The Atlantic Agronomy Workshop

Rodd Charlottetown Hotel, Charlottetown, PEI
January 17-18, 2006

Organized by Canadian Society of Agronomy
http://www.agronomycanada.com

The Canadian Society of Agronomy (CSA) is organizing the 3rd biennial Workshop for agronomy people to meet to exchange ideas and research results. The meeting will be run as an "at cost" event covered by registration fees.

This meeting, aimed at researchers, graduate students, industry representatives and advisers, will provide a forum for presentation of new information and discussion on all aspects of agronomic crop production in the Atlantic Region including;

Crop Production
Crop management practices - conventional and organic
Crop rotations.
Crop fertility
Cropping effects on environment and greenhouse gasses
Cultivar development and evaluation
Soil and water

Pest Management (diseases, insects, nematodes, weeds)
Field experiments and results from long-term / rotation studies.
Interaction of management practices for pest control
Plant and pest bio-diversity and changes in cropping systems
Management and control of individual pest species and weeds.

Invited guest speakers will give lead presentations on selected areas subjects. The organisers invite offers of spoken and poster presentations. Approximately 35 oral papers related to the session topics can be accommodated. The papers are to be 12 minutes in length plus a 3 minute period for questions. Volunteer papers will be assigned to appropriate session topic and offers that cannot be accommodated in the oral sessions will be allotted space for a poster presentation. Abstracts of all papers/posters will be published in a volume of Canadian Journal of Plant Science. A prize will be offered for the best paper and poster presented by a graduate student. Authors must indicate on the form whether the paper or poster is intended for the graduate student competition.

Titles and abstracts are to be submitted to Dr. Jerry A. Ivany, P.Ag., Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Crops and Livestock Research Centre, 440 University Ave., Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4N6, Tel: 902-566-6835: Fax: 902-566-6821: E-mail: IvanyJ@agr.gc.ca.

The abstracts must be in a ready-to-print format and authors are asked to include a title, not to exceed 12 words, followed by the name(s) and the affiliation of the authors. An asterisk should identify the presenter. The title and author(s) should be followed by an abstract of no more than 150 words. The abstract is to be a single paragraph containing a brief description of research done and an informative summary of significant findings. On a line after the abstract, submit Key Words: (in bold) of up to five appropriate key words. The e-mail address of the corresponding author is to appear at the end of the abstract. For a sample of the abstract format, see the April 2004 issue of the Canadian Journal of Plant Science and the attached example.

For more details, as they become available, please visit the CSA Website:
http://www.agronomycanada.com

Jerry A. Ivany PhD, P,Ag.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Crops and Livestock Research Centre
440 University Ave.
Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4N6
Tel: 902-566-6835
Fax: 902-566-6821
EM: IvanyJ@agr.gc.ca

Deadline for offer of Paper / Poster Title is December 9, 2005

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACT IS JANUARY 6, 2006