks associated with the culture of transgenic crops, much of it related to the assessment of gene flow.

Although few transgenic crops are likely to have been grown in Europe by the year 2000, farmers in North America will have had several years' experience of growing a range of crops genetically modified for attributes such as insect resistance and herbicide tolerance.

This event provides a timely opportunity for researchers, and those involved in the practical production of crops, to discuss the importance of gene flow and the likely consequences to farming and the environment of the widespread adoption of transgenic crops.

For further information contact:

Programme Committee Chairman
Dr Peter Lutman
IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden
Herts, AL5 2JQ, UK
Telephone: 44 1582 763 133
Facsimile: 44 1582 760 981
Email: Peter.Lutman@bbsrc.ac.uk

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.BCPC.org/otherevents/geneflow.htm

5th Australian Wildflower Conference
Carlton Crest Hotel, Melbourne
April 15-17,1999

The 5th Australian Wildflower Conference will draw together growers, exporters, wholesalers, florists, researchers, extension officers, educators, and students working on Australian and South African native cut flowers.

The Conference will be held during the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, which is from 14 - 18 April 1999.

The Australian Wildflower Industry is still considered to be a relatively new industry, although it has all the advantages of being associated with the large traditional cut flower industry. Australia has an extensive flora to draw upon for use as wildflowers. However, to stay ahead of competitors the industry must improve its existing lines, provide new products, use new technologies, and position itself for the future. This Conference will be a forum for discussing new and innovative products and technologies, and how these new flowers and products can be used with traditional flowers. It will also illustrate some of the new flowers being developed.

For further information contact:

PR Conference Consultants Pty Ltd
PO Box 2954, Fitzroy Delivery Centre
3065 Victoria Australia
Telephone: 03 9419 6199
Facsimile: 03 9419 6400
Email: prcc@labyrinth.net.au

Or refer to the Web site:
http://www.nre.vic.gov.au/agvic/ihd/resource/wflow-1.htm

4th European Symposium on Plant Isoprenoids
Palau de les Heures
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
April 21-23, 1999

This symposium aims to bring together scientists from the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology of isoprenoids from plants and microorganisms.

The scientific sessions will cover the most recent advances concerning the regulation and organization of isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants, algae, fungi and bacteria.

For further information contact:

4th European Symposium on Plant Isoprenoids
Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular
Universitat de Barcelona
Martí i Franquès
1 08028-Barcelona, Spain
Telephone: 34 93 402 1194
Facsimile: 34 93 402 1219
Email: isoprenoid@sun.bq.ub.es

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.bq.ub.es/terpnet/

USAIN 1999 Conference
Ramada Inn, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
April 22-24, 1999

Keynote Speaker for this conference will be Wes Jackson, Director of the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas.

Wes Jackson has published numerous books on sustainable agriculture, including:

• 'Rooted in the land: Essays on community and place' (1996)
• 'Becoming native to this place' 2nd edition (1996)
• 'Man and the environment' (various editions) and
• 'New roots for agriculture'.

For further information contact:

Luti Salisbury
223b Mullins Library
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville AR 72701 USA
Telephone: 1 501 575 8418
Facsimile: 1 501 575 4592

Or Barbara Hutchinson
President-Elect USAIN
University of Arizona
1955 E. Sixth Street
Tucson, Arizona 85719 USA
Telephone: 1 520 621 8578
Facsimile: 1 520 621 3816
Email: barbarah@ag.arizona.edu

Or refer to the Web site:
http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/usain/calendar.html

27th Nordic Cerealist Conference
LO-Skolen Hellebækvej 70 DK-3000 Helsingør Denmark
May 9-12, 1999

The scope of the conference is to establish a meeting place for people working in the cereal trade, in processing, in research and in breeding to promote exchange of ideas and results.

Topics will include breeding (hybrids, resistance, biotech methods, ecological varieties); crop husbandry (GPS, organic farming, integrated production); growing for quality; trade; storage (fungi, insects, toxins); use of cereals (non food, bread, beer, feeding); analysis (NIT) and human nutrition.

For further information contact:

Jon Birger Pedersen
Landbrugets Rådgivningscenter
Udkærsvej 15, Skejby
DK-8200 Århus N Denmark
Telephone: 45 87 40 5424
Facsimile: 45 87 40 5090
Email: jbp@lr.dk

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.risoe.dk/conferences/cereals.htm

Marriott's Orlando World Center
Orlando, Florida USA
May 9-12, 1999

This meeting and expo provides an international forum for professional in fats, oils, proteins, health and nutrition, surfactants and detergents, and related fields.

