UPDATE! List of the Invited Key Note Lectures
The 2nd International Symposium on Genus Lilium – “SYMPLITALY2010” will take place in Pescia – Tuscany (Italy), from August 30th to September 3rd, 2010. The event follows the 1st international symposium on lily organized sixteen years ago in Tajon, Korea
Up to date, more than 80 abstracts have been submitted and evaluated by the Scientific Committee.
The Call for abstract is closed. If you intend submit a new abstract, or for further informations, please contact us at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The official program with the scheduled oral and poster presentations will be published on this website within the end of July.
Ten International Scientists will introduce two Opening Lectures and eight Invited Key-Note Lectures:
OPENING LECTURES:
Antonio Grassotti - CRA-VIV Pescia, Italy
“BULBS AND CUT FLOWERS PRODUCTION IN THE GENUS LILIUM: CURRENT STATUS FOR THE FUTURE”
Margrethe Serek - Chair of I.S.H.S. Section Ornamental Plants
“ACTIVITIES OF I.S.H.S. AND SECTION ORNAMENTAL PLANTS”
INVITED KEY-NOTE LECTURES:
Iain Brodie of Falsyde - Auchgourish Botanic Garden, Scotland
“REVISION OF SECTIONS IN THE GENUS LILIUM”
Avner Cohen - ARO The Volcani Center, Israel
“BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BREEDING IN LILIES - DREAMS AND REALITY”
Roger H. Lawson - USDA, Beltsville (MD), USA, retired
“DETECTION, DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL OF LILY DISEASES”
Mark S. Roh - USDA, Beltsville (MD), USA
“CONTROLLED FLOWERING IN THE GENUS LILIUM - PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND RESEARCH DIRECTION FOR THE FUTURE”
Barbara Ruffoni - CRA-FSO Sanremo, Italy
“STRATEGIES FOR LILIUM PROPAGATION: TRADITION VS BIOTECH”
Jeungkeun Suh - Dankook University, Korea
“SYSTEMATIC STRATEGIES OF LILY BULB PRODUCTION AND FORCING IN KOREA”
Wouter van Doorn - University of California, Davis (CA), USA
“POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF CUT LILY FLOWERS: A SURVEY”
Jaap M. van Tuyl - WUR Wageningen, The Netherlands
“LILIUM: BREEDING HISTORY OF THE MODERN CULTIVAR ASSORTMENT”
The Symposium is organized by CRA-VIV Pescia under the aegis of the ISHS (Sect. Ornamentals Plants, Working Group Flowerbulbs and Herbaceous Perennials) and SOI (Section Floriculture and Ornamental Plants).
Participants in this meeting will have a great opportunity to meet with colleagues and exchange ideas in a friendly and agreeable environment. There will be ample opportunities to discuss state of the art and consult with the experts in both informal discussions and formal panel sessions, that will concern Botany, Economics, Genetics, Breeding, Propagation, Physiology, Agronomy, Pathology, Quality, Postharvest Management applied to the Genus Lilium. If you are interested to attend the Symposium, please create your account and register in the "REGISTRATION" section of this website.
We hope that this symposium will be of interest to you and look forward to seeing you in Tuscany.
Sincerely
Antonio Grassotti, Gianluca Burchi
Conveners
