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"BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE RESPONSE TO STRESS IN PLANTS"
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The International Conference of Biotechnology will take place from
August 10th to 12th at the Magna Library Auditorium of the Autonomous
University of Nuevo Leon (www.uanl.mx) in Monterrey, Mexico. The
objective of this conference is to promote and encourage bilateral
relationships between the US universities forming the MidAmerica
International Agricultural Consortium "MIAC" (Missouri, Nebraska,
Oklahoma State, Kansas State y Iowa State), and Mexican Research and
Education Institutions and Private Industries interested in applying
biotechnological techniques to solve stress problems in plants.

The ultimate goal of this event is to identify possible collaborative
interactions and/or to identify complementary research in areas of
common interest to Mexico and United States, and also to promote the
exchange of technology and its applications generated in both countries.
We are sure that this event will help to identify linkages and possible
sources of research support, as well as help identify complementary
areas of expertise for all of those in attendance, at whatever level,
from lab heads to graduate students. So, all are cordially invited.


The Organizing Committee





 Registration Form:

Name:___________________________

Institution:_______________________

Address:_________________________

City:_______________State:_________

Phone:______________Fax:__________

e-mail:___________________________

Fees:
General: $100.00 U.S. dollars
Students: $50.00 U.S. dollars

Make the check payable to:

Fundación Mexicana para la
Investigación Agrícola y Forestal A.C.

More Information:
MEXICO:
Phone / Fax: +52 (893) 4-07-45
e-mail: cortinas@cirne.inifap.conacyt.mx

USA:
Phone: (573) 882-4789, Fax: 882-5635
e-mail: polaccoj@missouri.edu

Hotels:
Norte Los Reyes ***(This will be considered as head and transportation
will be provided)
+52 (8) 343-6168
$38.00-$43.00 US dlls per day (including taxes)

Hotel 88 Inn ****
+52(8) 376-5522
$50.00 US dlls per day (including taxes)

Granada Inn ****
+52(8) 352-7497
$50.00 US dlls per day (including taxes)


 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE RESPONSE TO STRESS IN PLANTS"

LOCATION: MAGNA LIBRARY AUDITORIUM OF THE UANL. MONTERREY, NUEVO LEON,
MEXICO


CONFERENCE OUTLINE

AUGUST 9, 1999
20:00 -  22:00 PM. WELCOME COCKTAIL. HOTEL NORTE LOS REYES.

AUGUST 10, 1999
10:00 – 11:00 AM.  OPENING SESSION  MAGNA LIBRARY UANL

08:00  -  10:00. REGISTRATION
10:00  -  10:15. WELCOME. ING. JORGE KONDO LOPEZ CHIEF DIRECTOR OF
INIFAP
10:15  -  10:30. MESSAGE FROM MIAC. DR. DAVID HANSEN. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF MIAC
10:30  -  10:45. MESSAGE FROM THE UANL DR. REYES TAMEZ GUERRA. PRINCIPAL
OF THE UANL 
10:45  -  10:50. SIGNATURE OF AGREEMENT, MIAC – COFUPROSR. ARMANDO
PAREDES. DR. DAVID HANSEN
10:50  -  10:55. MESSAGE FROM COFUPRO. SR. ARMANDO PAREDES. PRESIDENT OF
COFUPRO
10:55  -  11:00. OPENING. LIC. FERNANDO CANALES CLARIOND. GOVERNOR OF
NUEVO LEON
11:00  -  11:15. R E C E S S
11:15  -  12:00. OPENING CONFERENCE: BIOTECHNOLOGY OF BACILLUS
THURINGIENSIS FOR PEST MANAGEMENT: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE". DR. LUIS 
J. GALAN WONG. GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE UANL

12:00  -  14:00 L U N C H

SESSION OF PESTS / DISEASES
MODERATOR: DR. FRANCISCO ZAVALA / UANL
14:00  -  15:00. INSECT DAMAGE TO BEANS AND POTATO. DR. ELAINE BACKUS /
MU
15:00  -  16:00. GEMINIVIRUS IN PEPPER. DR. RAFAEL RIVERA BUSTAMANTE /
CINVESTAV
16:00  -  17:00. FUNGAL DISEASE RESISTANCE GENES IN THE GRASSES. DR.
SCOT HULBERT / KSU
17:00  -  17:15. R E C E S S
17:15  -  18:15. CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS. DR. MARIO ROCHA PEÑA / INIFAP
18:15  -  19:15. IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE SEMI-ARID TROPICS
WITH BIOTECHNOLOGY. DR. GILBERTO SALINAS / UANL
19:15  -  20:00. DISCUSSION PANEL / Q&A; CONCLUSIONS. DR. FRANCISCO
ZAVALA / UANL
DR. MARIO ROCHA PEÑA / INIFAP
 

AUGUST 11, 1999

SESSION OF PLANT NUTRITION
MODERATOR: DR. JUAN MANUEL DE LA FUENTE / ITESM
09:00  -  10:00. ALUMINUM TOXICITY. DR. PERRY GUSTAFSON / MU
10:00  -  11:00. EXCESS OF ALUMINUM IN PLANTS. DR. JUAN MANUEL DE LA
FUENTE / ITESM
11:00  -  11:15. R E C E S S
11:15  -  12:15. NUTRIENT ASSIMILATION UNDER PLANT STRESSDR. TIM
ARKEBAUER / UN
12:15  -  13:00. PANEL DISCUSSION / Q&A; CONCLUSIONS. DR. JUAN MANUEL DE
LA FUENTE / ITESM

13:00  -  15:00 L U N C H

SESSION OF DROUGHT 
MODERATOR: DR. JOSEPH POLACCO / MIAC
15:00  -  16:00. GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF DROUGHT / SALINITY RESISTANCEDR.
JOHN CUSHMAN / OSU
16:00  -  17:00. DROUGHT RESISTANCE. DRA. ALEJANDRA COVARRUBIAS / UNAM
17:00  -  17:15. R E C E S S
17:15  -  18:15. PHYSIOLOGY OF DROUGHT AND COLD STRESS RESPONSE. DR.
MARK WESTGATE / ISU
18:15  -  19:15. GENETICS OF DROUGHT RESISTANCE. DRA. MIREILLE
KHAIRALLAH/ CIMMYT
19:15  -  20:00PANEL DISCUSSION / Q&A; CONCLUSIONS. DR. JOSEPH POLACCO /
MIAC
 
AUGUST 12, 1999

GENERAL DISCUSSION
MODERATOR: DR. RODRIGO AVELDAÑO SALAZAR / INIFAP

09:00  - 11:00. PANEL OF IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR BILATERAL
COLLABORATIVE INTERACTIONS. DR. DAVID HANSEN, DR. RODRIGO AVELDAÑO
SALAZAR, AND DR. LUIS J. GALAN WONG, REPRESENTATIVES OF INSTITUTIONS
11:00  -  11:30. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. DR. RODRIGO AVELDAÑO SALAZAR /
INIFAP
11:30  -  12:00. CLOSURE. DR. RODRIGO AVELDAÑO SALAZAR / INIFAP
13:00  -  16:00. LUNCH AT THE CUAUHTEMOC BREWERY GARDENS


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