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Pre-Congress Workshop: BARD
Workshop on Postharvest Heat Treatments:
Effects on
Commodity, Pathogens and Insect Pests
Maagan Holiday Village on the Sea of Galilee, Israel 22 - 24 March, 2000
Organizing Committee:
Chair: Susan Lurie, ARO, Volcani Center
Members: Robert Paull, University of Hawaii Roy McDonald, USDA, ARS
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
| Wednesday, March
22 |
| 17:00-19:00 |
Registration and receipt of
Workshop material |
| 19:00-20:00 |
Informal get
together |
| 20:00-20:45 |
Dinner |
| 21:00-22:00 |
Session A:
Opening Session |
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Chair:
Susan Lurie, The Volcani Center, ARO, Israel |
| 21:00 |
L1 |
Opening Lecture:
SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN HEAT STRESS
Lutz Nover, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Thursday, March
23 |
| 08:30-12:30 |
Session B: Heat Treatment of Fruits and
Vegetables |
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Chair: Ian Ferguson, HortResearch of New Zealand |
| 08:30 |
L2 |
Allan Woolf, HortResearch of New Zealand
FIELD TEMPERATURE AND POSTHARVEST RESPONSES |
| 09:00 |
L3 |
Robert Paull, University of Hawaii
HEAT TREATMENT AND FRUIT RIPENING |
| 09:30 |
L4 |
Greg McCollum, ARS-USDA
HEAT TREATMENT AND PLANT CELLULAR RESPONSES |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 |
L5 |
Krista Shellie, ARS-USDA
HEAT TREATMENT OF CITRUS |
| 11:00 |
L6 |
Keryl Jacobi, Queensland Primary Industries, Australia
HEAT TREATMENT OF MANGO |
| 11:30 |
L7 |
Mikail Saltveit, University of California,
Davis
HEAT TREATMENT OF FRESH-CUT |
| 12:00 |
Round table discussion : Basic responses of plants
to heat stress
& uses of these responses to develop treatments
Moderator: Ian Ferguson, HortResearch of New Zealand |
| 12:30-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00-16:00 |
Session C: Heat Treatment and Plant-Pathogen Response
Chair: Shimshon Ben Yehoshua, Volcani Center, ARO, Israel |
| 14:00 |
L8 |
Mario Schirra, CNR,
Italy
HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION MODULATED BY HEAT TREATMENT |
| 14:30 |
L9 |
Eli Fallik, Volcani Center, ARO, Israel
FUNGAL RESPONSES TO HEAT TREATMENT |
| 15:00 |
L10 |
William
Conway, ARS-USDA
HEAT TREATMENT AND PATHOGEN INVASION |
| 15:30 |
Round table discussion, Heat
& disease development:
strategies to improve plant resistance
Moderator: Shimshon Ben Yohoshua, Volcani Center, ARO, Israel |
| 16:00-16:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:30-18:30 |
Session D: Heat Treatment and
Insects
Chair: Elizabeth Mitcham, University of California, Davis |
| 16:30 |
L11 |
Lisa Neven, ARS-USDA
INSECT PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO HEAT |
| 17:00 |
L12 |
Barbara Waddell, HortResearch of New
Zealand
THERMOTOLERANCE IN INSECTS |
| 17:30 |
L13 |
Guy Hallman, ARS-USDA
COMMODITY-HEAT TREATMENTS & INSECT SURVIVAL |
| 18:00-18:30 |
Round table discussion:
Development of treatments to control both insects and pathogens:
a realistic option?
Moderator: Elizbeth Mitcham, University of California, Davis |
| 19:30-20:30 |
Dinner |
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21:00 |
Social Program |
| Friday,
March 24 |
| 08:30-12:00 |
Session E: The Technology of Heating
Chair: Roy McDonald, ARS-USDA |
| 08:30 |
L14 |
A. Whitworth, Agri-Machinery Inc.
HOT WATER, VAPOR HEAT AND HOT FORCED AIR: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES |
| 09:00 |
L15 |
Dan Black, TechniSystems
COMBINED SYSTEMS - THE CATT MACHINE |
| 09:30 |
L16 |
Juming Tang, Washington State University
NOVEL HEAT TREATMENTS |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 |
L17 |
Guillermo E. Sanchez, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
ECONOMIC COSTS, COMPARISON TO OTHER CONTROL METHODS |
| 11:00 |
Round table discussion: A
heuristic approach to heat treatments.
Moderator: Roy McDonald, ARS-USDA |
| 11:30 |
Summary and wrap-up |
| 12:00-12:45 |
Lunch |
| 13:00 |
Departure, optional tour B |
Optional Transportation and
Tour:
A. Transportation from
Tel-Aviv to Maagan Special bus: from Tel Aviv Central Railway Station (Arlozorov).
22 March, Departure of bus - 15:30 (the bus will arrive there at 15:20).
Price: USD 20
B. Tour: Travel
from Maagan to Jerusalem via the Bet-She'an Valley, visit Bet-She'an - One of
Israel's most ancient
cities, dating to the 5th millennium BC, travel via Jericho, arrival in
Jerusalem,
transfer to Tel-Aviv may be arranged upon request. This tour replaces the tour
to Nazareth (previously offered).
Price: USD 65. In your tour reservation, please state your request to end it
in Jerusalem or Tel-Aviv.
C. Transfer from Ben-Gurion
Airport to Maagan: A reliable public taxi service is available at the
airport 24 hours. Price per taxi to Maagan: approximately USD 100 (depending
on the time of day and number of suitcases). However, when we get the flight
details of everyone, we will try to arrange cheaper shared transportation.
Please write to us your flight details as soon as possible, and we will advise
you further details by e-mail.
Remark: The tour and transportation
are subject to a minimum number of participants.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Venue: The Symposium
will take place in Maagan Holiday Village, on the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret),
Israel.
Language: The
official language of the Workshop will be English.
Registration & Accommodation
Registration & accommoation fees
| for overseas participants: |
USD 330 |
| for Israeli participants: |
NIS 1000 |
Registration fees include:
* Participation in all sessions
* Receipt of all Seminar material
* Receipt of proceedings which will be published in
"Postharvest Biology and Technology"
* Two nights accommodation in a double room on full
board basis (22-24 March, 2000)
* Get together cocktail, social program and coffee
during breaks
Addition for single room: USD 100.
For registration: Please mail to the Secretariat the registration form
and a check.
Cancellation Policy: Refund of full registration fees less USD 50
handling fees will be made after receipt of a written request until March 1,
2000. No refund after that date.
Secretariat:
InTour - Mrs. Margalit Zur
Mail: P.O.Box 9095, Ramat-Efal 52190, Israel, E-Mail: mrgzur@ibm.net
Tel: 972-3-6355038, 03-6352833, Fax: 03-5351103 |
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