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INTERNATIONAL
NEWSLETTER ON PLANT PATHOLOGY
ISPP
Newsletter 28 (2) April 1998
In this issue:
Journal of Russian Phytopathological Society
Professor Yuri T Dyakov advises that a Journal
of Russian Phytopathological Society will be established in 1998. The
Journal will be devoted to the publication of experimental and theoretical
papers on a variety of phytopathological problems:
- fungal, bacterial, viral, nematode and
functional diseases of plants;
- biochemistry and molecular biology of
- plant-parasite interactions;
- chemical and biological control techniques for
plant protection;
- plant resistance genetics and breeding.
Scientists from Russia and Former Soviet Union
Republics will contribute to the Journal, but phytopathologists from all
countries are invited to take part in the journal publications.
Publications will be in English together with bilingual English-Russian
summaries.
Journal of Russian Phytopathological Society
will be published by "Muravey" Publishers Ltd, Moscow. There
will be four issues per year and the annual subscription will be US$60-80
plus postage.
The Journal will be the only one published in
English presenting studies in the field of phytopathology conducted by
researchers in the territory of the Former Soviet Union. The contents of
the first number are established and comprise one paper in epidemiology,
two on fungal populations and genetics, three on virology, four on
biochemical and molecular plant-parasite interactions, one on ecology,
seven on plant protection and resistance and one on postharvest disease.
Further information may be obtained from the
Editor, Professor Y T Dyakov, Department of Mycology and Algology, Moscow
State University, Moscow 119899, Russia; e-mail: dyakov@1.mycol.bio.msu.ru
ISPP
Executive Meeting
A meeting of the Executive Committee of the
International Society for Plant Pathology was held in Edinburgh from 27-28
August 1997. The meeting was attended by Dr R I Hamilton, Dr R J Cook, Dr
M J Wingfield, Dr P R Scott, Dr M C Shephard and Dr Anupam Varma. The
following matters were decided:
R Glenn Anderson Lecture.
Dr Eugene Terry will be delivering this Lecture at the 7th IPCC on
"Population, Environment, Plant Disease and Food Security".
ISPP Brochure.
Copies of the updated Brochure will be printed for the forthcoming
International Congress.
ISPP Web Page. It
would be updated to a cost limit of 4000 pounds sterling and would also
include information about Subject Matter Committees and about the new
bacterial names.
World Directory of Plant Pathologists. The
proposal of C J Delp to publish the Directory from the APS server with the
assistance of APSnet was approved. This will be based on a five-year
agreement, renewable every 5 years between the ISPP and APS, for the
latter to manage and host the Directory. The Directory will be updated
annually. The agreement may be terminated by either APS or ISPP with
notification.
Councillors of Associated Societies.
Each Society was requested to inform the Secretary-General of the names of
current Councillors in order to maintain effective contact.
FAO Plant Protection Service.
The Chief of this Service may be made an ex-officio member of the
Council, requiring modification of the ISPP Constitution subject to
ratification by the Council.
Budget. The
following distribution of the budget was approved:
General support of the International Congress 20%
ISPP web page, newsletter and other publications
20%
Subject matter committees 25%
EC travel and support, Treasurer’s and Secretary
General’s expenses 30%
Reserve 5%
The amount earmarked for subject matter committees
may also provide 50% travel cost to members with a maximum limit of 750
pounds sterling for every 5 years.
7th International Congress of Plant Pathology. Three
funds have been established to provide financial assistance to those who
are unable to obtain full support from their employers for participation
in the Congress.
Bursary fund: This
will be open to delegates from developing countries. For this fund a sum
of 50,000 pounds has been earmarked.
BSPP assistance fund:
This will be open to all members of BSPP. For this fund also 50,000 pounds
have been earmarked.
ISPP assistance fund:
This fund would be open to delegates under the age of 30 years.
Organising Committee of the Congress.
The Executive Committee also had a meeting with the following members of
the Organising Committee: Prof David S Ingram, Dr Nigel V Hardwick, Prof D
Gareth Jones (Chair, Finance Committee), Dr David J Royle (Chair,
Programme Committee), Mr William J Rennie (Chair, Local Arrangements
Committee). A brief discussion was also held with the professional
organisers for the Congress.
The Committee also visited the Edinburgh
International Conference Centre which is going to be the main venue of the
Congress. The Organising Committee of the 7th International Congress of
Plant Pathology was warmly thanked by the Executive Committee for their
efforts in organisation.
