1st International Symposium on

Agricultural Research

28-31 August 2008

Athens, Greece

 

PROGRAM

 

 

Sponsored by the

Environment Research Unit of ATINER

and the

Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Products,

University of Ioannina (Agrinio Campus), Greece

 

Organized by: ATINEP A.E. (atinerae@atiner.gr)

Administration: Fani Balaska, Eirini Lentzou, Thomas Papanikos, Sylia Sakka

 

Conference Venue:

St George Lycabettus, 2 Kleomenous Street, 106 75 Athens, Greece, Τel: (+30) 210 7290711-19

 

 

                                                    

Organizing AND SCIENTIFIC Committee

 

1.        Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.

2.        Dr. Vasileios Filios, Head, Accounting and Finance Research Unit & Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Products, University of Ioannina (Agrinio Campus), Greece.

3.        Dr. Theophile Theopanides, Head of the Environment Research Unit of ATINER and Honorary Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece & University of Montreal, Canada.

4.        Dr. Joanna Anastasopoulou, Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

5.        Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston University, USA.

6.        Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER & Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece.

7.        Dr. Marina Stefania Giannakaki, Deputy Head, Research Unit of Education, ATINER.

8.        Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Researcher, ATINER, Greece.

9.        Eva Maleviti, PhD Student, University of Surrey, U.K.

10.    Vlasios Oikonomou, Researcher, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.


 

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

 (The time for each session includes a 10 minutes coffee break)

 

 

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

19:30 - 20:15 Registration (Please note that registration continues throughout the conference)

Place: Hellenic American Union, 22 Massalias & Didotou Street.

20:15 - 20:30 Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.
  • Dr. Theophile Theopanides, Head of the Environment & Agriculture Research Unit of ATINER and Honorary Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece & University of Montreal, Canada.
  • Dr. Vasileios Filios, Head, Accounting and Finance Research Unit & Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Products, University of Ioannina (Agrinio Campus), Greece.

 

20:30 - 21:30 DINNER (Union Resstaurant, 22 Massalias & Didotou Street. Close to ‘PANEPISTIMIOU’ Metro Station Tel.: 210 3680900)

 

 

Friday, August 29th, 2008

 

08:30 – 10:00

Session I

Chair: Papanikos, G.T., Director, ATINER.

 

1.        Bercic, R., L., Ph.D. Student, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia & Bencina, D., Ph.D. Student, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Mycoplasma Synoviae Neuraminidase Cleaves Sialic Acid (Residues) from Various Chicken Glycoproteins.

2.        Hsieh, Y-H.P., Professor, Florida State University, USA. Infectivity of Blood on Transmission of Prior Diseases.

3.        *Guerra, M., Professor, Escola Superior de Hotelarie e Turismo do Estoril, Portugal. Characterization of Fungal Species Contamination in Silages in Portugal.

4.        Sung, J.M., Professor, Hung Kuang University, Taiwan. Analyzing Somaclonal Variation in Micropropagated Plants of Echinacea Purpurea by AFLP Fingerprinting.

 

10:00-12:00

Session II

Chair: *Guerra, M., Professor, Escola Superior de Hotelarie e Turismo do Estoril, Portugal.

 

1.        Lee, B.C., Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Oh, H.J., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Hong, S.G., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Kang, J.T., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Park, J.E., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Kim, M.J., Master’s Course,  Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Koo, O.J., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea & Jang, G., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea. Production and Application of Clone Dogs.

2.        Oh, H.J., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Park, J.E., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Hong, S.G., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Kang, J.T., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Kim, M.J., Master’s Course, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Kim, D.Y., Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea & Lee, B.C., Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea. Effect of Trichostatin A on in vitro Development Ability and Apoptosis in Canine Parthenogenetic Embryos.

3.        Park, J.E., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Oh, H.J., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Hong, S.G., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Kang, J.T., Ph.D. Student, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Kim, M.J., Master’s Course, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Lee, J.B., Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, Kim, D.Y., Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea & Lee, B.C., Professor, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea. Verification on Reproductive Ability of Cloned Dogs Derived from Adult Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer.

4.        Wang, J., Professor, Lanzhou University, China & Zhao, W., Associate Professor, Lanzhou University, China. Feeding Behavior of Captive Wild Bactrian Camels. 

5.        Foley, S., PhD Student, National University of Ireland, Ireland. Screening the Effects of Novel Bioactive Extracts from Marine Algae on Mammalian Cells.

 

12:00-13:30

Session III

Chair: Sung, J.M., Professor, Hung Kuang University, Taiwan.

