Dear ISSCT Members
We are pleased to present you with the April 2024 issue of the ISSCT Bulletin which you may access through the following link:
https://issct.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ISSCT-Bulletin-April-2024-1.pdf
The Bulletin contains information on latest news, research, past and upcoming events related to sugar cane technology.
You will find in the section on ISSCT News information on the forthcoming Mid-Term Meeting and a Lead Article entitled: The advent of commercial transgenic sugarcane in Brazil by Dr. Michael Butterfield, Data Science and Scientific Affairs Manager, Centro de Technologia Canaveira (CTC) and Chair ISSCT Molecular Biology Section. We wish to thank Dr. Butterfield for his time and support. This feature should be of great interest not only to Molecular Biologists but to sugarcane technologists at large.
The organisation of the thematic workshops are well underway and you may access the Announcements through the link at
ttps://issct.org/activities/workshops/
Links to the announcement of each workshop are also included in the Bulletin under Events.
Please note that deadlines for the submissions of abstracts for oral presentations and posters are as follows:
ISSCT 13th Germplasm & Breeding / 10th Molecular Biology Workshop – 8-12 July 2024 Coimbatore, India |
8 January 2024 – Abstract submission and registration open
15 April 2024 – Deadline for abstract submissions (oral presentations and posters) |
ISSCT Agriculture Commission Workshop, Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy Sections – 19-22 August 2024 The Zign Hotel, Pattaya, Chonburi, THAILAND |
16 February 2023 – Abstract submission and registration open
1 May 2024 – Deadline for abstract submissions (oral presentations and posters) |
ISSCT XIII Co-Products Workshop – 15-20 September 2024 Saint-Gilles, La Réunion |
1 February 2024 – Abstract submission and registration open
1 June 2024 – Deadline for abstract submissions (oral presentations and posters) |
ISSCT Joint Engineering and Processing Workshop – 6-10 October 202 Hotel Meliá Berlin, Germany |
12 February 2024 – Abstract submission and registration open
1 June 2024 – Deadline for abstract submission (oral presentations and posters) |
ISSCT XIII Pathology and XI Entomology Joint Workshop – 25-29 November 2024 Salta, Argentina |
30 March 2024 – Abstract submission and registration open
30 June 2024 – Deadline for abstract submissions (oral presentations and posters) |
We hope that you will find this issue of the Bulletin interesting.
We would like to encourage you to contribute to the next issue scheduled for June 2024. Your contributions should reach us by 31 May 2024.
Please circulate this Bulletin among your colleagues and in your networks so as to promote the ISSCT nationally and internationally.
Kind regards
Jean Claude Autrey
General Secretary