JASS VII The seventh Joint Area Scientific Symposium (JASS VII) was organized by the Karnataka Planters' Association and UPASI Tea Scientific Department at Chikmagalur District on the March 20th and 21st 1998. The Symposium was inaugurated by Mr. S.S.Ahuja, Chairman, Tea Board. About 200 delegates comprising research and extension scientists from the UPASI Scientific Department and tea planters from all the tea growing areas of south India participated in the conference. The symposium included field visits, Paper presentations and demonstration of harvesting machinery and spraying equipments. Proceedings of JASS VII have been published in Bulletin No. 51 of UPASI Tea Scientific Department.

JASS VI The Nilgiri-Wynaad Planters' Association (NWPA) and UPASI Scientific Department hosted the sixth Joint Area Scientific Symposium at Gudalur on December 3rd and 4th 1993. Nursery practices and clonal preference, integrated drought management, replanting and new planting, shear harvesting, rejuvenation and consolidation of old tea, infilling in mature tea, integrated fertilizer schedule and soil management, pest and disease management, tea manufacture and marketing were some of the important subjects discussed at the symposium. Proceedings of JASS VII are available in Bulletin No. 46 of UPASI Tea Scientific Department.

JASS V The fifth Joint Area Scientific Symposium (JASS V) was organized by the Nilgiri Planters' Association (NPA) and UPASI Scientific Department at Coonoor on August 22nd and 24th 1991. The Symposium was inaugurated by Mr. M.A. Alagappan, Chairman UPASI Tea Committee . Replanting of tea, soil and water conservation, black root disease, tea pest management, motorized harvesting machines, clonal tea manufacture, application of electronics in CTC manufacture and quality aspects of tea were some of the important subjects discussed at the symposium. Bulletin No. 44 of UPASI Tea Scientific Department contains the proceedings of JASS V.

JASS IV The fourth Joint Area Scientific Symposium (JASS IV) was organized by the Kannan Devan Planters' Association and UPASI Scientific Department at Munnar, Idukki District on December 1st to 3rd, 1988. The Symposium was inaugurated by Mr.M.A. Alagappan, Chairman,Tea Product Sub Committeeof UPASI.About 140 delegates participated in the conference.Topics discussed were energy plantations, production agronomy, new clonal clearing, manuring, harvesting and tea productivity and control of blister blight. Proceedings of JASS IV have been published in Bulletin No. 42 of UPASI Tea Scientific Department.

JASS III The third Joint Area Scientific Symposium (JASS III) was held at Valparai on the December 13th to 15th, 1984. The Symposium was inaugurated by Mr. N.C. Kankani, Chairman, Tea Product Sub Committee, UPASI. About 100 delegates participated in the conference. Partial rejuvenation pruning, disease and pest control, shot hole borer management, manuring of tea and nutrition factors in tea production were some of the important subjects discussed at the symposium. Proceedings of JASS III are available in Bulletin No. 39 of UPASI Tea Scientific Department.



JASS II The second Joint Area Scientific Symposium (JASS II) was jointly organized by the Central Travancore Planters' Association and UPASI Tea Scientific Department at Vandiperiyar, Idukki District on the April 26th and 28th 1979. The Symposium was inaugurated by Mr. A.A. Khan, Chairman, CTPA. More than 80 delegates participated in the conference. Topics such as shade for tea, performance of clonal selections, pests and diseases, zinc deficiency and response to fertilizers, soil irrigation, nursery practices and chemical weed control were covered during the symposium. Bulletin No. 36 UPASI Tea Scientific Department contains the proceedings of JASS II.


JASS I The first Joint Area Scientific Symposium (JASS I) was organized by the UPASI Tea Scientific Department at Glenview, Coonoor on the September 12th 1977. The Symposium was inaugurated by Mr. K.B. Somana, President, UPASI. About 30 delegates participated in the meeting. Development and maintenance of healthy bush frames, cardinal role of nutrient inputs, optimizing plucking system, plant protection technology and irrigation were some of the important subjects discussed at the symposium.