Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative

Cucurbitaceae '98

November-December 1998

Cucurbitaceae '98 will be held from 30 November through 4 December 1998 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, California, USA. Cucurbitaceae '98 will be convened by the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Cucurbit Genetics Cooperative (CGC) and The Cucurbit Network (TCN). All persons engaged or interested in collection, preservation, characterization, evaluation, and enhancement of cucurbit germplasm research are invited to participate in this symposium. The symposium will address six broad subject areas: germplasm resources, genetics, breeding, pathology, entomology, and production.

Preliminary Registration Form
For a preliminary registration form, contact Jim D. McCreight, Chair (USDA-ARS, 1636 E. Alisal, Salinas, California 93905 USA. Email: jmccreig@asrr.arsusda.gov). Including tentative titles on your preliminary registration form will aid program development. Titles may be submitted up to the deadline for manuscript submission (see below).

Research Papers for Presentation or Posters
Authors of some contributed papers for presentation may be asked to present them as posters. Both types will be included in the proceedings.

Manuscript Submission
Submit complete manuscripts to the Chair of the Scientific Committee on or before June 1 in hardcopy and diskette forms. Diskettes can be in any standard word processing software (MSDOS, Windows, Macintosh). Those unable to submit a manuscript on diskette should send two high-quality hardcopies.

Manuscript Review
All manuscripts will be reviewed for scientific merit by the Scientific Committee. Authors may be asked to make revisions. Those found unacceptable after revision may be declined for presentation or inclusion in the proceedings.

Manuscript Guidelines
Follow the usual format for scientific papers (Abstract, Introduction, Material and Methods, Results, Discussion, Literature Cited, Tables, Figures). The details of formatting are not critical. The Publishing staff of ASHS will take care of these details. Although there is not a specific length limit, authors may be asked to shorten manuscripts judged by the Scientific Committee to be excessive in length. Include photo-ready copies of figures or illustrations that cannot be easily reproduced.

Proceedings for Cucurbitaceae '98 (text and tables; no figures)