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PROCEEDINGS

The ISSCT has published the proceedings of all its Congresses since the first one in 1924 in Hawaii, a total of 22, as no congress was held for the period 1938 - 1950 because of World War II.

Copies of the CDs of the Proceedings of the XXVI Congress held in Durban in July/August 2007 are available for sale to members and non-members. For prices and procedures for purchasing the XXVI ISSCT CONGRESS PROCEEDINGS please contact:

Ms. Danile McDonald sasta@sugar.org.za

Copies of the two volumes of the Proceedings of the XXV JUBILEE ISSCT CONGRESS are available for sale to members and non-members. For prices and procedures for purchasing the PROCEEDINGS interested parties should contact:

The price is:

Hard copy: USD 70.00        Shipping and handling: USD 80.00
Soft copy: USD 50.00         Shipping and handling: USD 70.00

The Proceedings of the XXIV Congress, Australia, 2001, may be purchased from the ISSCT Secretariat.

The price of copies in paperbound cover is as follows:

Volume 1 - Factory Technologies      USD  55 inc. postage
Volume 2 - Field Technologies & 
                  Business reports              USD   65 inc. postage
Volumes 1 & 2                                   USD  115 inc. postage

For hardcover copies please add 20%

Copies may also be obtained from the Honorary General Secretary Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists
www.assct.com.au

For the Proceedings of the XXIIIrd Congress, India, 1999, interest parties should contact

Mr. Vinay Kumar
General Secretary -Treasurer XXIIIrd Congress
c/o STAI
The Sugar Technologists Association of India
21 Community Centre, East of Kailash
New Delhi 110 065
INDIA
Tel.: (91) 11623 7196
Fax.: (91) 11621 6217
E-mail: staidel@vsnl.com
 

In addition to a full set and some other spare copies of the proceedings of the Society’s past Congresses which are kept at the ISSCT Secretariat, the following libraries are official depositories of the past volumes:

AUSTRALIA STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND
Collection Development Librarian
P.O. Box 3488
South Brisbane, Qld 4101

Fax: (61) 7 3840 7943
Tel: (61) 7 3840 7750
E-mail: Pam.Chapman@snark.slq.qld.gov.au
Contact: Ms Pam Chapman
UNITED KINGDOM THE BRITISH LIBRARY
Conference Acquisitions
Document Supply Centre
Boston SPA
Wetherby
West Yorkshire LS 23 7BQ

Tel: 44 1937 546046 or 546000
Fax: 44 1937 546453
E-mail: Colette.Ward@BL.UK
Contact: Mrs. Colette Ward
USA NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
Beltsville
Maryland 20705-2351

Tel: (310) 504-5210
Fax: (310) 504-5243
E-mail: rdubois@nal.usda.gov
Contact: Mr. Rae Dubois

In order to consult the documents, arrangements should be made with the libraries concerned. Those willing to purchase past copies available for sale should contact the ISSCT Secretariat.

ISSCT members who have spare copies for sale or donation should also contact the ISSCT Secretariat.

In future the Society may restrict its hard copy of the proceedings to a set of Abstracts of Congress Communications. Full versions of the communications will be available on CD only. However, a selection of these communications will be published in the four Sugar Journals: International Sugar Journal, Sugar Cane International, Sugar Journal and Zucker Industrie. They may also all be posted on this website for access to members of the ISSCT.

PUBLICATIONS
The ISSCT has also published various Technical Newsletters and three serial Newsletters: Sugarcane Breeders' Newsletter (Nos 1-43, 1956-1980, and two informal Newsletters in February & October 1995), Entomology Newsletter (Nos1-15, 1974-1983) and Sugar Cane Pathologists'Newsletter (Nos 1-29, 1968-1982).

Various other adhoc reports have been published dealing with subjects such as Cane Collection expeditions, Mechanical Harvesting etc. Abstracts of Workshops communications are also regularly published as separate fascicles.

Harvester Testing Protocol
A mechanical harvester testing protocol was compiled from contributions by the Agricultural Engineering Committee members and participants at the Agricultural Engineering Workshop in August/September 1984 in Bundaberg, Australia. The protocol is posted on this website and suggestions for amendments are invited.(ACCESS)

Books
Three books by sugar cane specialists have been published under the auspices of the ISSCT by Elsevier Publishing Co., Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

- Sugar-Cane Diseases of the World, Volume I
  (J.P. Martin, E.V. Abbott and C.G. Hughes, Eds., 1961)

- Sugar-Cane Diseases of the World, Volume II
  (C.G. Hughes, E.V. Abbott and C.A. Wismer, Eds., 1964)

- Pests of Sugar Cane
  (J.R. Williams, J.R. Metcalfe, R.W. Mungomery and R. Mathes,Eds.,1969)

- Diseases of Sugarcane - Major Diseases
  (C. Ricaud, B.T. Egan, A.G. Gillespie Jr and C.G. Hughes, Eds., 1989).

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The Pathology Section Committee has recently decided to publish a practical field guide on all sugar cane diseases.

The Editorial Committee consists of P. Rott, Chairman, (CIRAD, France), R.A. Bailey (SASEX, South Africa), J.C. Comstock (USDA-ARS, USA), B.J. Croft (BSES, Australia) and S. Saumtally (MSIRI, Mauritius), all members of the Pathology Section Committee.

The book which will be published by CIRAD (The French Center for International Co-operation in Development-oriented Agricultural Research) within its series REPERES will be off press around July 2000.

A CD-ROM version that provides an interactive PC aid for the diagnosis of sugar cane diseases will be produced concurrently.

For ordering, please contact CIRAD Publications.

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