Beltsville Symposium XVI

Published in Probe Volume 1(1-2): Spring-Summer 1991


Photomorphogenesis in Plants: Emerging Strategies for Crop Improvement.

September 22 - 26, 1991

          University of Maryland University College Conference Center
                            College Park, Maryland

       Held jointly with the 1991 European Photomorphogenesis Symposium

                                    PROGRAM

Sunday    9/22/91     Registration and Evening Reception

Monday       a.m.    Session 1. Reflections on the Early Years of Phytochrome Research
            	     Session 2. Phytochrome Function in the Natural Environment
             p.m.    Session 3. Photoperiodism
             Evening         Posters

Tuesday      a.m.    Session 4. Blue Light Photoreception, Phototropism, and UV Photoreception
             p.m.    Session 5. Phytochrome Mutants and Transgenic Plants
             Evening         Posters

Wednesday    a.m.    Session 6. Phytochrome Regulated Gene Expression
             p.m.            Excursion

Thursday     a.m.    Session 7. Light Mediated Signal Transduction
             p.m.    Session 8. Phytochrome Structure and Properties
                     Session 9. Opportunities and Future Research Directions
             Evening         Banquet

Registration Fees

Regular  (includes proceedings, reception, banquet)       $175.00
Late Registration  (postmarked after August 16, 1991)     $225.00
Student  (graduate & undergraduate; includes
proceedings, reception, banquet)                           $75.00
  (Other meals to be purchased on a cash basis)

Symposium Co-chairmen

William J. VanDerWoude and Steven J. Britz           Telephone: (301) 344-3607
Climate Stress Laboratory, USDA, ARS                 Fax: (301) 344-4626
Bldg. 046A, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center  Telex: 7402411 CLIM
10300 Baltimore Blvd.                                Bitnet: wvanderwoude@umdars 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350

Sponsored by

                 Beltsville Area, Agricultural Research Service
                            with the cooperation of
               Friends of Agricultural Research-Beltsville, Inc.