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INTERNATIONAL
NEWSLETTER ON PLANT PATHOLOGY
ISPP
Newsletter 29 (2) April 1999
In this issue:
APS and CPS in Montreal, Canada
The American Phytopathological Society (APS) and
Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) are holding a joint Annual
Meeting in Montreal, Canada, in August 1999 (see "Coming
Events"). The theme of the meeting is "Plant Health: Meeting
the Challenges". The two societies believe that the challenge of
plant health management has never been more demanding. Emerging and
re-emerging pathogens are causing diseases on plants throughout the world,
and the economic and social impact is often severe, particularly in
interaction with new political and regulatory scenes. In North America,
consumers are often completely unaware of consequent crises in rural
areas.
Some 2,000 participants are expected from many
countries around the world, so an excellent opportunity will exist to
build contacts within the profession and to take part in sessions with an
emphasis on recent advances and issues in research, teaching, extension
and outreach.
There will be special sessions and six joint
symposia as core activities.
21st Century Science
A world conference on science is being held in
Budapest, Hungary, from 26 June to 1 July 1999, as part of the overall
activities of UNESCO but it is being co-sponsored also by the independent
organisation, the International Council for Science (ICSU). It will be
organised around keynote speeches and three fora, which are:
1. Science: achievements, shortcomings and
challenges.
2. Science in society.
3. Toward a new commitment to science.
The third forum will be concerned with an
increased commitment to science by governments, policy makers and others
and with obligations towards society on the part of the scientific
community.
The ICSU Secretariat may be contacted in Paris,
France, at Fax: +33-1-4288-9431; e-mail: <secretariat@icsu.org>.
Italy
The Secretary of Societa’ Italiana di Patologia
Vegetale (SIPaV), the Italian Phytopathological Society, advises that the
current membership of the Society is 330. A new Council was elected for
1999-2001 as:
President: Dr
Antonino Catara, Professor at Catania University;
Vice-President: Dr
Antonio Ragozzino, Professor at Naples University;
Immediate Past-President:
Dr Alberto Matta, Professor at Turin University;
Secretary-Treasurer:
Dr Giacomo Lorenzini, Professor at Pisa University;
Members: Dr
Luciana Corazza, Research Scientist at MIPA, Rome; Dr Luisa Rubino,
Research Scientist at CNR, Bari; Dr Paolo Magro, Professor at Viterbo
University; Dr Ruggero Osler, Professor at Udine University; Dr Alessandro
Ragazzi, Professor at Florence University.
A web-site is operative at <http://www.agr.unipi.it/sipav>.
Further information also may be obtained from: Prof. Giacomo Lorenzini,
Sez. Patologia Vegetale, DCDSL Universita, 56010 San Piero a Grado, Pisa -
Italy; Phone: +39 050 960092; Fax +39 050 960622; e-mail: <glorenz@agr.unipi.it>.
Veronica Moschione
I would like to acknowledge and thank Veronica
Moschione for arranging the printing and distribution of the hard-copy of
30 issues of the ISPP Newsletter from February 1994 to December 1998. This
included maintaining and up-dating the mailing list and then interacting
every second month with the Printing Service of The University of Sydney
for further processing.
Veronica did this among her many duties as
Administrative Assistant to The Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture,
University of Sydney, Professor Lester Burgess. She is now leaving the
Faculty after 15 years and will become Assistant to the Director of the
National Voice Centre at The University of Sydney from a date in early
April.
It is just as well that mailing of 800 copies of
the Newsletter every second month has now ceased with the adoption of
internet publication, but thank you Veronica for all of your enterprise
and efficiency over the years. Brian Deverall.
First Australasian Soilborne
Disease Symposium
The First Australasian Soilborne Disease Symposium
was held in Queensland, Australia, from 9-12 February 1999. It was
attended by 148 delegates, mostly from Australia, but with a number from
other countries. The Symposium was divided into 10 Sessions, with a
Keynote Address and submitted papers and posters in each Session.
The Keynote Addresses have been published in the
first issue of Volume 28 of Australasian Plant Pathology, the
official journal of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society (APPS). These
addresses contain comprehensive reviews of topics that will be of interest
to all pathologists working on soilborne diseases. Copies of the issue can
be purchased from APPS for Aus$20, which includes the cost of postage by
surface mail.
Titles of the reviews and authors’ names and an
invoice for ordering the issue can be found on the APPS home page at <http://www.ozemail.com.au/~williap>.
