The theme for the 2009 Colloquium, “Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Development and Global Health” aimed to highlight the importance of plant nutrition as a foundation science with an impact on all aspects of cropping system and environmental sustainability, human health and well-being. The 16th International Plant Nutrition Colloquium provided a forum to increase our understanding of the fundamental principles of plant nutrition, help develop and extend optimized field practices and improved public policies, and educate students, scientists and public and private practitioners.
With presenters and attendees from more than 60 countries, the colloquium provided an excellent forum for presentations and discussions on current and developing issues in the field of plant nutrition. The symposium was organized as eight thematic sessions and within each session, invited speakers and those selected from online submissions illustrated the frontiers of current knowledge and their applications in crops or managed ecological systems.
Plenary topic tracks:
- Nutrient Acquisition, Homeostasis and Source-Sink Relations
- Nutrient management for optimal productivity and sustainability
- Functions, interactions and diagnosis of plant nutrient status
- Impact of environmental stresses on plant nutrition
- Plant nutrition for human health
- Environmental plant nutrition – trees, roots and climate
- Element toxicity and remediation
- Nutrient management and the sustainability of agriculture in the developing world