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INTERNATIONAL
NEWSLETTER ON PLANT PATHOLOGY
ISPP
Newsletter 32 (6) December 2002
(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:
New Executive Committee of
ISPP for 2003-2008
The President of ISPP, Dr Peter Scott, has announced
the results of the election to the new ISPP Executive Committee for
2003-2008 as:
: Richard Falloon (Australasian Plant
Pathology Society)
Vice-President: Tang Wenhua (Chinese Society for
Plant Pathology)
Secretary-General : Thorsten Kraska (German
Phytomedical Society)
Treasurer: Chuji Hiruki (Canadian Phytopathological
Society)
Dr Scott thanked Dick Hamilton, Immediate Past-President,
and Charlie Delp, Secretary-General, for their excellent organization of the
selection procedure and the ballot. He extended congratulations to those
elected, and welcomed them to the new Executive Committee, which will take
office in February 2003 at the end of ICPP 2003.
The ISPP Executive Committee for 2003-2008 will be:
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President: Richard Falloon
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Immediate Past-President: Peter Scott
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Vice-President: Tang Wenhua
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Vice-President: [to be determined after the vote
for ICPP 2008]
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Secretary-General: Thorsten Kraska
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Treasurer: Chuji Hiruki
ISPP Committee Meetings at ICPP 2003
The arrangements for ISPP Committee meetings at ICPP
2003 in Christchurch are as follows:
Monday 3 February
12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Current Executive Committee
Tuesday 4 February
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Current Executive Committee
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
ISPP Council (which includes the Executive Committee)
Thursday 6 February
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
New Executive Committee with Current Executive Committee
Proposals for agenda items should be sent as soon as
possible to the current Secretary-General Charlie Delp at <charliedelp@hotmail.com>.
Refer to <www.ISPPWeb.org> for
information about ISPP’s statutes and procedures, activities, etc.
Meeting of ISPP Council
The ISPP Council will meet with the ISPP Executive Committee
at the International Congress for Plant Pathology in Christchurch, New
Zealand, on Tuesday 4 February 2003 from 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm. All
representatives of Associated Societies (ISPP Councilors) are encouraged to
participate. Please send suggested agenda items to the ISPP
Secretary-General, Charlie Delp, at <charliedelp@hotmail.com>.
ISPP Task Force on Global Food Security
Two meetings of ISPP’s Task Force on Global Food Security
will be held at ICPP2003 on 4 February, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon and 6 February,
9:00 am - 12:00 noon.
Invitation for submissions about Global
Food Security
This is a Challenge to mark the 8th International Congress
of Plant Pathology.
The International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) invites
submissions of ideas that will enable plant pathology to contribute to the
challenge of global food security. This is a call for innovative ideas that
facilitate progress towards world food security.
The following summarizes the work started by ISPP’s Task Force on Global
Food Security. It invites submission of proposals that, supported by ISPP,
might further its objectives.
Submissions will be reviewed by the ISPP Task Force on Global Food Security.
Its recommendations will be ratified by ISPP’s Executive Committee, and
then presented to the ISPP Council for possible action that may include
public commendation for implementation, and/or a monetary award of up to
$50,000 to support the development of the selected projects.
Those who wish to submit a proposal should first review the
description of the formation and work of the ISPP Task Force on Global Food
Security found on the ISPP Web site at <http://www.isppweb.org/gfshome.htm>.
The Task Force activities may be used as models for formatting the new ideas
or projects submitted.
Summary of activities already in progress:
ISPP, in its role as an international scientific society
that represents the national plant pathology societies of the world, has an
important responsibility to present the significance of plant pathology
effectively to policy makers and to the public. This function is of special
importance in the context of global food security. See <http://www.isppweb.org/gfsrep1.htm>.
ISPP’s Task Force on Global Food Security has initiated
five activities considered to be appropriate to the status of ISPP;
achievable within a time frame of 3 years; capable of being resourced, and
likely to deliver tangible results that will effect useful change.
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Activity 1. Changing public policy and opinions on
global food security
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Activity 2. Enhanced PhD training for plant pathology in
developing countries
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Activity 3. Quantification of the economic impact of
some major diseases
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Activity 4. Farmer training in simple disease
management: pilot project for cassava in Ghana
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Activity 5. Development of the ISPP Website <www.isppweb.org>.
