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:
Idea of a Journal of
Food Security
The ISPP's Task Force on
Global Food Security has as its first activity "Raising awareness of
the impact of plant diseases on food security". One of the actions to
emerge from this is to explore the possibility of a Journal of Food
Security, a concept originating from within the Task Force and now seeking
to maximize interactions across other disciplines.
The concept takes as its
starting point:
"Malnutrition still
claims the lives of many, particularly the most vulnerable – 18,000
children every day according to one recent estimate. This is an appalling
tragedy in the true sense of the word, as such misery is avoidable: but
avoidance is seldom simple, as the scope of the proposed journal
demonstrates."
Of course inadequate
nutrition goes far beyond plant pathology, and indeed far beyond plants.
The concept of the journal would be to reflect the multifaceted nature of
the challenge of food security. It would be a journal of the science and
sociology of food production and access to food. It would include two
types of material: broad analyses of the complex constraints that deprive
large parts of the world population from effective access to nutritious
food, and research into overcoming such constraints. By focussing on these
issues in a single publication, it is intended that the journal will
provide a spur for the initiation and promotion of policies which will
co-ordinately address the spectre of hunger. It will focus on these issues
as such, rather than on the component disciplines separately.
The concept of the
journal is being considered by a distinguished Advisory Board that
includes four World Food Prize Laureates (Lodovica Gullino, Modadugu
Gupta, David Ingram, Osamu Ito, Gurdev Khush, Harry Kuiper, Hosny El
Lakany, Rattan Lal, Bill McKelvey, Kanayo Nwanze, Gabrielle Persley, Per
Pinstrup-Andersen, Ingo Potrykus, Pedro Sanchez, Carlos Seré, Prakash
Shetty).
Coordinating the
discussion, and considering how best to turn concept into reality, are two
members of ISPP's Task Force on Global Food Security; Peter Scott (E-mail)
and Richard Strange (E-mail),
who would be pleased to receive comments.
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Election of ISPP
Executive Committee 2008-2013
In accordance with the
Rules of Procedure of ISPP, the Executive Committee has formed a
Nomination Committee. Its function is to invite, from ISPP's national and
other Associated Societies, proposals for nominees for election to the
2008-2013 Executive Committee of ISPP. From the nominees received, the
Nomination Committee selects two candidates for each office (President,
Vice-President, Secretary-General and Treasurer). Election is by ballot of
ISPP Councilors in 2007/8.
ISPP Statutes place
emphasis on geographical diversity in this process. The Executive
Committee has therefore agreed that Nomination Committee members should
loosely represent regions of the world. There are nine Nomination
Committee members, chosen for their association with: East and South-East
Asia; Europe; Middle East; North America; Oceania; South Asia; South and
Central America; Southern Africa; West, Central, East and North Africa.
Proposals of nominees are
now invited for consideration by the Nomination Committee. Representatives
(for example a Councilor) of an Associated Society of ISPP should send
their proposal to Peter Scott ( E-mail
) as Chairman of the Committee. Others should send their proposal through
a representative of an Associated Society.
Names and full contact
details (including e-mail address) should be sent. Evidence of a
nominee’s willingness to serve, if elected, must be provided. It would
be appreciated if nominations could arrive by 31 August 2007.
Information about ISPP
can be found at (Web).
The ISPP (founded in
1968) is the representative international body of plant pathology
societies. It is a member of the International Union of Biological
Sciences (IUBS), the International Union of Microbiological Sciences (IUMS),
and has liaison with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Those elected to the
executive committee enjoy responsibility and status in the discipline of
plant pathology. They are unpaid. They should expect to commit significant
effort to their office, and be rewarded with the satisfaction of having
the potential to make an important contribution to their discipline.
