Second International Conference on Soil Solarization and Integrated Management of Soilborne Pests
The second International Conference on Soil Solarization and Integrated Management of Soilborne Pests will take place in Aleppo, Syria, on the 1997-06-16/21. It is organized by the FAO Regional Office for the Near East, ICARDA, the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Jordan, the Arab Society for Plant Protection and the University of California, Davis. The Conference will be run in English.
The Conference programme will include: 1) key-note papers on: soil fumigation (present and future constraints), history and principles of integrated management of soilborne pests, mode of action of solarization (physical, chemical and biological), pre-and post-plant solarization, longevity of soil solarization ; effect of sublethal heating, new plastics for soil solarization, temperature/efficacy predictive models, solarization in integrated management systems, solarization and the environment, integrated management of soilborne pests;
2) contributed papers and poster sessions on new findings on soil solarization and IPM of soilborne pests; and 3) demonstrations of soil solarization.
2) contributed papers and poster sessions on new findings on soil solarization and IPM of soilborne pests; and 3) demonstrations of soil solarization.
For further information, please contact:
Dr K.M. Makkouk
International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
Tel: (+963-21) 213477, 225112, 225012
Fax: (+963-21) 213490, 225105
Tlx: (492) 331208, 331206 ICARDA SY
E-mail: K.Makkouk@cgnet.com
Cable: ICARDA - Aleppo
Sources
EPPO Secretariat, 1996-10.