MONDAY 12 APRIL 2010:  OPENING SESSION

 

 

08.00 – 09.00 am

 

09.00 – 09.15 am

 

09.15 – 09.30 am

 

09.30 – 09.45 am

 

09.45 – 10.00 am

 

10.00 – 10.30 am

 

 

10.30 – 11.00 am

 

 

 

-          REGISTRATION

 

-          Welcoming Address by Chairman of Organsing Committee (Prof. Dr. Mohamed Hanafi Musa)

 

-          Welcoming Address by President, Malaysian Soil Science Society( Dr. Shahrakbah Yacob)

 

-          Welcoming Address by Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, UPM (Prof. Mad Nasir Shamsuddin)

 

-          Welcoming and Opening Address by the Secretary general, IMPHOS (Mr. Tayeb MRABET)

 

-          Plenary Paper 1: Reconciling Phosphate Fertilizers and Human Demands in the 21st Century

                                        (Dr. J. Poulisse, FAO, Retired)

 

-          REFRESHMENT

 

 

SESSION 1 – P Nutrition 1

 

 

11.00 – 11.30 am

 

 

11.30 – 11.50 am

 

11.50 – 12.10 pm

 

 

12.10 – 12.30 pm

 

 

12.30 – 14.15 pm

 

 

-          Keynote Address 1:  Efficiency of phosphate fertilizer use – implications for sustainable nutrient management

                                              (Syers, J.K. et al.)

 

-          Paper 1 :  Response of oil palm to phosphorus fertilizer application on marine alluvial soils (Xavier, A et al.)

 

-          Paper 2:  Phosphorus nutrition management of oil palms in Indonesia using various sources of phosphates

                         (Caliman J.P)

 

-          Paper 3:  Phosphate rock placement in mature oil palm and their effects on yield and P nutrition

                        (Lee, C.H. et al.)

 

-          LUNCH and Afternoon break

 

 

SESSION 2 – P Nutrition 2

 

14.15 – 14.45 pm

 

14.45 – 15.05 pm

 

 

15.05 – 15.25 pm

 

 

15.25 – 15.45 pm

 

 

15.45 – 16.05 pm

 

 

16.05 – 16.25 pm

 

 

16.25 – 16.45 pm

 

 

16.50 – 17.10 pm

 

 

17.10-17.40

 

-          Keynote Address 2: Managing phosphorus in acid soils (Hanafi, M.M.)

 

-          Paper 4: Role of IMPHOS in promoting balanced and efficient use of fertilizers in India

                       (Guantam Dev, I and Nassir, A)

 

-          Paper 5: Site-specific nutrient management for profitable and sustainable crop production in the tropics

                        (H. Singh)

 

-          Paper 6: P forms present in soils after long term application of phosphate rocks and their relationship to oil palm yield. (Zaharah, A.R. et. al.)

 

-          Paper 7:  Different Sources Of Phosphate Rock For Mucuna bracteata Establishment And Its Subsequent Effect On Growth And Oil Palm Yield. (Sharuddin, B. et al)

 

-          Paper 8: The use of phosphate rocks for growing Mucuna bracteata in oil palm legume systems to enhance sustainability (Patrick Ng et al.)

 

-          Paper 9: Root Phosphatase Activity as a Measure to Screen Upland Rice Genotypes for Phosphorus Use Efficiency (Zaharah et al.)

 

-          Paper 10:  Direct application of different sources of phosphate rock on rice production in Bangladesh (Anwarul Haque, Bangladesh)

 

-          REFRESHMENT

 

 

20.00 – 23.00 pm :  DINNER SPONSORED BY IMPHOS

 

TUESDAY 13 APRIL 2010

 

SESSION 3 - Macronutrients

 

 

09.00 – 09.45 am

 

 

09.50 – 10.20 am

 

10.20 – 10.50 am

 

10.50 – 11.10 am

 

11.10 – 11.30 am

 

 

 

 

-          Plenary Paper 2:  Balanced Nutrient Management and Nutrient Cycling for Sustainable Oil Palm Production in Malaysia (Khalid Haron and Tarmizi Mohammed, MPOB)

 

-          Keynote 3:  Nutrient management in Indian agriculture: issues and strategies (Tewaita, R.K.)

