Symposium Program

Tentative Program

Registration Tuesday, October 14, 2008 (9﹕00 - 20﹕00)

Keynote Speakers

Xilin Hou (Nanjing Agriculture University, China)

Tianlai Li ( Shenyang Agriculture University, China)

Silvana Nicola （Università di Torino, Italy, ISHS Chair Section Vegetables）

Robert Premier （Plant Physiology and Food Sciences, Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia）

Wilfried Schnitzler （Technische Universität München, ISHS Chair Commission Plant Substrates and Soilless Culture, Germany）

John C. Snyder（Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Kentucky, USA）

Rifei Sun（Institute of Vegetable and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultureal Sciences, China）

Bernhard Tauscher（Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food, Germany）

Detlef Ulrich（Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Germany）

Yong Xu (National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, China)

Jingquan Yu (Zhejiang University)

Zhibin Zhang (Institute of Vegetable and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultureal Sciences)

Symposium Topics

■ Vegetable production
□ Cultivation
□ Water and fertilizer management
□ Pest and disease control
■ Post harvest and process
■ Testing and evaluation of vegetable products
■ Diversity of vegetables
■ Vegetables and health
■ Supply chain and marketing
■ Food security
■ Policy for vegetable production, process and marketing