INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER ON PLANT PATHOLOGY

(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, Brian J. Deverall,  e-mail: bdeveral@mail.usyd.edu.au

In this issue:

• Events at ACPP 2000, Beijing
• ISPP Income and Expenditure Account
• ICPP 2003, New Zealand
• Asian Association of Societies for Plant Pathology
• Journal of Russian Phytopathological Society
• Phytoparasitica
• APS News
• European Foundation for Plant Pathology
• Mycotoxicology
• New Titles from APS
• IUFRO Meeting on Phytophthora in Forests and Wildlands
• Coming Events

The International Society for Plant Pathology is convening two gatherings to be held during the 1st Asian Conference on Plant Pathology in Beijing, China, in August 2000. They are:

1) an ISPP Executive Meeting. This will be the first formal meeting of the executive of ISPP, apart from numerous e-mail interchanges, since the last meeting at the ICPP in Edinburgh in August 1998,

and

2) a Media Workshop on the "Role of Plant Pathology in Sustainable Agriculture", as part of the work of the ISPP Task Force on Global Food Security (see <http://www.isppweb.org/gfsrep1.htm#ack>).

ISPP President, Peter Scott, presents the following statement for the information of societies associated with ISPP and for other ISPP members:

Income and Expenditure Account for the Year Ended 31 December 1999

Charlie Delp, the ISPP Secretary-General, has recently visited the organisers of the next International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP 2003) in New Zealand. He is reporting to the ISPP Executive at its meeting in Beijing, China, in late August 2000, that the Congress plans are in good hands for both the professional program and for provision of most convenient, comfortable, spacious and well-run facilities.
Ian Harvey, Richard Falloon and Ron Close are leading a group of colleagues in a creative and inspiring way. Most of these colleagues are in New Zealand but some are in Australia. A network of plant pathologists throughout New Zealand are also involved in various ways in the organisation of the scientific and technical programmes and in canvassing for sponsorship funding. They are teamed with experienced people in the Professional Development Group at Lincoln University for logistics and with others nearby for conference housing and workshops.

Professor Tang WenHua, Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of ACPP2000, and colleagues have been very busy preparing a draft constitution and three possible emblems for the new Asian Association of Societies for Plant Pathology (AASPP). They have circulated these widely as a basis for obtaining input, agreement and choices on these two founding components of the association.

Further information can be obtained from Zaifeng Fan <fanzf@mail.cau.edu.cn>.

Professor Yuri T Dyakov, Editor, at <dyakov@1.mycol.bio.msu.ru> is glad to inform that the first issue of "Journal of Russian Phytopathological Society" is published. Please inform colleagues and libraries about it. For a year’s subscription, please contact Mr Alexey Sacharov at Company MK-Periodica, B Yakimanka, 39, Moscow, 117109, Russia; Fax: +238-4634.

Phytoparasitica - Israel Journal of Plant Protection Sciences

Vivian R Priel, Executive Editor, would like to introduce Phytoparasitica, the Israel Journal of Plant Protection Sciences. This peer-reviewed journal publishes original research contributions on the biological, chemical and molecular aspects of Entomology, Plant Pathology, Virology, Nematology, and Weed Sciences, including Trilogy (insecticides, fungicides, herbicides) and other biocides. Emphasis is laid on new approaches in the control of pests and diseases.

In its electronic edition at <http://www.phytoparasitica.org>, Phytoparasitica is fully searchable, by subject, keyword, title and author. Visitors to the site can access and download all archived material, including entire articles, from volumes 24 (1996), 25 (1997), and 26 (1998); for volumes 27 (1999) and 28 (2000). Access to abstracts and key words, as well as to authors via direct e-mail, is available to all visitors to the site; subscribers are able to download entire articles, with access via a password.

Each manuscript accepted by the journal is immediately placed on-line in corrected page-proof form, prior to print-edition publication. The early on-line release of these articles may represent a difference of several months in the availability of research results to the scientific community.

Phytoparasitica presently appears four times a year, in both print and electronic edition. Starting with volume 29 (2001), the journal will appear five times a year. In order to serve a wider audience of readers, the subscription options for the year 2001 are also being expanded, with the following rates for individuals as direct subscribers: Print + Internet edition: $200; Internet edition: $100. [The 2001 rates through agents are $250 for the Print + Internet edition; $180 for the Internet edition.]

Please take a few minutes to visit the web site, which already includes the third issue of volume 28 (2000). It is hoped that it will be of interest. To submit an article, click on "Information for authors"; to subscribe to the journal, click on "Here to subscribe".

