New Ag International - ISHS Symposium on Biotechnology of Fruit Crops

The 6th International ISHS Symposium on Mineral Nutrition of Fruit Crops

University of Algarve, Faro (Portugal) , 19-23 May 2008

The symposium follows the one held in Talca, Chile in 2005. All kind of fruits will be covered and the main topics will be: soil and rhizosphere effects on root growth and plant nutrition, nutrient uptake and utilization, diagnosis of nutrient deficiency and toxicity, fertilization practices and their environmental impacts, nutritional implications of organic management, cycling and traceability of nutrients in the orchard ecosystem, interaction between root growth and nutrition, mechanisms of foliar uptake, low input and precision agricultural systems, non-mineral compounds that affect plant nutrition, interaction of nutrition with orchard management practices, salinity and mineral nutrition, mineral nutrition and human health, relationship between nutrient status and pathogens, effect of mineral nutrition on fruit quality and mineral disorders and it will also explore its linkage to water savings. The beautiful city of Faro is an ideal venue for the event.

New Ag International will be there as official partner magazine and will bring an exclusive report on this symposium in its September English & October 2008 Spanish editions.

For more Info, please contact the convenor of the symposium:
Prof. Dr. Pedro José Correia, Universidade do Algarve, FERN,, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal. Phone: (351)289800900, Fax: (351)289-818419, E-mail: pcorreia@ualg.pt

or Maribela Pestana, Universidade do Algarve, FERN,, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal. Phone: (351)289-800900, Fax: (351)289-818419, E-mail: fpestana@ualg.pt

Web: http://eventos.ualg.pt/mnutrition6