INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HORTICULTRE - 2009

 Conference Programme

                                                                                  Conference Programme

Monday, November 9, 2009 

08.00 - 09.00	Registration
	Hall I & II
09.00 - 11.00	Inaugural Session
11.00 - 11.30	TEA BREAK
11.30 - 12.00	Lead Speaker : Dr. H. P. Singh Dynamics of Technologies in Horticulture for Improving Production, Productivity and Profitability
	Hall I
	Theme Area I: Technological Domain
12.00 – 13.30	Technical Session 1.1: Improved Crops - I
	Chairperson :                                                                   Rapporteurs: Dr.Vishnu Swarup                                                          Dr. A. T.Sadashiva Co-Chairperson:                                                            Dr. C. Aswath, Dr. A. S. Sidhu                                                              Dr. K. M. Indiresh
12.00 – 12.15	Lead Paper Prof. Acram Taji : Use of In Vitro breeding strategies in the development of Australian plants
12.15 – 12.30 12.30 – 12.45	Invited Papers Dr. S. K. Sharma and Dr. J. C. Rana Management of Horticultural Crops Genetic Resources in the Existing and Emerging IPR Regime Dr. C. Aswath and Dr. S. Vageeshbabu Biotechnological interventions in Horticulture for sustainable livelihood
12.45 – 13.30	Contributory Oral Papers: 1- 4
12.00 – 13.30	Poster Session 1 – 42
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch Break
14.30 – 16.00	Technical Session 1.1: Improved Crops – II
14.30 – 16.00	Contributory Oral Papers: 5 – 12
14.30 – 16.00	Poster Session 43 - 84
16.00 – 17.30	Technical Session 1.1: Improved Crops - III
16.00 – 17.30	Contributory Oral Papers: 13 - 18
16.00 – 17.30	Poster Session  85 - 121

 

	Hall II
	Theme Area II: Institutional and Policy Support: Socio-Economic Domains
12.00 – 13.30	Technical Session 2.1: Technology Generation, Transfer and Utilization
	Chairperson :                                                                Rapporteurs: Dr. C. Prasad                                                            Dr. M. R. Hegde Co-Chairperson:                                                        Dr. B. Balakrishna Dr. V. V. Sadamate                                                    Dr. D. Nanjappa
12.00 – 12.15	Lead Paper Dr. C. Prasad  and Dr. P.C.Bhatia International Horticultural Development Scenario-Implications for India
12.15 – 12.30 12.30 – 12.45 12.45 – 13.00 13.00 – 13.15 13.15 – 13.30	Invited Papers Dr. S. B. Dandin Retrospect and prospects of horticulture in Karnataka Dr. R. K. Pathak Innovative approach to Organic farming in Horticultural crops – Need for Rapid Technology Transfer Dr. S. Prabhu Kumar and Dr. C. V. Sairam Technology Delivery Mechanism in Horticulture- Experiences of KVKs Dr. M. J. Chandre Gowda Institutional mechanisms and programmes to strengthen extension services in Horticulture Dr. E. Vadivel Farmers’ Participatory operational research in Tamilnadu
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch Break
14.30 – 14.45	Technical Session 2.1: Technology Generation, Transfer and Utilization (continued) Dr. K. P. Agarwal Sustainable rural livelihood security through horticulture based farming system approach in  NAIP mode
14.45 – 16.00	Contributory Oral Papers: 1- 8
12.00 – 16.00	Poster Session  1 - 09
16.00 – 17.30	Technical Session 2.2: Screening Technologies for Horticultural Development in Socio- Economic and Agro climatic perspectives
	Chairperson :                                                            Rapporteurs: Dr. R. B. Singh                                                       Dr. M. S. Rao Co-Chairperson:                                                     Dr. Khader Khan Dr. A. K. Singh                                                       Dr. T. M. Gajanana
16.00 – 16.15	Lead Paper Dr. K. D. Kokate: Horticultural Revolution through Research-Extension –Farmer Linkages in Maharashtra
16.15 – 16.30 16.30 – 16.45 16.45 – 17.00 17.00 – 17.15 17.15 – 17.30	Invited Papers: Dr. E. Vadivel Tamilnadu precision farming project: A prelude to next green revolution Dr. T. A. More Arid Horticulture for Livelihood security and economic growth Dr. R. T. Patil Innovations in post harvest management techniques and equipment appropriate to production catchments in India Dr. G. S. Kahlon and Dr. A. K. Singh High tech Interventions in Horticulture for quality assurance to meet market demand Dr. P. K. Joshi Screening technologies for horticulture development

