Witches' broom disease (WBDL) is a very serious disease of acid lime (Citrus
aurantifolia) that has devastated the lime industry in Iran. In 1998, 51
infected trees were found but in 2008 the number of infected trees was over
500,000 and many hectares of the cultivated area in limes had been destroyed.
Based on damage assessments and gross estimates of decline between 1997 and
2008, and with the uncontrolled spread of the disease in the current absence of
any proper control treatments, the production of lime is likely to cease within
another five years.
Due to the importance, the Iranian Witches' Broom Disease of Lime Network (IWBDLN)
was established under the supervision of the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture.
The purpose is to use all national and international scientific potential to
manage and control the disease. All national and international researchers are
welcome to join this network to compile information and also to assist in
research programs.
Consequently Dr Mohsen Mardi wishes to announce this to ISPP members with a
request to contact him.
Contact details are: Dr Mohsen Mardi, Head of Genomics Department,
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, Manager of Iranian
Witches' Broom Disease of Lime Network (IWBDLN), Mahdasht Road, Karaj, Iran, P.
O. Box: 31535-1897. Tel: +98-261-2700845. Fax: +98-261-2704539. E-mail: mardi@abrii.ac.ir
or iwbdln@abrii.ac.ir.
See: http://www.abrii.ac.ir/
or http://www.iwbdln.ir/.
The 10th International Fusarium Workshop was held in Alghero, Sardinia, Italy
from 30 August through 2 September 2008, immediately after ICPP2008 in Turin,
Italy. It was run by the Fusarium Subject Matter Committee (SMC) of the
International Society of Plant Pathology (ISPP) http://www.isppweb.org/nljan08.asp#3
. The local organizers were Quirico Migheli and Virgilio Balmas and they
assembled a group of two hundred and thirty Fusarium workers to a meeting
organized around topics ranging from genomics and systematics to diagnostics and
disease management.
The Fusarium workshops have been held every 5 years in conjunction with the
International Congresses of Plant Pathology. The next workshop is being planned
by the newly elected Chair Ulf Thrane and Vice-Chair David Geiser of the ISPP
Fusarium SMC and will be held in conjunction with ICPP2013 in Beijing.
The first issue of the new multidisciplinary journal "Food Security: The
Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food"
will appear in March 2009. It will be published quarterly by Springer in print
and online, as an official publication of ISPP, as can be seen at http://www.springer.com/life+sci/agriculture/journal/12571.
The new journal has two aims: (1) to define the constraints that prevent over
one billion of the world's population from accessing a diet which is
sufficiently nutritious to allow full development of physical and mental
potential and (2) to address the means by which these constraints may be
overcome. "Food Security" will cover: global food needs, the mismatch
between population and the ability to provide adequate nutrition, global food
potential, natural constraints to satisfying global needs for food, forest and
fibre, nutrition, food quality and food safety, as well as socio-political
factors that impinge on the ability to satisfy global food needs. The journal
will contain a mixture of original refereed papers, review articles, case
studies, commentaries and letters to the editor. The editor-in-chief is Dr
Richard Strange of Birkbeck College, University of London, UK,
E-mail.
The new journal is appearing as FAO reports that high food prices have pushed
an additional 40 million people into hunger in 2008, increasing the total number
of starving people to 14 percent of the world's population. This world situation
may deteriorate as the financial crisis hits many real economies. Most of the
undernourished people live in a group of countries, with 65 percent in India,
China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan and
Ethiopia. See: http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/8836/icode/.
The first issue of "Food Security", and selected items from future
issues, will be available free online. ISPP Members and Members of ISPP
Associated Societies can subscribe to the journal for €30 per annum.
See: http://www.isppweb.org/about_fs_flyer.asp.
Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
The Committee on the Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria of the
International Society of Plant Pathology has just published a manuscript on the
taxonomy of plant pathogenic bacteria. The goal of the manuscript is to help
clarify issues related to nomenclature and classification.
Bull, CT, SH De Boer, TP Denny, G Firrao, M Fischer-Le Saux, GS Saddler, M
Scortichini, DE Stead, Y Takikawa. (2008). Demystifying Nomenclature of
Bacterial Plant Pathogens. Journal of Plant Pathology 90:403-417.
The manuscript will become available from the Journal of Plant Pathology
at http://www.sipav.org/main/jpp/jol.htm, and can be downloaded from the ISPP website at
http://www.isppweb.org/about_tppb.asp.
The Committee is finishing a new version of the list "Names of Plant
Pathogenic Bacteria". Please use the form available on the ISPP website to
submit names to the Committee to ensure that they are listed if appropriate.
