A tentative list of topics:

All topics will be related to the specific conditions prevailing in arid and semi-arid climate.

1. Weed management in arid and semi arid farming systems: dry-land crops, irrigated crops.
2. Bio-control, organic farming and allelopathy in weed management
3. Integrated weed management
4. Parasitic weeds
5. Herbicide resistant weeds and crops
6. Herbicide behavior in soils, bio-remediation and methyl bromide alternatives
7. Invasive weeds: biology, control and quarantine regulations
8. Weed biology: ecology and modeling
9. Biotechnology and molecular biology in weed science
10. Application methods and formulations

updated September 6, 2007