International Potash Institute
Optimizing Crop Nutrition, Potassium in Soil, Plant and Agro ecosystem

IPI-OUAT-IPNI International Symposium 2009: Potassium role and benefits in improving nutrient management for food production, quality and reduced environmental damages
05-07 Nov 2009

OUAT campus, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India.

PLEASE NOTE - The deadline for the submission of papers to Plant and Soil: has been extended to 16th August 2009.

The symposium main themes are:

1. Nutrient management to meet challenges of food security
2. Nutrient use efficiency and Potassium
3. Role of potassium and mineral nutrition in alleviation of stress
4. Production and quality of agricultural products and impacts on the environment and humans
5. Spatial variability of soil properties and Site Specific Nutrient Management (SSNM)
6. The role of extension in increasing agricultural productivity
7. Nutrient mining and input output balances

Confirmed speakers
A.J. Stein, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
S. St. Clair, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
H. Lambers, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
F. Zhang, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
V. Römheld, Hohenheim University, Stuttgart, Germany
Z. Rengel, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
I. Cakmak, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
G. E. Lester, USDA ARS, Weslaco, USA
R. J. Buresh, IRRI, Manila, Philippines
I. Öborn, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
J.S. Samra, National Rainfed Area Authority, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India
N. Panda, Western Orissa Development Council, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
A.K. Singh, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India
P. J. Smethurst, CRC for Forestry, CSIRO, Hobart, Australia
J. Timsina, IRRI-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
J. Binamira, National IPM, Department of Agriculture, Quezon City, Philippines

Organizers: IPI, IPNI and OUAT
Co-sponsored by:
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Fertilizer Association of India (FAI)
Bangladesh Fertilizer Association (BFA)
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council
India Soil Science, Bhubaneswar.

Documents: 2nd Circular (pdf 2.6 MB), 1st Circular (pdf 192 kB), List of Papers (Draft) (pdf 41.6 kB), Programme (pdf 71.6 kB)
Email: Dr. M. Assaraf, IPI coordintor India, Dr. Baladzhoti Tirugnanasotkhi, IPI coordinator East India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Link: Ouat website