For information about the program contact:

Deland J. Myers
Technical Program Chairperson
c/- American Oil Chemists' Society
PO Box 3489
Champaign, Illinois 61826-3489 USA
Telephone: 1 217 359 2344
Facsimile: 1 217 351 8091
Email: meetings@aocs.org

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.aocs.org/am99.htm

Hotel Roanoke and Convention Center
Roanoke, Virginia, USA
May 16-20, 1999

This joint meeting provides a forum for the exchange of information on all aspects of stand establishment including vegetable, agronomic, ornamental, turf, and landscape crops.

This Symposium features both invited and volunteered oral and poster presentations.

A transplant workshop covering root influences on shoot growth precedes the Symposium on May 15 at the same location.

For further information contact:

Greg Welbaum
Telephone: 1 540 231 5801
Facsimile: 1 540 231 3083
Email: welbaum@vt.edu
Web Site: http://www.hort.vt.edu/faculty/welbaum/

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.conted.vt.edu/stand/establishment.htm

Joint 1999 Annual Meetings Of The Association For The Study Of Food And Society (Asfs) & The Agriculture, Food, And Human Values Society (Afhvs)
Ryerson Polytechnic University
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON Canada
June 3-6, 1999

This conference will discuss contemporary issues related to food, culture, and agriculture. Topics may include the following: biodiversity; biotechnology; educational approaches to food, nutrition, agriculture, and social change; food and agricultural social movements; food and health; food security and hunger; food safety; globalization; historical, philosophical, sociological, and cultural perspectives on food and agriculture; local/regional food systems and rural/urban food connections; public policy in agriculture and social welfare; and sustainable food systems.

For more information contact:

Jo Marie Powers
Hotel and Food Administration
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Canada
Telephone: 519 822 3086
Facsimile: 519 822 6534
Email: jpowers@uoguelph.ca

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.ryerson.ca/~foodsec/index.html

The Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society (AFHVS) is dedicated to the study of value issues associated with production, distribution, and consumption of food, fiber, and natural resources.

It promotes open discussion of such questions as sustainability of modern food production practices, alternative visions of food systems, the benefits and risks of biological technologies and food security in developed and developing countries.

For more information on AFHVS, contact:

Richard Haynes
Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society
PO Box 14938, Gainesville
Florida 32604 USA
Email: aghuval@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/rhaynes/afhvs

The Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) is a multidisciplinary international organization dedicated to studying the complex relationships between food and society.

Its members explore the development of theory and methods and seek to increase interest in the social and technical aspects of food and nutrition.

For more information about ASFS, contact:

Dr. Jacqueline M. Newman
Queens College, CUNY
Department of Family Nutrition and Exercise Science
6530 Kissena Boulevard
Queens, New York 11367 USA
Telephone: 1 718 997 4150
Facsimile: 1 718 997 4163
Email: newman@qcvaxa.acc.qc.edu

Adam's Mark Hotel
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
June 6-9, 1999

The competition for land, especially productive working lands is increasing as population grows and technology improves.

The land that produces food and fiber and provides scenic open space, wildlife habitat and clean air and water is losing this competition.

These lands are increasingly at risk from sprawl-type development.

To assure a prosperous future and maintain a high quality of life, we must balance land resources among various uses and save our working lands-farmland, ranchland and forestland.

The conference will address the following issues:

• What contributes to sprawl?
• Can we have growth and development without destroying working lands?
• Why save working lands?
• What is destroying working lands?
• What can we do to protect working lands?
• What is sustainable, responsible development?

For further information contact:

Karl Otte
Telephone: 1 703 440 8611
Email: kotte@gateway.net

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.farmland.org/kag.html

School of Natural and Complementary Medicine
Southern Cross University
Lismore, New South Wales
June 16-18, 1999

This international symposium will focus on the science, regulation, production and clinical application of medicinal plants.

The symposium will encourage discourse about the current role of herbal medicine throughout the world and its dynamic potential for the new millennium.

Sessions are entitled Creating the Vision, Recognising the Challenges, Science: at the Cutting Edge, Creating the People, Reaping the Benefits, Respecting the Tradition, Creating Safer Choices, Towards Balanced Regulation, Herbal Medicine - the Next Step.

Invited speakers from Australia and overseas include: (The program is at http://www.scu.edu.au/herbconf/speakers.htm)

Pre-conference workshops in herbal medicine education will be conducted from Monday 14 to Tuesday 15 June.

The conference will also celebrate the launch of Australia's first herbal medicine region, Cellulose Valley.

This exciting project will create a quality-assured centre for research, manufacturing and production of herbal medicines and related products.

One of the major components of the project is the planned development of a technology park on 72 ha of Southern Cross University-owned land, adjacent to the campus in Lismore.

The Cellulose Valley Technology Park will cater for research and commercial development of natural plant products, particularly for therapeutic applications and support a range of compatible ancillary business activities.

