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)
In this issue:
Bids for International Congress
of Plant Pathology in 2013
By the due date as announced, the ISPP Executive
received bids from two national societies to host the 10th International
Congress of Plant Pathology in 2013 (ICPP 2013). The societies are the
Chinese Society for Plant Pathology (CSPP) and the Korean Society for
Plant Pathology (KSPP). See ( http://www.isppweb.org/congress_bids2.asp
).
The Chinese Society proposes that the Congress be
held in Beijing and the full proposal may be seen at ( www.icppbj2013.org
).
The Korean Society proposes that the Congress be
held in Daegu and the full proposal may be seen at ( www.icpp2013korea.org
).
The ISPP Executive is in the process of conducting
a vote among ISPP Councillors in order to decide the host of the Congress.
XV Latinamerican Congress of
Plant Pathology
Dr Bernardo A Latorre ( blatorre@puc.cl
), President of the Organizing Committee, advises about the XV
Latinamerican Congress of Plant Pathology and XVIII Congress of the
Chilean Society of Plant Pathology to be held at the Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Chile in Santiago, Chile, from 12-16 January 2009.
Papers in English, Portuguese and Spanish are welcome.
Contact Gloria Caro at ( gcaro@uc.cl
) or ( fitopatologia@uc.cl ).
See: ( http://www.puc.cl/agronomia/congresoalf
).
ISPP Committee on Fusarium
The Committee on Fusarium is a standing Subject
Matter Committee of the International Society for Plant Pathology devoted
to promoting research on plant pathogenic fungi in the genus Fusarium.
Current membership of the committee consists of:
Chair: Corby Kistler, USDA ARS Cereal Disease
Laboratory, St. Paul, MN, USA. Vice-Chair: Ulf Thrane, Technical
University, Lyngby, Denmark. Immediate Past Chair: Antonio Logrieco,
Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Bari, Italy. Email List
Coordinator: Brett Summerell, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia.
Chair, Subcommittee on Fusarium Systematics: David Geiser, Pennsylvania
State University, PA, USA. Chair, Subcommittee on Fusarium Genetics: John
Leslie, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA. Chair, Subcommittee
on Fusarium VCG: Thomas Gordon, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Workshop conveners: Quirico Migheli, University of Sassari, Italy.
Virgilio Balmas, University of Sassari, Italy.
The Committee on Fusarium routinely meets as a
satellite symposium with the International Congress of Plant Pathology. In
2008, the committee has organized the 10th International Fusarium
Workshop, to be held August 30 - September 2, 2008, immediately following
ICPP 2008, in Chiostro di San Francesco, Alghero, Italy. For information,
see ( http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=9850
).
Since the last International Fusarium workshop in
2003, the genomes of four plant pathogenic Fusarium strains have been
sequenced (F. graminearum, F. solani, F. oxysporum and F. verticillioides).
To recognize the increasing importance of research on Fusarium genomes,
10th International Fusarium Workshop will meet concurrently with the
Fusarium Genomics Workshop 2008 in Alghero. Following is a program of the
joint meetings:
Program of the 10th International Fusarium
Workshop
Workshop sessions will consist of keynote papers,
offered papers, and posters on the following topics: Systematics and
phylogenetics; Genomics; Pathogenicity and disease epidemiology; Ecology
and biogeography; Biological control; Disease management; Diagnostics;
Host-fungal interactions; Mycotoxins and Metabolism.