 

	Hall III
	Theme Area III: Marketing and Supply Chain Management
12.00 – 13.30	Technical Session 3.1: Marketing and Supply Chain Management
	Chairperson :                                                                Rapporteurs: Dr. P. G. Chengappa                                                   Dr. M. Kannan Co-Chairperson:                                                         Dr. M. Sudha Dr. M. G. Chandrakanth                                               Dr. P. Narayana Swamy
12.00 – 12.15	Lead Paper Dr. P. G. Chengappa Emergence of organized retailing in India – Its impact on horticulture farmers
12.15 – 12.30 12.30 – 12.45 12.45 – 13.00 13.00 – 13.15 13.15 – 13.30	Invited Papers: Dr. Peter J. Batt Linking small horticultural producers to markets: Need for efficient supply chain management Dr. S. Dave Agribusiness: Farmer at core of well being Dr. A. P. Paul Value Chain Management : An Overview & Perspectives Mr. K. J. Devendrappa Role of KAPPEC in promotion of Horticulture Exports from Karnataka Dr. C. R. Elsy Protection of Geographical Indications of Horticultural Goods for Enhancing Market Competitiveness
13.30 – 14.30	Lunch Break
14.30 – 15.00	Technical Session 3.1: Marketing and Supply Chain Management (continued)
14.30 – 15.00	Contributory oral Papers 1- 4
14.30 – 15.00	Poster Session  1 - 5
15.00 – 17.30	Theme Area I: Technological Domain
15.00 – 17.30	Technical Session : 1.3 Crop Protection-I
	Chairperson :                                                                 Rapporteurs: Dr. Anupam Varma                                                      Dr. N. K. Krishna Kumar Co-Chairperson:                                                         Dr. M. Krishna Reddy Dr. P. Parvatha Reddy                                                 Dr. V. V. Belwadi
15.00 – 15.15	Lead Paper Dr. Jan Willem Ketelaar and Dr. Prabhat Kumar Asian Smallholder Vegetable Farmers as IPM Experts: Experiences from the FAO Regional Vegetable IPM Programme (2002-2008)
15.15 – 15.30 15.30 – 15.45 15.45 – 16.00 16. 00 – 16.15 16.15 – 16.30 16.30 – 16.45 16.45 – 17.00 17.00 – 17.15 17.15 – 17.30	Invited Papers: Dr. P. Parvatha Reddy Integrated biointensive pest management in horticultural crops Dr. H. S. Gaur Nematode problems in vegetable crops Dr. M. Mani Biointensive insect pest management in fruit and vegetable crops Dr. S. M. Qumuruzzaman, Dr. M. A. Rahim, Dr. M. A. Kabir and Dr. M. S. Alam Incidence of nut weevil in Zizyphus mauririana cv THAI KUL Dr. O.O.Fadina, Dr. Olubunmi,O. and Dr. Toriola,O.A. Pesticide and urban vegetable production pattern in south-west Nigeria Dr. M. S. Rao Biological control of nematode induced disease complex in certain vegetable crops Dr. Wagner Gabor, Dr. Nadasy Erzsebet, Dr. Nadasy Polak and Dr. R. Michel Nitrogen uptake of green pea and Chinapodium album influenced by herbicides Dr. L. Srimathi Priya and Dr. K. Kumutha Effect of AM inoculation on enzyme activities and microbial population   in the rhizosphere of coleus forskholli Dr. J. Veankatesha, Dr.  D. Madaiah, Dr. Hemla Naik and Dr. B. Vishnuavrdhan Management of spike shedding disorder in black pepper (Piper nigram L.)

