IOCV 2010

WELCOME

The XVIII Conference of the International Organization of Citrus Virologists will be held in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, from November 07 to 12, 2010. Plenary and poster sessions will occur at the The Royal Palm Plaza Hotel Resort in Campinas ( www.royalpalm.com.br), and the field tours will include visits to orchards severely affected by huanglongbing, citrus variegated chlorosis, blight, and leprosis near to the Centro de Citricultura Sylvio Moreira ( www.centrodecitricultura.br), in Cordeirópolis.

The national organizing committee will prepare an exciting and interesting scientific program covering the "state of the art" in research on citrus graft-transmissible diseases, and field tours with visits to farms that are producing fruits under several challenges of diseases.

At the beginning of each plenary session a 45 minutes conference will be presented and will provide integrated, up-to-date scientific information on graft-transmissible diseases of citrus. The plenary sessions will be arranged in modules of 15 minutes followed by a break of 30 minutes. They will consist of invited presentations of 30 minutes, followed by oral presentations (10 + 5 min). Poster sessions are scheduled daily.

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