Saturday 30 August 13.00-14.30: registration of
participants 14.30-15.30: Keynote address 15.30-17.30: Systematics and
phylogenetics (session leaders: Kerry O'Donnell, Keith Seifert)
17.30-19.30: poster session and coffee break
Sunday 31 August 08.30-10.45: Genomics (session
leaders: Li-Jun Ma, Corby Kistler) 10.45-11.00: coffee break 11.00-13.15:
Host-fungal interactions (session leaders: Willie Schäfer, Antonio Di
Pietro) 13.15-14.30: lunch 14.30-16.30: Biological control (session
leaders: Claude Alabouvette, Angelo Garibaldi) 16.30-16.45: coffee break
16.45-18.45: Ecology and biogeography (session leaders: David Geiser,
Brett Summerell) 18.45-19.45: poster session
Monday 1 September 08.30-10.45: Mycotoxins and
metabolism (session leaders: Naresh Magan, Ulf Thrane) 10.45-11.00: coffee
break 11.00-13.15: Diagnostics (session leaders: Kamel Abd-El Salam, Theo
van der Lee) 13.15-14.30: lunch 14.30-16.45: Disease management (session
leaders: Rafael M. Jiménez-Diaz, Wade Elmer) 16.45-17.45: poster session
and coffee break 18.00: sightseeing tour and evening banquet
Tuesday 2 September 09.30-11.45: Pathogenicity and
disease epidemiology (session leaders: Paul Nicholson, Sukumar Chakraborty)
11.45: coffee break Departure
ISPP Teaching Committee
Dr Terry Stewart ( T.Stewart@massey.ac.nz
) has advised that Associate Professor Darin Eastburn is the new Chair of
the ISPP Teaching Committee. Terry will be staying on the committee as
past chairman.
Darin Eastburn's contact details are 64 National
Soybean Research Center, MC 637, 1101 W Peabody Drive, Urbana, Illinois
61801, USA. Phone: +1-217-244-9632; e-mail: ( eastburn@uiuc.edu
).
Focus on Soybean
Miles Wimer ( mwimer@scisoc.org
), Director of the Plant Management Network (PMN), announces the launch of
its next-generation resource for those involved in soybean production and
management. Focus on Soybean is an online-only web portal for growers,
crop consultants and researchers seeking information on producing healthy
and high-yielding soybean crops.
The central feature of Focus on Soybean is its
educational webcasts. These currently include 15 narrated presentations
totalling over five hours of talks targetted toward consultants and
producers. All are authored by university extension specialists recognized
for their expertise and research related to soybean management practices.
The first round of webcasts includes the following
from the USA, with others planned: · Choosing Specialty Soybeans for the
Right Niche Markets, Palle Pedersen, Iowa State University · Soybean
Production: Variety Selection, Planting Date Decisions, Row Spacing, and
Seeding Rates, Shawn Conley, University of Wisconsin-Madison · The
Reality of Asian Soybean Rust: Lessons Learned from Three Years of
Management, Bob Kemerait, University of Georgia · Soybean Cyst Nematode:
Biology, Scouting, and Management, Greg Tylka, Iowa State University ·
Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome, John C. Rupe, University of Arkansas ·
Sclerotinia Stem Rot of Soybean: Pathology and Management, Craig Grau,
University of Wisconsin-Madison · Soybean Viruses: Biology, Symptoms, and
Management, Loren Giesler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
In addition to the webcasts, Focus on Soybean
includes two other resources. One, "Search Soybean Information",
provides several search engines whereby readers can locate soybean-related
information found either on the PMN site or on its 62 partner websites.
This information includes university extension publications, journal
articles, images, and products from PMN's partner organizations. The other
area, "Featured Soybean Websites," identifies additional soybean
web resources, like PMN's Soybean Rust Information Center.
Focus on Soybean is the first in a series of
crop-specific resources targeted to agricultural professionals. It is
accessible by a low-cost annual subscription that includes all of PMN's
current and future electronic resources, including future Focus topics,
for a single price. PMN supports itself through subscriptions and
partnerships.
See ( www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/infocenter/topic/focusonsoybean
).
Climate Change and Food
Security
The probable effects of climate change on
agriculture and forestry including implications for food security are
addressed in several review papers in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on 11 December 2007.
See ( http://www.pnas.org/current.shtml#SF_RESEARCH_ARTICLES
).
Cacao Diseases
Seeds or beans of cacao are the source of
chocolate, beloved by many as a drink or confection. Cacao production
occurs in a few tropical regions of the world and is threatened by a
number of important and interesting diseases. Learn about these diseases,
their biology and management in the symposium on cacao diseases, in the
December 2007 issue of Phytopathology.
See ( www.apsnet.org/members/newscapsules.asp
).
