Hablan del Carver Pasillo en Puerto Vallarta

At the International Plant Growth Substances Association’s annual meeting in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, in late July, there were poster presentations capsuling two SAES research projects. Dr. Marihelen Glass and graduate student, Monica Haddix, presented their research into “In Vitro Callus Production of Ginkgo Biloba for the Growing Area of Nutraceuticals”. The research is comparing the pharmaceutical properties of ginkgolides — the essential oils on the plants’ leaves — produced under different growing conditions. Another SAES researcher, Dr. Guochen Yang, teamed up with a colleague from the University of Nebraska for a poster presentation on “Sequential Additions of Plant Growth Regulators In the Forcing Solution Enhanced Propagation of Woody Plants.”. Yang and Dr. Paul Read, a professor of horticulture at the University of Nebraska, have been conducting research into new methods for speeding up the propagation of privet and other ornamental shrubs.

Two other international organizations established to promote the development of plant growth substances joined with the IPGSA for the July conference in Puerto Vallarta: the Plant Growth Regulation Society of America (PGRSA) and the Japanese Society for Chemical Regulation of Plants. Dr. Yang was nominated by the executive committee of the PGRSA for the organization's national steering committee.

Posted August 8, 2007 02:20 PM

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