Please send abstract by filling in the annexed registration form:

A. Abstract should be saved as a Microsoft Word file (Word 98 and later) using Arial in the font size indicated on each section. Abstract should be 8.50 x 11 inches long, keeping margins within 2.5 cm (0.98 inches) on each side.

B. Leave two lines separation between the section containing the title, authors, addresses and keywords and the text section. Text may contain graphs and figures and everything should be contained within the above established margins.

Please follow the annexed format:

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C. In the registration form, please mark in the upper right corner within parenthesis, the number of the session (s) where your work should be presented, giving two options in order of priority, for example: (1,5)

The names and numbers for the poster sessions are:
1. Plant Cell Signaling
2. Plant Cell Biology
3. Genomics & Plant Functional Genetics
4. Plant responses to the environment
5. Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Microbe Interactions
6. Biotechnology of Tropical plants
7. Plant responses to water limitation
8. Plant Ecology & Bioremediation
9. Plant Enzymology and Metabolic Engineering
10. Bioenergetics and Plant Membrane Biology
11. Plant Natural Products
12. Plant Development

D. Abstracts can be sent from May 12th 2003.
The deadline for abstracts is August, 15th.

E. Should registration payments (at least one author per abstract) not be received before August 15th or late abstract submissions would be the cause for abstracts not to be published in the Congress Memoirs.

F. Letters of acceptance will be mailed before August 29th, 2003.

Graduate Student Session: The Scientific Committee of the Congress will choose eight abstracts based on their scientific merits, for an oral presentation in a plenary symposium. Designated candidates will be notified in advance by e-mail.

Late evening poster sessions:

The poster size should be: 90 cm (35.43 inches) wide and 110 cm (43.30 inches) long, following a similar format as the above described in the abstract submission form.

Posters should be up from Tuesday November 4th before noon until Thursday, November 6th at 20:00 hours.

Even poster session (considering the last digit) will be on Tuesday, November 4th

Odd poster session (last digit) will be on Wednesday, November 5th from 21:00 to 23:00 h. During both sessions drinks will be served (sodas and/or beers).

The posters will be fixed with double-sided or normal tape, that each exhibitor should bring by his/her own. It’s strictly prohibited to use tacks or any other material that could damage or perforate the stand walls.