(Click the "Submit a Name" link on the list on the left).
Carolee T Bull, PhD, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA/ARS, 1636 E Alisal
Street, Salinas, CA 93905, USA. Phone: +831-755-2889. E-mail: Carolee.Bull@ars.usda.gov.
Forest Pathology
The ISPP Subject Matter Committee for Forest Pathology has a new Chair,
Professor Jolanda Roux, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute,
University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa. Her e-mail address is jolanda.roux@fabi.up.ac.za.
Plant Abiotic Stress
A meeting entitled "Plant Abiotic Stress - from signaling to
development" will be held in Tartu, Estonia from 14-17 May 2009.
The meeting is being organized by the European Union COST Action FA605 -
International Network of Plant Abiotic stress (INPAS). The goal of INPAS is to
build an international network on plant abiotic stress. The research priorities
of the action are centered on complementary expertise allocated into four
Working Groups: Functional characterization of protein kinases; Genetic
identification of signaling factors; Expression of genes involved in the
production of osmo-protectants; Integrated molecular analysis of the polyamine
metabolic pathway.
The invited speakers are: Nam-Hai Chua, Tamas Dalmay, John Doonan, Simon
Gilroy, Maarten Koornneef, Matthieu Reymond, Montserrat Pages, Oscar Ruiz and
Jian-Kang Zhu.
The deadline for a reduced registration fee (only 120 EUR) and early abstract
submission (to be used for selection of oral presentations) is 17 March 2009.
Dr Hannes Kollist, Plant Signal Transduction Group, Institute of Technology,
University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, Estonia, e-mail: inpas@frens.ee
. Phone: +372-737-4814. See: http://www.ut.ee/inpas/.
Arab Congress of Plant Protection
The 10th Arab Congress of Plant Protection will be organized by the Arab
Society for Plant Protection in collaboration with the National Council for
Scientific Research in Lebanon and will be held in Beirut, Lebanon, during 26-30
October 2009. The congress program will include general symposia where
internationally known scientists will be invited to give presentations of
general interest to plant protectionists. In addition, there will be paper
presentation sessions where scientific workers in plant protection in the Arab
countries can present and discuss their work either as oral presentations or as
posters.
See the Arab Society for Plant Protection www.asplantprotection.org. Contact: Dr Khaled Makkouk, Secretary of the Organizing Committee,
e-mail: acpp2009@cnrs.edu.lb. click
here to download flyer.
International Conference in Pakistan
In 2005, a meeting of leading mycologists and plant pathologists decided to
establish the Mycophytoathological Society of Pakistan (MYCOPS). This Society
saw the need to look to the future to position its disciplines to meet societal
needs and scientific opportunities. The Society is working at bridging the gap
between academia and industry. MYCOPS started at the Department of Mycology and
Plant Pathology, University of Punjab, Lahore. It is separate from the
Phytopathological Society of Pakistan and has its own Executive committee.
MYCOPS is regularly publishing the scientific journal "Mycopath".
As its first biennial meeting, MYCOPS wil hold the First International
Conference of Mycops as "Mycovision in Agriculture" in the Institute
of Mycology and Plant Pathology, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan (click
here). The meeting will be held from 9-11 November 2009. The Organiser and
Chairman is Professor Dr Rukshana Bajwa director@mpp.pu.edu.pk
. More
information may be obtained from the Conference Secretary Dr Sarwar Alam drssalam@yahoo.com.
Mediterranean Phytopathological Union
The Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU) has announced the
organization of its 13th Phytopathological Congress in Rome, Italy, on 13-18
June 2010. The scientific programme of the Congress will include keynote and
oral presentations, poster sessions and round table discussions.
The Congress will cover the following general topics: diagnostics of plant
pathogens; genetic variability of plant pathogens; histological, cellular and
molecular aspects of the host-parasite relationship; disease epidemics and
forecasting; mycotoxins and mycotoxicosis; new diseases caused by fungi,
viruses, bacteria and nematodes; control strategies; modes of action and facts
concerning pesticides.
The Congress is organised under the auspices of the Mediterranean
Phytopathological Union (MPU) and Centro di Ricerca per la Patologia Vegetale (CRA-PAV)
of Rome, Italy. The local organising committee comprises Emma Motta, Laura
Mugnai, Luca Riccioni, Laura Tomassoli and Patrizia Rosset.
click
here to download flyer
Further information will become available at www.mpunion.com.
Some Fun for Nematologists
A new book entitled "An Anecdotal History of Nematology" features a
galaxy of story-telling nematologists, who reminisce about their beloved
nematodes, and tell us how they got to know them so well. This book is suitable
for those who love to work on nematodes, and is for historians in science and
zoological libraries.
