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.

Editors, Joseph-Alexander Verreet, e-mail: javerreet@phytomed.uni-kiel.de

In this issue:

• ISPP Task Force on Global Food Security

• The Plant Management Network Now Available to USDA Employees

• The Ninth International Workshop on Plant Disease Epidemiology, Landerneau, France

• ISPP Online Teaching Symposium
• Journals
• New books of interest to Plant Pathologists
• Coming events

ISPP Task Force on Global Food Security: Project in Ghana:

The Plant Management Network Now Available to USDA Employees. St. Paul, Minnesota - Oct 27, 2005

The Plant Management Network's suite of online journals and resources has been recently added to the U. S. National Agricultural Library's (NAL) electronic serials collection. All Plant Management Network (PMN) agricultural journals, publications, and other resources are now accessible to all employees of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through their computer IP address or NAL's Digital Desktop Library, DigiTop. To receive monthly notification of new articles, USDA employees, as well as anyone else, may sign up for the monthly PMN Update newsletter at no charge on the PMN homepage, www.plantmanagementnetwork.org
 “As a resource serving many disciplines and agricultural sectors, PMN’s content will be important to many of USDA's programmatic areas across its various agencies,” said Richard Stuckey, PMN advisory council chair and former EVP of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology. He added, “PMN is also currently available at 30 U.S. land-grant universities, other academic institutions, partner companies, and libraries in Canada, Europe, and Australia, as well as to individual subscribers worldwide.” PMN publishes four applied science journals: Applied Turfgrass Science, Crop Management, Plant Health Progress, and Forage and Grazinglands. It also houses efficacy trial data, including Fungicide and Nematicide Tests, Biological and Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Diseases, and Commodity Variety Trials. Arthropod Management Tests will be added soon. Other resources include PMN Image Collections - a database of more than 2,200 plant and agricultural images, the PMN Plant Science Database - including more than 4,000 applied science fact sheets and other documents supplied by PMN Partners, the PMN Education and Training Center, PMN Soybean Rust Information Center, and a monthly newsletter, PMN Update.About the Plant Management NetworkThe Plant Management Network is the first-stop multidisciplinary Internet source for applied plant and agricultural science information and communication. The network is a not-for-profit collaboration of academic institutions, scientific and professional societies, industry, and governmental agencies, serving stakeholders worldwide.Website: <http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org>.

About the National Agricultural Library. The National Agricultural Library is the Nation's primary source for agricultural information. NAL's mission is to increase the availability and utilization of agricultural information for researchers, educators, policymakers, consumers of agricultural products, and the public. The Library is one of the world's largest and most accessible agricultural research libraries and plays a vital role in supporting research, education, and applied agriculture. Website: <http://www.nal.usda.gov/>. Plant Management Network, Joan Quam, email: jquam@scisoc.org, phone: ++1.651.994.3859.

The Ninth International Workshop on Plant Disease Epidemiology held in Landerneau, France.

The Committee for Epidemiology and Crop Loss of the International Society of Plant Pathology (ISPP) sponsored the ninth international epidemiology workshop in Landerneau, France, from April 10 to 15, 2005. Ninety-four scientists from 21 countries attended the event, with participants from Australia (1), Brazil (5), Canada (3), China (1), Denmark (2), France (25), Germany (2), India (1), Israel (3), Italy (3), The Netherlands (3), New Zealand (2),Norway (1), The Philippines (1), Russia (1), Singapore (1), South Africa (1), Spain (2), Sweden (1), the U.K. (18), and the U.S.A. (17). The general theme of the meeting was: “Plant Disease Epidemiology Facing Challenges of the 21^st Century”. The local organizing committee consisted of Serge Savary, Didier Andrivon, Philippe Lucas, Alexandra Schoeny, Frederic Suffert, and Laetitia Willocquet.

The workshop was introduced by a keynote from ISPP Epidemiology Committee Chair, Larry Madden ('Botanical Epidemiology: Some Key Advances, and its Continuing Role in Disease Management'), followed by eight sessions consisting of keynotes and poster presentations:

-Session A, on Emerging plant diseases and risk analysis, was chaired by T.R. Gottwald, with a keynote by X.B. Yang ('Risk Assessment for Emerging Plant Diseases').

-Session B, on Genetics of host-pathogen populations, was chaired by D. Andrivon, with a keynote by K.A. Garrett (' Landscape Ecological Genomics: A Null Models Approach').

-Session C, on Spatial and temporal scales in plant disease epidemiology, was chaired by R.S. Seem, with a keynote by W.W. Turechek ('The Practical Consideration of Scale in Plant Pathology').

-Session D, on Theoretical epidemiology, was chaired by M.J. Jeger, with a keynote by H. Scherm ('Trends in Theoretical Plant Epidemiology').

