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INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER ON PLANT PATHOLOGY
ISPP Newsletter 35 (2) April 2005
(UK Registered Charity No 1065521)
Material for the Newsletter is invited from individual members of ISPP, Associated Societies, Council members, Chairs of all Committees and representatives of Affiliated Societies and Supporting Organisations.
Editor: Joseph-Alexander Verreet, e-mail: javerreet@phytomed.uni-kiel.de
In this issue:
APS Celebrates the Life of a Pioneer Woman Plant Pathologist
St. Paul, Minn. (March 7, 2005) - To celebrate Women's History Month and the contributions of women scientists, The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is highlighting the accomplishments of Margaret Newton, one of the first prominent women scientists in the field of plant pathology.
Born in 1887 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Newton began her education in a one-room schoolhouse, but went on to break new ground for women scientists with her academic achievements. Newton was one of the first to determine that different samples of the fungus causing black stem rust of wheat were able to infect different varieties of wheat, and as a result, discovered the existence of different races of black stem rust. This research helped plant pathologists manage this disease by developing grains that were resistant to the different races of rust.
"Margaret Newton’s contributions to plant pathology made a significant impact on our understanding of disease resistance," said James A. Kolmer, research plant pathologist at the USDA-ARS Cereal Disease Laboratory at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. "Her research played a prominent role in saving the Canadian wheat production industry from a very destructive disease," Kolmer said.
Newton made history when she became the first Canadian woman with a doctorate in agricultural science after graduating from the University of Minnesota with a Ph.D. in plant pathology. She also became the second woman elected to the Royal Society of Canada for her internationally-recognized work in cereal rusts.
Margaret Newton’s life and research is the subject of this month’s APS feature article at http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/newton/. This feature will be a chapter in an upcoming APS PRESS book which will describe the lives and contributions of several prominent women in the history of plant pathology.
The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is a non-profit, professional scientific organization. The research of the organization’s 5,000 worldwide members advances the understanding of the science of plant pathology and its application to plant health.
Amy Steigman
E-mail: mailto:asteigman@scisoc.org
Canadian Phytopathological Society Partners with the Plant Management Network
St. Paul, MN (March 15, 2005) - The Plant Management Network (PMN), an innovative website designed for plant and agricultural professionals, is pleased to welcome the Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) as its newest societal partner.
"Pressing plant disease issues such as soybean rust and sudden oak death are bringing an urgency that requires close collaboration among various organizations from both Canada and the U.S.," said Richard Hamelin, CPS president. "We firmly believe that our new partnership with PMN will enhance our capacity to disseminate knowledge on the nature and control of plant diseases across borders and ultimately result in improved solutions in plant health. This network represents a unique opportunity to consolidate such collaborations," Hamelin said.
CPS is a society entirely run by volunteers that has more than 400 members in Canada and abroad. Its membership has expertise in all facets of plant pathology from academia, government, as well as companies involved with plant health.
As PMN's second partner in Canada, CPS' participation strengthens PMN as an international network for the applied agricultural sciences. Other PMN partners include: Syngenta Crop Protection, Pioneer Hi-Bred, PBI/Gordon Corporation, Valent BioSciences Corporation, Campbell Scientific, The American Phytopathological Society, American Society of Agronomy, American Society for Horticultural Science, Canadian Society of Agronomy, CAST, Crop Adviser Institute, CropLife America, Crop Science Society of America, Entomological Society of America, National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants, NCSRP Plant Health Initiative, Potash & Phosphate Institute, and the Weed Science Society of America. PMN's partners also include a growing list of more than 20 U.S. state land-grant university colleges of agriculture.
PMN is a not-for-profit forum for applied, multidisciplinary, science-based, plant and agricultural management information and communication made possible by PMN partners. PMN publishes four science-based applied journals – Applied Turfgrass Science, Crop Management, Plant Health Progress, and Forage and Grazinglands - an image database, three field trials publications, a plant science database of more than 4,000 fact sheets and other web-based resources, and a monthly newsletter.
PMN also offers continuing education units to Certified Crop Advisers through its education and training center. For more information, visit www.plantmanagementnetwork.org.