For further information, contact:

Judi Body
Graduate Research College
Southern Cross University
Telephone: 02 6620 3172
Facsimile: 02 6622 3180
Email: jbody@scu.edu.au

Or Karen Hanna
Norsearch Conference Services
Telephone: 02 6620 3932
Facsimile: 02 6620 1957
Email: cvconf@scu.edu.au

Or Monique Lewis
Graduate Research College
Southern Cross University
Telephone: 02 6620 3172
Facsimile: 02 6620 3180
Email: mlewis@scu.edu.au

Or consult the web site:
http://www.scu.edu.au/herbconf

KLINK Hotel and Conference Centre
MÜRITZ-Lake, Germany
June 20-24, 1999

This conference will focus on important aspects of lupin research and practical lupin production, including field trips and lessons of on-farm production and utilisation of lupins.

The program will cover agronomy, plant protection (including Anthracnose), utilisation, processing and economy, plant breeding and biotechnology and physiology and biochemistry.

Plenary lectures, invited lectures, poster sessions, field tours and round tables have been programmed.

For further information contact:

German Lupin Association
(Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Lupine - GFL)
Im Rheinfeld 1 - 13, D-76437
Rastatt, Germany
Facsimile: 49 7222 7707 77

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/plsc/ila/9thinter.htm

African Food Security and Natural Resource Management: The New Scientific Frontiers
The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry
Nairobi, Kenya
June 20-25, 1999

An International Conference to foster stakeholder input to advance the role of the chemistry and allied sciences in increasing per-capita food production while enhancing the natural resource base in sub-Saharan Africa.

The specific objectives of this conference are to:

• Highlight the roles of chemistry and allied sciences in:
• increasing per-capita food production while protecting the natural resource base by reversing the decline in soil fertility in Africa;
• enhancing integrated pest management;
• improving plant and animal germplasm via biotechnology;
• intensifying, diversifying and transforming small-scale African agriculture through high-value products
• Provide concrete examples of successful research related to the above
• Identify knowledge gaps, policy constraints and priorities
• Foster private sector participation in increasing food security and access to markets
• Ensure that the conclusions reached at the Conference are translated into action by African governments, the scientific community, and the private sector, through the Future Actions Committee.

The Future Actions Committee can be contacted through:

Mr. Moise Mensah
The Honorary Chair BP 234 Cotonou
Benin

The expected outcome will be:

• Heightened awareness by the private sector, governments and development agencies of the basket of technological and policy options available for increasing food security and protecting the natural resource base.
• Pilot development projects put in place in farming communities in sub-saharan Africa.
• Private sector led rural industries based on the transformation of high value products such as fruits, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and high-grade timber.
• Wide-scale adoption and utilization of successful technologies and policies.

For further information contact:

FJC Chandler
CHEMRAWN XII
Organizing Committee
ICRAF, PO Box 30677 Nairobi Kenya
Telephone: 1 650 833 6645 (USA)
254 2 521 450 (Kenya)
Facsimile: 1 650 833 6646 (USA)
254 2 521 001 (Kenya)
Email: F.Chandler@cgiar.org

Or refer to the Web Site:

http://www.cgiar.org/icraf/what_new/chemrawn.htm

Puschino, Russia
June 21-25, 1999

Supported by:

Conference sessions will include:

For registration, contact:

Dr VK Gins
Symposium Secretary
s265 AN Bakh
Institute of Biochemistry
Leninskii prospect
33 Moscow 117071 Russia
Telephone: 7 95 954 3126
Facsimile: 7 95 954 2732
Email: inbio@glas.apc.org

Colby-Sawyer College
New London, New Hampshire USA
July 4-9, 1999

Fiber Science is the application of the fundamental principles of chemistry and physics to the study of fibers, fiber-forming materials, and fibrous assemblies.

For further information contact:

Gordon Research Conferences
University of Rhode Island
PO Box 984, West Kingston
Rhode Island 02892-0984 USA
Telephone: 1 401 783 4011
Facsimile: 1 401 783 7644
Email: grc@grcmail.grc.uri.edu

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.grc.uri.edu/programs/1999/fiber.htm

FAO Headquarters
Rome, Italy
July 5 - 7, 1999

Organised by:

• the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• the European Cooperation and Research Action on Food Consumption and Composition Data (COST 99 Action EUROFOODS), and
• the International Union of Nutritional Sciences/United Nations University (IUNS/UNU).

This conference will bring together scientists, international experts, government workers and food industry professionals who work in the area of food composition to discuss current issues and future directions in generating, disseminating and using food composition data.

The conference will include plenary lectures, workshops, oral presentations and poster sessions to provide opportunities for a variety of discussions.

