This conference is held every two years and has traditionally enjoyed participation from government, university, and industrial scientists. The past conferences have been dominated by the science of crop protection, i.e., pest control, disease control, and weed control.
Participation is sought for oral presentations, poster presentations, and discussion leaders.
This theme should be taken in the context of exploring diversity in organisms, genetics, chemistry, and in approaches to address agricultural problems. The organizers have received a grant for partial support of students and postdoctorals to the conference. We have agreed to take this grant and any remaining funds that we have for the GRC general fund and apply it to support students and postdoctorals who attend the GRC in agriculture. We hope to provide funding equivalent to on site registration for all students and postdoctorals who attend and present posters. If the funding is not sufficient for the number of attendees, we will divide it equally among these participants.