With any questions, please contact Vivian R Priel, Executive Editor, Phytoparasitica, Priel Publishers, P O Box 2385, Rehovot 76123, Israel; Phone: +972-8-936-5757; Fax: +972-8-936-5858; e-mail: <apriel@netvision.net.il>. Visit the website <http://www.phytoparasitica.org>.

The American Phytopathological Society (APS) has news that:

1) "Pathogen population genetics and breeding for disease resistance" is an APSnet July 2000 feature at<www.scisoc.org> presenting a close-up look at two pathosystems where pathogen population genetics are making an impact on resistance breeding.

2) "A white paper on biotechnology has been issued" on 12 July 2000 concerning the promise of agricultural biotechnology to alleviate hunger and poverty in the Third World. Two members of APS, Jim Cook and Luis Sequira, participated in the writing of the document. The full text can be seen at the National Academy of Science website <http://books.nap.edu/html/transgenic>.

3) New CD-ROMs on "Diseases of Small Fruits", "Diseases of Vegetables" and "Nutrient Deficiencies and Toxicities of Plants" have arrived at APS Press headquarters and are being shipped to customers. Others may order now. Visit <www.scisoc.org/apspress> for more details.

The General Secretary, Dr van den Heuvel, advises that the 6th Meeting of the Board of the EFPP with Delegates of Member Societies will be held during the EFPP Congress "Biodiversity in Plant Pathology" in the Ramada Hotel Congress Centre, Giardini Naxos, on Monday 18 September 2000 at 11.00h.

Detail on the EFPP Congress is on the web-site <www.ipo.dlo.nl/ipowww/efpp/index.htm>.

The first item on the Agenda for the Meeting is an Opening Address by the President, Professor A Matta of the Universita di Torino. Another item is "Society bidding for the 2004 EFPP Congress". In this regard, societies that would like to host the Congress in 2004 are asked to contact the General Secretary well before the Board Meeting.

Contact Dr J F J M van den Heuvel, EFPP General Secretary, DLO Research Institute for Plant Protection, P O Box 9060, 6700 GW Wageningen, The Netherlands; Fax: +31-317-410113; e-mail: <J.F.J.M.vandenHeuvel@plant.wag-ur.nl>.

The Millenium Edition of the "Mycotoxicology Newsletter", an International Forum for Mycotoxins arrived. This is edited by Dr Angelo Visconti, who welcomes submissions of relevant items and the dates of upcoming conferences in the subject. He can be contacted at Institute of Toxins and Mycotoxins, CNR, Viale Einaudi 51, 70125 Bari, Italy; Fax: +39-080-548-6063; e-mail: <visconti@area.ba.cnr.it>. The web-site is <www.mycotoxicology.org>.

Among new publications by APS Press is "Illustrated Dictionary of Mycology" by Miguel Ulloa and Richard T Hanlin. This contains definitions and etymological derivations of over 3,800 mycological terms. A special feature is the abundant use of illustrations or photographs inserted near appropriate terms.

For further information on this title and many others, contact APS Press Headquarters, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA; Fax: +1-651-454-0766; e-mail: <aps@scisoc.org> or APS Press, Europe Branch Office, Broekstraat 47, B-3001, Heverlee, Belgium; Fax: +32-16-202535; e-mail: <apspress@pophost.eunet.be>.

The web page for the IUFRO Second International Meeting on Phytophthora in Forests and Wildlands (see Coming Events) to be held in Western Australia is up and running. Visit <http://wwwscience.murdoch.edu.au/conf/phytophthora/index.html> for information and a procedure for registering to attend.

Dr Giles Hardy, Plant Pathology, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Murdoch University, Perth, W A 6150, Australia; Fax: +61-8-9360-6303; Phone: +61-8-9360-6272; e-mail: <http://www.murdoch.edu.au/>.

Coming Events

7th International Symposium on the Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces in Berkeley, California, USA.
3-8 August 2000.
Contact: Steven Lindow, University of California, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Fax: +1-510-642-4995; e-mail: <icelab@socrates.Berkeley.edu>.

American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans, USA.
12-16 August 2000.
See <http://www.scisoc.org>.

The 3rd International Symposium on Rhizoctonia (ISR 2000) in Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
17-20 August 2000.
Contact: College of Life Science, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuokuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC; Fax: +886-4-2860-164; e-mail: <isr2000@dragon.nchu.edu.tw>; Web site: <http://www.nchu.edu.tw/~isr2000/>.

