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Conferences

Asian Seed 2002, 18-21 November 2002, Ho Chi Mini City, Vietnam. Vietnam. is an important emerging seed market in the region, with an established public and a developing private sector with remarkable progress in adoption of hybrid rice technology and promising private vegetable seed sector. The conference will comprise: (i) Country and Technical reports (19/11), (ii) APSA Special Interest Groups (20/11), and (iii) APSA Annual General Assembly Meeting (21/11). Further details, including registration form, table and booth layouts, program of events and a guide to Saigon will be published at the website soon. For those interested in receiving this information contact info@asianseed.org or APSA Secretariat, P.O.Box 1030 Kasetsart, Bangkok 10903, Thailand; Tel: ++66-02-940-5464, Fax: ++66-02-940-5467; Email: apsa@apsaseed.com; Website: http://www. apsaseed.com

2nd International Agronomy Congress-2002: Balancing Food and Environment Security - A Continuing Challenge, 26-30 November 2002, New Delhi, India. The congress will be organized by Indian Society of Agronomy, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and National Academy of Agricultural Science. There will be three categories of presentations: (i) Plenary, (ii) Invited and (iii) Poster. In addition, the Working Groups will deliberate on the topics of current specific interests in Agronomy. For more information contact: Tel: ++11-5742283, 5781488; Fax: ++11-5742283, 5788380; E-mail: rcg@iari.ernet.in; Website: http: //www. agrosoc.com.

ICPP 2003, 2-8 February 2003, Christchurch, New Zealand. The 8th International Congress of Plant Pathology will take place at the Christchurch Convention Center and will be organized by the Australasian Plant Pathology Society and the International Society for Plant Pathology.

The aims of the Congress are to:

· educate and share information on plant diseases and their control
· encourage interaction among scientists and relevant disciplines from throughout the world
· solve problems through discussion and application of appropriate technologies
· contribute to effective and sustainable disease management
· strengthen global food security and environment protection

For more information contact: Congress Secretariat Professional Development Group, PO Box 84, Lincoln University Canterbury, New Zealand; Fax: + 64 3 325 3685; Email: icpp@lincoln.ac.nz; Website: http://events.lincoln.ac.nz/icpp2003/

27th ISTA Congress, 13-25 May 2004, Budapest, Hungary. The International Seed Testing Association has made a preliminary announcement of the venue for the 27th ISTA Congress to be held in Budapest, Hungary from 13-25 May 2004. The program for the Congress includes Preliminary Meeting of Technical Committees and Executive Committee (13-15/5), Pre-congress Tours (16/5), Seed Symposium (17-19/5), Ordinary Meeting (20-21/5), Establishment of New Technical Committees (22/5) and Post-congress Tours to places of interest (23-25/5). For more information you may contact ISTA Secretariat or visit the website at: http://www.seedtest.org/27congress/ 27istac.cfm