Media Contact: Amy Steigman, Phone: +1.651.454.7250, E-mail: asteigman@scisoc.org Web: www.plantmanagementnetwork.org
APS, PMN Launch Online Soybean Rust Center
St. Paul, Minn. (February 14, 2005) - The American Phytopathological Society (APS), in conjunction with the Plant Management Network (PMN) and other scientific organizations, is overseeing a new online soybean rust center at:
http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/infocenter.
Visitors do not need a subscription to PMN to access the online center.
The site, co-organized by APS, the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Plant Health Initiative, is designed to serve as a clearinghouse of information on soybean rust, which was recently found in the continental U.S. Other sponsors of the soybean rust webpage include Syngenta Crop Protection, Pioneer Hi-Bred, Valent BioSciences, CropLife America, the Canadian Society of Agronomy, and more than 20 state land-grant universities.
"This site is the one-stop center for information on soybean rust," said Doug Jardine, director of the APS Office of Public Affairs and Education. "Since there are a number of sites dedicated to soybean rust, it can be very time consuming to visit different sites to find what you are looking for and continually check each of those sites for new information. We have combined valuable information from these sites and from other resources into one central area. Now, people searching for the latest information on soybean rust can find what they are looking for with the fewest number of clicks," Jardine said.
The site offers breaking news on soybean rust; links to featured soybean rust sites, including government, national, international, and university sites; and a soybean rust database that visitors can use to find information on the identification and management of soybean rust as well as links to university and extension sites. The site also offers a searchable soybean rust image database; soybean rust distribution maps; and soybean rust identification training materials.
PMN is a not-for-profit online resource for applied multidisciplinary science-based plant and agricultural management information and communication made possible by PMN partners.
Media Contact: Amy Steigman; E-mail: mailto:asteigman@scisoc.org; Phone: +1.651.454.7250
REPORT from the 4th Workshop on Grapevine Trunk Diseases, Esca and Grapevine Declines”, 20-21st of January in Stellenbosch (South Africa)
The 4th Workshop on Grapevine Trunk Diseases, Esca and Grapevine Declines”, was held on the 20-21st of January in Stellenbosch (South Africa). It was most efficiently organized by Dr Paul Fourie with the great support of the whole Department of Plant Pathology of the University of Stellenbosch, and of the Disease Management Section of the ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij in Stellenbosch. The workshop was a great success, thanks to the really perfect and most friendly organization of every single aspect by Paul Fourie and the whole Organizing Committee (Francois Halleen, Ulrike Damm and Jan van Niekerk), which made the work productive, easy and smooth, and also our stay really pleasant. Ninety-two researchers from 15 different countries of the 2 hemispheres attended. Eighty-two papers, 35 of which in the form of oral presentations and 47 as posters, were presented. Following an introduction on the story, activities and future of the working group, which is a Subject Matter Committee within the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP), the participants presented the recent outcomes of their research work in sessions on Pathogen Identification and Detection, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Epidemiology and Disease Management, focusing their attention on Esca in its different forms, Petri decline, but also on other relevant diseases of grapevine affecting the wood of the main trunk and branches, such as those caused by pathogens like Eutypa lata and different species of Botryosphaeria. The great advances made in the knowledge of the pathogens involved in those diseases, are helping to explain the complexity of the situations we find in the field, giving an increasing importance to often neglected pathogenic species. Exciting new prospects came to light from comparison of the different aspects of the diseases discussed in different continents or even in different countries close to each other. The large amount of new information gained in a most friendly atmosphere will hopefully give a clearer and more productive base for planning the control of those grapevine trunk diseases.
The papers presented at the Workshop will be published, after referee’s revision, in a Special issue of Phytopathologia Mediterranea, as reviews, research papers, short notes and abstracts.
Contact: laura.nugnai@unifi.it
Plant Pathology Journal
Plant Pathology Journal is an international journal covering fundamental and applied aspects of plant pathology. Plant Pathology Journal publishes original contributions written in English, in the form of full-length papers, short communications, disease notes, and review articles on mycology, bacteriology, virology, physiological plant pathology, plant-parasite interactions, post-harvest diseases, non-infectious diseases, and plant protection. All contributions will be peer reviewed under the supervision of an international Editorial Board.