1.                  Mostafazadeh-Fard, B., Professor, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, Jafari, I., Isfahan University of Technology, Iran & Mousavi, Z., Isfahan University of Technology, Iran. Soil Physical Characteristics of Cracking Clay Soils.

2.                  Nadian Ghomsheh, H., Associate Professor, Ramin University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Iran. Phosphorous Inflow to Mycorrhizal and Non-mycorrhizal Plants of Trifolium Alexandrinum L. as affected by Soil Compaction 

3.        Ping-Hsieh, P., Professor, Florida AM University, USA. A Simple Field Method to Quantify Soil Erosion and the Resulting Nutrient Movements in Agricultural and Natural Lands.

4.        Veloutsou, C., Head, Marketing Research Unit, ATINER & Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Department of Business and Management, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. Brand Marketing of Agricultural Products.

 

 

 

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch

 

14:30 - 16:30

Session VI

Chair:  Theopanides, T., Head of the Environment Research Unit of ATINER and Honorary Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece & University of Montreal, Canada.

 

1.        Hayes, J., Professor, Clemson University, USA. Environmental Impacts of Changing Land Use.

2.        Mankolli, H., Professor, Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania, Lika, M., Associate Professor, University of Tirana, Albania, Proko, V., Professor, Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania, Abazi, U., Professor, Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania & Mankolli (Hoxhalli), M., Professor, Agriculture University of Tirana, Albania. Bioclimatic Study of Korca-Ecozone, Albania

3.        Msagati, T.A.M., Lecturer, University of Kweazulu Natal, Republic of South Africa. Hollow Fibre Microporous Membrane Liquid-Liquid Extraction of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Sediment Slurry.

4.        Reddy, M., Professor, N.C. A&T State University, USA & Ravella, R., Researcher, N.C. A&T State University, USA. Ecologically Sound Production of Sweet Corn and Cucumber in Rotation with Ryegrass and Crimson Clover. 

 

21:00 – 22:30 Greek Night with Dinner

 

 

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

  

08:30 – 11:00

Session VII

Chair: Filios, V., Head, Accounting and Finance Research Unit & Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Products, University of Ioannina (Agrinio Campus), Greece.

 

1.        Michailides, T., Plant Pathologists, University of California, USA. Botryosphaeria Panicle and Shoot Blight of Pistachio: A Dilemma for California Pistachio Growers and Management of the Disease.

2.        Damodaran, S., Professor and Chair, Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Characterization of Ice Crystal Growth Inhibiting Peptides from Gelatin Hydrolysate.

3.        Waters, D., PhD Student, National University of Ireland, Ireland. Talaromyces Emersonii Enzymes and their Application in Cereal based Functional Food.

 

11:00 – 12:30

Session VIII

Chair: Kefalaki, M., Researcher, ATINER, Greece.

 

1.        Alarcon, J.J., Investigador Cientifico, Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura, Spain & Sanchez-Blanco, M.J., Investigador Cientifico, Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura, Spain. Influence of Wastewater and Groundwater on Citrus Trees.

2.        Kucukyumuk, C., Phd Student, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Horticultural Research Institute, Turkey. Determination of the Most Suitable Irrigation Frequency and Quantity by Pan Evaporation in Tomatoes Grown in Van.

3.        Zhao, Z.W., Professor, Chongqing Academy of Agricultural Sciences, P.R.China. Genetic Analysis on Overwintering Character of Glutinous Rice 89-1 

 

12:30 – 14:00

Session IX

Chair: Anastasopoulou, J., Professor, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

 

1.        Husein, M.Q., Professor and Head of the Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. Induction of Pregnancy and Lambing in Barren Ewes Using Progesterone Supplement

2.        Acton, J., Professor, Clemson University, USA & McGregor, J., Professor, Clemson University, USA. Creative Inquiry Research in Food and Nutrition Sciences

3.        Vorst, J., Professor, Purdue University, USA. A Competency Based Education Program to Transfer Research Results to Crop Producers.

4.        Kefalaki, M., Researcher, ATINER, Greece. Agrotourism in Aegean Islands:  A Sustainable Tourism Market Orientation.

  

14:00 – 15:00 Lunch

 

Free afternoon to visit the National Archaeological Museum of Athens or Shopping

 

 

20:30-21:30 Dinner

 

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

CRUISE:  

One Day Cruise to the Aegean Islands: Aigina, Hydra, Poros (includes Lunch)

07:30 Bus Departure from Syntagma Square: Outside Grande Bretagne Hotel

20:30 Return to Syntagma Square

 

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Athens Tour: Departure at 08:30, Return at 13:30

Visit among other sites: Hadrian’s Arch, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in 1896 and on Acropolis: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erectheion and finally “the harmony between material and spirit”, the monument that “puts order in the mind”, the Parthenon.