Time and Date: 2:30-5:00pm, August 24, 2013

Workshop Location: Meeting room 008, College of Humanities and Development Studies,China Agricultural University（人发学院008号会议室，园艺楼西侧小白楼内）

Workshop organizer: Drs. Jian-Qiang Li, Lai-Xin Luo (Tel: 010-62732994)

2:30pm-2:40pm: Welcome speech and introduction of invited foreign scientists and participants by Dr. Jian-Qiang Li.

2:40pm-3:10pm: Role of Seed Health Testing and Plant Quarantine in Preventing Introduction and Spread of Bacterial Diseases of Plants, by Dr. Norman W. Schaad, USDA, ARS, Foreign Disease Weed Science-RU, Ft. Detrick, MD. (*Retired, 2414 Rikkard,); Email: lionschaad@gmail.com

3:10pm-3:30pm: Tea break. Taking Group-Photo (In front of the main building ofand Development Studies).

3:30pm-4:00pm: Hybrid Seed Production and Hybrid Seed Quality, by Dr. Hasan Bolkan, Woodbridge Seeds International / HB Agricultural Consulting, Davis, CA 95616, USA., Visiting Professor ofAgricultural University. Email: hbolkan@yahoo.com

4:00pm-4:30pm: Critical Issues in Producing Healthy Vegetable Seeds, by Dr. Ron R. Walcott, Professor of Plant Pathology, 4315 Miller Plant Sciences, Theof,. Email: rwalcott@uga.edu

4:30pm-5:00pm: Discussion time.

Organized by:

Seed Health Centre ofAgricultural University

of Seed and Plant Health

Key Laboratory of Seed Disease Testing and Control

Seed Pathology Committee, Chinese Society for Plant Pathology

Society for Plant Pathology