New dates for ISSS general meeting: 9-13 August 2021 in Brighton, UK

The 13th Triennial Conference of the ISSS will now take place 9-13 August 2021 at the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

‘Seed Innovation Systems for the 21st Century’

Organisers: Hugh Pritchard and Louise Colville, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The science programme will cover six themes:

1. Seed memory – how environment influences traits during development
2. Seed life span – the science of maximising survival
3. Seeds and society – local innovation systems and species added-value
4. Seed form and function – the morphology of success
5. Seed germination and stress – niches and coping strategies
6. Seed innovation systems for the 21st century – automation to zeitgeist