China and CIMMYT co-operation
According to China View, the Chinese Academy of
Agricultural Sciences [CAAS] signed an agreement on 4 December 2007 to
cooperate with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
to combat a new strain of wheat stem rust. The project involves testing
several thousand wheat samples provided by both sides.
It is believed the new wheat stem rust strain,
which is dubbed "Ug99" and has already spread to the Middle
East, would most likely encroach into major Asian wheat production areas.
Shi Yanquan said at the signing ceremony that it
would take 3 years to complete the project. He added China had cooperated
with CIMMYT for more than 3 decades. See: ( http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/04/content_7199323.htm
).
African Women in Agricultural
Research
The Consultative Group on International
Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Gender and Diversity Program launched a
US$13 million grant to support fast-tracking of careers of over three
hundred African women in agricultural research. The African Women in
Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) program, funded by the Bill
and Melinda Gates foundation and based in Nairobi, was initiated to
address the disparity between the role of African women in farming and
their limited presence in agricultural science.
The program aims not only to increase the numbers
of graduates in agricultural science, but also to increase the awareness
on the importance of women's voices and contributions to African
agriculture. AWARD is an aftermath of successful pilot fellowship programs
conducted in 2005-2008 in collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation,
USAID and the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. Its current
focus will be on mentoring, building science capacity, and leadership
development in women from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia.
See the press release at ( http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org
).
Contact Amelia Goh ( a.goh@cgiar.org
) or Catherine Mgendi ( c.mgendi@cgiar.org
).
Helping Overcome Poverty in
the Third World
The International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) Executive Board approved more than US$263 million in
loans and grants to help rural people in Asia, Africa and Latin America
overcome poverty. This includes a US$6.24 million grant to support
agricultural research and development activities in rural regions of poor
countries.
See ( http://www.ifad.org/media/press/2007/52.htm
).
Titles available from the 2008
APS Catalogue
Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease; The Study of
Plant Disease Epidemics; Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases and
Pests, Second Edition; Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, Second
Edition; Compendium of Brassica Diseases; Potato Health Management, Second
Edition; Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology; Essential Plant Pathology;
Biology of Fungal Pathogens Volume 4: Fungal Pathogens and Diseases of
Cereals DVD; Mycology Volume 1: Lower Fungi and Fungus-Like Organisms DVD-Rom;
Mycology Volume 2: Higher Fungi DVD-Rom; Handbook of Small Grain Insects;
Handbook of Forage and Rangeland Insects; Biology of Plant Microbe
Interactions, Volume 5; Proceeding of the 2007 APS·SON Joint Meeting
CD-Rom; Pests of Fruit Crops: A Color Handbook; Vegetable Diseases: A
Color Handbook; Plant Nematodes of Agricultural Importance: A Color
Handbook; Virus and Viruslike Diseases of Pome Fruits and Stimulating
Noninfectious Disorders; Ustilaginales of Mexico: Taxonomy,
Symptomatology, Spore Germination and Basidial Cytology.
Also, below is a list of APS titles available on
CD-Rom
Onion and Garlic Diseases and Pests CD-Rom;
Diseases of Small Fruits CD-Rom; Diseases of Legumes CD-Rom; Rose Diseases
and Pests CD-Rom; Diseases of Vegetables CD-Rom; Diseases of Cereal Grains
CD-Rom; Brassica Diseases CD-Rom; Diseases of Woody Ornamentals and Trees
CD-Rom; Diseases of Orchard Fruit and Nut Crops CD-Rom; Turfgrass Diseases
CD-Rom; Fundamental Fungi CD-Rom; Diseases of Root and Tuber Crops CD-Rom;
Bean Diseases Image CD-Rom; Diseases of Tropical Fruits, Citrus, and
Sugarcane CD-Rom; Nutrient Deficiencies and Toxicities of Plants CD-Rom;
Ornamental Palm Diseases CD-Rom; Diseases of Herbaceous Ornamentals and
Roses CD-Rom.
For puchasing, go online: ( www.shopapspress.org
) or call toll-free: +1-800-328-7560 in the U.S.A. and most of Canada;
elsewhere: +1-651-454-7250. Fax: +1-651-454-0766.
