2025 Plant Science Central Conference

Calling for Abstracts

Abstracts (up to 250 words) should be submitted by Friday 25^th April 2025.
Abstract Template is available HERE

Notification of provisional acceptance as oral or poster presentations will be given by Friday 16^th May 2025.

This conference is intended to be face-to-face. All presentations should be in person.

This year sessions will include the following research themes:
• Biotechnology and breeding technologies
• Genomics, molecular biology and biochemistry
• Plant development
• Flowering and grain / fruit development
• Postharvest science and technology
• Fruit crop physiology
• Plant stress responses
• Pigments and metabolites
• Germplasm conservation
but as always we welcome presentations on any aspect of Plant Biology.

Conference dinner and Awards ceremony will be held at Massey University on Wednesday 2^nd July 2025 at a cost of $120.00.
Please note the NZIAHS Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 2^ndJuly at 5.00pm.

New Zealand Horticultural Science Advancement Trust
Special Funding Round for the Plant Science Central Conference
Closing date Monday 17^th April 2025
To assist our members to attend and present their work at the Plant Science Central Conference.
https://agscience.org.nz/membership/awards/nz-horticultural-science-advancement-trust-award/

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science
Opportunity to submit your work as part of a NZJCHS special issue

With the support of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, the editors of the New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/tnzc20, and the organisers of Plant Science Central (PSC), there is an opportunity to submit your work as part of a  NZJCHS special issue containing papers from our conference. This is a great opportunity to publish the research that you are presenting at PSC as a full journal article, ensuring lasting longevity and visibility far beyond the conference. Here is the special issue that was published for work presented at the last PSC meeting (PSC 2023) https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/tnzc20/52/3

We aim to publish as many papers as possible to create a decent and cohesive collection. If you wish to have a paper considered for this special issue, please indicate this by sending an email to Dr Mo Li m.li2@massey.ac.nz no later than Friday, the 27^th of June. In this email please include a working title, names and affiliations of authors and a contact email for the paper. Once approved, you are welcome to submit your full manuscript via the journal portal even before the conference.

Please be aware that submission to the journal does not guarantee acceptance of the manuscript.  Your paper will be formally peer reviewed via the normal journal publishing processes. Both poster and oral presenters are welcome to submit papers for consideration. For all other enquiries relating to the special issue please contact Dr Li.

The expected timelines for the special issue are as follows:
Submission deadline: 29 Aug 2025
Acceptance deadline: End of Dec 2025
Published in early 2026

For more information on the Plant Science Central Conference, please contact
Jenny Taylor
secretariat@agscience.org.nz
Tel: (09) 812 8506
Mobile: (027) 477 9821