The 1st Asian Conference on Plant Pathology (ACPP 2000) in Beijing, China.
25-28 August 2000.
Contact: Dr Guo Li Yin, Chinese Society for Plant Pathology, Plant Protection Building No. 313, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 1000904, China; Fax: +86-10-6289-1025; e-mail: <bauicbe@public.bta.net.cn>; web-site: <http://www.ciccst.org.cn/acpp>.

Biotechnology 2000 in Berlin, Germany.
3-8 September 2000.
Contact: DECHEMA e.V., c/o 11th IBS, Theodor-Heuss-Alee 25, D-60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; e-mail: <info@dechema.de>.

A Symposium on Chemical and Non-Chemical Soil and Substrate Disinfestation in Grugliasco, University of Torino, Italy.
11-15 September 2000.
Contact: Maria Lodovica Gullino, Di.Va.P.R.A. - Patologia Vegetale, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44,10095 GRUGLIASCO (TO), Italy; Phone: +39-011-6708539; Fax: +39-011-6708541; e-mail: <congress.mlg@agraria.unito.it>. For a second circular see <http://www.agraria.unito.it/news/SD2000.html>.

XIV International Symposium on Horticultural Economics in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
12-15 September 2000.
Contact: John Ogier, Raymond Falla House, Longue Rue, St Martin’s, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 6AF, UK; Fax: +44-1481-235015; e-mail: <info@horticulture.guernsey.net>; web-site: <http://horticulture.guernsey.net>.

European Virology 2000 in Glasgow, UK.
17-21 September 2000.
Contact: Dr Bill Carman, Institute of Virology, University of Glasgow, Church Street, Glasgow G11 5JR, UK; Fax: +44-141-337-2236; e-mail: <w.carman@vir.gla.ac.uk>.

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>

Seed Health as Quality Criterion, an International Seed Health Conference in IHAR Radzikow, Poland.
9 - 11 October 2000.
Contact: Dr Elzbieta Zakrzewska, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, Radzikow 05-870, Blonie Poland; Fax: +48-22-725-47-14; e-mail: <e.zakrzewska@ihar.edu.pl> or <t.goral@ihar.edu.pl>; Web site: <http://www.ihar.edu.pl>.

Seventh Arab Congress of Plant Protection in Amman, Jordan.
22-26 October 2000.
Contact: Dr Walid Abu-Gharbieh, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; Fax: +962-6-5355577/8; e-mail: <sacpp@ju.edu.jo>; web site: <http://sacpp.ju.edu.jo>.

Pests and Diseases 2000, the British Crop Protection Council Conference In Brighton, UK.
13-16 November 2000.
Contact: Professor P E Russell, AgrEvo UK Ltd., Chesterford Park, Saffron Walden CB10 1XL, UK: Fax: +44-1799-573505; e-mail: <phil.russell@agrevo.com>; see also <www.bcpc.org>.

Symposium on Durable Disease Resistance, Key to Sustainable Agriculture in Wageningen, The Netherlands.
28 November-1 December 2000.
Contact: Dr J E Parlevliet, Plant Breeding, Wageningen UR, P O Box 386, NL 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; e-mail: <jan.parlevliet@users.pv.wau.nl>. See also the web-site at <http://www.spg.wau.nl/pv/symposium.htm>.

7th International Symposium on dsRNA Viruses in Aruba (the Caribbean).
2-7 December 2000.
Contact: Terry Dermody, Vanderbilt University; see <www.mc.vanderbilt/microbio/dsrna.html>.

8th International Symposium on Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes in Sydney, Australia.
3-7 December 2000.
Contact: Professor Ivan R Kennedy, SUNFix Centre for Nitrogen Fixation, Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Fax: +61-2-9351-5108; e-mail: <int.symp@acss.usyd.edu.au>. Visit the website at <http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/agric/SUNFix/Sunfix.htm>.

Plant-Microbe Interactions and Resistance to Disease and Nematodes, a Pacifichem 2000 Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
14-19 December 2000.
Contact one of: Dr Robert Stipanovic, Fax: +1-409-260-9470; e-mail: <rds846a@acs.tamu.edu>; Dr Rong Tsao, Fax: +1-905-562-4335; e-mail: <caor@em.agr.ca>; Dr Gregory S Basarad, Fax: +1-302-366-5738; e-mail: <barsarab@esvax.dnet.dupont.com>; Dr Robert Hill, Fax: +64-7-858-4702; e-mail:<rhill@hort.cri.nz>.