-Session E, dealt with Concepts and thoughts for plant disease epidemiology in the 21st century, and was chaired by P.S. Teng, with keynotes by R.W. Herdt (' Developing World Food Security and Priorities for Plant Disease Epidemiology'), by D. Mollison ('Small Worlds and Giant Epidemics: Challenges in Modelling Epidemics'), and by P.S. Teng & R. Rabbinge ('Innovation or Irrelevance? Moving Plant Pathology and Epidemiology Into a New Millennium').

-Session F, on Crop loss assessment and modelling, was chaired by A. Bergamin Filho, with a keynote by F.W. Nutter, Jr. ('Disease Assessment Concepts and the Role of Psychophysics in Phytopathometry').

-Session G, on Soil health and soil-borne disease management, was chaired by C.A. Gilligan, with a keynote by A. Van Bruggen ('Relation Between Soil Health, Wave-Like Fluctuations in Microbial Populations, and Soil-Borne Plant Disease Management ').

-Session H, on Integrated disease management and multiple pathosystems, was chaired by N. McRoberts, with a keynote by S. Savary ('Patterns and Management of Crop Multiple Pathosystems ').

Keynotes of each session are to be published soon in a Special Issue of European Journal of Plant Pathology.

Evening sessions dealt with additional topics: Epidemiology to deliver: from theory to disease management,  Epidemiology in natural and forest ecosystems, Comparative epidemiology, New tools and methods for botanical epidemiology, From epidemiological models to data, and back. This Ninth International Epidemiology Workshop was a venue for fruitful discussions among participants, each of whom contributed a poster and a poster presentation attached to one of the sessions' themes. The workshop provided the opportunity to review and discuss recent advances, current interests, and prospects for research in botanical epidemiology. Specific topics for future thoughts, research and progress were identified, including: multiple scales for analysing and understanding epidemics, diversity in host-pathogen populations and their evolution, functioning of multiple pathosystems, real-time prediction of epidemics for control, complexity in data acquisition and analysis, and the central role of theoretical models to guide epidemiological research facing old and new challenges.

Laurence V. Madden, Professor, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Ohio State Univ., Wooster, OH  44691-4096 (USA), Phone: 330-263-3833; Fax: 330-263-3841, Email: MADDEN.1@osu.edu, http://­plantpath.­osu.edu/­faculty/madden.php, http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/pp702/index.html

Papers due for ISPP Online Teaching Symposium:

Papers are invited for the ISPP Online Teaching Symposium: Active Learning in Plant Pathology.  This is a free, online symposium sponsored by the International Society for Plant Pathology Teaching Committee. The symposium will be held from May 15 to June 4, 2006. Papers are to be accompanied by moderated online discussions. There also will be online discussions on more general topics (forums).

Papers are due by February 15, 2006, but please contact the organizers if you need a little more time. Papers may be in the following areas:

• Tools and Techniques

• Learning Theory

• Distance Education

Please also register for the free symposium, so you can receive email updates. For more information, please see our website: http://www.ispp-teaching-symposium.org/

Journals

The Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection: Revitalization of a traditional international scientific journal.

The Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection (JPDP) was found in 1891 by the famous German plant pathologist Paul Sorauer as Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten. Later named Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Gallenkunde and Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten und Pflanzenschutz, it is now published in its 115th year by the Eugen Ulmer Publishing Company in Stuttgart, Germany. Since the journal was not published from 1945 to 1947 due to paper rationing, the actual 2005 volume number is 112.  Besides its scientific purpose, the JPDP serves as the official scientific journal of the German Phytomedical Society (DPG) with a projected number of printed copies of about 1600 in 2006. The journal is then published bimonthly in the A4 format with 48 pages per issue. It publishes peer-reviewed English language scientific articles, short communications, reviews and book reviews from the entire field of applied phytomedicine which covers in a more traditional sense the sciences of plant pathology, applied entomology, weed science and crop protection. Biannually and starting in 2006, the last issue of the JPDP is dedicated to the publication of 3-4 selected lectures presented at the German Plant Protection Congress and a list of all about 400 oral presentations. Six of the 48 pages of each issue are reserved for the publication of selected oral presentations held at the yearly meetings of the 18 specialist working groups of the DPG. The new year will also see an online version of the JPDP (www.jpdp-online.com). Joseph Verreet, e-mail: javerreet@phytomed.uni-kiel.de and Jens Aumann, e-mail: aumann@phytomed.uni-kiel.de