13th ICID Travel Grant for
Women
The International Society for Infectious Diseases
(ISID) has received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
that will enable 70 young women from countries in Africa, Asia and the
Asian sub-continent to attend the 13th International Congress on
Infectious Diseases in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 19-22 June 2008. This
grant is intended to help women at early stages in their careers to meet
and interact with leaders in infectious diseases from around the world.
Detailed information is at ( http://www.isid.org/13th_icid/index.shtml
).
Note that the application deadline is 1 February
2008.
Eric F Summers, Program Co-Director, International
Society for Infectious Diseases, 1330 Beacon Street, Suite 228, Brookline
MA, 02446, USA. Phone: +1-617-227-0551.
Coming Events
Fifth Annual Bio-Asia Partnering Conference 2008
in Tokyo, Japan. 28-29 January 2008. See ( http://www.bio.org/bioasia
).
Plant Innate Immunity (X2) at Keystone Resort,
Keystone, Colorado, USA. 10-15 February 2008. www.keystonesymposia.org/Meetings/viewMeetings.cfm?MeetingID=932
2nd International Conference on Health and
Biodiversity in Galway, Ireland. 25-28 February 2008. See ( http://www.cohabnet.org/cohab2008
).
International Symposium "Underutilized Plant
Species for Food, Nutrition, Income, and Sustainable Development" in
Arusha, Tanzania. 3-7 March 2008. See ( http://www.avrdc.org/pdf/Symposium2008%20First%20Circular.pdf
).
4th National Soybean Cyst Nematode Conference in
Tampa, Florida, USA. 6-8 March 2008. Contact Terry Niblack ( tniblack@uiuc.edu
) or Greg Tylka ( gltylka@iastate.edu
).
International Conference on Biotic Plant
Interactions in Brisbane, Australia. 27-29 March 2008. See ( www.uq.edu.au/plants/icbpi
).
Molecular Marker Applications in Crop Genetics and
Breeding, a training course at the ICRISAT campus, Patancheru, Greater
Hyderabad, India. 31 March-11 April 2008. See ( http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/Misc/ICRISAT.htm
). Contact Dr Dave Hoisington at ( d.hoisington@cgiar.org
).
Third International Late Blight Conference 2008 in
Beijing, China. 3-6 April 2008. See ( http://research.cip.cgiar.org/typo3/web/index.php?id=1053
).
International Conference on Banana and Plantain in
Africa: Harnessing International Partnerships to Increase Research Impact
in Mombasa, Kenya. 7-10 April 2008. See ( http://www.banana2008.com
).
6th International Seed Testing Association Seed
Health Symposium at Kruger National Park, South Africa. 14-18 April 2008.
See ( www.up.ac.za/conferences/ielc
).
12th International Symposium on Virus Diseases of
Ornamental Plants at Van der Valk Hotel, Haarlem, The Netherlands. 20-24
April 2008 See ( www.plant-virology.nl/ISVDOP12
).
2008 International Conference on Biocontainment
Facilities in Washington DC, USA. 21-22 April 2008. Contact: ( BIO2008@tradelineinc.com
). See ( http://www.TradelineInc.com/BIO2008
).
VIII International Symposium on Plant
Biotechnology in Villa Clara, Cuba. 23-25 April 2008. See ( http://simposio.ibp.co.cu
).
International Seminar on Biotechnology for the
Agriculture Sector (Seminario Internacional sobre Biotecnología para el
sector Agropecuario ) in Bogota, Colombia. May 2008. Contact: ( jfernandomarin@yahoo.es
).
2008 International Conference on BioMedical
Engineering and Informatics (BMEI 2008) in Sanya, Hainan, China. 28-30 May
2008. See ( http://www.hainu.edu.cn/BMEI2008
).
13th International Congress on Infectious Diseases
(ICID) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 19-22 June 2008. See ( http://www.isid.org/13th_icid
).
The 1st Global Conference on GMO Analysis
(organized by the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission) in
Villa Erba, Como, Italy. 24-27 June 2008. See ( http://gmoglobalconference.jrc.it
).
Plant-Microbial Interactions in Kraków, Poland.
