The 15th International Conference on plant nutrition concluded successfully

Introduction: the 15th International Conference on plant nutrition, which lasted for 5 days, closed at 6 p.m on September 19 at Beijing Conference Center after the successful completion of the agenda of the conference The meeting was presided over by Professor W J Horst of the University of Hanover, Germany The "best wall newspaper Award" was set up for the first time in this conference to encourage young workers to strive to climb the scientific peak At the beginning of the conference, Andrew Smith, academician of the Australian Academy of Sciences, read out the list of winners, and a total of 10 researchers won the award Liu Yu, a doctoral candidate in mycorrhizal research at China Agricultural University, was on the podium Professor Mao Daru, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and former president of China Agricultural University, presented awards to the winners Professor Zhang Fusuo, President of the conference, distinguished professor of "Changjiang Scholars" of the Ministry of education and Dean of the school of resources and environment of China Agricultural University, delivered a speech He summarized the conference briefly, introduced the organizers of the conference to the participants in turn and thanked them Professor Patrick Brown of the University of California was elected president of the next Congress Last president W J Horst and the newly elected next president Patrick Brown spoke respectively They unanimously praised the organizing work of the conference and believed that the conference was very successful At the same time, they believed that China's plant nutrition discipline was at the forefront of the world This session is unprecedented in scale and specification 1060 experts and scholars from Chinese and foreign plant nutrition circles from 60 countries and regions attended the conference Hui Liangyu, vice premier of the State Council, attended the opening ceremony of the conference on the 15th and delivered a speech Around the theme of "the role of plant nutrition in food safety, human health and environmental protection", the conference set up 9 special topics, invited 9 internationally renowned experts to make the special report of the conference, 30 to make the special report of the branch, 132 to make the oral report, 482 to display the wall newspaper, before and after the conference, there were 7 satellite meetings, focusing on "molecular biology and ionic group of plant nutrition" "Plant nutrition and food quality and human health", "salt alkali, drought and plant soil water relationship", "environmental pollution and bioremediation", "fertilizer and nutrient management" and other important aspects show and exchange the latest progress in the past four years The 16th International Conference on plant nutrition will be held at the University of California from September 8 to 12, 2009.