 

18.00-19.00	Hall I & II The Late Dr. B. P. Pal Memorial Lecture : Prof. Jules Janick –Horticulture and Health: Ancient and Medieval Views
19.15 -20.15	Cultural Programme
20.30	DINNER

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
 

08.00-09.00	Registration
	Hall I
	Theme Area I: Technological Domain
09.00 – 11.00	Technical Session 1.2 Crop Management  - I
	Chairperson :                                                                 Rapporteurs: Dr. Kirti Singh                                                             Dr. R. Krishnamanohar Co-Chairperson:                                                          Dr. K. Sujatha Prof. D. P. Ray                                                            Dr. S. S. Hebbar
09.00 – 09.15	Lead Paper Dr. Mahmoud Solh Improving Livelihoods of small farmers through the production of high-value Horticultural crops in protected agriculture in dry areas
09.15 – 09.30 09.30 – 09.45 09.45 – 10.00	Invited Paper Dr. P. Rethinam Management of complex stresses inn plantation crops Dr. M. Prabhakar Indian Vegetable farming technologies – present scenario and future thrusts Dr Ahmed.T.  Moustafa Simplified soil less system adopted by growers in UAE for production of high cash crops
10.00  - 11.00	Contributory oral Papers 1- 6
09.00 – 11.00	Poster Session  1 - 70
11.00 – 11.30	TEA BREAK
11.30 – 13.30	Technical Session 1.2 : Crop Management  - II
11.30 – 11.45	Lead Paper Dr. Michael Bohme: Improving productivity in horticultural crops
11.45 – 12.00	Invited Paper Dr. Michael Raviv:  The role of soil less plant production in ascertaining food security
12.00 – 13.30	Contributory oral Papers 7-13
11.30 – 13.30	Poster Session  71 - 140
13.30 – 14.30	LUNCH BREAK
14.30 – 16.00	Technical Session 1.4: Underutilized Crops
	Chairperson :                                                             Rapporteurs: Dr. Hannah Jaenicke                                                Dr. S. H. Jalikop, Co-Chairperson:                                                      Dr. N. C. Narase Gowda Dr. R. K Arora                                                         Dr. B. Varalakshmi
14.30 – 14.45	Lead Paper : Dr. Hannah Jaenicke The role  of underutilized   crops in sustaining livelihoods in times of change
14.45 – 15.00	Invited paper Dr. P. G. Sadhan Kumar and Mrs. S. Nirmala Devi Underutilized and underexploited tropical leafy Vegetables as a source of fiber and antioxidants
15.00 – 16.00	Contributory oral Papers 1 - 6
14.30 – 16.00	Poster Session  1 – 6
	Theme Area III: Marketing and Supply Chain Management
16.00 – 17.30	Technical Session 3.2: Strategies for value addition, employment and income generation to farmers
	Chairperson :                                                      Rapporteurs: Dr. V. Prakash                                                 Dr. M. C. Varadaraj Co-Chairperson:                                               Dr. B. Sathyanarayana Reddy Dr. M. Mahadevappa                                         Dr. H. B. Lingaiah
16.00 – 16.15	Lead Paper : Dr. M. Mahadevappa, Prof. M. G. Chandrakanth and Mrs. H. P. Sumangala Scope for value addition in agriculture with special reference to horticulture crops in India
16.15 – 16.30	Invited Paper Dr. Jose Mathew Technologies for commercial production of cashew apple Products – Their Impact on Livelihood security and Economic growth
16.30 – 17.30	Contributory oral Papers 1 – 6
16.00 – 17.30	Poster Session  1 - 8

 

 

