Important Dates
| 2018 - late | The symposium web page opens |
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| 2019 - Jul. | Announcement for detailed information |
| 2021 - Mar. 22 | Registration and Abstract submission reopen |
| 2021 - July 31 (Extended!) |
Deadline of Abstract submission |
| 2021 - Sep. 20 (Extended!) |
Deadline of Full paper submission for Acta Horticulturae |
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2021 - Sep. 20-26 |
Kaki2020 [virtual symposium] is held online from Nara Sep. 20-26 Oral/Poster presentation (available for on-demand viewing) Sep. 23-26 Online live sessions (Zoom webinars) (Sep. 27-30 Archives can be viewed) |
Symposium Sessions
- Special Sessions
・Current Status of Persimmon Industry
・Perspectives from the basic to the field (NARO symposium) - Oral Presentation & Poster Session
・Breeding and Genetics
・Crop Management
・Biotechnology and Physiology
・Diseases and Pests Management
・Postharvest Technology
・Utilization - Virtual Technical Tour to Production Area in Nara
…and more
Keynote Lectures
[Breeding and Genetics]
"Contribution of biotechnology to persimmon breeding"
Speaker: Maria L Badenes
(Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Valencia, Spain)
[Crop Management]
"Opportunities for improving crop productivity in persimmons"
Speaker: Tahir Khurshid
(Department of Primary Industries, Agriculture NSW, Australia)
[Biotechnology and Physiology]
"Advance on deastringency mechanism in Chinese PCNA persimmon"
Speaker: Qinglin Zhang
(Key Lab of Horticultural Plant Biology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Shizishan, China)
[Diseases and Pests Management]
"Viruses and viroids detected from persimmons"
Speaker: Takao Ito
(Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science, National Agriculture Research Organization, Japan)
[Postharvest Technology]
"Molecular basis for persimmon fruit postharvest deastringency and softening"
Speaker: Xueren Yin
(Laboratory of Fruit Molecular Physiology and Biology, Zhejiang University, Huajiachi Campus, Hangzhou, China)
[Utilization]
"Persimmon utilization in South Korea (with a focus on ripe persimmon and deastringency persimmon)"
Speaker: Mun-Gyeong Cho
(Sangju Persimmon Research Institute, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea)
Contact e-mail address: 2020persimmon@gmail.com