For further information contact:

John R. Lupien
Conference Convener
Director of the Food and Nutrition Division Food and Agriculture Organization

Or Irela Mazar
Email: Nutrition@FAO.org

Or refer to the Web site:
http://193.43.36.7/WAICENT/FAOINFO/ECONOMIC/ESN/foodcomp/announce/announc-e.htm

14th Annual International Herb Association Conference
Kellog Conference Centre
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan
July 8-11, 1999

This conference encompasses the opportunities and challenges in herb growing, and the using and marketing of herbs and herb products.

Sharon Lovejoy, writer, illustrator and designer will deliver the Keynote Address, entitled 'Backwaters to Mainstream: the rising tide of herbal awareness'. Ms. Lovejoy is the founder of Heart's Ease Herb Shop and Gardens in Cambria, California and a regular columnist for Country Living Gardener magazine. She will highlight how the changes in the herb industry will affect the way business will be done in the next century.

For further information, contact:

International Herb Association
PO Box 317 Mundelein
Illinois 60060-0317 USA
Telephone: 1 847 949 4372
Facsimile: 1 847 949 5896
Email: IHAOffice@aol.com
Web site: http://www.herb-pros.com/conf99.html

Advanced Studies Part I
West Lafayette, Indiana
July 12-17, 1999

Advanced Studies Part II
West Lafayette, Indiana
July 19-24, 1999

Sponsored by: Center for New Crops and Plant Products, Purdue University; The National Resources Institute, UK and NORA Inc

For further information contact:

Email: simon@hort.purdue.edu

For registration information contact:

Email: njschaler@cea.purdue.edu

IVth International Bracken Conference
Chancellors Conference Centre
University of Manchester, UK
July 20-26, 1999

The conference aims to bring together researchers and environmental managers with interests in the full range of Pteridium biology ("brackenology"), including genetics, taxonomy, phyto-chemistry, global and regional distribution, ecology, physiology, remote sensing, climate issues, bracken-derived risks to animal and human health, bracken control measures and management, and policies for the control of bracken encroachment.

For further information contact:

Dr Liz Sheffield
School of Biological Sciences
University of Manchester
3.614 Stopford Building
Oxford Road, Manchester
M13 9PT UK
Telephone: 44 161 275 3905
Facsimile: 44 161 275 3938
Email: lsheffield@man.ac.uk

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.mluri.sari.ac.uk/~mi480/bracken/bracken99.html

VIII International Aroid Conference
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
August 9-11, 1999

The conference will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of current aroid topics, including their biology, ecology, taxonomy and horticulture, among aroid enthusiasts.

The XVI International Botanical Congress (August 1-7, 1999) will precede the conference at the America's Center in downtown St. Louis.

For more information contact:

Secretary General
VIII International Aroid Conference
c/o Missouri Botanical Garden
PO Box 299, St. Louis
Missouri 63166-0299 USA
Facsimile: 1 314 577 9589
Email: bcosgriff@lehmann.mobot.org

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://hoya.mobot.org/ias/IAC99/index.html

Graz, Austria
August 9-13, 1999

Pumpkin oil is produced from a hull-less or naked-seeded pumpkin (the Styrian pumpkin, Cucurbita pepo) which has been a locally important crop in south-eastern Austria, Slovenia, Hungary and the Ukraine for over 400 years.

Styrian pumpkin has a thin membranous seed coat (testa) rather than the lignified seed coat of conventional pumpkin seeds.

Therefore, the entire seed is edible and easily crushed to extract the edible oil.

Without a testa, the seeds are easily broken, have a shorter viable period and are prone to poor germination.

In recent years, milder winters in Europe have resulted in the increased spread of diseases, particularly zucchini yellow mosaic virus, in the pumpkin fields.

There is a great need for the protection of this plant from viruses.

The seed is usually roasted before being pressed for its high oil content.

The oil is viscous, dark green to slightly reddish with a unique robust nut-like flavor. It takes almost 2.5 kilograms of seeds, the produce of perhaps five pumpkins, to produce one liter of oil.

One hectare may yield 9,000 fruits.

In Styria, the kürbiskernöl oil is as popular as olive oil is in the nearby Mediterranean region. It is used in salads and on soups and pasta but may not be used for frying due to its low burning point. As well, pumpkin seed oil is used medicinally.

The oil has recently become available outside Central and Eastern Europe. Improvements in the crop's protection and marketing will help increase its economic value.

This conference will focus on the history, taxonomy, breeding, cultivation, pests and diseases, production, oil extraction, composition and usage of pumpkin seed oil.

For further information, contact:

Penny S Lichtenecker
Schindlergasse 45
Vienna 1180 Austria
Email: peslicht@klis.vhs.at
Or igor.gansula@austriaone.at

Or contact:
Thomas C Andres
The Cucurbit Network
5440 Netherland Avenue
#D24 Bronx, New York 10471-2321
US Email: tom@andres.com

Or contact:
Timothy J Ng
Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative
2118 Plant Sciences Building
College Park
Maryland 20742-4452 US
Email: tn5@umail.umd.edu

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://probe.nalusda.gov/otherdocs/cgc/conferen/cpepo99/

Third International Crop Science Congress
Congress Centrum Hamburg (CCH)
Hamburg, Germany
August 17-22, 2000

Agriculture world-wide encompasses a broad spectrum of activities, directed towards the utilisation and protection of natural resources.