2-6 July 2008. Contact: Professor Katarzyna Turnau, Institute of
Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, PL-30-387
Kraków, Poland. Tel: +48.12.664 51 55; Fax: +48.12.664 69 12. E-mail: ( pmi2008@eko.uj.edu.pl
). See ( www.eko.uj.edu.pl/mycorrhiza/pmi
).
5th International Congress of Nematology in
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 13-18 July 2008. See ( www.5icn.org/
).
APS Centennial Meeting, Minneapolis in Minnesota,
USA. 26-30 July 2008. Contact: ( aps@scisoc.org
). See ( http://meeting.apsnet.org/centennial/default.cfm
).
International Symposium on Induced Mutations in
Plants (ISIM) in Vienna, Austria. 12-15 August 2008 See ( http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/Announcements.asp?ConfID=167
).
The 16th Congress of the Federation of European
Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB) in Tampere, Finland. 17-22 August 2008.
See ( http://www.fespb2008.org ).
Also satellite symposium on Peroxidases. 20-23 August 2008. See ( http://www.peroxidase2008.org
).
4th International Symposium on Rhizoctonia in
Berlin, Germany. 20-23 August 2008. See ( http://rhizoctonia.org
).
3rd International Phytophthora/Pythium Workshop in
association with the 9th ICPP-2008 in Torino, Italy. 23-24 August 2008.
See ( www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/identification/phytophthora
).
9th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP
2008) in Torino, Italy. 24-29 August 2008. Contact: Congress Secretariat,
Valentina Communication, Via Cibrario 27, 10143 Torino, Italy. Phone:
+39-0114374250; Fax: +39-0114374318; e-mail: (info@icpp2008.org). See ( www.icpp2008.org
).
The X International Fusarium Workshop and the
Fusarium Genomics Workshop at the Hotel Carlos V in Alghero, Sardinia,
Italy. 30 August-2 September 2008. See ( http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=9850
).
First International Symposium on Biotechnology of
Fruit Species in Dresden, Germany. 1-5 September 2008. See ( http://www.biotechfruit2008.bafz.de
).
APS Caribbean Division Meeting, part of the 6th
International Scientific Seminar on Plant Health, in Havana, Cuba. 22-26
September 2008. Contact: ( aps@scisoc.org
). See ( www.apsnet.org ).
16th Ornamental Workshop on Diseases and Pests in
Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. 22-26 September 2008. See ( www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/activities/societies/ornamental
).
ENDURE International Conference "Diversifying
Crop Protection" in the Congress Palace of La Grande Motte, near
Montpellier, France. 13-15 October 2008. See ( http://www.endure-network.eu
).
IV International Silicon in Agriculture Conference
at Wild Coast Sun, Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 26-31 October
2008. See ( www.siliconconference.org.za
).
2nd InternationaL Symposium on Biological Control
of Bacterial Plant Diseases in Orlando, Florida, USA. 4-7 November 2008.
Contact: ( JBJones@ufl.edu ).
International Conference on Legume Genomics and
Genetics in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. 7-12 December 2008. See ( http://www.ccg.unam.mx/iclgg4/index.html
).
XV Latinamerican Congress of Plant Pathology and
XVIII Congress of the Chilean Society of Plant Pathology at Pontificia
Universidad Catolica de Chile in Santiago, Chile. 12-16 January 2009.
Papers in English, Portuguese and Spanish are welcome. Contact Gloria Caro
at ( gcaro@uc.cl ) or ( fitopatologia@uc.cl
). See: ( http://www.puc.cl/agronomia/congresoalf
).
International Forest Biosecurity Conference,
incorporating the 6th International Forest Vegetation Management
Conference, in Rotorua, New Zealand. 16-20 March 2009. See ( www.ensisjv.com/forestbiosecurity
). Contact: Dr Brian Richardson, General Manager, Ensis Forest Biosecurity
and Protection, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua, New Zealand. Phone:
+64-7-343-5516; Fax: +64-7-343-5333; Mobile: 021-913-221.
The 13th World Forestry Congress (Forests in
development - a vital balance) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 18-25 October
2009. See ( http://www.wfc2009.org/index_1024.html
). E-mail: ( info@wfc2009.org ).
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