Dr Peter R Scott,
Immediate Past President, International Society for Plant Pathology;
Vice-President, 9th International Congress of Plant Pathology, Torino,
2008. CAB International, Wallingford OX10 8DE, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1491
832111. Fax: +44 (0)1491
833508. Mobile: +44 (0)7710 238423. E-mail.
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International Meeting
of three Societies of the Americas
A Latin American Congress
of Plant Pathology was held from 19–25 May 2007 in the Yucatan Peninsula
of Mexico, at Cancun. The
host society was the "Sociedad Mexicana de Fitopatologia"
(Mexican Society for Plant Pathology) that held its 34th annual meeting.
Participating also were two other societies. The Latin American
Association of Plant Pathology (Web), which held its 14th Congress of Plant Pathology, and the Caribbean
Division of the American Phytopathological Society (Web), which held its 47th Annual Meeting. A total of 324 abstracts were
published in the congress manual, representing 12 Oral Sessions and four
Poster Sessions.
This item was reported by
Dr Ed French, Executive Secretary of the Latin American Association (Email).
International
Conference on Bacterial Blight of Rice
Professor Jinsheng Wang (E-mail), Department
of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095,
China; tel: 086-025-843-95178, reminds that the 1st International
Conference on Bacterial Blight of Rice (ICBB) under the Chair of H Kaku
was held in Tsukuba, Japan, in 2003. He now announces that the 2nd ICBB
will be held in Nanjing, China, from 1-3 October 2007. He invites viewing
at (Web)
and invites participants and their presentations. See “Coming Events”.
Dr Amerika Singh
Dr Amerika Singh of the
National Centre for Integrated Pest Management (Web), Lal Bahadur Shastri Building, Pusa Campus, New Delhi 110 012, India,
died on 31 May 2007. His eldest daughter Dr Pratibha Singh told Dr Peter
Scott (ISPP Immediate Past-President) about his untimely death. Dr Scott
replied with a brief tribute and condolences. Pratibha may be contacted at
(E-mail).
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Food Safety Begins as
Vegetables Grow
The American
Phytopathological Society (APS) advises that monitoring vegetables while
they are growing is crucial in the prevention of contamination of fresh
produce with harmful bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella. Jeri D Barak,
research microbiologist with the US Department of Agriculture's
Agricultural Research Service in Albany, California, USA, has found that
organisms such as Salmonella use specific genes to colonize plants,
creating an active interaction with the plant surface, making them almost
inseparable from the vegetable.
She and other APS members
will present their latest food safety research and describe future
research needs at a symposium entitled “Cross Domain: Emerging Threats
to Plants, Humans, and Our Food Supply” on 30 July 2007 during the joint
meeting of APS and the Society of Nematologists at the Town and Country
Resort and Convention Center in San Diego, California, USA. See “Coming
Events”.
VI
International
Pineapple Symposium
The ISHS Secretariat
informs that Dr Domingo Haroldo Reinhardt (E-mail)
is convener of the VI International Pineapple Symposium that will be
organised in João Pessoa, Paraiba State, Brazil, from 18-23 November 2007
(see “Coming Events”). The Symposium is under the auspices of the
Pineapple Working Group, Section of Tropical Fruits, International Society
of Horticultural Sciences (ISHS). Dr Reinhardt advises that the second
announcement is available at (Web) where there is also a call for abstracts with further instructions.
Books from ACIAR
Some publications from
the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
include:-
- Guidelines for
surveillance for plant pests in Asia and the Pacific by Teresa McMaugh.
- Available in English
(2005) and Indonesian (2007), this manual will assist in devising
surveillance programs and transmission of specimens to the laboratory for
identification and preservation. See MN119 at (Web).
-
- Selecting Safer
Pesticides - integrating risk assessment, monitoring and management of
pesticides, edited by A N Crossan, Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Pham Ngoc Ha
and I R Kennedy.
- This book (2005)
describes a process to select safer pesticides and to improve the
management of pesticide use. It addresses the need for good pesticide
selection and management in Vietnam and throughout Southeast Asia. See
MN117 at (Web).
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New compendia from APS
Compendium of Brassica Diseases
(2007).
Edited by S Roger Rimmer, Vernon I
Shattuck, and Lone Buchwaldt.
