CALL FOR RECENT TOPICS POSTERS

BOTANY & MYCOLOGY 2009 represents the annual meeting of five professional societies, including the Mycological Society of America (MSA), the Botanical Society of America (BSA), the American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT), the American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS), and the American Fern Society (AFS). The conference will be held at Snowbird, Salt Lake City, Utah from July 25-29, 2009.

All who are interested in plant biology are invited and encouraged to attend and present some aspect of their scholarly and/or educational work at BOTANY & MYCOLOGY 2009

Submission of regular abstracts for the conference closed on 1 April 2009. This Call announces a poster session for BOTANY & MYCOLOGY 2009 with an extended abstract submission deadline. ‘Recent Topics’ posters are designed to accommodate research results that may not have reached fruition by the April deadline or may have only recently come to light.

Recent Topics posters will fit onto bulletin boards that are 4 ft tall and 4 ft wide.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS (DEADLINE: FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED OR JULY 15, 2009)

Submission of abstracts should be conducted online at the BOTANY & MYCOLOGY 2009 web site: http://www.2009.botanyconference.org. For each abstract, the submitting author will be asked to submit the following information:

• names, institutions, e-mail addresses, and postal addresses for each author
• abstract title
• abstract narrative (limited to 300 words)
• keywords or key-phrases
• related web links (optional)
• uploaded files (optional)

Electronic copies of the abstract submission will be sent by e-mail to the submitting author and the BSA Program Director. Abstracts will be accepted beginning on June 15, 2009 on a first-come, first-served basis until all available poster slots for the conference are filled. Space is limited. The absolute deadline for receiving abstracts is July 15, 2009

The same individual should not be a first author on more than three abstracts total for the conference. At least one abstract author must be a member of one of the participating societies or have a paid conference registration by the time of submission for the poster to be accepted.

QUESTIONS
Questions about Recent Topics posters should be directed to the BSA Program Director:
David Spooner, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706,PH: (608) 890-0309, Email: david.spooner@ars.usda.gov