At the beginning of a new millennium, they must evolve to meet an increasingly wide range of human needs, and both social and environmental challenges.

The conference will draw on this diversity to present current findings across a variety of systems, scales and interactions.

At the same time, the participants will strive to identify the targets and research opportunities which will be needed to address the problems of the 21st Century and to determine how these changing needs can best be met through crop science.

The challenges and opportunities involved in balancing social and nutritional requirements of the world's growing population with the resource capacity of diverse systems will be highlighted through plenary meetings, poster presentations and working sessions.

The programme will be organised around four main themes:

1. Facing the growing needs of mankind

In principle, the earth is capable of meeting increasing requirements for food, forage and non-food plant products. This theme will include global and regional food security in the context of ever-rising consumption of better-quality food.

Against a background of progressive limitations in natural resources, the needs for better management and conservation will be addressed, together with the potential for alternative crops and production systems.

2. Stress in crops and cropping systems

Abiotic and biotic stresses are serious threats to sustainable food production. Increasing variability in yields world-wide highlight the consequences in a wide range of systems. Areas where population pressures are high are often those where natural resources are limited and the capacity of systems to resist stresses is limited.

Plenary papers will consider the latest genetic and technological innovations to improve resistance to or tolerance of both single and interacting stresses.

3. Diversity in agro-ecosystems

This theme will cover the global patterns of current production systems and their relationship to natural systems, and will analyse what can be learnt from their diversity in order to promote effective and sustainable agriculture in the 21st Century.

The focus of the plenary papers will be on how to sustain the diversity and stability of systems in order to meet an increasingly wide and disparate range of human needs and environmental concerns.

4. Designing crops and cropping systems for the future

Together, plant breeding and production agronomy are facing the challenge of achieving a substantial increase in yield in order to meet future food needs.

With the help of new scientific tools, scientists must also develop the technology which will allow farmers to reduce the gap between potential and actual yields.

This must, however, be achieved whilst using resources as effectively as possible.

Plenary papers will highlight the application of the latest techniques in crop breeding and describe the innovations required to grow such crops effectively in a range of systems.

For further information contact:

CCH, Congress Organisation
PO Box 30 24 80
D-20308 Hamburg, Germany
Telephone: 49 40 3569 2244 or 49 40 3569 2248
Facsimile: 49 40 3569 2269
Email: crop-science@cch.de

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.cch.de/CROPSCIENCE/

13th International Scientific Conference of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements
August 27-31, 2000

At the threshold of the new millennium organic agriculture - although it has reached a high level of acceptance ­ still faces many challenges, which the conference will address.

The four main topics for discussion will include:

• Research in Progress: current projects, scientific exchange
• Rural development: organic agriculture - a future for rural areas
• Beyond Organic Agriculture: holistic approaches to food production
• Living systems: organic agriculture as a complex of life processes

The 7th International Congress on Organic Viticulture will be held during the IFOAM-conference.

For more information contact:

IFOAM 2000
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Ackerstrasse, CH-5070
Frick, Switzerland
Telephone: 41 62 865 7272
Facsimile: 41 62 865 7273
Email: ifoam2000@fibl.ch

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.ifoam2000.ch/

Fourth Biomass Conference Of The Americas
Oakland Marriott City Center
Oakland, California, USA
August 29-September 2, 1999

The conference will provide an international forum in support of the biomass industry.

Preliminary topics will include:

For further information contact:

Dee Scheaffer
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1617 Cole Boulevard, MS-1613
Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 USA
Email: dee_scheaffer@nrel.gov

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.nrel.gov/bioam/

Chemical and Biological Aspects of Dietary Anticarcinogens and Antimutagens
Norwich, UK
September 6-9,1999

Sponsored by The Royal Society of Chemistry, Food Chemistry Group

The frequent consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of certain cancers.

Whilst considerable advances in knowledge of the food components which explain this effect (such as fruits and vegetables, fibre- and antioxidant-rich foods) have been made in the current decade, a great deal more needs to be known before the benefits are fully understood and are able to be effectively exploited for both commercial and socio-economic advantage.

In particular it will be important to:

• Elucidate the key mechanisms by which food components can reduce carcinogen activation, stimulate de-activation mechanisms, inhibit cellular proliferation, increase apoptosis of transformed cells or inhibit other mechanisms leading to the progression of cancer in tissues;
• Measure the biological effects and target tissue distribution of bioactive compounds from whole foods/isolated compounds consumed at levels corresponding to those found in the diet;
• Understand the metabolism of bioactive compounds, their pharmacokinetics and concentration of key products in target tissues;
• Determine the bioavailability of individual protective compounds and the compositional and physical characteristics of the food matrix which may influence this.