Clearly these proposals are a minor contribution to the
enormous global challenge of food security. Nevertheless, they were chosen
because they are expected to yield results that will make a difference and
their scale is in line with what ISPP can expect to achieve. Work is already
progressing on these activities and on securing the resources necessary for
their implementation. Progress will be reported to ISPP Membership through
Councilors. Feedback from the Membership will be encouraged to guide the
program as it develops.
Invitation to submit your proposal for support by ISPP
You are invited to submit a proposal for an idea or project
that will enable plant pathology to contribute to the challenge of global
food security.
You are asked to be brief (not more than two pages) and to follow the format
of the Task Force Activities, including Rationale, Objectives, Activities
plan, Anticipated outputs, and Resource requirements.
You should include an account of the resources that you and your
organization will contribute to the project, together with proposals for
co-funding the proposal from other sources if it is necessary to supplement
the resources awarded by ISPP.
You may submit proposals that either develop the activities of the Task
Force or that initiate new activities.
Submissions should be sent via email to ISPP Secretary
General Charles Delp at <charliedelp@hotmail.com>
no later than 20 January 2003.
ISPP Extension Committee
At the International Congress of Plant Pathology to be held
in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 2-7 February 2003 there will be a General
Meeting of the ISPP Extension Committee. The meeting will take place on
Wednesday 5 February in the Convention Centre.
The Agenda is:
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Report on activities 1998-2003
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Future of Committee
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Appointment of Chairman for 2003-2008
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Appointment of representatives to the Committee
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Any Other Business
Dr Nigel Hardwick, Crop Disease Research, Central Science
Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK; Phone: +44-1904-462207; Fax:
+44-1904-462111; e-mail: <nigel.hardwick@csl.gov.uk>.
Internationally Recommended Common Names
of Sugarcane Diseases are now on the Internet
The ISPP-Committee for Common Names of Plant Diseases (ISPP-CCN)
has recently placed a list of "internationally recommended" common
names of major sugarcane diseases on its Internet web site <http://www.isppweb.org/ccn.htm>.
This Common Names list is accompanied by another list of major pathogen
names, disease names and recent references.
The two lists dealing with sugarcane diseases have been recommended by an
international team of leading sugarcane pathologists, many of whom are
members of the Pathology Sub-committee of the International Society of Sugar
Cane Technologists (ISSCT).
Most of the "internationally recommended" names are the same as
those in recently published books and reviews dealing with sugarcane
diseases. However, where several different names are in use for the one
disease, the most suitable and/or most popular name has been chosen. In a
few cases, an existing name has been modified to make it more descriptive of
the disease. For instance, "Fiji disease" has been renamed
"Fiji leaf gall", to retain the historical name but add a
meaningful descriptor of the symptoms used in diagnosis.
David Teakle <d.teakle@uq.edu.au>
and other members of the ISPP-CCN listed on the web site can be contacted
for further information on specific matters.
Pakistan
The Pakistan Phytopathology Society was established in 1982,
and it addresses teaching, research and transfer technology in Plant
Pathology and related problems.
Recently, elections for the society were held and the following office
bearers were elected for the year 2002-2003.
Illustrated Genera of Smut Fungi
This book by Dr Kálmán Vánky has come out as a second
edition It has been completely rewritten, greatly expanded and explores the
77 recognized, and 11 doubtful or recently excluded, genera of smut fungi.
It has 182 new illustrations and 40 chapters more than the first edition. It
should help anyone interested in smut fungi to easily find and classify smut
specimens into genera with a high degree of accuracy.
Contact The American Phytopathological Society (APS) through
Michaela DeLong, Fax: +1-651-454-0766; e-mail: <mdelong@scisoc.org>
or visit the web-site : <http://www.shopapspress.org>
for further information or for ordering.
Pan American Plant Disease Conference
Registration and first call materials are now available for
the Pan American Plant Disease Conference, a cooperative conference
organized by the American Phytopathological Society Caribbean Division (APS-CD),
the American Phytopathological Society Southern Division (APS-SD), the Latin
American Association of Phytopathology (ALF), and the Mexican
Phytopathological Society (SMF).
