Symposium “Sustainable Approaches for Improving Wheat Yield and Nutritional Value”
Symposium “Sustainable Approaches for Improving Wheat Yield and Nutritional Value”
to be held at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
June 27 th , 2018, Lviv, Ukraine
Organizers:
Olga Terek, Plant Physiology and Ecology Department of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv,
4 Hrushevsky St., 79005, Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: prof.olga.terek@gmail.com
Nataliya Romanyuk, Plant Physiology and Ecology Department of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 4 Hrushevsky St., 79005,
Lviv, Ukraine, e-mail: natalia.romaniuk@gmail.com
Ostap Patsula, Plant Physiology and Ecology Department of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 4 Hrushevsky St., 79005, Lviv,
Ukraine, e-mail: ostap.patsula@lnu.edu.ua
Olena Vatamaniuk, Associate Professor, Cornell University, Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Plant Biology Section, School of
Integrative Plant Sciences, 608 Bradfield Hall, 306 Tower Rd., Ithaca, NY 14853-1901, USA, e-mail: okv2@cornell.edu
The Symposium will provide a wonderful platform to interact and exchange ideas with wheat researchers and colleagues from
Ukraine and USA.
Official languages of the Symposium: Ukrainian, English.
Topics covered at the Symposium will include issues relevant to
Micronutrient deficiency as a limiting factor for wheat productivity.
Increasing mineral micronutrient content in grains via biofortification.
The problem of mineral malnutrition in the world and Ukraine.
Brachypodium as a model for studies of mineral nutrients uptake and delivery to reproductive organs in wheat.
Approaches for Improving Wheat Yield and Nutritional Value.
Publication and participation in the Symposium is free of charge due to the financial support of CRDF Global Project OISE-16-
62755-0 “Sustainable Approaches for Improving Wheat Yield and Nutritional Value”.
Abstract format: The abstract body (500 words limit) should be preceded by the title, authors’ names, addresses, and the email
address of the corresponding author. The file size should not exceed 32KB; affiliations should be concise; references,
acknowledgments and equations should be used very sparingly; and figures and tables are not allowed. The name of the
presenter must be underlined in the abstract.
Please e-mail your abstract in Microsoft Word to Nataliya Romanyuk:
natalia.romaniuk@gmail.com
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, contact Secretariat, Plant Physiology and Ecology Dept, Hrushevskyy St., 4, 79005 Lviv
Ukraine, phone: +38(032)2394334; +38(050)7451521; e-mail: natalia.romaniuk@gmail.com
We are looking forward to see you!