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- Fifth International
Scientific Meeting of the Cassava Biotechnology Network
- November
4 - 9, 2001
- St. Louis, Missouri USA
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- Cassava, An Ancient Crop
for Modern Times
- Food, Health, and Culture
- Invitation
- We have the
pleasure of inviting you to the Fifth International Scientific
Meeting of the Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN) at the Donald
Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, November
4-9, 2001. The conference is entitled Cassava, An Ancient Crop for Modern
Times: Food, Health, and Culture.
General Organization
The first day
of the conference will be devoted to the presentation of cassava
as a crop and constraints that limit productivity. The succeeding
four days will be devoted to the status of cassava biotechnology.
The program will consist of keynote addresses, general lectures,
specialized seminars, and poster sessions. A significant part
of these sessions will be reserved for selected oral communications.
In addition, there will be evening round tables to review progress
and problems. All participants will receive the text of the communications
at the beginning of the symposium.
- Claude Fauquet, Director
of the International Laboratory for Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology
(ILTAB), Coordinator
- email: iltab@danforthcenter.org
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- Chusa Gines, Coordinator
of CBN (CIAT), Coordinator of CBN-V
- email: c.gines@cgiar.org
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- Nigel Taylor, ILTAB,
Adjunct Coordinator
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- General Secretariat:
- Bernadette Delannay,
ILTAB/Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
- 8001 Natural Bridge
Road, CME Room 308
- St. Louis, Missouri
63121-4499 USA
- email: cbn-v@danforthcenter.org
- telephone: 314-516-4583
- fax: 314-516-4582
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