See: www.isppweb.org/about_fs_flyer.asp
The aims and scope go beyond plant pathology, beyond plants and beyond
agriculture. In order to attempt to meet the challenge of global food
security, the journal addresses the physical, biological and
socio-economic constraints, which not only limit food production but also
the ability of people to access a healthy diet. The journal will contain a
mixture of original refereed papers taking a synthetic view of the
science, sociology and economics of food production, agricultural
development, access to food, and nutrition, together with review articles,
case studies and letters to the editor.
The journal does not seek to duplicate the coverage of the many
publications that focus specifically on the component disciplines. Thus
"Food Security" includes reference to plant pathology, but
extends far beyond. There is no particular focus on plant pathology.
The initiative has been coordinated by ISPP from its origins in a
public forum at ICPP98 in Edinburgh, addressed by Nobel Peace Laureate Dr
Norman Borlaug. This resulted in the formation of ISPP's Task Force on
Global Food Security and then the emergence of the concept of a food
security journal, shaped under the influence of an Advisory Board, as
announced in the ISPP Newsletter in July 2007.
The Editor-in-Chief is Richard Strange, Honorary Professor, University
College London, Honorary Research Fellow, Birkbeck College, University of
London. r.strange@sbc.bbk.ac.uk
Further information can be obtained from Peter Scott, Chairman, ISPP
Task Force on Global Food Security, "Peter Scott" p.scott@cabi.org
.
Registrations and fellowships for ICPP2008
As at 24 June 2008, 1352 persons from 80 countries had registered to
attend the International Congress of Plant Pathology in Turin from 24-29
August 2008. Thanks to the generosity of several agencies (including
Fondazione CRT, Compagnia di San Paolo, NATO) 93 fellowships have been
awarded to assist with attendance.
For details, click
here.
Jakob Eriksson Prize for 2008
Dr Laurence V Madden, Professor of Plant Pathology, Ohio State
University, USA, will receive the Jakob Eriksson Prize at the 9th
International Congress of Plant Pathology in Torino, Italy, on 29 August
2008. Larry Madden is being recognized for his numerous seminal research
contributions in plant disease epidemiology that have substantially
increased our understanding of disease development in time and space.
For information on the Eriksson Prize and Medal and an account of
previous winners and the 10th recipient, Larry Madden, see http://www.isppweb.org/about_eriksson.asp
.
ISPP Executive Committee for 2008-2013
At the completion of the International Congress of Plant Pathology
(ICPP2008) in August 2008, a new Executive Committee will take office
until 2013. Joining the then Immediate Past-President: Richard FALLOON,
Christchurch, New Zealand, will be four members who were elected by ISPP
Councillors, and they are:
President: Lodovica GULLINO, Torino, Italy; Vice-President: Wafa KHOURY,
FAO; Secretary-General: Greg JOHNSON, Canberra, Australia; Treasurer:
Thomas EVANS, Newark, USA.
The sixth member is a second Vice-President nominated by the Chinese
Society for Plant Pathology (CSPP) as hosts of the International Congress
in 2013 (ICPP2013): You-Liang PENG, Beijing, China.
The Executive Committee will continue to be joined on its Secretariat
by the ISPP Business Manager: Peter WILLIAMSON, Toowoomba, Australia, and
by the ISPP Newsletter Editor: Brian DEVERALL, Sydney, Australia, who were
appointed in 2007 by the Executive Committee for 2003-2008.
Completing the Secretariat will be the Chair of the ISPP Taskforce
Force for Global Food Security: Peter SCOTT, Wallingford, UK, and the
Editor of "Food Security": Richard STRANGE, London, UK.
Société Française de Phytopathologie (SFP)
The Secretary of SFP, Frédéric Revers revers@bordeaux.inra.fr
, has sent this information on the society.
The new team on the SFP board for 2008-2010 is: Pascal Frey Président;
Philippe Reignault Vice-Président 1; Alain Sarniguet Vice-Président 2;
Frédéric Revers Secretary; Olivier Lemaire Secretary 2; Marie-France
Corio-Costet Treasurer.
The ISPP Councillors are Dr Pascal Frey and Dr Eliane Dumas-Gaudot.