The meeting has the additional, and important, aim of bringing together academic researchers from the plant, food and life sciences, health professionals, representatives of consumer organisations and regulatory bodies, policy makers and those engaged in commercial R&D activities.

For further information contact:

Food and Cancer Prevention III Secretariat
Institute of Food Research
Reading Laboratory
Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6BZ, UK
Telephone: 44 118 935 7000
Facsimile: 44 118 926 7917
Email: businessoffice.ifr@bbsrc.ac.uk

Or refer to the Web site:
http://www.ifrn.bbsrc.ac.uk/buscom/conferences/FCP.html

Cambridge, UK
September 6-8, 1999

The International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), the International Seed Trade Federation / International Association of Plant Breeders (FIS/ASSINSEL), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) are jointly organizing this conference for those involved in plant breeding, seed production and distribution and regulation.

The programme will consist of four sessions:

1. Seeds: production, technology, testing, distribution
2. Plant breeding and sustainable development
3. Public and private sectors investments in the seed industry
4. Seeds and the law

Apart from celebrating the 75th Anniversary of ISTA, the conference will evaluate the past achievements of the seed world while at the same time focusing on future developments.

Feeding the world's population in the next century will be a major challenge to mankind and seed will play a key role in this struggle.

For further information contact:

Conference Secretariat
Conference Contact
42 Devonshire Road
Cambridge CB1 2BL UK
Telephone: 44 1 223 323 237
Facsimile: 44 1 223 460 396
Email: cc@confcon.demon.co.uk

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.worldseed.org/~assinsel/wsce.htm

FAO/Netherlands Conference on Multifunctional Character of Agriculture and Land
Netherlands
September 13-17, 1999

This conference is an essential opportunity to address the unprecedented stresses on agriculture and land resources that are currently being faced and will be faced well into the 21st century.

Taking a glimpse into the future, there are a number of influencing factors which will affect the future landscape (biophysical aspects) and lifescape (socio-economic aspects) of agriculture and land resources.

World population will reach 8,000 million by 2020.

Population movements are increasing, from the poorer to richer countries, from rural areas to urban centres, and from peripheral regions of low investment and growth to more dynamic ones.

Half the world population will be living in urban areas and vast numbers will be living in poverty.

Rural populations will continue to be significant and will remain vulnerable.

As a result, there will be far greater demand on land, water, and biological resources as well as increased pressure upon natural areas.

Globally, conflicts arising over access and rights to resources are expected to be exacerbated.

There will be increasingly severe environmental pressure from efforts to increase land resources, water resources, animal and labour productivity.

The dominant trend will be intensification of the use of natural resources with a decrease in biological diversity, both within the set of genetic resources used for agricultural production and flora and fauna associated with agro-ecosystems.

The emergence of new technologies to intensify will expose social, ethical, cultural and environmental issues. Although this is subject to discussion, there may be in the future a greater differential in access to and use of resources, technology and information.

Trade liberalization and globalization of markets may be the most important challenge to attempts to make agriculture sustainable.

Although the Uruguay Round Agreements translate to greater access to world markets, most developing countries and those in transition have neither the capacity nor the resources to face the increased competition or capture export opportunities.

Reforms in agricultural support policies will have a profound impact on rural areas worldwide. Higher efficiency and economic growth of market-based agriculture will not eliminate rural poverty in marginal areas.

Changes in trade regimes will certainly influence incentives to produce sustainably while globalization of markets and uniformity of consumption patterns will tend to reduce the diversity of agriculture systems and their adaptation to different land conditions.

In the most vulnerable areas, the resilience of agriculture is further threatened by the increased incidence of human-made and natural disasters.

Global conventions and a growing array of regulatory frameworks will be of increasing importance in directing use and exchange of resources and products.

Governments, farmer organizations and other stakeholder groups will need to engage in dialogue to understand their implications and respond.

Decentralization and privatization will modify how and at what levels decisions will be informed and taken.

What is next for agriculture and land resources management as we prepare for the 21st century?

Approaches must now evolve to address the issues, trends and threats that are facing and take advantage of opportunities to build upon what has worked in the past.

Participation by a wide array of stakeholders, the relationship and complementarity of agriculture and environment, and aspects of an enabling social, economic, and policy environment will be critical components.

There is an emerging consensus that development should move from a purely agricultural focus to a broader rural development focus, particularly in the poorer regions of the world.

There is an immediate need to better understand the multiple functions of agriculture including the interactions between and among different land uses and land users; to address issues of conflicting stakeholder objectives; and to capitalize on and improve linkages of information flow within and across decision making hierarchies through participatory mechanisms.

