Forum Iris & Bulbes

Lomonosov Moscow State University
Biological faculty
Botanical garden (Russia)

Botanical garden of the Komarov Botanical institute (Russia)

Russian Iris Society

Botanical garden of Taurida National
Vernadsky University (Ukraine)


The first information letter

Dear colleagues!

It is our pleasure to invite you to take part in the II Moscow International Iris Symposium “Iris-2011” which will take place in the Botanical garden of Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia) in 14th-17th June 2011.

Wide range of topics concerning representatives of genus Iris L. are planned to be discussed at the following sections:
1. Taxonomy, conservation and investigation of genus Iris L. representatives
2. Introduction and acclimatization of different groups of irises
3. Educational and enlightening activities based on collections of genus Iris L.

The program of the Symposium will consist of plenary and sectional sessions as well as poster presentations. The languages of the Symposium are Russian and English.

To take part in the Symposium please send your application form by Feb.15, 2011 (by e-mail iris2011-msu@yandex.ru). Abstract submission deadline is Apr.1, 2011. Please do not submit more than two presentations from one person (the second presentation should be in co-authorship).


Requirements for abstracts:

1.Total size of abstract, including title, name of author(s), text and references should not exceed 10 000 symbols including spaces. The name of the author, who is going to give the presentation should be underlined. The short summary should not exceed 150 words.
2. For the text of abstract use Times New Roman, 12 pt. type and 1,5 intervals between lines. Please, do not use italicizing, underlines, hyphens, tabulations etc., use left margin leveling. The language is Russian or English.
3. Bibliography should be prepared according to the following example:

Mavrodiev E.V., Alekseev Y.E. Morphologo-biological features of Cryptobasis (Iridaceae) and its systematics // Bot. j., 2003. V. 88. № 10. P. 50-55.
Rodionenko G.I. Genus Iris. M.-L.: publ. house AS USSR, 1961. 215 p.




Please send application forms and abstracts by e-mail iris2011-msu@yandex.ru
as attached files, typed in Microsoft Word and saved in RTF or Word 97-2003. The name of the attached file should contain the name of the author, who is going to give the presentation.


All abstracts will be reviewed by the Organizing Committee.

Registration fee is supposed to be 500 Russian rubles plus approximately 1000 rubles fee for each of your abstracts (paid onsite at the beginning of the Symposium).


We appreciate you sharing this information with interested colleagues!

Application form

First name
Second name
Workplace
Address
Phone/fax
E-mail
Name of report


Address of the organizing committee:
Botanical Garden Lomonosov Moscow State University
Leninskie Gory 1/12, Moscow,
119991, Russian Federation,

тел./tel.: +7 (495) 939-48-06
e-mail: iris2011-msu@yandex.ru

Dear colleagues-hybridizers!



The Russian Iris Society invites you to participate in the MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL TB IRIS COMPETITION, carried out by the RIS together with M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Our competition exists from 1996 (the first year of judging). We’ll be happy to see your varieties at our Competition (in the Botanical Garden of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University) both this year and in the future.

Since to receive plants from abroad we have to obtain import quarantine permit and send you the copy of it translated into English, please, inform us in advance (as soon as possible) whether you are interested in sending your varieties for the Competition.

Sincerely,

Sergey Loktev, RIS President

Yelena Datsuk, responsible for the Competition





The regulations of the Moscow International TB Iris Competition are as follows:



MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL TB IRIS COMPETITION REGULATIONS



Moscow TB Iris Competition is established by the Russian Iris Society and carried out by the RIS together with M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University aiming to stimulate the domestic iris hybridization. The Competition brings out most decorative seedlings and introduced varieties of TB irises stably growing in Moscow region. Basing on the judgment results 3 competition winners are defined and awarded by special RIS medals each year.

Only registered cultivars which were registered (or introduced if the introduction took place before the registration) during last 3 years including the current year are allowed for test planting. The cultivars can be proposed to the Competition only by their authors/registrants (not more than 6 cultivars a year by each author). Each cultivar can be offered for the Competition only one time. The planting material of each cultivar presented for the participation in the Competition must contain two rhizomes and is to be sent to the following address: Valentina Dvortsova, Moscow State University Botanical garden direction, Vorobiyovy Gory, Moscow, 119992, Russia. The materials are to be received from April till the end of August. Each cultivar is judged on the third year after it is planted.

The material sent to the Competition must be illness-free (from foreign irisarians the phytosanitary certificate is required). Each irisarian sending his/her material to the Competition receives a corresponding confirmation.

All the cultivars are planted into the ground under the special competition numbers which are later also used for marking the cultivars in the judging forms. After the competition the planting material remains the property of the Moscow State University Botanical garden. Three cultivars − Competition winners − can be transferred to another location not earlier than next year (after blooming season) after the year of judging. All registered seedlings can't be offered by Botanical garden to the iris market before their introduction by their authors' initiative (but not longer than 5 years counting from the planting moment).

To receive plants from abroad we have to obtain import quarantine permit and those irisarians who send rhizomes to Russia may have to have its copy. Those irisarians who plan to take part in the Competition should contact us (concerning sending the materials – in advance) via valery23@yandex.ru.