Colombia
An update of the Board of Directors of the
Colombian Association of Fitopathology and Related Sciences (ASCOLFI) is
as follows.
President: Jairo
Castano Zapata, with Omar Guerrero Guerrero as substitute.
Vice-president:
Benjamin Pineda Lopez, with Jose M Hernandez M as substitute.
Secretary: Bertha
Lucia Castro, with Francia Varon de Agudelo as substitute.
Treasurer: Octavio
Montoya Estrada, with Carlos Holmes Varela as substitute.
Spokesperson:
Maria Luisa Guzman, with Pablo Arango Quintana as substitute.
The address of ASCOLFI is Calle 37A no. 27-33
Palmira, Valle-Colombia; Tel: +92-2712244; Fax: +92-2750557; e-mail: ascolfi@telesat.com.co
International
Seed Testing Association
The Executive Officer of the Association, Heinz
Schmid, has sent two documents in advance of the 25th International Seed
Testing Association Congress (ISTA) to be held in Pretoria, South Africa,
from 15-24 April 1998.
One of the documents is Supplement 1 to Volume 26
of Seed Science and Technology and comprises the reports of the
ISTA Technical Committees, a report of the Executive Committee, a list of
Accredited Members and lists of Committee Members. Any alterations
required by the Ordinary Meeting in Pretoria will be published as another
supplement to the journal.
The second document is the Rules Proposals
1998 which gives up-dated proposed amendments to the Chapters,
Annexes and Appendices of the ISTA Rules 1996 as they will be presented to
the Congress in Pretoria. Changes are highlighted in distinctive ways and
they will be similarly presented at the Congress using a beam-assisted
projector to the meeting hall’s screen from a word-processor. Formal
discussion and voting will then take place.
Further information may be obtained from the ISTA
Secretariat, Reckenholzstrasse 191, P O Box 412, CH-8046, Zurich,
Switzerland; Fax: +41-1-371-34-27; e-mail: istach@iprolink.ch
1998
Brighton Conference - Pests & Diseases
British Crop Protection Enterprises announce this
Conference, which will be held in Brighton, UK, from 16-19 November 1998.
A call for papers is made on a world-wide basis from all those carrying
out research relevant to the twenty platform and ten poster sessions on
pest and disease issues, including pest and disease management on
temperate, sub-tropical and tropical crops. The effects of climate change
will also be featured along with advances in biotechnology, resistance and
innovative methods of pest and disease management. Food safety,
environmental issues and pesticide-related topics will also be discussed.
The 25th Bawden Lecture will be presented by
Professor Martin Parry, University College, London, UK, on "The
potential impact of climate change on European agriculture". A
special symposium of invited papers will be held on "Biotechnology in
Crop Protection - Facts and Fallacies".
Further information can be obtained from The
Brighton Conference Secretariat, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London
SW1 3RA, UK; Fax: +44-171-924-1790; e-mail: eventorg@event-org.com
Phytophthora
Molecular Genetics
A one-day Symposium on Advances in Phytophthora
Molecular Genetics will be held in conjunction with the International
Congress of Plant Pathology in Edinburgh, UK, on Saturday 15 August 1998.
For further information, see the web-site at <http://www.bspp.org.uk/phytopht/program.htm>
or contact David Cooke or Paul Birch, Fungal and
Bacterial Plant Pathology, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie,
Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK; Tel: +44-1382-562731; Fax: +44-1382 562426; e-mail: dcooke@scri.sari.ac.uk
European
Foundation
The European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP)
will be holding a Board Meeting with Delegates of Member Societies on
Tuesday 11 August 1998 from 18.00-20.00 h at the Roxburghe Hotel, 38
Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, UK. The General Secretary of EFPP would like
to know about items that member societies would like to discuss and about
the member from each society who will be the representative at the Board
Meeting.
The Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of
Plant Pathology (EJPP), Professor Bob Schippers, is retiring at the
end of 1998 after more than five years in the position. A new
Editor-in-Chief will be assigned by the Royal Netherlands Society of Plant
Pathology, the owner of EJPP, and Kluwer Academic Publishers, the
publisher, in consultation with EFPP. Suggestions/nominations were sought
before the end of March 1998.
The EJPP is available for DFL 160,- in 1998 for
all members of European Societies associated with EFPP.
