22nd Asian Pacific Weed
Science Conference
OF
ASIAN-PACIFIC WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY
VENUE:
G.C. University, Lahore, Pakistan
THEME:
Judicious Weed
Management- Road To Sustainability
OCTOBER 19-23, 2009
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INTRODUCTION
Agriculture faces unprecedented
environmental vagaries and as such Weed Scientists are confronted with
innumerable challenges. Thus, vegetation managers are facing new
problems due to changing behaviour of weeds, which has invited the human
attention to mould their attitudes into a manageable form. Bio-diversity
and conservation advocated by ethno-botanists and dominance of a single
species (crop) as desired by the weed managers are the diverging views
of the two schools of thought. Convergence of the two ideas has however,
been conceptualized to be the recommended modus operandi for
optimizing the dynamic behavior of weeds in the agro-ecosystems, without
affecting the biodiversity and sustainability.
BACKGROUND
Weed Science Society of Pakistan was
established in 1987 with its head office at National Agriculture
Research Center (NARC), Islamabad. It has been publishing an official
Journal, The Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research, since its
inception. With the creation of Weed Science Department in NWFP
Agricultural University Peshawar, the first in the country, the head
office of the Society as well as its Journal was shifted here. The
Society in the recent past has organized three conferences. Lahore
(pop., 1998: 5,143,495), capital of Punjab province. The second largest
city of Pakistan, it lies in the upper Indus plain on the Ravi River.
It was the capital of the Ghaznavid dynasty in the 12th century and was
captured by the Mughal Babur’s troops in 1524; it was later under Akbar
and Jahangir. Ruled by Sikhs in the early 19th century, it
passed to the British in 1849. After Indian independence, Lahore became
part of Pakistan in 1947. It is the site of the mosque of Wazir Khan
(1634); a mosque built by Aurangzeb; and the Shalimar gardens, laid out
in 1641. It is the seat of Pakistan's oldest educational institution,
the University of the Punjab (founded 1882). The Government College
presently a University, was a constituent college since inception of the
Punjab University.
Topics to be
covered
Weed biology, weed ecology
and systematics
Integrated weed
management
Weed
physiology
Chemical weed control
Biological
weed control
Parasitic weeds
Herbicide resistance
Weed seed dormancy and
soil seed banks
Species shift and
herbicides
Invasive weeds and
agro-biodiversity
Aquatic weed management
Allelopathy
GMO’s
Weed management in
agronomic and horticultural crops
Weed management in turfs
and forests
Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Khalid Aftab, Vice Chancellor, Government College University,
Lahore.
Prof. Dr. Khan Bahadar Marwat, President APWSS
Prof. Dr. Gul Hassan, General Secretary APWSS
Prof. Dr. A.U.Khan, Dean Faculty of Sciences, GCU, Lahore
Prof. Dr. Zaheer-ud-Din, Chairman Department of Botany, GCU, Lahore
Prof. Dr. Rukhsana Bajwa, Chairman Department of Mycology and Plant
Pathology, University of the Punjab, Lahore
Prof. Dr. Zahid Ata Cheema, Professor of Agronomy, University of
Agriculture, Faisal Abad
Ms.Shaihda Khalid, Vice President WSSP Federal
Dr.
Muhammad Sarwar Cheema Vice President WSSP Punjab
Dr.
Mushtaq Kazmi, Vice President WSSP AJK.
Mr.
Muhammad Ashraf Arain, Vice President WSSP Sindh
Prof. Dr.
Muhammad Qasim Khan, Dean Faculty of Agriculture, Gomal University, D.
I. Khan
Prof.
Dr. Rasool Bakhsh Tareen, Chairman, Department of Botany, University of Balochistan,
Quetta, Pakistan
Ptof.
Dr. Surraya Khatoon, Chairperson, Department of botany, University of
Karachi, 75270-Karachi, Pakistan
Prof.
Dr. Mir Ajab Khan, Chairman, Department of Plant Biology, Qaid-e-Azam
University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Dr.
Muhammad Azim Khan, Department of Weed Science, NWFP Agricultural
University, Peshawar.
Prof. Dr. Raza Bhatti, Department of Botany, University of Khairpur,
Sindh.
Prof.
Manzoor A. Malik, Department of Botany, Government Dyal Singh College,
Lahore.
Prof. Dr. Farrukh Hussain, Department of Botany, University of Peshawar
Dr.
Arshad Javaid, Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, University of
the Punjab, Lahore
Contact
Prof.
Dr. Gul Hassan
General Secretary APWSS
Department of Weed Science
NWFP Agricultural University,
Peshawar 25130, Pakistan
Phone # 92-91-9218206/9216542
E-mail:
secretarywssp@yahoo.com
Other
Contacts
Prof. Dr. Khan
Bahadar Marwat
President APWSS
Phone # 92-91-9216550, Fax # 92-91-9216520
E-mail: apwss@aup.edu.pk
Dr. M. Azim Khan
Phone # 92-91-9216572-9 Ext. 3114
E-mail:
ahmadzaipk@yahoo.com
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract Deadline
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April
30, 2009
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Acceptance of Abstract
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May 30, 2009
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Full Paper Submission
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June
30, 2009
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Conference
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October
19-23, 2009
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official language of the conference will be English. For further details
regarding trips, accommodations, sessions etc. please refer to the
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Registration Fees
Early
registeration: US $ 300/-
Late
registeration:
US $ 350/-
Students:
US $ 150/-
Excursion
Tours will be arranged to various historic sites
around Lahore, e.g. Wahga border (Indo-Pak), Changa Manga, Shalimar gardens, Jinnah garden
(Lawrence garden), Badshahi Masjid, Lal Qilla of the Moghal era
and various sites of interest for Budists, Sikhs and Hindu interests. Special
tour will be arranged on interests of participants to Islamabad, Taxala
and Himalaya.
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