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The following are extended abstracts of six of the papers presented at the above meeting and, as so presented, they are entirely the responsibility of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Editorial Board of Pesticide Science. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

I was saddened to read of Neil Starkie's experience of negative attitudes towards Project 2000 students (Viewpoint June 28), but would like to reassure him that not all 'traditionally trained' nurses view them its incompetent.

The influence of 6-benzylaminopurine (BA) on the premature abscission of developing soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr. fruits of 2 genotypes was studied. BA was applied during the critical period of fruit-setting. The tested concentration range of BA was from 1 micromolar to 5 millimolar; 2 millimolar was optimal. Spray application of 2 millimolar BA to terminal inflorescences at the R(3) developmental stage of field-grown soybeans significantly increased fruit-set and seed yield of the Shore genotype during three growing seasons. In contrast, the Essex genotype gave significant responses two out of three seasons. The response of Shore was generally more pronounced than that of Essex. The apical fruits on the inflorescences gave the greatest response to BA. Seed weight increase was apparent 3-4 weeks after BA treatment.