Further information can be obtained from General
Secretary J F J M van den Heuvel, DLO Research Institute for Plant
Protection, P O Box 9060, 6700 GW Wageningen, The Netherlands; Fax:
+31-317-410113; e-mail: efpp@ipo.dlo.nl
African
Plant Protection
This is the title of a new journal providing a
unique forum for research in the plant protection sciences and setting out
to promote African authorship and/or contents. The protection of plants on
the African continent, whether indigenous or agricultural crops, is
regarded as essential for the continued physical and spiritual sustenance
of humankind. The journal is intended to help this objective by
encouraging research and an outlet for it.
Topics will include integrated pest management,
control of pests, systematics, plant pathology, mycology, nematology,
entomology, acarology and arachnology. Primary scientific articles,
technical reports, short communications, review articles and abstracts
will feature. The journal is published twice a year, in February and
April. It is run by an association of plant protection scientists under
the auspices of the Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria.
Further information may be obtained from The
Managing Editor, African Plant Protection, P O Box 26320, Arcadia,
Pretoria, 0007 South Africa; Fax: +27-12-6672494; e-mail: ppriasd@planta.agric.za
FEMS
The Federation of European Microbiological
Societies (FEMS) links 38 microbiological societies in Europe. It has
grown from a start in the mid-1970s to such a size, financial strength and
spread of activities that it is now appointing a full-time Executive
Officer and the establishment of a Central Office.
Dr Dimann Van Rossum is the Executive Officer and
the Central Office is at Poortlandplein 6, NL-2628 BM Delft, The
Netherlands; Fax: +31-15-278-5696; e-mail: fems@tudelft.nl
Long-term
Continuity in Specialised Areas
Dr Andrew Entwistle, Secretary of the Allium
White Rot Group, has just returned from the Sixth International Workshop
on Allium White Rot, which was held in Mexico from 2-5 March 1998.
One of Andrew’s main current concerns is that
information accrued in this and previous years is not lost. He feels that
this concern is probably common to many specialist subjects where likely
changes in professional positions endanger long-term continuity in
knowledge, experience and understanding. Common approaches are suggested
by considering the immediate possibilities in his area.
The Proceedings of previous Workshops have been
published in paper format and this last Workshop will be treated
similarly. It costs about $30 per copy to send copies of Proceedings to,
say, Mexico or Australia. For some destinations, delivery can take over a
month or be plain unreliable. There are dangers that Proceedings are lost
or never seen by many. One safeguard would be to lodge a copy with a
library, such as the British Lending Library, for access by future
students.
New technology, however, offers different and
possibly more efficient opportunities, for example publishing future
proceedings on disc whereby postal and printing charges would be reduced
or scanning the Proceedings of previous workshops onto disc and then
lodging the information with an international plant pathology society such
as ISPP, BSPP or APS. There would be opportunities to make the information
available on the Web. In using such technology, a charge may be justified
for the information to recognise the value of the resources that made the
data available. A body such as the ISPP may be an appropriate facilitator,
now that ‘IT’ seems to provide opportunities for preservation of data
that previously were not available.
There is a need to be aware of the dangers of
information overload as occurs with many of the internet newsgroups, the
various year 2000 groups being good examples. Problems of overload could
be resolved by appropriate protocols for acceptance of material.
A distinction may need to be made between
innovative products using the latest IT which may be expensive, and run of
the mill products that use somewhat dated but fully functional IT systems
which would be correspondingly cheaper yet achieve the aim of
dissemination of data.
These ideas could be extended to other areas of
plant pathology, provided the mechanics and economics are resolved.
Further consideration is appropriate for professional societies and in
this instance may also be taken up with Andrew Entwistle, Secretary of the
Allium White Rot Group, Sandiacre, Sandy Lane, Blackdown,
Leamington Spa, Warwick CV32 6QS, UK; Tel/Fax: +44-1926-338289; e-mail: andrew.entwistle@ndirect.co.uk
Coming
Events
IX Brazilian Meeting on Mycotoxins and
Symposium on Qualitative Grain Storage of Mercosul
in Florianopolis, Brazil.
18-21 May 1998.
Contact: Dr V M Scussel, Food Science and
Technology Department, P O Box 476, Centre of Agricultural Sciences
Florianopolis, SC, Brazil; Fax: +55-48-331-9943; e-mail: enm98@cca.usfc.br
Xth General Assembly of the Scientific
Committee of ICSU on Problems of the Environment in Piscataway, New
Jersey, USA.
June 1998.