This colour diagnostic guidebook is a
thorough, authoritative and practical reference for anyone who needs
to diagnose and manage disease problems in brassica crops destined for
vegetable markets, seeds, oil, and condiments.
There are about 136 pages, 165 colour
illustrations and 26 black and white illustrations.
Compendium of Rose Diseases and
Pests, 2nd Edition (2007).
By R Kenneth Horst and Raymond Cloyd.
This compendium has been thoroughly
updated and expanded and given a new format with colour throughout to
provide the reader with the most current and relevant information
available in a user-friendly manner. The new second edition includes
information on insects and mites with 68 images to help identify these
pests and the damage they cause.
There are 96 pages, 151 colour
photographs and 19 black and white illustrations.
Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, 3rd
Edition (2007).
By Richard W Smiley, Peter H Dernoeden,
and Bruce B Clarke.
This compendium is devoted entirely to
the diagnosis and control of approximately 80 diseases affecting
grasses maintained for fine turfs on residential and commercial lawns,
turf farms, golf courses, sports fields, bowling greens, cemeteries
and other areas. This book will help identify problems quickly and
accurately before they become unmanageable and costly to control.
There are 167 pages, 298 colour
illustrations and 41 black and white illustrations. A Spanish version
is available.
The books can be ordered from the
American Phytopathological Society in the following ways:-
1. Online at (Web).
2. Phone toll-free from the USA and most
of Canada on: 1.800.328.7560 or from elsewhere on: +1.651.454.7250.
3. Fax on: +1.651.454.0766.
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The Aspergillus
Website
Readers may be interested
to know of an informative and highly active website about the fungus
Aspergillus and especially the human and animal diseases which it causes.
See (Web).
Integrated Pest
Management Network (IPMnet)
IPMnet NEWS delivers
current IPM and crop pest management information as well as internet links
to related sources. It is focused on contemporary, economic,
environmentally aware approaches to managing/controlling weeds, pathogens,
insects, nematodes, and vertebrate pests in crops and amenity plantings,
as well as preventing or containing invasive crop-related species. IPMnet
NEWS welcomes information about global/local IPM developments.
IPMnet NEWS is without
charge to recipients. It is published every six weeks. Financial
underwriting comes from: the USDA’s Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service; the US Agency for International
Development's IPM Collaborative Research Support Program; and, the
Integrated Plant Protection Center at Oregon State University, USA.
You can request an e-mail
example of IPMnet NEWS to evaluate its content and potential usefulness
from (IPMnet@science.oregonstate.edu)
before deciding about regular e-mail issues. A E Deutsch,
Editor/Coordinator, IPMnet NEWS (IPMnet@science.oregonstate.edu),
c/o Integrated Plant Protection Center, 2040 Cordley Hall, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR 97331-2915, USA.
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Coming
Events
- 2007 Joint Annual Meeting of The
American Phytopathological Society and Society of Nematologists in San
Diego, California, USA.
- 28 July-1 August 2007.
- Register at ( http://meeting.apsnet.org
).
-
- Mycological Society of America Annual
Meeting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
- 4-9 August 2007.
- See ( www.msafungi.org
).
-
- XI International Workshop on Fire Blight
in Portland, Oregon, USA.
- 12-17 August 2007.
- See ( www.oregonstate.edu/conferences/fireblight2007
).
-
- 12th International IUFRO Conference on
Root and Butt Rots of Forest Trees in Berkeley, California, USA.
- 12-19 August 2007.
- See ( http://nature.berkeley.edu/IUFRO2007/rootrot/index.html
).
-
- 3rd Asian Conference on Plant Pathology
("The role of plant pathology in rapidly globalizing economies of
Asia") in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
- 20-24 August 2007.
- See ( www.3rdacpp.com
).
-
- 4th IUFRO Meeting on Phytophthoras in
Forests and Natural Ecosystems at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in
Monterey, California, USA.
- 26-31 August 2007.
- Contact Katie Palmieri ( palmieri@nature.berkeley.edu
).
