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100 Glorious years of Sugarcane Breeding Institute

Friday 12 August 2016

Call for Papers

ICAR - SUGARCANE BREEDING INSTITUTE

COIMBATORE 641 007

Call for Papers : 17th meeting of Sugarcane R&D Workers of Northern Karnataka  - Belagavi; 
16-17 September, 2016

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GENERAL CIRCULAR - I
Dear Sir/Ma’am,
           ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore in collaboration with University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, S.Nijalingappa Sugar Institute, Belagavi  and the sugar industries of Northern Karnataka would be organizing the 17th meeting of Sugarcane Research and Development workers of Northern Karnataka during September 16-17, 2016 in the premises of S.Nijalingappa Sugar Institute, Belagavi to discuss the following topics:

·      Review of action taken on the recommendations of the previous meeting
·      Pest management in Sugarcane including White grubs
·      Managing saline-alkali soils
·      Varietal position in sugar factories
·      Performance of new sugarcane varieties &  AICRP (S) Varietal trials
·      Sugarcane seed nursery programme
                                 
          Besides these, there will be a general interactive session before the plenary session on the second day and a special lecture on Micro Irrigation and Fertigation in Sugarcane.

          S.Nijalingappa Sugar Institute, Shri Prabulingeshwar Sugars & Chemicals Ltd. and Gem Sugars Ltd., would be jointly hosting the meeting.

     You are cordially invited to attend this meeting along with your colleagues and participate in the deliberations. Manuscripts of the papers covering these topics may please be prepared as per the guidelines enclosed and send the same to the undersigned by August 26, 2016. The guidelines can also be downloaded from www.sugarcane.res.in or www.caneinfo.nic.in .

     As we are planning to bring out the papers presented at the meeting in printed form (Compendium of Research Articles & Status Papers; ISSN: 0973-8185), your papers may be prepared and sent to the undersigned in time. The papers (prepared using MS Word 2003) can be sent by email to sbiextension@yahoo.com. Presentations, created in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003/2007 format (.ppt/.pptx), should fit within the allotted time in the Technical sessions.

With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,

Sd/-
 DIRECTOR
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