Contact: ICSU Secretariat, 51 Boulevarde de
Montmorency, Paris 75016, France; Fax: +33-1-4288-9431; e-mail: icsu@Imcp.jussieu.fr
II International Workshop on Control
Applications in Postharvest and Processing Technology in Budapest,
Hungary.
3-5 June 1998.
Contact: Prof I Farkas, Department of Physics and
Process Control, University of Agricultural Sciences, Gd11, Pater K u 1,
2103 Hungary; Fax: +36-2831-0804; e-mail: ifarkas@fft.gau.hu
2nd International Workshop on Bemisia and
Geminiviral Diseases in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
7-12 June 1998.
Contact: Mrs D Guy, Secretary-Treasurer, 2120
Camden Road, Orlando, FL 32803-1419, USA; Phone: +1-407-897-7304; Fax:
+1-407-897-7337; e-mail: rmayer@ix.netcom.com;
Web: http://www.wisc.edu/plhealthser/gv-wf/index.htm
Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Phytopathological Society will be held jointly with the Canadian
Society of Plant Physiologists in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
20-24 June 1998.
Contact: Dr Rudra Singh; e-mail: SinghR@EM.AGR.CA
III International Symposium on the
Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants in Edinburgh, UK.
20-26 July 1998.
Contact: Dr C Alexander, Royal Botanic Gardens,
Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, UK; Fax: +44-1315-527-171; e-mail: c.alexander@rbge.org.uk
International Conference on Integrated
Fruit Production in Ku-Leuven, Belgium.
27 July - 1 August 1998.
Contact: Royal Research Station of Gorsem, Brede
Akker 3, B-3800 Sint-Truiden, Belgium.
9th IUPAC International Congress of
Pesticide Chemistry, The Food-Environment Challenge, in London, U.K.
2-7 August 1998.
Contact: Dr John F Gibson, Pesticide Chemistry,
The Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London W1V 0BN, UK;
Phone: +44-171-437-8656; Fax: +44-171-734-1227;
e-mail: iupac98@rsc.org
XXV International Horticultural
Conference in Brussels, Belgium.
2-7 August 1998.
Contact: H Willocx, Secretary 25th IHC, c/o
Ministry of SME and Agriculture, Bolwerklaan 21, 15th Floor, B-1210
Brussels, Belgium; Fax: +32-2-206-7209; e-mail: 25ihc98@tornado.be
2nd International Rice Blast Conference (IRBC)
in Montpellier, France.
4-8 August 1998.
Contact: Secretariat IRBC 98, CIRAD-CA, UR PHYMA,
Bat. 2, BP 5035, 34032 Montpellier, France; Fax: +33-4-67-61-56-03;
e-mail: IRBC98@cirad.fr
8th International Symposium on Microbial
Ecology in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
9-14 August 1998.
Contact: Meeting Planners, Ardenne International
Inc., Suite 444, World Trade & Conference Centre, 1800 Argyle Street,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 3N8; Fax: +1-902-423-2143; e-mail: ardenne@fox.nstn.ca
The VIIth International Congress of Plant
Pathology in Edinburgh, UK.
9-16 August 1998.
Contact: Dr D J Royle, Chairman, 7ICPP, Long
Ashton Research Station, AFRC Institute of Arable Crop Protection, Long
Ashton, Bristol BS18 9AF, UK; Fax: +44-1275-394-007; e-mail: david.royle@bbsrc.ac.uk
Downy Mildew Workshop at the VIIth
ICPP in Edinburgh, UK.
During 9-16 August 1998.
Contact: Dr Peter T N Spencer-Phillips, Department
of Biological Sciences, University of the West of England, Coldharbour
Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK; Fax: +44-117-976-3871; e-mail: IN:p5-spenc@uwe.ac.uk
9th Conference of the ISHS Vegetable
Virus Working Group in Turin, Italy.
22-27 August 1998.
Contact: Dr P Caciagli, Istituto di Fitovirologia
Applicata, 9th Conference ISHS - VVWG, Strada delle Cacce 73, I-10135
Torino, Italy; Fax: +39-11-343809. See home page at <http://ifa.to.cnr.it/vvwg>.
6th International Mycological Congress
in Jerusalem, Israel.
23-28 August 1998.
Contact: Secretariat, Sixth International
Mycological Congress, P O Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel.
ICSU World Conference on Higher Education
at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.
5-9 October 1998.
Contact: ICSU Secretariat, 51 Boulevarde de
Montmorency, Paris 75016, France; Fax: +33-1-4288-9431; e-mail: <icsu@Imcp.jussieu.fr>
or see the web site at <http://www.Imcp.jussieu.fr/icsu/>.
