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ISPP Sclerotinia Committee

Aims:

  • To promote the exchange of information on research relating to Sclerotinia

  • To promote international collaboration and encourage collaborative research projects among colleagues working on Sclerotinia

  • To have an organized body that will deal with issues of interest for Sclerotinia researchers and interact with professional societies

  • To organize periodic meetings and workshops that are focused on various aspects of Sclerotinia research

  • To distribute among people interested in Sclerotinia relevant information and news from different countries related to Sclerotinia research, meetings and other events

Membership:

Prerequisites for membership of the committee are:

  • The time and enthusiasm to promote the activities of the working group

  • A vision for promoting Sclerotinia research regionally and globally

  • Access to efficient communication by e-mail and fax

Members:

  • James R Steadman, Coordinator and organizer, University of Nebraska, USA

  • Hassan Melouk, Communications coordinator, USDA-ARS Oklahoma State University, USA

  • Chrys Akem, Middle East regional coordinator, ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria

  • John Whipps, UK/Europe regional coordinator, Horticulture Research International, UK

  • Alison Stewart, Australasia regional coordinator, Lincoln University, New Zealand

  • Li Guoqing, Southeast Asia regional coordinator, Huazhong Agricultural University, China

  • Daniel Ploper, South American regional coordinator, Agricultural Experiment Station, Tucuman, Agentina

  • Greg Boland, Canada regional coordinator, University of Guelph, Canada

  • Nigel Hardwick, XI Sclerotinia Workshop Organizer, Central Science Laboratory, UK

Proposed work program:

  • a workshop in 2001

  • a communication network via e-mail

  • a newsletter

  • a contribution to ICPP 2003

For further details please contact James R Steadman, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0722, USA. Fax: +1 402 472 2853; e-mail: jsteadman1@unl.edu or view Website at: <http://plants.okstate.edu/ISWG>.