 

-          REFRESHMENT

 

-          Paper 11: Managing soil acidity for sustainable and balanced nutrition of oil palm (Rodreguez et. al.)

 

-          Paper 12: Balanced macronutrients (N-P-K) in farming systems of Thua Thein Hue Province, Vietnam at farm single field plot and farm levels (Hoa, H.T.T. et. al)

 

11.30 – 13.00 pm

 

13.00 – 14.30 pm

 

-          POSTER SESSION / MSSS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

 

-          LUNCH AND AFTERNOON BREAK

 

 

SESSION 4 – Micronutrients

 

 

14.30 – 15.00 pm

 

 

15.00 – 15.20 pm

 

15.20 – 15.40 pm

 

 

15.40 – 16.00 pm

 

 

16.00 – 16.30 pm

 

16.30 -  16.50 pm

 

 

16.50 – 17.10 pm

 

17.10 – 17.30 pm

 

 

17.30 pm

 

 

-          Keynote 4:  Fertilizer management for improving paddy rice soil productivity in Indonesia (Sri Rochayati and Husnain)

 

-          Paper 13: Control measures for internal browning of bananas (S.D.R.Wanniarachchi et al.)

 

-          Paper 14: Balanced fertilizer application to cassava by site specific nutrient management approach for enhanced yield, income and nutrient use efficiency (Byju, G. et.al.)

 

-          Paper 15:  Optimizing Grain Filling and Nitrogen-use Efficiency of Irrigated Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Through Timely Nitrogen Management During Critical Growth Stages (Bah A. et al.)

 

REFRESHMENT

 

-          Paper 16: Effect of calcium silicate on the productivity and silicon accumulation in sugarcane plant (S.M.Bokhtiar and Yang-Rui Li)

 

-          Paper 17: Sustaining the productivity of a poor tropical soil using natural silicates (Siti Shazana et. al.,)

 

-          Paper 18: Farm management practices for mitigation of Carbon emission in peatland agrosystems (Ismail Bakar, MARDI, Malaysia)

 

END OF SESSION

 

14 APRIL 2010

 

SESSION 5 - Miscellaneous

 

 

09.00 – 09.30 am

 

09.30 – 09.50 am

 

09.50 – 10.10 am

 

 

10.10 – 10.30 am

 

10.30 – 11.00 am

 

11.00 – 12.30 pm

 

 

 

-          Keynote 5: IMPHOS/IFDC Experience on balanced fertilization at farm level in Pakistan (Nissar, A)

 

-          Paper 19: Fertilizer use technology transfer to farms : IMPHOS experiences (A. Nassir)

 

-          Paper 20:  Increased seed germination, growth and N2 fixation in rice through rhizobial inoculation (Baset Mia,M.A and Shamsuddin, Z.H)

 

-          Paper 21: Selection and categorization of phosphorus solubilizing bacteria from aerobic rice (Panhwar Q.A. et al.)

 

-          REFRESHMENT

 

-          PANEL DISCUSSION ON “Nutrient Management Issues for Promoting Balanced and Efficient Use of Fertilizers in the Tropics” (TENTATIVE PROGRAMME)

 

-          Panel Members:

-          Dr. J. Poulisse (FAO)

-          Dr. L. Cisse (IMPHOS)

-          Dr. Khalid Haron (MPOB)

-          Dr. H Singh (IPNI, India)

-          Prof. J.K. Syers (Thailand/IMPHOS)

-          Chairperson:  Dr. A. Nassir (IMPHOS)

 

12.45 pm : CLOSING CEREMONY (Dean, Faculty of Agriculture/MSSS President)

 

LUNCH