08.00-09.00	Registration
	Hall II
	Theme Area II: Institutional and Policy Support: Socio-Economic Domains
09.00 – 09.45	Technical Session 2.2: Screening Technologies for Horticultural Development in Socio-Economic and Agro Economic and Agro climatic perspectives (continued)
	Chairperson :                                                          Rapporteurs: Dr. R. B. Singh                                                      Dr. M. S. Rao Co-Chairperson:                                                    Dr. Khader Khan Dr. A. K. Singh                                                      Dr. T. M. Gajanana
09.00 – 09.45	Contributory oral Papers 1 – 4
09.00 – 09.45	Poster Session   1 - 14
	Technical Session- 2.3: National Agriculture Policy, Programmes and Economic Growth
	Chairperson :                                                        Rapporteurs: Dr. R. S. Deshpande                                           Dr. Y. S. Arunkumar Co-Chairperson:                                                Dr. B. S. Sriram Dr. Keith Wiebe                                                 Dr. D. Srinivasamurthy
09.45 – 10.00	Lead Paper Dr. S. Bisalaiah : Growth of agriculture and horticulture and livelihood security
10.00 – 10.15 10.15 – 10.30 10.30 – 10.45 10.45 – 11.00	Invited Papers Dr. Sudha Mysore Regional pattern of economic growth and horticultural development and region specific major socio-economic constraints on horticulture development Dr. Ravza Mavlyanova Vegetable systems in Central Asia and Caucasus: Research and development to improve livelihood security. Mr. N. Jayaram and Dr. R. N. Srinivas Horticulture development programmes in Karnataka Dr. San San Yi Contribution of Myanmar Horticulture in supporting livelihood security and economic growth
11.00 – 11.30	TEA BREAK
11.30 -  11.45 11.45 – 12.00 12.00 – 12.15	Invited Papers (continued) Dr. Golam Rabbani Present status and future prospects of horticulture sector in Bangladesh Dr. A. S. Sidhu, Dr. M. Prabhakar and Dr. S. S. Hebbar Vegetable research and development transforming rural economy in India Dr. V. V. Sadamate
12.00 – 13.30	Contributory oral Papers 1- 8
09.00 – 13.30	Poster Session  1 - 5
13.30 – 14.30	LUNCH BREAK
	Technical Session 2.4: Food, Nutrition and Health Security
	Chairperson :                                                            Rapporteurs: Dr. Prem Nath                                                        Dr. D. Vijayalaksmi Co-Chairperson:                                                     Dr. M. Vasundhara Mr. Wilfried O. Baudoin                                            Dr. S. Vageesh Babu
14.30 – 14.45	Lead Paper Ms. Alison Hodder Contribution of horticulture to the livelihood security –Experience gained and future prospects
14.45 – 15.00 15.00 – 15.15 15.15 – 15.30 15.30 – 15.45 15.45 – 16.00 16.00 – 16.15 16.15 – 16.30 16.30 – 16.45 16.45 – 17.00	Invited Papers Dr. Surabhi Mittal Horticulture and food security Dr. Ezeddine Boutrif Emerging role of horticulture in nutrition security and health improvement Dr. Abdul Kobakiwal Horticulture based activities in FAO’s special programme for food security (SPFS) Dr. Biplab K. Nandi Integrated Horticulture and Nutrition development in Asia-Lessons learnt from FAO projects Dr. Jao Carlos da Silva Dias Impact of improved vegetable varieties in overcoming food security Dr. M. L. Chadha Contribution of Vegetable crops to address poverty, hunger and malnutrition in South-Asia Dr. Aminuzzaman Talukder, Dr. Nancy Haselow, Dr. John Deidrick, Dr. David Spiro, Dr. Ellen Villate, Dr. Hou Kroeun, Dr. Amin Uddin, Dr. Jennifer Nielsen and Dr. Victoria Quinn. Contribution of Horticulture and Homested Food Production to household food and nutrition security and decreased anemia among young children- lessons learned from scaling- up programs in Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal And Pilippines) Dr. Mathura Rai and Dr. Sudhakar Pandey Cucurbitaceous Crops: Nutrition security and livelihood security of tribal people of India. Dr. A.S. Sidhu and Dr. Sabina Islam Vegetable crops for food, nutrition security and improving livelihood
17.00 – 17.30	Contributory oral Papers 1- 2
14.30 – 17.30	Poster Session  1 - 3