- International contents: Selective best papers by authors in different parts of the world.
- Rapid review time and publication.
- High international exposure and open access policy ensuring maximum distribution of scientific results.
- Distinguished international members of editorial board.
Web: http://www.ansinet.org/c4p.php?j_id=ppj
New books of interest to Plant Pathologists
Bacterial Wilt Disease and the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex
Edited by Caitilyn Allen, Philippe Prior, and A.C. Hayward
More information, including a full table of contents and executive summary:
Contact: Gina Ford, APS Press, Phone: +1.651.994.3874 Fax: +1.651.454.0766 Email: gford@scisoc.org
Ordering Information:
The American Phytopathological Society / APS PRESS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, Saint Paul, MN 55121, United States of America
Toll-Free: +1.800.328.7560 Telephone: +1.651.454.7250 Fax: +1.651.454.0766 E-mail: aps@scisoc.org
Web site: http://www.shopapspress.org/
Coming Events
International Plant Virus Epidemiology Symposium, Lima, Peru.
4-8 April 2005
www.cipotato.org/training/PlantVirusEpidemSymp05
9th International Workshop on Plant Disease Epidemiology, Rennes, France
10-15 April 2005
www.rennes.inra.fr/epidemio2005/
International Working Groups on Legume and Vegetable Viruses, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
11-15 April, 2005
Contact: Gail Wisler gcwisler@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
International Working Groups on Legume and Vegetable Viruses, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
11-15 April 2005
www.ifa.to.cnr.it/vvwg
IV International Pineapple Symposium, East London, South Africa
11-15 April 2005
www.pinesymp05.org
International Edible Legume Conference in conjunction with the IV World Cowpea Congress, Durban South Africa
17-21 April 2005
www.up.ac.za/conferences/ielc
1st International Conference on Plant-Microbe Interactions: Endophytes and Biocontrol Agents, Lapland, Saariselkä, Finland
www.bioweb./fi/
13th Meeting of the Latin American Association of Plant Pathology. Córdoba. Argentina
19-22 April 2005
slenard@infovia.com.ar
III International Symposium on Figs, Faro, Portugal
16-20 May 2005
jleitao@ualg.pt
IV International Symposium on Pistachio and Almond, Tehran, Iran
20-26 May 2005
http://www.pri.ir
V International Cherry Symposium, Bursa, Turkey
6-10 June 2005
masum_burak@yalova.tagem.gov.tr
10th European Meeting "Invertebrate Pathogens in Biological Control: Present and Future" Bari, Italy
10-15 June 2005
europeanmeeting@agr.uniba
www.agr.uniba.it/iobc/
13th International Sclerotinia Workshop Monterey, California, USA
12-16 June 2005
stkoike@ucdavis.edu
XIII International Symposium on Apricot Breeding and culture, Murcia, Spain
13-17 June 2005
congresos@viajescajamurcia.com
II International Symposium on Sweetpotato and Cassava – 2ISSC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
14-17 June 2005
http.//www.mardi.my
9th International Verticillium Symposium, Monterey, California, USA
June 17-21, 2005
kvsubbarao@ucdavis.edu
ISHS: ‘Improving the performance of supply chains in the transitional economies’, Chiang Mai, Thailand
19-23 June 2005
http://www.muresk.curtin.edu.au/conference/ishscm
V International Symposium on Artificial Lighting, Aas, Norway
21-24 June 2005
www.lightsym2005.no
Second Asian Conference on Plant Pathology, ‘Challenges and Opportunities in Plant Pathology in Asia’. Singapore.