- See ( http://nature.berkeley.edu/IUFRO2007/phytophthora
).
-
- International Symposium on Novel
Approaches to Disease and Pest Management in Banana and Plantain in
Greenway Woods, White River, South Africa.
- 10-14 September 2007.
- See ( www.promusa.org
).
-
- AAB (Association of Applied Biologists)
Advances in Virology at the University of Greenwich, London, UK.
- 11-12 September 2007.
- See ( http://www.aab.org.uk/contentok.php?id=184&basket=wwsshowconflist
).
-
- The BSPP Presidential Meeting: Attack
and Defence in Plant Disease at the University of Bath, United
Kingdom.
- 12-14 September 2007.
- See ( http://www.bsppmeetings.org.uk
).
-
- 16th Biennial Australasian Plant
Pathology Society Conference (“Back to Basics: Managing Plant
Disease”) and 9th Australasian Mycological Society Conference in
Adelaide, South Australia.
- 24-27 September 2007.
- See ( www.australasianplantpathologysociety.org.au
).
-
- 2nd International Conference on
Bacterial Blight of Rice (ICBB) in Nanjing, China.
- 1-3 October 2007.
- See ( http://icbb2007.njau.edu.cn
).
-
- II International Symposium on Tomato
Diseases in Kusadasi, Turkey.
- 8-12 October 2007.
- See ( www.2istd.ege.edu.tr
).
-
- XVIth International Plant Protection
Congress (IPPC) in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
- 15-18 October 2007.
- See ( www.bcpc.org/iapps2007
).
-
- 14th International Botrytis Symposium in
Cape Town, South Africa.
- 21-26 October 2007.
- See ( http://academic.sun.ac.za/botrytis2007
).
-
- Borers and Rots in Eucalypts Conference
in Perth, Western Australia.
- 5-7 November 2007.
- See ( www.promaco.com.au/2007/borers
).
-
- First Meeting of International
Phytoplasmologist Working Group (IPWG) in Bologna, Italy.
- 12-15 November 2007.
- See ( http://www.mpunion.com
).
-
- 6th World Avocado Congress in Vina del
Mar, Chile.
- 12-16 November 2007.
- See ( www.worldavocadocongress.com
).
-
- VI International Pineapple Symposium in
João Pessoa, Paraiba State, Brazil.
- 18 to 23 November 2007.
- Contact: Dr. Domingo Haroldo Reinhardt,
Embrapa Cassava & Tropical Fruits, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brazil (
dharoldo@cnpmf.embrapa.br
).
- See ( www.ipsbrasil2007.com.br
).
-
- Third International Conference on Plant
Pathology & 7th Biennial Meeting of Pakistan Phytopathological
Society in the University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
- 19 - 21 November 2007.
- See ( http://www.pu.edu.pk/conference/mppl-conference-07.asp
).
- Contact: Professor Dr Rukhsana Bajwa,
Chairperson, Department of Mycology & Plant Pathology, University
of the Punjab, Lahore-54590, Pakistan. Tel: +92 429231846-7.
- Fax: +92 429231187. E-mail ( chairperson@mpp.pu.edu.pk
).
-
- 2007 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum
in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- 2-4 December 2007.
- Contact ( scabusa@scabusa.org
).
- See ( www.scabusa.org/forum07.html
).
-
- AAB (Association of Applied Biologists)
Advances in Nematology at the Linnean Society, London, UK.
- 11 December 2007.
- See ( http://www.aab.org.uk/contentok.php?id=184&basket=wwsshowconflist
).
-
- National Soybean Rust Symposium in
Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
- 12-14 December 2007.
- Contact ( aps@scisoc.org
).
- See ( www.apsnet.org
).
-
- 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
).
-
- APS Centennial Meeting, Minneapolis in
Minnesota, USA.
- 26-30 July 2008.
- Contact: ( aps@scisoc.org
).
- See ( www.apsnet.org
).
-
- 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
).
-
- 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
).
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