This important international meeting will be held on 6-10
April 2003 at the Radisson Resort, South Padre Island, Texas, USA. For
registration information etc go to <http://firstone.tamu.edu>
and click on "Details".
José Amador <j-amador@tamu.edu>,
Center Director, 2415 E Highway 83, Weslaco, Texas 78596, USA; Phone:
+1-956/968-5585; Fax +1-956/968-0641.
Plant Management Network Adds New Partner
The Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI) has joined the
list of organizations providing partnership and support to the Plant
Management Network (PMN), an innovative website designed exclusively for
plant and agricultural practitioners. As a partner, PPI becomes part of a
collaboration of organizations across plant science helping to produce this
Internet resource for applied plant science information.
The Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI), headquartered in
Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is a worldwide, nonprofit market development
organization that utilizes agronomic research and education programs to
advance the appropriate agronomic and environmental use of potassium,
phosphorus, and other plant nutrients.
PMN currently features two peer reviewed citable journals, Crop
Management and Plant Health Progress, both of
which publish applied research, review articles, crop and plant management
guides, briefs, product and industry news, opinions, and letters to the
editor. Further access to many web-based resource pages, including fact
sheets, newsletters, product listings, training resources and other tools
are also made available online. Future plans call for the addition of an
image database and the possibility of additional journals.
Other partners in the Network include: The American
Phytopathological Society, American Society of Agronomy, University of
Arkansas, University of California at Davis, Campbell Scientific, Cornell
University, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, Crop Science
Society of America, University of Georgia Department of Plant Pathology,
North Carolina State University, Ohio State University, Oklahoma State
University, PBI/Gordon Corporation, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.,
South Dakota State University, Syngenta, Washington State University and
Virginia Cooperative Extension.
For information on subscribing, submitting material for
publication, or becoming a PMN partner, see <http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org>.
Coming Events
41st Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant
Pathology in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
19-22 January 2003.
Contact: Organising Committee, University of the Free State, P O Box 339
(102), Bloemfontein 9300, RSA; Fax: +27-51-430-5692; e-mail: <geldens@sci.uovs.ac.za>.
Ninth International Fusarium Workshop in Sydney,
Australia.
27-30 January 2003.
Contact: Dr Brett Summerell, Royal Botanic Gardens, Mrs Macquaries Rd,
Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia; Fax: +61-2-9241-1135; e-mail: <Brett.Summerell@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au>.
Plant Virus Interaction Symposium in Christchurch, New
Zealand.
1 February 2003.
Contact: as below for ICPP 2003.
8th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP2003)
"Solving problems in the real world" in Christchurch, New Zealand.
2-7 February 2003.
Contact: Helen Shrewsbury, Professional Development Group, PO Box 84,
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand; Fax: +64-3-325-3840; e-mail:
<shrewsbh@lincoln.ac.nz>.
See <http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/icpp2003>.
Molecular Basis of Fungal-Plant Interactions Workshop at
ICPP in Christchurch, New Zealand.
8 February 2003
Contact: <kplummer@hortresearch.co.nz>.
6th International Symposium on Chemical and non-Chemical
Soil and Substrate Disinfection in Jerusalem, Israel.
2003.
Contact: Professor J Katan, Department of Plant Pathology, University of
Minnesota, USA; Fax: +1-972-8946-6794; e-mail: <gamliel@agri.huji.ac.il>.
Third International Conference on the Comparative Biology of
the Monocotyledons and Fourth International Symposium on Grass Systematics
and Evolution in Claremont, California, U.S.A.
30 March–5 April 2003.
Visit <www.monocots3.org> for
conference details or write to Monocots III, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic
Garden, 1500 North College Avenue, Claremont, California 91711-3157, U.S.A.;
e-mail <info@monocots3.org>;
Fax: +1-909-626-7670.
The XIIth Latin American Phytopathological Congress (XII
Congreso Latinoamericano de Fitopatología) in Valle del Rio Grande,
Texas, USA
6-10 April 2003.