In the year 2000 at its eighth session, the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), which was established to monitor progress toward Agenda 21 will examine the sectoral theme of Integrated planning and management of land resources; the economic sector of Agriculture and the cross-sectoral themes of Financial resources/trade and Investment/growth.

In preparation for this session of the CSD (CSD-8), the Netherlands has taken the initiative to organize an international conference on Multifunctional Agriculture and Land Management.

Multifunctional agriculture encompasses the economic, social and environmental functions of agriculture.

It aims to reconcile these different perspectives in order to:

• supply people with food and other agricultural products in adequate quantity and quality
• alleviate poverty
• generate employment
• protect the environment and
• maintain natural resources for present and future generations.

Correspondingly, integrated land management is concerned with selecting and implementing sustainable land use and management options.

This is based on reconciling the multiple objectives of stakeholders in agriculture and other sectors.

Hence, the concept of sustainability is deeply rooted in multifunctional agriculture and integrated land management.

For further information contact:

Lucas Janssen
FAO/SDRN
Viale delle terme di Caracalla 00100
Rome, Italy
Telephone: 39 6 5705 2287
Facsimile: 39 6 5705 3369 or 39 6 5705 5246
Email: agr99-conference@fao.org

Parviz Koohafkan
FAO/AGLS
Viale delle terme di Caracalla 00100
Rome, Italy
Telephone: 39 6 5705 3843
Facsimile: 39 6 5705 7275

Ms Vera Minten
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
Department for International Affairs
PO Box 20401 NL-2500 EK
The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 70 378 4310

Mr Co Neeteson
Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries
Department for International Affairs
PO Box 20401 NL-2500 EK
The Hague, The Netherlands
Telephone: 31 70 378 4171

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.fao.org/sd/agr99

New Horizons for an Old Crop
Canberra National Convention Centre
Canberra, Australia
September 26-29, 1999

This is the first International Rapeseed Congress to be held in the Southern Hemisphere and will be concerned with rapeseed, canola and related Brassica species.

Topics to be discussed will include:

Post-Congress workshops are planned in such areas as pathology, chemistry and other topical events.

A trade fair will be held simultaneously at the same venue.

Attendees will have the opportunity to view an extensive range of products and services, compare and assess products, talk face to face with suppliers and manufacturers and gain technical knowledge from the many experts at the Congress.

For further information, contact:

Rapeseed Congress
Australian Travel & Convention Services Pty Ltd
GPO Box 2200, Canberra, ACT, 2601
Facsimile: 06 257 3256
International facsimile: 61 6 257 3256

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.acay.com.au/~aof/

European Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture Second European Conference
Bonn, Germany
September 27-30, 1999

This conference is designed for scientists, professionals and students with an interest and engagement in design, development and use of information and communication systems with relevance to agriculture, agribusiness, the food industry, agricultural policy, the environment, and related fields.

For further information contact:

EFITA/99, attention Ms U Rickert
Department of Agricultural Economics
University of Bonn
Meckenheimer Allee 74, D-53115
Bonn, Germany
Facsimile: 49 228 733 431

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.efita.dk/bonnconf.htm

10th World Congress of Food Science and Technology
IUFoST
10th World Congress Conference & Exhibition
Sydney Convention Centre
Darling Harbour, Sydney
October 3-8, 1999

The scientific program of this conference will present an up-to-date coverage of all aspects of food science, technology and nutrition, with particular emphasis on the role of sciences and technologies in the integrated and value-adding agri-food chain.

The Australian processed food and beverage industry is the nation's largest manufacturing sector.

It employs one in five of the manufacturing workforce, sources more than 90% of its ingredients from Australian agriculture, and serves a multi-cultural society which demands a diversity of products.

The industry makes a major contribution to the economic and social welfare of all Australians, as well as supplying the world market.

For further information contact:

The Secretariat
10th World Congress of Food Science & Technology
PO Box 1493
North Sydney NSW 2059
Telephone: 02 9959 4499
Facsimile: 02 9954 4327
International facsimile: 61 2 9954 4327
Email: iufost10@foodaust.com.au

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.aifst.asn.au

Issues In Globalization, Migration And Tourism
Hampton Inn
2400 S. Beulah Blvd
Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA
October 20-23, 1999

The movement of people, money and ideas across space has never been more fluid than today.

While much of this tends to be generated by and between metropolitan centers, profound impacts are also being felt in rural areas.

These areas have been here-to-fore protected by their very isolation.

This conference will examine the processes and impacts on rural environments of globalization and the movement of people between rural and urban places for permanent (migration) and temporary (tourism) purposes.