The book is by J M Webster, J Webster, B Eriksson, D McNamara, J M Eriksson,
K B McNamara and David G McNamara The publisher is Pensoft Publishers, 2008.
ISBN 9546423246, 9789546423245. 300 pages. See: http://www.pensoft.net/notes/14119.stm.
Coming Events
5th Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium at the Thredbo Alpine Hotel,
NSW, Australia. 5-7 February 2009. See: http://www.conlog.com.au/asds/. Contact: conference@conlog.com.au.
International Conference on Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Vienna,
Austria. 8-11 February 2009. Contact: stressplants.pflanzenmolbio@univie.ac.at. See:
www.univie.ac.at/stressplants/.
Crop Protection in Southern Britain at the East of England Showground,
Peterborough, UK. 10-11 February 2009 See: http://www.aab.org.uk/contentok.php?id=184&basket=wwsshowconflist
.
International Meeting on Emerging Diseases and Surveillance 2009 (IMED) in
Vienna, Austria. For the public health community (human and animal), scientists,
health care workers, and other leaders in the field of emerging infectious
diseases. 13-16 February 2009. See: http://imed.isid.org.
International Conference on Grain Legumes: Quality Improvement, Value
Addition and Trade in Kanpur, India. 14-19 February 2009. See: http://www.icar.org.in/internconference.pdf.
International Forest Biosecurity Conference, incorporating the 6th
International Forest Vegetation Management Conference, in Rotorua, New Zealand.
16-20 March 2009. See: http://forestbiosecurity.com/. 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.
Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2009 Technical Workshop in Sonora,
Mexico. 17-19 March 2009. Note that there will be a registration fee of $US300.
Contact: BGRI@cornell.edu.
FEBS Workshop 'Adaptation Potential in Plants' at the Gregor Mendel Institute
of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna, Austria. 19-21 March 2009. Contact: maria.siomos@gmi.oeaw.ac.at. See: www.gmi.oeaw.ac.at/febs2009.
7th World Potato Congress "Nourishing Our Future" in Christchurch,
New Zealand. 22-25 March 2009. See: http://www.wpcnz.org.nz/.
Greenhouse 2009: Climate Change and Resources, in Perth, Western Australia.
23-26 March 2009. See: http://www.greenhouse2009.com.
International Conference on Plant Virology to be held at the Harrogate
International Center, UK. 1-3 April 2009. See: www.aab.org.uk/contentok.php?id=73&basket=wwsshowconfdets.
The Second European Ramularia Workshop, Edinburgh 2009 - a new disease and
challenge in Barley Production in Edinburgh, UK. 7-8 April 2009. See: www.aab.org.uk.
VI International Postharvest Symposium in Antalya, Turkey. 8-12 April 2009.
Contact: erkan@akdeniz.edu.tr.
See: http://www.postharvest2009.com/.
Advances in epidemiology and control of rusts at Science and Advice for
Scottish Agriculture (SASA), Edinburgh, UK. 22-23 April 2009. See: http://www.aab.org.uk/page.php?start=184&conf=78
.
The 5th International Conference on Biopesticides: Stakeholders' Perspective
(ICOB-V 2009) in New Delhi, India. 26-30 April 2009. Contact:
icob5.biopest@nic.in . See: http://www.icob5.nic.in.
3rd International Symposium on Crop Plant Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic
Factors: Current Potential and Future Demands in Berlin, Germany. 14-16 May
2009. Contact: dpg@phytomedizin.org. See:
www.dpg-bcpc-symposium.de.
Meeting on "Plant Abiotic Stress - from signaling to development"
in Tartu, Estonia. 14-17 May 2009. Contact: Dr Hannes Kollist inpas@frens.ee
. Phone: +372-737-4814. See: http://www.ut.ee/inpas/.
8th International PGPR Workshop in Portland, Oregon, USA. 17-22 May 2009.
See: www.capps.wsu.edu/pgpr.
Training Program: Integrated Pest Management and Food Safety in Wageningen,
The Netherlands. 18 May-12 Jun 2009. Contact: training.wi@wur.nl.
14th International Sclerotinia Workshop in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
31 May-4 June 2009. See: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/sclerotinia_conference/index.html.
SFP National Congress (in French) in Lyon, France. 8-11 June 2009.
Canadian Phytopathological Society Annual General Meeting in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. 22-25 June 2009. See: www.cps-scp.ca.
