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TIMETABLE of 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POSTHARVEST SCIENCE
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, MARCH 26 – 31, 2000

    

Sunday, March 26

Monday,
March 27, 2000

Tuesday,
March 28, 2000

Wednesday,
March 29,
2000

Thursday, March 30, 2000

Friday,
March 31, 2000

08:30-09:15   Plenary Session:
Biotechnology for Postharvest – recent developments and future prospects         
Hall A
Plenary Session:
Mechanisms affecting disease development                             
 Hall A 
Full Day Professional Tours: Plenary Session:
Quality assurance of harvested horticultural perishables
           Hall A 
Plenary Session: 
Cell death mechanisms in a postharvest context 
                              Hall B
09:20-10:50               Sensor Technol-ogy, nondestructive quality assessment 

Hall A

Develop-mental regulation from germination to senescence

Hall B

Biological control and host resistance

Hall C

CA/MAP
technology

Hall A

Plant growth regulators and ethylene

Hall B

Alternatives to chemical control

Hall C

OPTIONS:

1.        Exotic Crops production in the desert.

2.        The Volcani Center at Bet-Dagan

3.        Lower Galilee

4.        Upper Galilee and Golan Heights.

Minimal Processing

Hall A

Physiological Disorders

Hall B

Refrigeration

Hall C

Senescence

Hall B

Health Issues

Hall C

10:50  

COFFEE BREAK AND
POSTER VIEWING

COFFEE BREAK AND
POSTER VIEWING

 

COFFEE BREAK AND
POSTER VIEWING

COFFEE BREAK

11:20-12:50    cont.

Hall A 

cont.

Hall B

cont.

Hall C

 cont.

Hall A

 cont.

Hall B

 cont.

Hall C

  Marketing in the face of competition           
Hall A
cont.                               

Hall B

Coats and Waxes

Hall C

Closing Plenary Session:

Postharvest science toward the third millennium

Hall B

12:50  

Lunch Break

Lunch Break

      

Lunch Break

12:50-13:10
14:00-15:30              Workshop: Quality assessment

Hall A

Texture and cell wall metabolism

Hall B

Workshop:
Post-harvest research of exotic fruits

Hall C
Poster Session      Poster Session Closing Ceremony  
Hall B
15:30  

COFFEE BREAK AND
POSTER VIEWING

COFFEE BREAK AND
POSTER VIEWING

 

COFFEE BREAK AND
POSTER VIEWING

             
16:00-17:30  

 

17:00-21:00

Registration and distribution of material

Physical 

Treatments

Hall A

cont.

Hall B

Preharvest effects on post- harvest behaviour

Hall C

CA/MAP
Technology
cont.

Hall A

Colour and pigmentation

Hall B

Quarantine related issues

Hall C

    Volatiles – flavor and scent compounds

Hall B

WorkshopControl of post-harvest disease – Quo vadis?

Hall C

 
Evening 20:30 Opening Cermony followed by Get Together Reception 20:30

Special lecture: "The Archeology of Jerusalem" followed by an Israeli Folklore Performance

20:30 

Special visit to the Israel Museum

  20:30 

Conference Dinner        

             
                                          
 

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