8th International Workshop on Fire Blight
in Kusadasi, Turkey.
12-15 October 1998.
Contact: Prof H Saygili, Ege University, Faculty
of Agriculture, Plant Protection Department, 35100 Bornova - Izmir,
Turkey; Fax: +90-232-388-1864; e-mail: saygili@ziraat.ege.edu.tr
<http://www.intrepid.net/afrs/fb7.htm>
or Dr Timur Momol, Plant Pathology Department,
Cornell University, Geneva, NY 14456, USA; Fax: +1-315-787-2389; e-mail: tmml5@cornell.edu
The 1998 Brighton Conference - Pests
& Diseases in Brighton, UK.
16-19 November 1998.
Contact: For Scientific Program, Dr D V Alford,
BCPC, Orchard House, 14 Oakington Road, Dry Dayton, Cambridgeshire CB3
8DD, UK; Fax: +44-1954-789059.
Annual Meeting of the American
Phytopathological Society jointly with Entomological Society of
America in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
8-12 November 1998.
Contact: Corinne Dacus, 3340 Pilot Knob Rd., St.
Paul, Minnesota 55121-2097, USA. Phone: +1-612-454-7250;
Fax:+1-612-454-0766; e-mail: aps@scisoc.org
Joint Meeting, British Society for Plant
Pathology and Society for Applied Microbiology - rhizosphere
micro-organisms in Warwick, UK.
15-17 December 1998.
Contact: Dr Mark Hocart, Plant Science Division,
SAC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK; Fax: +44-131-667-2601;
e-mail: m.hocart@ed.sac.ac.uk
First Australasian Soil-Borne Disease
Symposium in Brisbane, Australia.
February 1999.
Contact: Dr Rob Magarey, Bureau of Sugar
Experiment Stations, P O Box 566, Tully, Queensland 4854, Australia; Fax:
+61-70-681-907; e-mail: bses.edp@b023.aone.net.au
6th International Conference on Pseudomonas
syringae pathovars in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
24-27 March 1999.
Contact: Dr E Lucienne Mansvelt, Infruitec,
Private Bag X5013, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa; e-mail: lucienne@infruit2.agric.za
XIVth International Plant Protection
Congress in Jerusalem, Israel.
25-30 July 1999.
Contact: The Congress Secretariat, P.O. 50006, Tel
Aviv 61500, Israel; Phone: +972-3-514-0000; Fax: +972-3-514-0077 or
+972-3-517-5674;
e-mail: ippc@kenes.com
; Web site: http://www.kenes.co.il/IPPC
XVI International Botanical Congress
in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
1-7 August 1999.
Contact: The Secretary General, XVI IBC, c/o
Missouri Botanical Garden, P O Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA;
Fax: +1-314-577-9589; e-mail: <ibc16@mobot.org>.
XVI IBC Web site at: <http:/www.ibc99.org>.
Annual Meeting of the American
Phytopathological Society (Joint with the Canadian
Phytopathological Society) in Montreal, Canada.
6-12 August 1999.
Contact: APS Headquarters, 3340 Pilot Knob Rd.,
St. Paul, Minnesota 55121-2097, USA. Phone: +1-612-454-7250;
Fax:+1-612-454-0766; e-mail: aps@scisoc.org
XIII Congress of European Mycologists in
Madrid, Spain.
21-25 September 1999.
Contact: Dr R Galan, Dpto. De Biologia Vegetal,
Facutdad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcala, 28871 Alcala de Henares,
Madrid, Spain; Fax: +341-885-5066; e-mail: BVMHF@JARIFA.ALCALA.ES
12th Biennial Australasian Plant Pathology
Society Conference in Canberra, ACT,
Australia.
27 September-1 October 1999.
Contact: Greg Johnson (Convenor), Postharvest
Technology - ACIAR, GPO Box 1571, Canberra, ACT 2601; Fax:
+61-2-6217-0501; e-mail: johnson@aciar.gov.au
or Ms Philippa Rowland (Secretary), Bureau of
Resource Sciences, P O Box E11, Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia; Fax:
+61-2-6272-4896; e-mail: pcr@mailpc.brs.gov.au
5th EFPP Conference on Biodiversity in
Plant Pathology in Taormina, Sicily, Italy.
September 2000.
Contact: Professor Antonino Catara, Universita di
Catania, Italy.
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