New books of interest to Plant Pathologists

Fusarium Mycotoxins: Chemistry, Genetics, and Biology St. Paul, MN

During the past two decades, great advances have been made in the understanding of the genus Fusarium and its mycotoxicology. Fusarium Mycotoxins: Chemistry, Genetics, and Biology seeks to provide the most current information available on this complex and harmful genus. This comprehensive book examines the chemistry, genetics, and biology of Fusarium mycotoxins. Major and minor mycotoxins and other biologically active metabolites that can be harmful to both human and animal health are covered. Past and present research is covered, providing both a historical concept on the topic, as well as guidelines for further research. Descriptions of Fusarium species assist in visual identification of species, while complete profiles will help assess risk as well give a background on geographic trends. And tables summarizing the distribution of mycotoxins among Fusarium species allow for quick reference to mycotoxins and Fusarium species. The book is divided into three parts. First, a general introduction to Fusarium mycotoxicology is given, including subjects as diverse as the discovery of mycotoxins, their toxicity and evolution, and mycotoxin risk assessment. Part one, entitled “Fusarium Mycotoxins,” surveys a range of Fusarium metabolites with an emphasis on those whose toxicity and natural occurrence in foods and feeds are most relevant to mycotoxin risk assessment. It also includes the results of recent molecular biological studies of mycotoxin biosynthesis. Part Two surveys the genus Fusarium with an emphasis on those species whose plant pathogenicity and mycotoxin profiles are most relevant to mycotoxin risk assessment. This survey comprises 42 individual reports, each of which is focused on one mycotoxigenic species or group of similar species as defined by the most recent morphological, biological, and phylogenetic species concepts. This book will be of interest to: agronomists, biological chemists, cereal chemists, food technologists, fungal geneticists, human nutritionists, international agricultural development agencies, molecular microbiologists, mycologists, plant breeders, plant pathologists, toxicologists, veterinary scientists, and advanced students in these fields. In addition, public health regulatory agencies that are interested in assessing and managing risks associated with Fusarium mycotoxins in food and feeds will find this an excellent resource.

Review copies of Fusarium Mycotoxins will be available in December 2005. Website: http://www.apsnet.org
The American Phytopathological Society/APS Press, Gina Ford, email: gford@scisoc.org

Introduction to Plant Pathology , Richard Strange, University College London, UK

Introduction to Plant Pathology provides a comprehensive coverage of plant disease for plant science, plant pathology, biology, forestry and agriculture students. In the first chapter the author introduces the eleven types of organism that cause disease, ranging from higher plants to viroids, and describes examples of cash and taple crop diseases that have caused human catastrophes. Other chapters cover serological and molecular techniques for the diagnosis of plant pathogens, epidemiology, methods for estimating disease severity and its effect on crop yields and techniques for limiting inoculum, including biological control. Later chapters are concerned with colonisation of the plant and symptom development and the underlying biochemical and genetic factors that control these events. This title includes: Modern diagnostic techniques, epidemiology and the measurement of disease severity, the biochemistry and molecular biology of plant disease, control through cultural, biological, genetic and molecular techniques, a wealth of examples and applications including 16 pages of full colour photographs. Preface, The Causal Agents of Plant Disease: Identity and Impact, The Detection and Diagnosis of Plant Pathogens and the Diseases They Cause, Epidemiology, The Measurement of Inoculum and Disease Severity and Their Effects on Crop Yields, Inoculum Control, Locating, Penetrating and Colonizing the Host, Subverting the Metabolism of the Host, Killing the Host: the Role of Toxins, The Plant Fights Back – 1. Constitutive Defence Mechanisms, The Genetics of Compatibility and Incompatibility, The Plant Fights Back – 2. Active Defence Mechanisms, Control of the Disease Process, Epilogue, Glossary, References, Index.  http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470849738.html

Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases.  3^rd Edition, Richard W. Smiley, Peter H. Dernoeden, Bruce B. Clarke.   

