Proposed Program| | Monday 31 Aug | Tuesday 1 Sept | Wednesday 2 Sept | Thursday 3 Sept | Friday 4 Sept |
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| 9:00-10:30 | Workshops Registration | Session 1 | Session 5 | Session 9 | Session 13 | | 10:30-11:00 | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | | 11:00-12:30 | Session 2 | Session 6 | Session 10 | Summary & close | | 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | | 14:00-15:30 | Session 3 | Session 7 | Session 11 | Departure | | 15:30-16:00 | Coffee | Coffee | Coffee | | 16:00-17:30 | Session 4 | Session 8 | Session 12 | | 18:00- | Welcome reception & BBQ | Posters | Outback Spectacular (optional) | Conference Dinner |
Sessions each 1½ hr
Coffee breaks ½ hr
Lunch 1½ hr
To date, 51 delegates from 14 countries have made an expression of interest in attending the symposium. Invitations currently being sent to prospective keynote speakers and Chairs of sessions Proposed Session Topics:Thrips as virus vectors
Tospovirus molecular biology and diagnostics
Thrips systematics and identification
Integrated management of thrips as pests and virus vectors
Epidemiology and control of tospoviruses
Thrips behaviour and ecology
Host plant resistance against tospoviruses
Thrips-plant interactions
Tospovirus-plant interactions
Thrips and tospoviruses as biosecurity threats
Thrips as vectors of other pathogens
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 May 2009 )
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