 

08.00-09.00	Registration
	Hall III
	Theme Area I: Technological Domain
	Technical Session : 1.3 Crop Protection-II
	Chairperson :                                                           Rapporteurs: Dr. Anupam Varma                                                Dr. N. K. Krishna Kumar Co-Chairperson:                                                   Dr. M. Krishna Reddy Dr. P. Parvatha Reddy                                           Dr. V. V. Belwadi
09.00 – 09. 15	Lead Paper Dr. H. R. Pappu Tospo viruses in vegetables: Epidemiology, genetics for resistance and transgenic
09.15 – 09.30 09.30 – 09.45 09.45 – 10.00 10.00 – 10.15 10.15 – 10.30	Invited Papers Dr. Ashok Kumar Mishra Strategies for the management of threatening fungal diseases of subtropical fruits for enhancing production Dr. S. K. Pandey Production of virus-planting material of potato: conventional and high-tech approaches Dr. M. Krishna Reddy Emerging viruses in horticultural crops and their management Dr. Cseh Eszter, Dr.Abdrs Takcs, Dr. Gabriella Kazinczi, Dr. Josef Horvath and Dr. Richard Gaborjanyi Occurrence frequency of Grapevine viruses in West Hungarian vineyards Dr. Jiban Kumar Kundu, Dr. Jana Jarasova, Dr. Sebastein Gadiou, Dr. Joroslav Polak and Dr. Michel Ravelonandro RNA silencing in transgenic plum “Honey Sweet” (c5) to confer resistance to plum pox virus
09.00 – 10.30	Poster Session  1 - 46
	Technical Session 1.5: Crop Diversification
	Chairperson :                                                         Rapporteurs: Dr. K. V. Peter                                                   Dr. S. D. Doijode, Co-Chairperson:                                                 Dr. P. G. Sadhan Kumar Dr. Brahma Singh                                                Dr. H. S. Yogesh
10.30 – 10.45	Lead Paper : Dr. C. L. Laxmipathi Gowda, Dr. Dov Pasternak, Dr. Albert Nikiema, and Dr. Sanjeet Kumar Crop Diversification with horticultural crops for Enhancing incomes and improving livelihoods of Poor farmers in dry land areas
10.45 – 11.00	Invited Paper : Dr. Usha R. Palaniswamy : Successful Models of Crop Diversification
11.00 – 11.30	TEA BREAK
	Technical Session 1.5: Crop Diversification (continued)
11.30 – 12.30	Contributory Oral Papers 1 -7
09.00 – 12.00	Poster Session  1 - 4
	Technical session 1.6 :Seed and Planting Material
	Chairperson :                                                          Rapporteurs: Dr. K. P. Vasantha Shetty                                  Dr. T. Janakiram Co-Chairperson:                                               Dr. V. S. R. Krishna Prasad Dr. O. P. Dutta                                                 Dr. V. Nache Gowda
12.30– 12.45	Lead Paper: Dr. B. Mazumdar Potato Production by TPS – A global overview
12.45 – 13.30	Contributory oral Papers 1- 4
13.30 – 14.30	LUNCH BREAK
	Technical session 1.6 : Seed and Planting Material (continued)
14.30 – 15.00	Contributory oral Papers 5- 8
12.00 – 15.00	Poster Session  1 - 49
	Technical Session 1.7 : Post Harvest Management
	Chairperson :                                                            Rapporteurs: Dr. V. Prakash                                                      Dr. M. C. Varadaraj Co-Chairperson:                                                   Dr. M. Jawaharlal Dr. P.G. Adsule                                                     Dr. M. B. Madalgeri
15.00 – 15.15	Lead Paper : Dr. K. Santhanam Post Harvest Management of fruits and vegetable: Value addition through use of enzymes
15.15 – 16.15	Contributory oral Papers 1 - 8
16.00 – 17.30	Poster Session  1 - 53
	Technical Session: 1.8: Organic Farming
	Chairperson :                                                               Rapporteurs: Dr. G. K. Veeresh                                                    Dr. M. Prabhakar Co-Chairperson:                                                      Dr. D. P. Kumar Dr. K. S. Chauhan                                                    Dr. T. N. Shivananda
16.15 – 16.30	Lead Paper : Dr. B. S. Prabhakar and Dr. D. P. Kumar Organic Horticulture: A Technology alternative to secure food, nutrition and health
16.30 – 17.30	Contributory oral Papers 1- 7
16.00 – 17.30	Poster Session  1 - 18

