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Number 78: 43-46 (1994)
IV.
Information
1. Seventh
International Symposium, Pre-harvest Sprouting in Cereals (July
2-7, 1995; Abashiri, Japan)
See details in WIS No. 77. To receive the first announcement, contact
the Secretariat or Dr. Walker-Simmons.
Secretariat; Kitami Agricultural Experiment Station, Kunneppu,
Hokkaido 099-14, Japan; telephone +81-157-47-2146, fax
+81-157-47-2774.
Dr. M. K. Walker-Simmons: USDA-ARS, 209 Johnson Hall, Washington
State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6420; telephone +1-509-335-8696,
fax. +1-509-335-8674, e-mail simmons@wsuvml.edu.
2. Agri-Food Quality '95 (June 25-28, 1995; University of East
Anglia, UK)
There are increasing opportunities for improving the quality of
plant-derived foods by exploiting conventional and molecular
biological approaches to plant breeding. Effective responses to this
challenge, which address complex scientific problems, are best
tackled by the development and exploitation of integrated
interdisciplinary research activities. The aim of this meeting is to
bring together those involved in R and D across the plant-, food- and
biological sciences, consumer scientists, representatives of the
agro-food industries, and regulatory agencies to evaluate progress at
interface of agriculture and food, to identify research opportunities
and to discuss possibilities for extending effective
interdisciplinary collaboration. These issues will be addressed
through a programme of plenary sessions, contributed papers and
posters, and workshops. In finalizing the programme, emphasis will be
placed on contributions which cross disciplines.
Programm Topics to be covered will include: Manipulation of
crop to improve the quality of plant foods; nutritional quality,
fitness for storage and processing, organoleptic/texture quality.
Manipulation of storage components (starch, protein, lipid) for food.
Consequences for food quality of improving "natural resistance" of
crops. Improvement of plant food quality in less-favoured regions.
Opportunities for "adding value" - nutriceuticals, functional foods,
novel foods. Consumer attitudes to improving crop and food quality.
To receive first announcement and detailed information, contact to
the secretariat:
Agri-Food Quality '95, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research
Park, Colney, Norwich NR47UA, UK. Telephone: +44(0)603 255000, Fax:
+44(0)603 507723
3. Catalogue of Wheat Experimental Strains maintained in the
universities and institutes
in Japan (pp. 150)
The catalogue listing 2547 wheat experimental strains can be now
available from;
Dr. Y. Tateno, Laboratory of Genetic Resources, National Institute of
Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken 411, Japan. Telephone:
+81-559-75-0771, Fax: +81-559-71-3651, Cable: GENETICS MISHIMA.
4. Seventh European Congress on Biotechnology (February 19-23,
1995; Nice, France)
Second announcement of this congress is available from; ECB 7, c/o
Societe de Chimie Industielle, 28, rue Saint-Dominique, F75007,
Paris, France.
This congress includes scientific aspects of plant biotechnology,
agronomy, food and feed sciences other than microorganisms and animal
biotechnology, and socio-economic studies. Persons wishing to present
a poster communication are invited to send before September 15, 1994
a summary of their presentation, on the attached form of the second
circular.
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