First announcement
Barley Yellow Dwarf
Disease: Recent Advances and Future Strategies
CIMMYT, El Batan,
Sept 1 – 5, 2002
and University of California, Davis, US.
Barley yellow dwarf is a worldwide disease of cereal
crops, including barley, wheat, oat, rice, rye, triticale and maize. The last
workshop on BYDV was organized by ICARDA and held in Morocco in 1989. Since, C
. D’Arcy and P. Burnett published a monograph summarized 40 years of progress
on BYDV. A lot of progress has been done on the understanding of the biology,
epidemiology of the disease and new strategies have been developed for its
control. This symposium would give the scientists working in the field an
opportunity to tell and hear about the recent advances on BYDV research and the
strategies for its control and interact with their colleagues.
·
BYDV biology
·
Virus/vectors relationship
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Epidemiology
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Control Methods
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Source and mechanisms of resistance/tolerance
(including transgenics)
·
Country reports / Progress on BYDV research in
developing countries
Pre-Program
Sunday Sept 1: Pre-symposium
tour (Optional)
6 pm
– Registration and Welcoming Reception
Tuesday Sept 3: Field Trip
Wednesday Sept 4: Lectures
and posters
Symposium
dinner
Thursday Sept 5: Departure
We encourage participants to get to CIMMYT
on August 31. A tour to a tourist attraction will be offered on Sept 1 for the
participants that arrived early.
Pre-registration form:
Please fill in the pre-registration form and return it to BYD Symposium,
CIMMYT, Apdo Postal 6-641, 06600 Mexico DF, Mexico or by E-mail to BYDV02@cgiar.org before February
28, 2002.
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the symposium or online registration, visit our website: www.cimmyt.cgiar.org