 

	Hall I & II
18.00-19.00	The Late Dr. Norman Borlag  Memorial Lecture : Dr. Keith Weibe: Changing Pattern of consumption, economic growth and food security: Examining India’s Experience in global context.
19.15 -20.15	Cultural Programme
20.30	DINNER

 Wednesday, November 11, 2009 

08.00 - 09.00	Registration
	Hall I & II
09.00 – 10.30	Theme Area IV:Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries(TCDC) Chairperson : Dr. Prem Nath Co-Chairperson: Ms. Alison Hodder Rapporteurs: Dr. Usha R. Palaniswamy Dr. B. K. Nandi Dr. K. R. M. Swamy
11.00 – 11.30	Lead Paper: Dr. Gavin Wall FAO’s Experience of Technical Cooperation  among Developing Countries
11.30 – 12.00	Invited Speaker: Dr. Prem Nath and Dr. Anupam Varma: Vegetable Science International Network Future Plan: ·         Second ICH ·         Second ICV ·         VEGINET Constitution : Mr. Vinod K. Huria
12.00 – 13.30	Theme Area V: Seminar - Challenges and Opportunities in Horticulture
	Moderators: Dr. Prem Nath and Dr. S. Bisalaiah
	Rapporteurs:                                                 Mr. P. B. Gaddagimath Dr. M. J. Chandre Gowda Mr. Vinod K. Huria
	Invited Speakers:
	Dr. Prem Nath,                                            Dr. Kirti Singh,
	Dr. S. Bisalaiah,                                           Dr. H. P. Singh,
	Mr. Wilfried O. Baudoin,                                 Dr. S. A. Patil,
	Dr. Jules Janick,                                           Mr. G. V. K. Naidu
	Panel Members:
	Prof. V.L. Chopra,                                         Dr. K. V. Peter
	Dr. R. S. Paroda,                                          Dr. P. G. Chengappa,
	Dr. R. B. Singh,                                            Dr. S. B. Dandin,
	Mrs. Alison Hodder
13.30– 14.30	LUNCH BREAK
14.30– 17.00	Theme Area VI : Plenary Session : Future Thrusts and Recommendations
	Moderators: Prof. V. L. Chopra and  Dr. R. S. Paroda
	Panelists: Dr. Prem Nath                                Dr. Jules Janick,
	Dr. R. Dwarakinath,                           Dr. Keith Wiebe
	Rapporteurs: Mr. P. B. Gaddagimath Dr. M. J. Chandre Gowda                                                 Mr. Vinod K. Huria  Lead Speakers: Chairperson of all Sessions
17.30-19.00	Valedictory Session Concluding Address Certificate and Prize Distribution Vote of Thanks

Thursday, November 12, 2009. 

07.30 – 23.00

Study Tour and Excursion

 

FAO – HORTIVAR TRAINING Programme Coordinator: Dr. Remi S. Nono Womdim

The Organizing Committee of 2009 ICH and FAO have the pleasure to invite you to register and attend the awareness and training sessions on HORTIVAR that will be held during the conference. HORTIVAR is a geo-referenced database on performances of horticulture cultivars and a platform for horticulture knowledge management and exchange

Registration: The participants are invited to participate in the FAO Hortivar Training Programme and the registration with entrance fee of Rs. 200/- or USD. 5/- per person is open

Timings:     09.11.2009     12.00 – 18.00      10.11.2009      09.00 – 18.00      11.11.2009      09.00 -  10.30

Venue:      ICH-2009 Secretariat Hall

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