Awards Presented at the 15th International Congress, August 1998

The board decided to award two IASPRR medals to both the best presentation and to the best poster. because of the high number and the quality of the posters.

The awards were presented on behalf of the organizing committee by Prof. Cresti.

IASPRR Medals

The IASPRR medals were awarded to:

• Dr. T. Dresselhaus, for his lecture: Gene expression during fertilization and zygote development in maize (Zea mays L.)
• Dr. M. Sun, for his lecture: In vitro double fertilization in tobacco, compared with somatic protoplast fusion toward understanding gamete-specific characters.
• M. Lenartowska for the poster by M. Lenartowska, M.I. Rodriguez-Garcia and E. Bednara: Immunochemical localization of calmodulin in the unpollinated and pollinated style of Petunia hybrida Hort. pistil.
• P. Wittich for the poster by P. Wittich and M. Willemse: Angiosperm seed development: sequence of carbohydrate investments in relation to dispersal.