25-28 June 2005
http://www.2ndACPP.org
X International Symposium on Plant Bioregulators in Fruit Production, Saltillo Coahuila, Mexico
26-30 June 2005
www.saltillo2005.org
IX International Controlled Atmosphere Research Conference, East Lansing, MI, USA
5-10 July 2005
allens@msu.edu
International Symposium on Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Germplasm Conservation and Utilization, Columbus, Ohio, USA
6-9 July 2005
http.//opgs.osu.edu
International Symposium on Greenhouse Systems and Energy Conservation, Columbus, Ohio, USA
13-15 July 2005
short.2@osu.edu
International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Cancun, Mexico
17-22 July 2005
www.ismpminet.org
XVII International Botanical Congress (XVII IBC 2005), Vienna, Austria,
18-23 July 2005
website: http://www.ibc2005.ac.at
APS Annual Meeting, Austin TX, USA
30 July-3 August 2005
www.apsnet.org
International Congress of Auchenorrhyncha and Concurrent Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Significance, Berkeley, California, USA
11-15 August 2005
www.cnr.berkeley.edu/hoppergongress/index
International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables, Québec City, Canada
August 17-20, 2005
favhealth2005@agoracom.qc.ca
1st International Conference on the Importance of Biodiversity to Human Health, Galway, Ireland,
23 - 25 August 2005
www.cohab2005.com
International Conference & Exhibition on Soilless Culture – Singapore 2005, Singapore
1-4 September 2005
www.singaporehydroponics.com
International Symposium on Growing Media, Angers, France
4-10 September 2005
http://ishs-angers.agrena.org/
VIII International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses, Pacific Grove, California, USA
5-11 September 2005
www.istt2005.net
Potato 2005, Emmeloord, The Netherlands
5-11 September 2005
www.potato2005.com
31st International Carrot Conference, Montreal – Longueuil, Canada
11-14 September 2005
sandersonk@agr.gc.ca
III International Symposium on Cucurbits, Townsville, QLD, Australia
12-16 September 2005
gordon@ahr,com.au
IV International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation, California, USA
12-16 September 2005
b-pemberton@tamu.edu
International Symposium on Advances in Grapevine and wine Research, Venosa, Italy
15-17 September 2005
nuzzo@unibas.it
IV International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation, California, USA
18-22 September 2005
http://flowers.tamu.edu/symposium/
15th Biennial Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference, ‘Innovations for Sustainable Plant Health’, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
26-29 September 2005
www.deakin.edu.au/events/APPS2005
International Symposium on Biotechnology of Temperate Fruit Crops and Tropical Species, 10-14 October 2005
Web:conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ishscrops
International Symposium on High Value Indigenous Fruit Trees in the Tropics and subtropics: Production, Utilization and Marketing, Lilongwe, Malawi
20-28 October 2005
f.akinnifesi@cgiar.org
IX International Rubus and Ribes Symposium, Santiago, Chile
5-7 December 2005
pbanados@puc.cl
Emerging Trends in Plant-Microbe Interactions, University of
Madras, Chennai, India.
8-10 December, 2005
gnanamanickam@yahoo.com
VIII International Mango Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa
5-10 February 2006
elphic@iafrica.com
Internation Symposium on New Crop Technologies in Soil and soilless Cultivation under Protected Environment¸ Agadir, Morocco
19-24 February 2006
hanafi@iavcha.ac.ma
VI International Symposium on Artichoke, Cardoon and their Wild Relatives, Lorca, Spain
28-31 March 2006
www.viajescajamurcia.com/artichoke
II International Symposium on Loquat, Guangzhou, China
1-5 April 2006
cmliu@scau.edu.cn
XX International Symposium on Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Temperate Fruit Crops and XI International Symposium of Small Fruit Virus Diseases, Antalya, Turkey
22-26 May 2006
caglay@mku.edu.tr
18th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, PA, USA
9-15 July 2006
www.18wcss.org
XXVII International Horticultural Congress, Seoul, Korea
13-19 August 2006
www.ihc2006.org
APS Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
29 July-2 August 2006
www.apsnet.org
27th International Horticultural Congress & Exhibition, IHC 2006, Global Horticulture: Diversity & Harmony, Seoul, Korea
13-19 August 2006
www.ihc2006.org
II International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology, Mashhad, Iran
28-30 October 2006
web: saffron-ir.um.ac.ir
APS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA
28 July-1 August 2007
www.apsnet.org
APS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA
26-30 July 2008
www.apsnet.org
ICPP 2008, Torino, Italy,
24-29 August, 2008
Contact: Prof. M.L. Gullino, University of Torino: marialodovica.gullino@unito.it
www.icpp2008.org
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