_ CLIMA _
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 (Cooperative Research Center for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture)

                        presents a
                  National Workshop on

APPLICATION OF STABLE ISOTOPE TECHNIQUES TO STUDY PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, PLANT WATER
         UPTAKE AND NUTRIENT CYCLING IN TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS

                        8 - 12 February, 1999
        The University of Western Australia, Nedlands WA
                    Convenor: Dr Murray Unkovich

This workshop for researchers and postgraduate students will provide
training in the principles and practice of stable isotope techniques and
highlight their application in the following studies:

- N cycling in the plant-soil-water continuum
- plant N acquisition and N partitioning above and below-ground
- N2 fixation by legumes
- storage and remobilisation of C and N in crops
- plant water use efficiency, plant water stress and CO2 fixation
- decomposition and turnover of C and N in soil organic matter
- application of O, H and C isotopes in hydrological and plant water use studies
- isotopes as groundwater tracers
- isotopes as pollutant tracers in marine ecosystems

The five day workshop will incorporate lectures, demonstrations, hands-on
practical experience in the laboratory/glasshouse and a full day field
excursion.

Speakers will include:
Professor John Pate  -  Chair, Botany Department,UWA
Professor  George Stewart  -  Dean, Faculty of Science, UWA
Professor Graham Farquhar - RSBS, ANU, Canberra
Dr Ian Fillery  -  Senior Principal Research Scientist, Division of Plant
Industry, CSIRO, WA
Dr Mark Peoples - Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra
Dr Jeffrey Turner - Principal Research Scientist, Land and Water, CSIRO, WA
Dr Murray Unkovich  -  Senior Research Officer, CLIMA
Dr Ann McNeill  - Lecturer, Uni. of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia
Dr Jairo Palta  -  Principal Research Scientist, Division of Plant
Industry, CSIRO
Dr AJ Schmidt - Research Associate, Botany, UWA/Edith Cowan University, WA
Dr Peter Thorburn, Senior Research Scientist, Tropical Crops, CSIRO, Qld

Registration fee: $450 (standard); $200 (full-time student); $150 (day
registration - negotiable).  Fee will cover course text, bench fees,
lunches, morning and afternoon teas during workshop, transport,
accommodation and meals during field trip.  Registration fee does not
include airfares and accommodation in Perth.

Accommodation:  For interstate/overseas participants, accommodation in
Perth will be available on campus at residential colleges.

To register for this meeting, or for further information, please contact:
Dr Murray Unkovich
Department of Botany
The University of Western Australia
NEDLANDS WA 6907, AUSTRALIA
Email: [log in to unmask]
Ph. 08 9380 2209, Fax. 08 9380 1001

Dr Jane Gibbs
Education Program, CLIMA
The University of Western Australia
Nedlands, WA 6907
Email: [log in to unmask]
Ph. 08 9380 1987, Fax. 08 9380 1140



                        _ CLIMA _
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 (Cooperative Research Center for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture)

Dr Jane Gibbs
Workshop Co-ordinator
Education Program
CLIMA
The University of Western Australia
Nedlands, Western Australia   6907

ph: 61  (8) 9380 1987
FAX: 61 (8) 9380 1140
http://www.clima.uwa.edu.au
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