For further information contact Dr Bob Dodman by
e-mail at <dodmanb@tmba.design.net.au>.
South America
Electronic communications have put the ISPP
Newsletter into contact with new correspondents in South America in recent
weeks. One new contact is with Dr Sandra Garces working in plant
protection at the Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP),
Quito, Ecuador; e-mail: <garces@fpapa.org.ec>.
The other is with Dr Beatriz A Perez working on
cereal and oil crop health at the Instituto de Clima y Agua, CC 25,
Castelar, Buenos Aires 1712, Argentina; e-mail: <bperez@inta.gov.ar>.
In each case, I express the wish to hear regional
news for future ISPP Newsletters from Drs Garces and Perez and their
colleagues.
Brian Deverall
Mike Wingfield
Recent Vice-President of ISPP, Professor Mike
Wingfield, is now well installed along with many research students and
associates in the Faculty of Biological Sciences and Agriculture at the
University of Pretoria, having moved last year from Bloemfontein, South
Africa.
He may be contacted at e-mail: <mike.wingfield@fabi.up.ac.za>.
APS Publications
For immediate release in March 1999 from the
American Phytopathological Society (APS) were two new books:
Containment Facilities
and Safeguards for Exotic Plant Pathogens
and Pests, edited by Robert P Kahn and S B Mathur. It is a
comprehensive volume about principles, concepts, data and guidelines
relating to the design and function of a wide spectrum of containment
facilities and safeguard procedures. Information from a number of nations
includimg China, The Netherlands, Kenya, Portugal and the USA is
presented. There are 220 pages. The ISBN is 0-89054-197-3 and the price is
$69.
Plant-Microbe
Interactions, Volume 4, edited by G Stacey and N
Keen. It is the latest addition to a series aimed to synthesize and
chronicle recent advances in this cutting-edge science, and it explores
examples of micro-organisms and their sometimes unexpected effects on
plants. Included are aspects of Rhizobium-plant relationships, a Xanthomonas
avr/pth gene family, suppressors, oxidative bursts and
signals activating resistance. There are 296 pages. The ISBN is
0-89054-228-7 and the price is $59.
Further information can be obtained from Jessica M
Mustful; Fax: +1-651-454-0766; e-mail: <jmustful@scisoc.org>.
Fungal Sensory Responses
The British Mycological Society is holding its
Annual International Symposium on the topic "Sensory Responses of
Fungi" in Manchester, UK, from 9-12 August 1999. It will bring
together scientists from many disciplines with a common interest in the
role of transduction pathways in regulating cellular responses and
differentiation in fungi. For further information, contact Dr Geoff
Robson, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester,
Manchester M13 9PT, UK; Fax: +44-161-275-5656; e-mail: <geoff.robson@man.ac.uk>.
There is also a concurrent meeting from 12-13
August on "Environmental and Genetic Control of Fungal Morphogenesis"
at the same place, but in this case further information can be obtained
from Dr Clare Robinson, School of Health and Life Sciences, Kings College,
Campden Hill Road, London W8, UK; Fax: +44-171-333-4500; e-mail: <clare.robinson@kcl.ac.uk>.
Africa and AVRDC
The Africa Regional Program of the Asian Vegetable
Research and Development Center (AVRDC) is now established as a research
and training focus. It has released two new tomato lines in Tanzania as
Tanya (ARP Det-2) and Tengaru (ARP 367-2) for disease resistance, firmness
and long storage ability. It has also set up directed linkages between
researchers, extension workers and the private sector through a
Collaborative Network for Vegetable Research and Development in Southern
Africa (CONVERDS) in order to ensure that breakthroughs are shared. Many
people from southern Africa have been trained in the Africa Regional
Program, and these people are passing on their training in their home
regions. The Director of the Program is Dr M L Chada, who may be contacted
through AVRDC-OPC, P O Box 42, Shanhua, Taiwan 741, R O C; Fax:
+886-6-583-0009; e-mail: <avrdcbox@netra.avrdc.org.tw>.
Marine/Freshwater Fungi
The 7th International Marine and Freshwater
Mycology Symposium will be held from 4-9 July 1999 as part of the 15th
Anniversary Celebration of the City University of Hong Kong. There are
keynote lectures by Dr G W Beakes, Professor E B G Jones, Dr S Y Newell
and Professor C A Shearer, and a British Mycological Society Sponsored
Symposium on "Mycobionts in Aquatic Systems" with Dr S T Moss as
convenor and keynote lecturer. There are also several invited symposia.
