INTERNATIONAL SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION

Synthesis of the Symposium & Summary of discussions

Opening Talks: Dr. Yalcin KAYA, Chair, Organizing Committee  Dr. Necmi BESER, Director of Trakya Agricultural Research Institute  Dr. Vehbi ESER, President of Turkish Plant Breeders Association Prof Dr. Dragan SKORIC, On the behalf of Scientific Committee  Assoc. Prof Dr. Masum BURAK, Director General, The General Directorate of Agricultural Research Orobanche Resistance in Sunflower Invited speaker: D. M. Joel, D. Plakhine Conditioning of Orobanche in Agricultural Fields: Ecophysiological AspectsInvited speakers: A. Höniges, K. Wegmann, A. Ardelean  Session: BROOMRAPE BIOLOGY, PLANT HOST RELATIONSHIPS Session Chair : Prof. Dr. Jose Maria Melero Vera Broomrape (Orobanche spp.) Problem in The Eastern Mediterranean Region of Turkey F. Bülbül, E.Aksoy, S.Uygur, N.Uygur Current status of…

Lignano Sabbia d'Oro, Udine  - September 10-14, 2006Table of contents “Sincron”, a new Brassica carinata cultivar for biodiesel productionAlessandro Bozzini, Fortunato Calcagno and Titi Soare, ItalyA self-sufficient system (“Energy Island”) fed only with Bio-Oil from local crops Gioacchino NARDINCIFRA, Giuseppe CATANZAROA, ItalyACHIEVEMENTS AND BOTTLENECKS IN DEVELOPING SUNFLOWER HYBRIDS FOR UGANDAWalter O. Anyanga, UgandaASAGIR proposal: Building a Sunflower Worldwide NetworkCarlos Feoli, ASAGIR, ArgentinaBreeding for specialty oil types in sunflowerJosé M. Fernández-Martínez, Begoña Pérez-Vich, Leonardo Velasco, Juan Domínguez, SpainCATALYTIC TRANSFORMATION OF SEED OIL DERIVATIVES VIA OLEFIN METATHESISSusannah L. Scott, USACOMMERCIAL SUNFLOWER HYBRID EVALUATION IN EAST CENTRAL ITALYLaur…

Session 1 : Genetic Development of Sunflower in Developing CountriesChairperson : Johan POTGIETER a. Wild Sunflower Germplasm : A Perspective on Characteristics of Use to Sunflower Breeders in Developing CountriesDr. Gerald J. SEILER, USAb.Genotype-environment Interactions and Stability Estimates for Sunflower Varieties Grown in Diverse Environments in KenyaWilson M. THAGANA, Kenyac. Combining Ability among some Argentine Sunflower Populations for Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resistance. (presented as a poster)Fernando CASTANO, Raul RODRIGUEZ, José RE, Argentina, and Maurizio TURI, Sattar TAHMASEBI-ENFERADI, Gian Paolo VANNOZZI and Mario BALDINI, Italy. Session 2 : Breeding and Cultivar Choice in Developing CountriesChairperson : Dr. Jerry MILLER, USA a.Advantages and Disadvantages of…

IndexOpening Speech by Pr. Brazao Mazula, Honorable Rector of the Eduardo Mondlane University .....                                                           11Speech by Dr. Agostinho do Rosario, the Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Fïsheries of Mozambique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . 17Speech by Dr. Felicity Vear, President of the ISA . . . . . . . . . . . . .22Speech by André Pouzet, General Secretary of the ISA . . . . . . . . . 23Closing Speech by Pr. Brazao Mazula, Honorable Rector of Eduardo MondlaneUniversity...............................24 List of participants . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................................27 Session: Agronomy, Physiology and Crop Protection Papers selected by the Scientific Committee in MozambiqueEffect of planting…

Foreword IndexSession I : Races of downy mildew l. Survey of downy mildew on sunflower in FranceAnnette Penaud, CETIOM, France .....82. Analysis of molecular variability in Plasmopara halstedii, causal agent of sunflower downy mildew. Use for the characterization of the species and its different racesJeanne Tourvieille, Patricia Roeckel-Drevet, Paul Nicolas et Denis Tourvieille de Labrouhe, INRA, France......... 123. Races of sunflower downy mildew pathogen (Plasmopara halstedii) in YugoslaviaStevan Masirevic, Yugoslavia..... 214. Research on Plasmopara halstedii : recent findings and further needsFerenc Viranyi, Hungary.......... 245. Pathogenic characterization of Plasmopara halstedii isolates from SpainLeire Molinera-Ruiz, Melero-Vara, Spain............266. Pathogenic variability…