Agriculture-based scientific conference on pest management was conducted in Waterfront Hotel, Lanang, Davao City on 9-12 March, 2010 under the auspices of the Pest Management Council of the Philippines (PMCP), as co-sponsored by Bioversity International (BI) and the Department of Agriculture, Region 9 (DA-RFU IX).
This year's theme of the conference is Biodiversity Conservation through Science-based Pest Management, as jointly organized by PMCP's constituent associations like Philippine Phytopathological Society (PPS), Weeds Science Society (WSS), Philippine Association of Entomologists, Inc. (PAE), Pest Control Association of the Philippines (PCAP), Crop Protection Association of the Phils. (CPAP), and the Phil. Integrated Crop Management Association (PICMA).
As in previous conferences, some papers were presented in the Plenary Sessions, others were on Concurrent Sessions and via Poster presentations. Fellowship and banquet nights were also scheduled as venue of exchanges between and among professional colleagues.
Pests as academically defined are composed of insects and mites, fungi and similar micro-organisms, weeds, and vertebrate pests like rodents. And the entire concepts, state and directions in pest management were tackled in this forum as these relate to one of the burning issue of this time, biodiversity conservation.
Photo collage above speaks for itself the highlights of this PMCP scientific conference. (JSF Blogs)
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