Introduction and
Information
The Vth
International Safflower Conference will be held jointly in
Williston, North Dakota and Sidney, Montana USA
July 23-27, 2001
This Conference is the fifth in a series of premier world meetings of scientists and industry personnel interested in all aspects of safflower - production, research and development, processing, and marketing. The Conference is held approximately every four years. Previous Conferences were held in Davis, California (1981); Hyderabad, India (1989); Beijing, China (1993); and Bari, Italy (1997).
Williston is the Conference headquarters with Conference facilities at the North Dakota State University Williston Research Extension Center. The Montana State University Eastern Agricultural Research Center at Sidney, Montana (45 miles from Williston) will provide a tour of its safflower research the second day of the Conference.
The Conference is co-sponsored by North Dakota State University, Montana State University, Unites States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The Conference registration fee of U.S. $450 will cover the Conference facilities, published proceedings and selected activities included in the Conference schedule. Room and board accommodations for the Conference will be available in Williston at an additional cost.
The Conference will run as a series of successive sessions - there will be no concurrent sessions. Therefore, the number of oral presentations will be limited. Organizers will select papers for oral presentations, based on scientific merit, originality, and appropriateness. Submissions may be presented as posters that may also be published as full papers in the proceedings of the Conference. The language of the Conference will be English. Current plans are to have the published proceedings available at the Conference.
Please send this announcement to others that may be interested in attending the Vth International Safflower Conference. If you received this notice by mail but have an e-mail address please inform us of your e-mail address for further correspondence.
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