Plant-pathogen interactions: understanding mechanisms of resistance and pathogenicity for disease control, BSPP Presidential Meeting 2000 in Wye College, UK.
18-20 December 2000.
Contact: Dr Mark Hocart, BSPP Programme Secretary, SAC Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK; Fax: +44-131-667-2601; e-mail: <m.hocart@ed.sac.ac.uk>.

Whitefly Symposium in Sicily, Italy.
February 2001.
Further information is at <whitefly@bemisia.freeserve.co.uk> or contact David Oliver, the Research Facilitator, at <network.ewsn@bbsrc.ac.uk>.

2nd Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium in Lorne, Victoria, Australia.
5-8 March 2001.
Contact: Ian Porter, Agriculture Victoria, Private Bag 15,South Eastern Mail Centre, Victoria 3176, Australia; e-mail: <Ian.J.Porter@nre.vic.gov.au>.

On-line Instructional Technology Symposium on Plant Pathology hosted by Terry Stewart as webmaster and organizer at Massey University, New Zealand.
15 May-30 June 2001.
Contact Gail L. Schumann, Chair, ISPP Teaching Committee, University of Massachusetts, 209 Fernald Hall, Amherst MA 01003-2420, USA; Fax: +1-413-545-2532; e-mail: <Schumann@pltpath.umass.edu>.

Sixth International Symposium on Positive Strand RNA Viruses in Paris, France.
28 May-2 June 2001.
Contact: e-mail: <vdeubel@mailhost.pasteur.fr>.

26th Congress of the International Seed Testing Association in Angers, France.
14-22 June 2001.
Contact: ISTA Secretariat, P O Box 412/Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zurich, Switzerland; Fax: +41-1-377-60-01; e-mail: <istach@iprolink.ch>.

World Congress of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 2001 in Budapest, Hungary. 8-10 July 2001.
Contact: Dr Oszkar Kock, National Institute for Agricultural Quality Control, P O Box 30, 93., H-1525 Budapest, Hungary; Fax: +36-1-2122-673; e-mail: <map.congr@ommi.hu>.

XIth meeting of the International Sclerotinia Workshop in York, UK.
8-12 July 2001.
Contact: Dr Nigel Hardwick, Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK; Fax: +44-1904-462111; e-mail: <nigel.hardwick@csl.gov.uk>. The provisional programme will appear on the BSPP web pages at <http://www.bspp.org.uk/>.

20th Annual American Society for Virology Meeting in Madison, USA.
21-25 July 2001.
Contact: via <www.mcw.edu/asv/meetings.html>.

The XIth Latin American Phytopathological Congress (XI Congreso Latinoamericano de Fitopatologia) in Sao Pedro (near Piracicaba), State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. To be held jointly with the XXXIV Brazilian Phytopathological Congress (Congresso Brasileiro de Fitopatologia).
5-10 August 2001.
Contact: Professor Sergio F Pascholati, Setor de Fitopatologia, ESALQ / Universidad de Sao Paulo, C P 09, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP - Brasil; e-mail: <sfpascho@ciagri.carpa.usp.br>.

American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, USA.
25-29 August 2001.
See <http://www.scisoc.org>.

International Symposium on Asian Pears in Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan.
25-29 August 2001.
Contact: S Iwahori, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan; Fax: +81-298-53-6617; e-mail: <iwahori@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp>.

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>.

13th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society in Cairns, Australia.
24-27 September 2001.
Contact: Suzanne Denyer, Centre for Tropical Agriculture, P O Box 1054, Mareeba, Queensland 4880, Australia; Fax: +61-7-4092-3593; e-mail: <DenyerS@dpi.qld.gov.au>.

IUFRO Meeting - Phytophthora Diseases in Forest Trees and Natural Ecosystems in Western Australia.
1-5 October 2001.
See:<http://wwwscience.murdoch.edu.au/conf/phytophthora/index.html>.

The 3rd International Bacterial Wilt Symposium in Sun City, Republic of South Africa.
Late January or early February 2002.
Contact: Jody Terblanche, Tobacco and Cotton Reserach Institute, Private Bag x 82075, Rustenberg, 0300, Republic of South Africa; Fax: +27-142-993113; e-mail: <Jody@NITK1.AGRIC.ZA>.

The 8th General Symposium of the Plant Virus Epidemiology Group of ISPP in Aschersleben, Germany.
May 2002.
Contact: RogerJones, Chairman, ISPP Plant Virus Epidemiology Committee; e-mail: <rjones@agric.wa.gov.au>.

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>. Website:<http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/icpp2003/>.