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EPPO Reporting Service no. 10 - 2010 Num. article: 2010/198

Outcome of the Symposium on ‘Actual problems in control of weeds and optimization of pesticides use in plant protection’ (Vrsac, RS, 2010-09-21/24)


To celebrate its 65th anniversary, the Institute for Plant Protection and Environment of Belgrade (Serbia), in collaboration with the Herbological Society of Serbia and the Agricultural Faculty in Novi Sad, Department of Phytomedicine and Environmental Protection, organized an international Symposium ‘Actual problems in control of weeds and optimization of pesticides use in plant protection’ on 2010-09-21/24 in Vrsac. The main goal of this symposium was to bring together researchers from weed science, entomology, phytopathology and phytopharmacy of agricultural services, national and foreign chemical companies as well as seed producers and plant breeders. About 190 participants from Serbia, Greece, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands and Russia attended the Symposium. Proceedings of the Symposium will be published, and all presentations will also be available upon request. Further information is available on the Symposium website:
http://www.izbis.com/aktuelno_2.html

Sources

Personal communication with Dragana Marisavljevic, Director of the Institute for Plant Protection and Environment marisavljevicd@yahoo.com