XXIth International Symposium on Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Temperate
Fruit Crops and XIIth International Symposium on Small Fruit Virus Diseases in
Germany. 5-10 July 2009. See http://www.phytomedizin.org/index.php?id=193. Source: Professor Dr Wilhelm Jelkmann Wilhelm.Jelkmann@jki.bund.de Julius
Kühn-Institut, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Kulturpflanzen, Institut für
Pflanzenschutz in Obst- und Weinbau, Schwabenheimer Str. 101, 69221 Dossenheim,
Germany.
Plant ROS 2009 in Helsinki, Finland. 8-10 July 2009. Contact: organizers@pog2009.org. See:
www.pog2009.org/.
14th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions in
Québec City, Canada. 19-23 July 2009. See: www.ismpminet.org/meetings.
APS Annual Meeting 2009 at the Portland Convention Center, Portland, Oregon,
USA. 1-5 August 2009. See: http://www.apsnet.org
.
14th Australasian Plant Breeding Conference and 11th SABRAO Conference in
Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. 10-14 August 2009. See: http://www.plantbreeding09.com.au/.
10th International Cotton Conference "Natural Fibres-Their
Attractiveness in Multidirectional Applications" in Gdynia, Poland. 3-4
September 2009. See: http://www.gca.org.pl/x.php/2,326/10th-International-Cotton
Conference.html.
2nd World Seed Conference "Responding to the Challenges of the Changing
World: The Role of New Plant Varieties and High Quality Seed in
Agriculture" at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. 8-10 September 8-10, 2009.
See: http://worldseedconference.org/en/worldseedconference/home.html.
BSPP Presidential Meeting 2009 "Celebrating Darwin's 200th
Birthday" at University Museum, Oxford, UK. 22 September 2009. See: http://www.bspp.org.uk/.
APPS 2009 "Plant Health Management-An Integrated Approach" at the
Civic Precinct, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. 30 September-2 October 2009.
See: http://www.apps2009.org.au/. Contact: Conference Secretariat, PO Box 6150, Kingston, ACT 2604, Australia.
Phone: +61 2 6281 6624, Fax: +61 2 6285 1336. Email: conference@conlog.com.au.
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.
9th International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology in St Louis, Missouri,
USA. 25-30 October 2009. Contact: ipmb2009@missouri.edu. See:
www.ipmb2009.org.
"First International Conference of Mycops" in the Institute of
Mycology and Plant Pathology, University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. 9-11
November 2009. Contact: Professor Dr Rukshana Bajwa director@mpp.pu.edu.pk
or the Conference Secretary Dr Sarwar Alam drssalam@yahoo.com.
The 2009 International Conference on Horticulture in Bangalore, Karnataka,
India. 9-12 November 2009. See: http://www.pnasf.org/ich2009.htm.
5th International Conference on Plant Pathology, with the theme "Plant
pathology in the globalized era", at the Indian Agricultural Research
Institute, New Delhi, India. 10-13 November 2009. Contact: ipsdis@indiatimes.com
or ipsdis@yahoo.com .
National Soybean Rust Symposium in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. 9-11 December
2009. Contact: dorrance.1@osu.edu.
Global Biosecurity 2010, Safeguarding Agriculture and the Environment, at the
Brisbane Convention Center, Queensland, Australia. 23 February-3 March 2010.
See: www.globalbiosecurity2010.com.
13th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union in Rome, Italy.
13-18 June 2010. See: www.mpunion.com. Contact:
laura.mugnai@unifi.it.
click
here to download flyer
9th International Mycological Congress (IMC9) in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 1-6
August 2010. See: http://www.imc9.info/.
APS Annual Meeting 2010 at Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 7-11 August
2010. See: http://www.apsnet.org.
Plant Virus Epidemiology Symposium at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York,
USA. August 2010. See: http://www.isppweb.org/ICPVE/.
XXVIII International Horticultural Congress (IHC2010) in Lisbon, Portugal.
22-27 August 2010. Contact: info@ihc2010.org. See:
http://www.ihc2010.org.
The 8th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae and Related
Pathogens in Oxford, UK. 31 August-3 September 2010. See: www.reading.ac.uk/Psyringae2010. Contact: syringae2010@plants.ox.ac.uk.
The 18th Biennial Australasian Plant Pathology Meeting and 4th Asian
Conference for Plant Pathology, a Joint Conference, at the Darwin Convention
Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. 27-29 April 2011. Watch: http://www.australasianplantpathologysociety.org.au/.
10th International Congress of Plant Pathology 2013 (ICPP2013)
"Bio-security, Food Safety and Plant Pathology: The Role of Plant Pathology
in a Globalized Economy" in Beijing, China. 25-31 August 2013. Watch: http://www.isppweb.org/congress.asp.
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