Invitation
Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to the III International Symposium on Horticultural Crop Wild Relatives. The symposium will be held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, October 15-17, 2018, under the auspices of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS).
The wild horticultural relatives are important resource for improving agricultural production and for maintaining sustainable agro-ecosystems. The objective of the Symposium is to share knowledge about collection, characterization, and using of the horticultural crop wild relatives.
Main topics
Language
The official lenguage of the symposium will be English.
Important dates
Abstract submission open date
02.01.2018
Abstract submission deadline
31.03.2018
Notification of abstract acceptance
30.05.2018
Early registration
31.07.2018
Submission of full manuscript
30.09.2018
Publication of abstacts and papers
Book of abstracts will be published before the symposium. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words. Authors should indicate preferred session and type of presentation (oral or poster), but the final decision will be made by the Scientific
Reviewed papers will be published in the series Acta Horticulturae after the symposium.
Scientific Committee
Stefan Gandev
Fruit Growing Institute, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Ivan Pachev
Agricultural Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Damiano Avanzato
International Horticulturist Consultant Via Casaserena, 42, Pomezia (Roma), Italy
Dragan Milatovic
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Agriculture, Serbia
Alex Papachatzis
Horticultural Laboratory, Larissa, Greece
George Manganaris
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology &Food Science
Milan Lukić
Fruit Research Institute, Čačak, Serbia
Ebrahim Latifikhah
Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
Ali Shahi-Gharahlar
Physiology and Breeding of Fruit Trees Department of Horticultural Science,
Organization Committee
Stefan Gandev, Convener
Valentina Bozhkova
Zarya Rankova
Argir Zhivondov
Kouman Koumanov
Lilyana Nacheva
Snezhana Milusheva
Hristina Kutinkova
Research Institute of Mountain Stockbreeding and Agriculture, Troyan, Bulgaria
Diyan Georgiev
Ivan Minev
Mariya Georgieva
Institute of Viticulture and Enology, Pleven, Bulgaria
Miroslav Ivanov
University of Forestry, Faculty of Agronomy
Denitsa Serbezova
Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute (MVCRI), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Daniela Ganeva
Technical secretariat
Margarita Stoeva
Marieta Nesheva
Svetoslav Malchev
Place and Time
The symposium will be held on October 15-17, 2018 at the Park Hotel Sankt Peterburg, Plovdiv.
REGISTRATION FEES
Category
Early bird Registration (before the 1st of August - 2018)
Late Registration
ISHS members*
350 €
400 €
Non-ISHS members
430€
480 €
Students**
200 €
250 €
One-day registration
150 €
180 €
Full registration fee includes:
*Abstract submission is only allowed for full registered participants or registered student. Delegates registered for one day are not entitled to submit an abstract.
** The students should present valid student-ID at the symposium. Without this documentation, regular fees will be applied. The student fee does not include a copy of the Acta Horticulturae proceedings.
Further information
Convener: Prof. Dr. Stefan Gandev
E-mail: symwildfruits2018@abv.bg
Web site: www.symposium.fruitgrowinginstitute.com
More detailed information about symposium programme will be available in the second announcement.
Plovdiv, October 12, 2017 Convener: