Agricultural Academy Sofia

Research Institute of Mountain Stockbreeding

and AgricultureTroyan

Scientific and Technical

Unions

Troyan Branch

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

Organize

20th Jubilee International Scientific Conference

‘EcoMountain 2017’

on a theme

Ecological Issues of Mountain Agriculture

‘EcoMountain 2016’18-19.05.2017

RIMSA, Troyan, BULGARIA

that will be held on 18-19 May 2017 at RIMSA - Troyan

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Under the Patronage of:

Minister of Agriculture and Food

Chairman of Agricultural Academy

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:1. Chairman Assoc. Prof. Dr. D. Georgiev2. Deputy chairman Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Zunev3. Organizing secretary Diana Todorova4. Members

Assoc. Prof. Dr. T. Stoyanova Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tsv. Mihovski Chief Assist. Prof. Dr. Sv. Stoycheva

5. Secretariat Assoc. Prof. Dr. B. Churkova Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Georgieva Assoc. Prof. Dr B. Stefanova

THEMATIC TOPICS OF THE CONFERENCE : 1. Stockbreeding

Breeding, selection and reproduction in stockbreeding; Technologies of feeding and raising of livestock; Ecology, quality and processing of stock-breeding production.

2. Forage Production and Grasslands Genetic resources and selection in forage cultures; Technologies of growing in forage cultures; Natural and artificial grasslands and pastures.

3. Perennials Genetic resources, selection, biotechnologies; Technologies for growing – conventional and biological; Reproduction and planting material; Plant protection; Quality, storage and processing of fruit.

4. General Agriculture

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PAPER REQUIREMENTS

STRUCTURE OF THE PAPERPapers should be up to 12 standard printing pages (A4), including tables and illustrations.Each paper includes the following section: Summary with key words, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions, References.The text should be unformatted, in font Arial, in Word format. Units of measures should be noted by the International System SI. Latin names of plant and animal species are given according to international classification, in Italic.Text is organized in the following way:Title of paper should be brief, precise, without any abbreviations, written in normal (not capital) letters. Author(s) – the name and surname are written in full. The exact name of the organization, where they work, is given, an e-mail address for correspondence, in Italic.Summary (up to 250 words) describes briefly and clearly the basic information and the scientific contribution of the article. Key words – up to 10 carefully chosen key words, as they are used in information search in electronic catalogues and databases.Structured presentation – contains Introduction, Material and Methods, Results and Discussion, Conclusions.Acknowledgements (if there are any)References

TABLES AND FIGURESTables and/or figures are printed on separate pages, oriented vertically and applied in the end of the text. It is recommended their size not to be larger than 13 cm in width and 18 cm in height.Tables are presented in MS Word. They are numbered in Arabic numerals according to their sequence in the text. Illustrations (graphics, diagrams, charts, schemes, pictures etc.) are regarded as "figures" and are numbered consecutively. They should be distinct and clear from text, presented in the following formats: xls, jpeg, tif. The figures are recommended to be black and white. The number and title of the figures is placed below them. All necessary indications are placed below the main title of the figure.In the text are indicated the position of each table and figure.

REFERENCESFor all citations in the text the surname of the author is written in brackets (in Latin) and the year of publication, for example (Morris, 1991). In case of two authors, both names are given, for example (Barton and Moore, 1994), and for three or more authors is given the name of the first author, followed by "et al.", for example (Levi et al., 1994). When several authors are cited, their names are arranged chronologically, and when their publications are in one and the same year – they are placed in an alphabetical order.A list with cited publications is applied separately, arranged in an alphabetical order according to the surname of the first author. When several publications are cited by the same author, first on the list are given one's individual publications, followed by publications in co-authorship. It is recommended to list the names of all authors.All references in Cyrillic alphabet are written as the names of the authors and sources are transliterated in Latin, and the titles of papers or books are translated into English. The letters in transliteration are replaced according to the Law on Transliteration. The original language of publications, translated into English, is given after the references in brackets (Bulgarian = Bg, Russian = Ru, Serbian = Sr, Macedonian = Mk, Greek = Gr, etc.). Example:Stoyanova, N., V. Antonova and D. Serbezova, 2015. A study of introduced black currant varieties. Rastenievadni nauki, 52(2), 25-28 (Bg).

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References of cited literature

a) Papers in scientific journals The references of papers include the name of authors, year, title, source (in Italic), volume, number of issue, pages. The names of all authors are written, as the first author is given in inversion (surname, personal name), and the others – in a regular order (personal name and surname). Examples:Popova, V., D. Drachev and V. Nikolova, 2006. Investigation on the burning properties of Burley tobacco grown in different regions of Bulgaria. Tobacco, 56(7-8), 159-164. Solomon, P. S. and R. P. Oliver, 2001. The nitrogen content of the tomato leaf apoplast increases during infection by Cladosporium fulvum. Planta, 213(2), 241-249.

b) Books References of books include the names of authors, year, title, publishing house, place of publication. Example:Lidanski, T., 1998. Statistical methods in biology and agriculture. Zemizdat, Sofia (Bg).

c) Parts of books and publications in collections of scientific forums After the title is written "In:", as the pages are also given in the end.McGrath, S. P., 1998. Phytoextraction for soil remediation. In: Plants that hyperaccumulate heavy metals (R. R. Brooks, ed.). CAB Int., Wallingford, UK, pp. 261-287.Georgiev, D., H. Dinkova and M. Georgieva, 2008. Study of newly introduced cultivars of black and red currant. In: Proceedings of International Scientific Conference “Sustainable Fruit Growing: From Plant to Product”, Latvia, pp. 46-53.

d) Summaries of papers from scientific forums Baychev, V., 1994. Hybrids between (Triticum aestivum L. x Secale cereale L.) and Triticale (2n=6х=42). In: 3rd International Triticale Symposium, 13-17 June 1994, Lisbon, Portugal (Abstracts), B-12.

e) Dissertation Petrova, V., 2015. Economically important pests of apple and fight with them at various technologies of cultivation. Dissertation, Kyustendil, Bulgaria.Kenyon, L., 1990. Pathogenicity mutants of Fulvia fulva (Cooke). Ph.D. thesis, University of East Anglia, UK

f) On-line materials Lecoq, H. and C. Desbiez, 2012. Viruses of cucurbit crops in the Mediterranean region: an ever-changing picture. Adv. Virus Res., 84: 67-126. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394314-9.00003-8. http :// www . ncbi . nlm . nih . gov / pubmed /22682166

Submission of publicationsThe material should contain the original experimental data or new interpretations of the existing results, which should not have been published elsewhere.The article, written in English shоuld be submitted electronically to e-mail: jma@mail.bg

Note : The duration for the paper presentation is up to 10 minutes. The papers are presented in

English together with multimedia.

For the posters is provided area with the following dimensions:width – 70 cmheight – up to 100 cm

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Official languages for the conference: Bulgarian and EnglishImportant deadlines :

1. Up to 06.03.2017 – to send the registration form and the summaries, which have to be written after the pattern, to E-mail: jma@mail.bg;

2. Up to 0 3.04.2017 – sending of 2nd announcement with details to the authors of the materials that are approved to participate;

3. Up to 2 1 .04 .2017 – to send the full text of the materials that are approved to participate;

4. 18-19 May 2017 – conducting of the international scientific conference.

Registration fee Up to 28.04.2017 After 28.04.2017 Regular 90 lv. 100 lv.Students and PhD Students*) 45 lv. 50 lv.Accompanying person 45 lv. 50 lv.* ) to present a copy of a valid document certifying the above

The registration fee may be paid in bank transaction on account:Bank: UniCredit Bulbank – Troyan Bank account: BG43UNCR75273153882301Bank code, BIC: UNCRBGSF

or in cash, as well as at the registration of participants.

Note *: In case of a bank transfer of the fee, the information about the payer in order to issue an invoice for the registration fee should be sent by e-mail.

The registration fee includes: Full access to all scientific sessions at the conference; A package with materials and CD with Book of summaries of the first author; Coffee breaks; Official dinner on 18.05.2017 at the canteen of RIMSA; Free Wi-Fi; Free guarded parking; Sending to the authors by e-mail of the accepted and printed materials in Journal

of Mountain Agriculture on the Balkans.

Additional fee of 10 lv. for an excursion with entrance fee on 19.05.2017 (in the afternoon) on route:

National Arts and Crafts Exhibition – the village of Oreshak; Troyan Monastery – the village of Oreshak; Museum of Natural Science – the village of Cherni Osam.

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PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

18 .05.201 7 ( Thursday ) 8.00 – 10.00 – Registration of participants10.00 – 12.00 – Opening ceremony of the conference and plenary papers12.00 – 14.00 – Lunch14.00 – 18.00 – Scientific papers and posters19.00 – Dinner

19 .05.201 7 ( Friday ) 9.00 – 12.00 – Scientific papers and posters12.00 – Closing of the conference

In the afternoonExcursion for those who wish, on route: National Arts and Crafts Exhibition – the village of Oreshaк;. Troyan Monastery – the village of Oreshak; Museum of Natural Science – the village of Cherni Osam.

Price – 10 lv. (includes the entrance fees).

APPLICATION FOR NIGHT’S LODGING

Hostel of RIMSA

Double rooms are available only, on price of 24.00 lv and 30.00 lv (renovated)

For contact: Assist. Tatyana Bozhanska +359/878898576; +359670/62802;jma@mail.bg

Note ! The application for night’s lodging for the hostel of RIMSA should be sent up to 21.04.2017 – together with the full text of the materials that are approved to participate

I would like to book a room on

Date

Double

room

Individual accommodation in a

double room 17.05.2017

18.05.2017

19.05.2017

20.05.2017

Addresses of hotels in TroyanBooking should be made directly in the corresponding hotel

1. Hotel Mars; 185 Hristo Botev Str. +359670/53152; +359894613699hotelmars@abv.bg

2. Hotel Chateau Montagne; 34 Stara Planina Str.+359670/68900; +359878407751www.hotel-cm.comchateau@hotel-cm.com

3. Hotel „Troyan Plaza”, 54 P.R.Slaveykov Str.+359670 64399+359885 100006 http://www.troyanplaza.com/reservations@troyanplaza.commarketing@troyanplaza.com

For detailed information and contacts :

Research Institute of Mountain Stockbreeding and Agriculture281 Vasil Levski Str. 5600 Troyanmobile: +359877743604; +359878953292tel.: +359670/66914

E-mail: jma@mail.bgDiana TodorovaOrganizing secretary