To be held jointly with the Caribbean and Southern Divisions of the American
Phytopathological Society at the Radison Hotel, Isla del Padre, Valle del
Rio Grande, Texas, USA.
Contact: <j-amador@tamu.edu>.
XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds
in Canberra, Australia.
27 April to 2 May 2003.
See <http://www.ento.csiro.au/weeds2003/index.html>
or contact Sharon Corey, CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601,
Australia; Fax: +61-02-6246-4177; e-mail: <Sharon.Corey@csiro.au>.
Advances in European Crop Protection in Norwich, UK.
9-20 May 2003.
To register interest go to: <www.whitefly.org/EuroCropProtection.htm>.
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) Extraordinary
Meeting 2003 in Glattbrugg, Switzerland.
30 June-3 July 2003.
Contact: International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), Extraordinary
Meeting 2003, P O Box 308, 8303 Basserdorf, CH-Switzerland; Fax:
+41-1-838-6001; e-mail: <ista.office@ista.ch>.
See: <http://www.seedtest.org>.
American Phytopathology Society 95th Annual Meeting in
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
9-13 August 2003.
See <http://www.apsnet.org>.
Second International Symposium on Plant Health in Urban
Horticulture in Berlin, Germany.
27-29 August 2003.
Organized by The Plant Protection Services of Berlin and the Federal
Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry in cooperation with
the German Phytomedical Society.
Contact: Dr Hartmut Balder, Plant Protection Service of Berlin, Mohriner
Allee 137, D-12347 Berlin, Germany; e-mail: <pflanzenschutzamt@senstadt.verwalt-berlin.de>.
14th Meeting of the International Council for the study of
Virus and Virus-like Diseases of the Grapevine (ICVG) in Locorotondo (Bari),
Italy.
12–17 September 2003.
Contact: Donato Boscia <csvvdb08@area.ba.cnr.it>.
See: <http://www.agr.uniba.it/ICVG2003>.
Slovak and Czech Plant Protection Conference in Nitra,
Slovak Republic.
16-17 September 2003.
Contact <Jozef.Huszar@uniag.sk>
or <Kamil.Hudec@uniag.sk>.
Eighth Arab Congress of Plant Protection in El-Beida,
Libya.
12-16 October 2003
Contact: Dr Ali Bataw, <alibataw@hotmail.com>,
Secretary of the Organizing Committee, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar El-Mokhtar
University, El-Beida, Libya or Dr Bassam Bayaa, <B.Bayaa@cgiar.org>,
President of the Arab Society of Plant Protection ICARDA, P.O. Box 5466,
Aleppo, Syria.
British Society for Plant Pathology Presidential Meeting -
Plant-Pathogen Genomics - from Sequence to Application in Nottingham,
UK.
15-18 December 2003.
Contact: Dr M Dickinson, School of Biological Science, University of
Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK; Fax: +44-115-951-3251; e-mail: <meetings@bspp.org.uk>.
11th International Cereal Rust and Powdery Mildew Conference
in Norwich, UK.
23-27 August 2004.
Contact: Dr James Brown, John Innes Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK; Fax:
+44-1603-450045; e-mail: <james.brown@bbsrc.ac.uk>.
XIII International Botrytis Symposium in Antalya,
Turkey.
25 -31 October 2004.
contact: Dr. Figen Yildiz <fyildiz@ziraat.ege.edu.tr>.
5th International Postharvest Research Symposium in
Verona, Italy.
2004.
Contact: Professor Pietro Tonutti, University of Padova, Italy; Fax:
+39-04982-72850; e-mail: <ptonutti@agripolis.unipd.it>.
The XIIIth Latin American Phytopathological Congress (XIII
Congreso Latinoamericano de Fitopatología) in the city of Cordoba,
Cordoba Province, Argentina.
Mid-2005.
Organized by the Latin American Phytopathological Association (ALF) jointly
with the annual meeting of the Argentine Phytopathological Association (Asociación
Argentina de Fitopatología, AAF).
Contact: Dr Sergio L Lenardon, Institute for Phytopathology and Plant
Physiology (IFFIVE), INTA, Cordoba, Argentina; <slenard@infovia.com.ar>.
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