This is one of the first books in a new line of EXPANDED compendia, which will cover more diseases, include more high-quality images integrated into the text, and provide updates that ensure effective diagnosis and control of diseases and disorders. The Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, Third Edition is devoted entirely to the diagnosis and control of approximately 80 diseases affecting grasses maintained for fine turfs on residential and commercial lawns, sod farms, golf courses, sports fields, bowling greens, cemeteries, and other areas. Since it was first published in 1983, nearly 40,000 copies of the Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases have been distributed all across the world. With information provided and reviewed by more than 40 plant pathologists and turf specialists, this book will help you identify problems quickly and accurately before they become unmanageable and costly to control. When a disease symptom occurs, infected areas of the turfgrass can be matched to one of the illustrations in the book and the accompanying text will provide more about the symptoms, causes, cycles and control of the disease identified. The compendium is divided into four sections. The first section describes the characteristics of turfgrasses, while the second section discusses damage caused by noninfectious agents in the turfgrass ecosystem. The third section explores ecology and taxonomy of fungi pathogenic to turfgrasses. In the last section easy-to-understand diagnostic procedures are covered. References to technical literature and coverage of the most recent advances in turfgrass pathology will ensure access to the most current disease data and information available. The text is complemented by numerous illustrations of turfgrass diseases, photomicrographs of many pathogens, diagrams of disease cycles, a glossary of terms, and an index. In addition, dichotomous keys for selected grasses and pathogens will help you identify grasses and pathogens to species, as well as identifying turfgrass diseases by environmental parameters, symptoms, and signs. The Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, Third Edition serves as a general and prac¬tical reference for all those involved in the culture of fine turf. With detailed coverage of pathogen biology, it is an ideal teaching aid for integrated pest management, turfgrass pathology, and turfgrass management programs, including extension training programs and specialized short courses for practitioners on the art of turfgrass maintenance. In addition, it will continue to be a valuable resource for professional turfgrass managers; turfgrass management and disease consultants; golf course superintendents and their staffs; agribusiness research and sales representatives; officers in departments of agriculture and regulatory agencies; garden center personnel; state, university and county extension agents and advisory officers; technicians in plant disease diagnostic clinics; sod producers, athletic field managers, and lawn care operators, and scientists.

The American Phytopathological Society/APS Press, Gina Ford, email: gford@scisoc.org, Website: http://www.shopapspress.org/cooftudithed1.html, Email: gford@scisoc.org

Coming Events

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

International Symposium on Recent Trends in Plant Disease Management, 5^5th Meeting of Pakistan Phytopathological Society, Karachi, Pakistan.
20-22 December, 2005
saleemshahzad_pk@yahoo.com

VIII International Mango Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa,
5-10 February 2006
elphic@iafrica.com

Indian Virological Society XVI Annual Convention and International Seminar on Management of Insect-Transmitted Plant Viruses Occurring in the Semi-Arid Tropics. ICRISAT, India. February 7-10, February 7-10, 2006

www.mvbv2006.org.

International 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

International Symposium of Integrated Pest Management in Oilseed Rape, University of Göttingen, Germany
3-5 April 2006,
www.symposium-ipm-oilseed-rape.de/

ISPP Online Teaching Symposium
May 15-June 4, 2006
Gail Schumann gail.schumann@marquette.edu or visit http://www.ispp-teaching-symposium.org.

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

IX^th meeting of the Phytopathogens working group, IOBC/WPRS Working group biological control of fungal and bacterial plant pathogens, Spa, Belgium
13.-17 September 2006
Monica.Hofte@ugent.be ; www.agri.gov.il/Depts/IOBCPP/IOBCPP.html

XVth Biennial Workshop on the Smut Fungi  Prague, Czech Republic. 

June 11-14, 2006
Veronika Dumalasova at blazkova@vurv.cz http://www.lolo.usd.cas.cz/workshop/ 

12^th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, Rhodes Island, Greece
11 – 15 June 2006
http://www.mpunion.com ; phymed@unifi.it

1st International Ascochyta Workshop on Grain Legumes, Le Tronchet, Brittany, France
3-6 July 2006
http://www.grainlegumes.com ;aep@prolea.com

18^th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, PA, USA
9-15 July 2006
www.18wcss.org

11^th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria, Edinburgh, UK
10-14 July 2006
www.australasianplantpathologysociety.org.au ; www.csl.gov.uk/contact/icppb.cfm ; ICPPB2006@csl.gov.uk

4^th International Bacterial Wilt Symposium York, UK
17-21 July 2006
www.australasianplantpathologysociety.org.au ; www.sasa.gov.uk/about_sasa/internationalconferences.cfm ; IBWS2006@sasa.gsi.gov.uk

3rd International Workshop on Barley Leaf Blights.  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

July 23-27, 2006

orrdd@agr.gc.ca for more information.

APS Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
29 July-2 August 2006
www.apsnet.org

XXVII International Horticultural Congress, Seoul, Korea
13-19 August 2006
www.ihc2006.org

27^th International Horticultural Congress & Exhibition, IHC 2006, Global Horticulture: Diversity & Harmony, Seoul, Korea
13-19 August 2006
www.ihc2006.org

International Powdery Mildew Conference. Asilomar Conference Center, Monterey, CA.
Aug 28-Sept 5, 2006.
Doug Gubler, wdgubler@ucdavis.edu.

1^st International Symposium: Contribution of African Botanica to Humanity, N'Zérékoré, Guinea 3-7 October 2006
udecom@viola.fr   or  malo@ccophymed.com

II International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology, Mashhad, Iran
28-30 October 2006
www.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