Name of Society




International Society for Plant Pathology

(Professor Richard Falloon, President)


Report to ISPP from an Associated the Thai Phytopathological Society for 2003-2008.

Name of Society: The Thai .Phytopathological Society (TPPS) Established: 1979

Web address for Society.

Name (s) of personnel preparing report.. Khunying Prapaisri Pitakpaiwan-President TPS (2005-2008), Wanphen Srithongchai , Piyarat Thammakijjawat and Nuchanart Tangchitsomkid

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(If Yes there is no need to list them here. If listing is not correct, please list here President, Secretary, Treasurer, Business Manager/Office and ISPP councillors (address, telephone and email contacts).

Will a Society member be making corrections to the ISPP entry for your society on-line? Yes/No*.

Society Contact: Tharmmasak Sommartya Email taam_ma_sak@yahoo.co.uk

Society membership. 280…members in 2006; …302….members in 2007; 326..members in 2008.

Report for 2003-2008.

Society Activities and publications . A brief background, and information about the aims and achievements of Tthe TPPS , will have a website soon, then plan to link to Society publication. The TPPS publish, Thai Phytopathology Journal

The Society publishes Thai Phytopathology Journal

Society Conferences and Workshops.TPPS hosted the 8^th National Plant Pprotection Conference, in Phitsanulok Province,in 20-22 November 2007

Other plant pathology conferences in Region. .Kasetsart University holds an annual Conference in February (plants, animals and economics). Plant Protection Conference has been held by Plant Protection Research &Development Office, Department of Agriculture, in August every year..

Plant Pathology in Region. A brief update about overarching issues affecting plant pathology in region served by the Society)

Funding opportunities

Plant pathology in the Region Served by the Society 2003-2008.

● Training courses on basic knowledge of plant diseases was organized by TPPS and Prince of Songla University in the south of Thailand in 2003

● Pocket notebooks with color photos of disease symptoms including causal agents and control measures, produced in 2004.

● Special meeting in 2004 on the topic of "Disaster…Tsunami" by President of Thai Tsunami Warning System.

● 25^th Anniversary of TPPS was held in 2004, arrangement of honouring ceremony of 5 outstanding Thai Plant Pathologists. The published book "25^th Anniversary of TPPS " was detailed in history of TPPS and the various interesting articles

● TPPS produced CDs of Rice Diseases, Fruit Crop Diseases, Ornamental Plant Diseases and Vegetable Diseases in 2005 which are useful for students, farmers, government officers and private sectors

● TPPS exhibition in "Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006 " held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1 November 2006-31 January 2007.

● TPPS annual meeting in 2007, including the exhibition of plant disease photos.

● TPPS hosted the 8th National Plant Protection Conference, in Phitsanulok Province , in 20-22 November 2007 .including a photo contest in the topic of ‘ Plant Protection and Photography’

● TPPS published a handbook of ‘Glossary of Plant Pathology’ in 2007

(1 to 3 pages - A Summary high lighting issues of focus and achievements in plant pathology in the region during 2003-2008 and looking ahead to 2013)

	International Society for Plant Pathology (Professor Richard Falloon, President)
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