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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 27, as no congress was held for the period 1938 - 1950 because of World War II. All the Proceedings of the 27 Congresses are available on the Members' Corner on the ISSCT website. This Corner is accessible only to paid-up ISSCT members. Application forms membership can be downloaded on the website: http://www.issct.org/mem.htm The Proceedings are fully searchable by authors, titles, subject matter, keywords, etc...
Should a non-member wish to acquire Proceedings of the ISSCT Congresses, he/she should contact the following for:
XXVII Congress, Veracruz, Mexico, March 2010
Mrs. Claudia Martinez at claudiamartinez@atamexico.com.mx
XXVI Congress, Durban, South Africa, August 2007
Ms. Danile McDonald at sasta@sugar.org.za
XXV Congress, Guatemala City, Guatemala, February 2005
Mr. Estuardo Catalán at biblioteca@cengican.org
XXIV Congress, Brisbane, Australia, September 2001
Honorary General Secretary Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists at www.assct.com.au
XXIII Congress, India, 1999
Mr. Vinay Kumar at 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:
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.
Since the XXVI Congress in 2007 the Society has decided to restrict its hard copy of the proceedings to a set of Abstracts of Congress Communications. Full versions of the communications are available on CD only. As mentioned above the Proceedings of all Congresses are available to members on the Members' Corner of the ISSCT website. A selection of communications presented at the last Congresses are published in the four Sugar Journals: International Sugar Journal/ Sugar Cane International, Sugar Journal, Zucker Industrie and Sugar Tech.
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.
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)
The book which has been published by CIRAD (The French Center for International Co-operation in Development-oriented Agricultural Research) in July 2000 within its series REPERES.
A CD-ROM version that provides an interactive PC aid for the diagnosis of sugar cane diseases has been produced concurrently. Information on the Guide and CD-Rom is available at:
http://www.quae.com/en/r122-guide-des-maladies-de-la-canne-a-sucre.html
Should a non-member wish to acquire Proceedings of the ISSCT Congresses, he/she should contact the following for:
XXVII Congress, Veracruz, Mexico, March 2010
Mrs. Claudia Martinez at claudiamartinez@atamexico.com.mx
XXVI Congress, Durban, South Africa, August 2007
Ms. Danile McDonald at sasta@sugar.org.za
XXV Congress, Guatemala City, Guatemala, February 2005
Mr. Estuardo Catalán at biblioteca@cengican.org
XXIV Congress, Brisbane, Australia, September 2001
Honorary General Secretary Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists at www.assct.com.au
XXIII Congress, India, 1999
Mr. Vinay Kumar at 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:
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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.
Since the XXVI Congress in 2007 the Society has decided to restrict its hard copy of the proceedings to a set of Abstracts of Congress Communications. Full versions of the communications are available on CD only. As mentioned above the Proceedings of all Congresses are available to members on the Members' Corner of the ISSCT website. A selection of communications presented at the last Congresses are published in the four Sugar Journals: International Sugar Journal/ Sugar Cane International, Sugar Journal, Zucker Industrie and Sugar Tech.
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.
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 published a practical field guide on all sugar cane diseases. The Editorial Committee consisted 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 has been published by CIRAD (The French Center for International Co-operation in Development-oriented Agricultural Research) in July 2000 within its series REPERES.
A CD-ROM version that provides an interactive PC aid for the diagnosis of sugar cane diseases has been produced concurrently. Information on the Guide and CD-Rom is available at:
http://www.quae.com/en/r122-guide-des-maladies-de-la-canne-a-sucre.html