Symposium on Wheat

[Mary Barkworth]

Please excuse cross-posting of this information from Laura Morrison via
Graingenes, but there may be some who have not seen it.

The Percival Symposium:
Wheat - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

A meeting to celebrate the life and work of John Percival (1863-1949)

Organised by the School of Plant Sciences, The University of Reading, UK

        12-13 July 1999

First circular and call for poster presentations


John Percival (1863-1949) was a driving force behind the creation of
agricultural botany as a scientific discipline and Professor of
Agricultural Botany at the University of Reading from 1907 to 1932. His
monumental treatment of wheat "The Wheat Plant: a Monograph" (1921) still
serves as a standard reference, having been reprinted as recently as 1974.
Percival was the consummate agricultural scientist - botanist, taxonomist,
geneticist, germplasm collector, curator, breeder, agronomist, historian
and teacher.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Percival's death, the
University's School of Plant Sciences is hosting a meeting to celebrate his
life and work. Reflecting the scope of Percival's scientific view, invited
speakers will survey research progress during the last half-century in the
archaeobotany, systematics, genetics and breeding of the wheat plant. The
two-day event offers a unique opportunity for a multi-disciplinary
gathering of experts who share a common interest in wheat studies.

Participants are invited to offer poster presentations on relevant aspects
of wheat research. The symposium will feature displays of Percival's work
and his wheat collection.  There will also be a tour of the University's
Rural History Centre, and an exhibition of current work at the School of
Plant Sciences. A Proceedings volume of invited speaker papers will also
include Percival's unpublished treatment of the genus Aegilops.

Since John Percival's time, activity in agricultural botany has flourished
at Reading.  The Department's tradition of research at both a fundamental
and applied level over a wide range of aspects of crop plants continues,
with Professor Peter Caligari being the current Professor of Agricultural
Botany. The Department is now one of the three constituent members of The
University of Reading's School of Plant Sciences -- ranked as one of the
UK's major centres of plant science, and the only one given the highest
possible rating (5*) in the latest Research Assessment Exercise.

Participants will be lodged on the campus of The University of Reading.
Located in the Thames Valley, west of London, Reading has excellent rail
(25 minutes) and bus (1 hour) links with London.  There are also direct bus
and rail links to the major international airports of Heathrow and Gatwick.

        Sponsored by the Linnean Society of London



Percival Symposium, The University of Reading, 1999

To receive the second circular, please complete and mail, email or fax this
form as soon as possible to Dr Geoff Hewitt, at the address below.

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Contact Address:
Dr Geoff Hewitt                         e-mail: h.g.hewitt at reading.ac.uk
School of Plant Sciences                Tel:  +44 (0) 118 931 8294
The University of Reading               Fax: +44 (0) 118 975 0630
Whiteknights, P.O. Box 221
Reading RG6 6AS, UK




Organising Committee:
Professor Peter D S Caligari - Chairman (The University of Reading, UK)
Dr Geoff Hewitt (The University of Reading, UK)
Dr Stephen L Jury (The University of Reading, UK)
Dr Terry  E Miller (John Innes Centre, UK)
Dr Laura A Morrison (Oregon State University, USA)
Dr Mark Nesbitt (University College London, UK)



Website:http:/www.reading.ac.uk/AcaDepts/sb/Courses/courses-short.html

Mary Barkworth, Intermountain Herbarium
Department of Biology, Utah State University,
Logan, Utah 84322-5305
Voice: 435-797-1584 FAX: 435-797-1575
Http://www.biology.usu.edu/herbarium/