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Sept. 17-20, Monday-Thursday -- Seeds and their importance as food products and vehicles for delivering genetic material for crop improvement will be the focus of the Plant Sciences Symposium at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis. Following the theme of "Translational Seed Biology: From Model Systems to Crop Improvement," this international symposium is sponsored by аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis' Department of Plant Sciences. It will bring together scientists who are conducting fundamental as well as applied, crop-based research, in hopes of improving the transfer of research findings from the laboratory to the field. More information and registration forms are available online at