Further information can be obtained from The
Conference Secretariat, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue,
Kowloon, Hong Kong; Fax: +852-2788-7088; e-mail: <ceemmi@cityu.edu.hk>.
There is also a web-site at <http://www.cityu.edu.hk/bch/IMFMS>.
ACIAR Newsletters
The Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research (ACIAR) issues newsletters on different topics of
interest to plant pathologists.
Some latest ones are the last two editions of
their Postharvest Newsletter now available on the website: <http://www.aciar.gov.au/aciarptp/phnews.htm>,
and their Mycotoxin Newsletter on website <http://biodiversity.bio.uno.edu/~fungi/fnews.html#NEWS>.
Further information may be obtained from Dr Greg
Johnson, Program Manager Postharvest Technology, ACIAR, GPO Box 1571,
Canberra, ACT 2614, Australia; Fax: +61-2-62170501; e-mail: <johnson@aciar.gov.au>
Tropical Mycology
A British Mycological Society Symposium on
"Tropical Mycology" will held in Liverpool, UK, from 25-29 March
2000 to celebrate the Millennium. Tropical mycodiversity will be addressed
in all its facets through lecturers from all parts of the world. Professor
Jack Rogers from the University of Washington, Pullman, USA, will deliver
the Benefactor’s lecture.
Further information can be obtained from Profesor
Roy Watling on e-mail: <r.watling@rbge.org.uk>.
Coming Events
Australian Plant Breeding Conference
in Adelaide, Australia.
19-23 April 1999.
Contact: Conference Secretariat, Festival City Conventions, P
O Box 949, Kent Town, SA 5071, Australia; Fax: +61-8-8368-1604; e-mail: <fcceaton@ozemail.com.au>.
51st International Symposium on Crop Protection
in Gent, Belgium.
4 May 1999.
Contact: P De Clerq, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of
Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, University of Gent, Coupure
Links 635, B-9000 Gent, Belgium; Fax: +32-9-264-62-39; e-mail: <Patrick.DeClerq@rug.ac.be>.
13th John Innes Symposium, Attack & Defence in
Plant Disease in Norwich, UK.
20-23 July 1999.
Contact: Mrs Jeni Fox, John Innes Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK; Fax:
+44-1603-456844; e-mail: <jennifer.fox@bbsrc.ac.uk>.
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>.
9th International Congress of Molecular
Plant-Microbe Interactions in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
25-30 July 1999.
Contact: Eurocongres, J van Goyenkade 11, 1075 HP Amsterdam, The
Netherlands; Fax: +31-20-673-73-06; e-mail: <Eurocongres@RAI.NL>.
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.
7-11 August 1999.
Contact: Faye Labatt, APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St Paul MN 55121, USA;
e-mail: <flabatt@scisoc.org>.
The XIth International Congress of Virology
in Sydney, Australia.
9-13 August 1999.
Contact IUMS, 9-20 August 1999, Congress Secretariat, GPO Box 128, Sydney,
NSW 2001, Australia, or visit the website at <http://biology.anu.edu.au/IUMS/>.
15th Meeting of the International Working Group on
Legume Viruses in Perth, Australia.
15-17 August 1999.
Contact: Dr Jane Gibbs, Workshop Co-ordinator, CLIMA, The University of
Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia 6907; Fax: +61-8-9380-1140; e-mail:
<djgibbs@cyllene.uwa.edu.au>.
The IXth International Congress of Bacteriology
and Applied Microbiology in Sydney,
Australia.
16-20 August 1999.
Contact IUMS, 9-20 August 1999, Congress Secretariat, GPO Box 128, Sydney,
NSW 2001, Australia.
The IXth International Congress of Mycology
in Sydney, Australia.
16-20 August 1999.
Contact IUMS, 9-20 August 1999, Congress Secretariat, GPO Box 128, Sydney,
NSW 2001, Australia.
Methods and Markers for Quality Assurance in
Micropropagation in Cork, Ireland.
24-27 August 1999.
Contact: Prof A C Cassells, Plant Science Department, University College,
Cork, Ireland; Fax: +353-903294; e-mail: <a.cassells@ucc.ie>
or <ishs@ucc.ie>. Web-site: <http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/biotech/ishs>.
