6th International Conference on Silicon in Agriculture
1999 Stockholm, Sweden
6th International Conference on Silicon in Agriculture (ICSA)
Stockholm, Sweden on Stockholm University Campus at Frescati.
The aim of this three day conference was to discuss the latest knowledge and the state of the art of the important issue
of using application of silicon in agriculture. Application of silicon has shown to increase biomass production, resistance to several abiotic and biotic stressors as well as to diminish the content of several toxic elements and increase the uptake of some nutrients in crops. Its possible role as essential nutrient element to plants, animals and humans has long been discussed. It's possible essentially can be put in relation to a decreased available Si level in arable soils,due to crop harvest and no Si application. The conference therefore spanned from the Chemistry of Si fertilizers via Si influence on soil and plants to the influence of Si on crop nutrition for human and animals.
Organizing Committee
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Assoc. Prof. Maria Greger (Main organizer), Stockholm University, Sweden, silicon2014@su.se
Prof. Alexander Lux , Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia luxalexander@hotmail.com
PhD. Michal Martinka, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
PhD. Marek Vaculik, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia
PhD. Tommy Landberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
Prof. Sylvia Lindberg, Stockholm University, Sweden
PhD. Martin Hodson, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Prof. Catherine Keller, Cerege Université Aix-Marseille III, France
PhD. Rivka Elbaum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
PhD. Mary Provance-Bowley, Harsco Metals and Minerals, USA
Assoc. Prof. Maria Gregor
Conference Speakers
Plenary Speakers
Prof. Jonathan J Powell, University of Cambridge, UK - "The health value of the silicon content of food crops" - http://www.mrc-hnr.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/dr-jonathan-powell
Prof. Catherine Keller, Cerege Université Aix-Marseille III, France - "Silicon in agricultural soils: is availability an issue?" - https://www.cerege.fr/spip.php?page=pageperso&id_user=135
Prof. Jian Feng Ma
Awards
Contribution to the Science of Silicon in Agriculture Award
The award given In Recognition of Contribution to the Science of Silicon in Agriculture was won by Professor Alexander Lux from Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Student Top Two Poster Awards
- Ana Lucia Barao's "Poster 1" - Pedogenic Silicon in Two Croplands of the Belgian Loam Belt.
- Ivan Zelko's "Poster 18" - Silicon effect on growth dynamics, macro and micro elements content in cadmium and arsenic treated polar calli"
Assoc. Prof. Maria Gregor presenting award to Prof. Alexander Lux