Although broad in scope, particular attention will focus on the following themes:

The Rural-Urban Interface:

Conceptualizing the 'rural' and defining where and how it interfaces with the 'urban', how this interface evolves over time, and the impacts of urban changes on rural places, including their use for tourism, retirement and alternative e-office purposes.

The Regulation of Rural Land Use and Sustainability:

Assessing how regulations at different geographic scales shape rural development and the role of individual and organizational agency in this process, including aspects of public land resource management for both economic and recreation uses.

Entrepreneurism and the Selling of Rural Environments:

Examining issues of sustainability as they support and conflict with entrepreneural activities, including tourism and the commodification of rural landscapes and cultures, and resulting employment and migration patterns.

Physical and Cultural Change in Rural Landscapes:

Identifying the character and process of past and emerging rural landscapes, from wilderness areas to small communities, and how changing behaviors and values at national and global scales are creating influencing even the most remote rural environments.

For further information contact:

Alan A. Lew

Department of Geography and Public Planning
Box 15016
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5016, USA
Telephone: 1 520 523 6567
Facsimile: 1 520 523 1080
Email: Alan.Lew@nau.edu

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.for.nau.edu/geography/igust/rural/

International Society for Horticultural Science
Lago Mar Resort
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
November 13-18, 1999

Quality and longevity have become a primary focus of the floral industry and researchers worldwide because flowers and plants are grown long distances from markets and transported to customers who have become increasingly discriminating about the value received with each flower and plant purchase.

For further information contact:

Registration Department
Office of Conferences and Institutes
Florida Leadership and Education Foundation Inc
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida
PO Box 110750 Gainesville
Florida 32611-0750 USA
Telephone: 1 352 392 5930
Facsimile: 1 352 392 9734
Email: bamt@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu

Or refer to the Web site:
http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~CONFERWEB/ishs.htm

Second National Small Farm Conference
Regal River Front Hotel
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
October 12-15, 1999

$4 million has been appropriated in the US budget for the development of research and extension programs for Small Farms.

USDA is in the process of strengthening and broadening its research and extension efforts for small farms significantly as a result of the findings and recommendations of the National Commission on Small Farms, independently of the new Small Farm Initiative covered in the FY99 budget.

This conference will provide an opportunity for state and county faculty, leaders from the small farm community, public and private sectors including non-governmental organizations who work closely with small farmers to share ideas, and examine new approaches to programs for small farmers.

This conference will feature:

• Information sharing,
• Innovative approaches to small farm programming,
• Skills development, such as direct marketing,
• Follow-up reports on issues identified at the earlier conference held in Nashville
• The implementation of recommendations from the National Commission on Small Farms,
• Collaboration and partnership as a method to achieve a competitive market advantage.

For further information contact:

Dyremple Marsh
Lincoln University
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Telephone: 1 573 681 5550

Norlin Hein
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Telephone: 1 573 882 9385

Denis Ebodaghe
USDA-CSREES
Telephone: 1 202 401 4385

Mickie Swisher
USDA-CSREES/UFL
Telephone: 1 202 401 4900

Or refer to the Web site:
http://www.agnic.org/mtg/1999/2nsfc.html

Fifth International Solanaceae Conference
University of Nijmegen
The Netherlands
July 24-29, 2000

The Conference will focus on the following themes of Solanaceae research:

• Taxonomy: classification, molecular impact, problems and progress related to both wild and cultivated species
• Conservation: diversity, in situ and ex situ conservation, landraces etc., and databases for building an International Solanaceae Information Network (ISIN)
• Biotechnology: genetic engeneering and
• Crop Science: breeding tools, domestication, future developments and prospects of miscellanous crop plants, e.g. potato, tomato, Capsicum, eggplant, Nicotiana.

For further information contact:

Telephone: 31 24 365 2751 or 31 24 365 28883
Facsimile: 31 24 365 3290
Email: gerardb@sci.kun.nl or gerardw@sci.kun.nl

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www-sci.sci.kun.nl/bgard/#2000

Fourth Australasian Native Orchid Conference and Show
Karralyka Conference Centre
Ringwood, Melbourne, Victoria
October 5-8, 2000

The conference is sponsored by the Council of the Australasian Native Orchid Society Inc and hosted by the Australasian Native Orchid Society (Victorian Group) Inc.

For further information contact:

Conference Secretariat
PO Box 2152, Templestowe Heights

Victoria 3107

Affiliated groups contact:
T & P Lloyd
4 Neera Court
Glen Waverley, Victoria 3150

Or refer to the Web Site:
http://www.ozemail.aust.com/~graemebr/anos-con.html

Contact: Dr Rob Fletcher, School of Land and Food, The University of Queensland Gatton College, 4345; Telephone: 07 5460 1311 or 07 5460 1301; Facsimile: 07 5460 1112; International facsimile: 61 7 5460 1112; Email: r.fletcher@mailbox.uq.edu.au

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