Pseudomonas ’99: Biotechnology and Pathogenesis in
Maui, Hawaii.
1-5 September 1999.
See <http://www.asmusa.org/mtgsrc/>.
5th International Workshop on Septoria/Stagonospora
Diseases of Cereals in El Batan, Mexico.
21-24 September1999.
Contact: Dr Ravi Singh, Wheat Program, CIMMYT, Lisboa 27, Apartado 6-641,
Mexico D.F, Mexico; Fax: +52-525-726-7558; e-mail <rsingh@cimmyt.mx>;
Web: <http://www.cimmyt.mx/>.
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>.
9th Australian Wheat Breeding Assembly
in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
26 September-1 October 1999.
Contact: Joy Pugh, Meetings and Events, PO Box 282, Darling Heights,
Toowoomba, Queensland 4350, Australia; Phone:
+61-7-4631-2840; Fax: +61-7-4635-5550; e-mail: <marksuth@usq.edu.au>;
website: <http://pig.ag.uq.edu.au/wbsa/wbsadefault.htm>
The Xth Latinamerican Phytopathological Congress
(X Congreso Latinoamerican de Fitopatologia) in
Guadalajara, State of Jalisco, Mexico.
27 September-1 October1999.
Contact: Sociedad Mexicana de Fitopatologia, c/o Unidad de Biotecnologia -
CINVESTAV, Apartado Postal 629, Irapuato - Gto, 36500 Mexico. See web
site: <http://www.cimmyt.mx>.
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>.
For updates, please follow the APPS Website at <www.ozemail.com.au/~williap>.
International Working Group on Plant Viruses with
Fungal Vectors in Monterey, California.
5-8 October 1999.
Contact: John L Sherwood; Fax: +1-706-542-1262; e-mail: <sherwood@arches.uga.edu>
or see the web-site <www.res.bbsrc.ac.uk/plantpath/Iwgpvfv/Monterey.html>.
British Society for Plant Pathology Presidential
Meeting: Vector-pathogen-plant interactions in
UK.
December 1999.
Contact: Dr Mark J Hocart, Crop Science & Technology, SAC Edinburgh,
West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH12 8NJ, UK; Fax: +44-131-667-2601; e-mail: <m.hocart@ed.sac.ac.uk>.
American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting in
New Orleans, USA.
12-16 August 2000.
See <http://www.scisoc.org>.
Symposium on Chemical and Non-Chemical Soil
Disinfestation in Turin, Italy.
11- 15 September 2000.
Contact: M Lodovica Gullino, Di Va P R A -
Patologia vegetale, Via L da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (Torino), Italy; Fax:
+39-011-6708541; e-mail : <gullino@
agraria.unito.it>.
5th EFPP Congress, Biodiversity in Plant Pathology
in Taormina and Giardini-Naxos, Italy.
18-22 September 2000.
Contact: EFPP 2000 Congress Secretariat, Institute
of Plant Pathology, Universita di Catania, Via Valdisavoia, 5- 9123
Catania, Italy; Fax: +39-95-234416; e-mail: <EFPP
2000@mbox.fagr.unict.it>.
The XIth Latinamerican Phytopathological Congress
in Piracicaba, State of Sao Paolo, Brazil.
August 2001.
Contact: Brazilian Phytopathological Society (SBF).
American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting in
Salt Lake City, USA.
25-29 August 2001.
See <http://www.scisoc.org>.
9th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology -
Interactions in the Microbial World in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
26-31 August 2001.
Contact: for scientific program - Jan Woldendorp,
CTO-NIOO, P O Box 40, 6666 ZG Heteren, The Netherlands; Fax:
+31-26-4723227; e-mail: <woldendorp@cto.nioo.knaw.nl>,
or for organisation - Dr Wietse de Boer at e-mail: <wdeboer@cto.nioo.knaw.nl>.
8th International Congress of Plant Pathology
in Christchurch, New Zealand.
2-8 February 2003.
Contact: Congress Chairman, Dr Ian Harvey, PLANTwise, P O Box 8915, Christchurch,
NZ; Fax: +64-3-325-2946; e-mail: <harveyi@plantwise.co.nz>
or Helen Shrewsbury, ICPP Secretariat, P O Box 84, Lincoln University,
Canterbury, NZ; Fax: +64-3-325-3840; e-mail: <shrewsbh@lincoln.ac.nz>.
ICPP2003 Website: <http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/icpp2003/>.
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