SFP will hold its National Congress (in French) on 8-11 June 2009 in
Lyon, France. SFP will contribute to the organisation of the French Plant
Virology Congress which will be held on 18-22 January 2009 in Aussois,
France.
Twice a year, SFP awards grants for PhD students who want to present
their work at International Congresses. Eleven such grants were awarded in
2007.
All SFP news may be seen at http://www.sfp-asso.org/index.php
.
Anne Vidaver - ASM Award
Anne Vidaver, Professor of Plant Pathology, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, USA http://plantpathology.unl.edu/Welcome/Directory/vidaver.htm
, is well known for her research and scholarship on phytopathogenic
bacteria and bacteria associated with plants. She is a very distinguished
member of the American Phytopathological Society and of ISPP.
The 2008 American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Founders Distinguished
Service Award now has been presented to her. This occurred during the
108th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held on
1-5 June 2008, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The Award recognizes her
outstanding contributions and commitment to the ASM as a volunteer at the
national level.
The ASM tribute indicates that, for 30 years, Anne has been an
outstanding leader and a persistent and effective advocate for research
and policy issues, especially in agricultural and environmental
microbiology. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (AAM),
a two-time ASM Foundation Lecturer and a past Advisory Board member of the
Center for the History of Microbiology. Her ASM service also includes the
Committee on the Status of Women in Microbiology, the Procter & Gamble
Award Selection Committee and the Public and Scientific Affairs Board
Committee on Agricultural, Food and Industrial Microbiology, which she
chaired from 1994-2003. In addition, she has organized and moderated some
ASM symposia and participated in several AAM colloquia. Anne also has an
outstanding national service record. From 2000-2002, she served as Chief
Scientist for the USDA, where she chaired the Interagency Working Group
for the Microbe Project, which enabled a collaborative effort on genomic
sequencing of microbes that is now funded at over $20 million each year.
Congratulations from ISPP to Anne Vidaver.
Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
Carolee Bull Carolee.Bull@ARS.USDA.GOV
and her ISPP Committee on Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria have
recently made several changes to their ISPP web-site. A comprehensive
treatment of the International Standards for Naming Pathovars of
Phytopathogenic Bacteria and listing of approved names is now joined by
provision for submission of published proposed names using the new web
form. The site also gives a history of the Committee and its membership,
details of the current committee and news of a special meeting at ICPP2008
in Turin. See: http://www.isppweb.org/about_tppb.asp
.
Agenda ISPP Council Meeting
This wiil be held on 26 August 2008, 19.00 to 21.00 hours, in Rampa
Hall, Hotel Le Méridien Turin Art+Tech, Via Nizza, 230 - 10126 Torino,
Italy, in conjunction with the Ninth International Congress for Plant
Pathology (ICPP 2008).
Welcome by President Richard Falloon and introduction of Officers; Self
Introductions of Councillors and Subject Matter Committee Chairs; Report
of ICPP2008 (Lodovica Gullino); Reports from Subject Matter Committees (Wenhua
Tang and Brian Deverall); Participation in the ISPP World Directory (Peter
Williamson); Results of "Congress Challenge", Public Forum, Task
Force on World Food Security (Peter Scott); Presentation on Journal for
ISPP and Books from ICPP2008 (Peter Scott, Lodovica); Financial Report and
dues structure (Chuji Hiruki and incoming treasurer); The Website www.ISPPWeb.org
(Peter Williamson); New Business and suggestions from Councillors; Report
from the ICPP2013 committee; Any Other Business; Closing Remarks.
Dr Greg Johnson, Secretary-General ISPP, Phone: +61 2 62515658, Mobile:
61 405087870, e-mail: greg.johnson@velocitynet.com.au
.
Associated Societies with ISPP
ISPP Councillors are asked to reply to Dr Greg Johnson secretary@isppweb.org
about his recently e-mailed request for their societies to provide reports
to ISPP for the period 2003-2008. The aim is to provide the ISPP community
with summaries of (i) activities being undertaken by Associated Societies
and (ii) achievements and issues of concern in the region where the
Society is active. The reports will be tabled and discussed at the ISPP
Council Meeting at the International Congress of Plant Pathology in
Torino, Italy, in August 2008, and also placed on the ISPP website for
future reference. The deadline for submitting the report is 31 July 2008.
Recently the ISPP website at www.isppweb.org
has been upgraded with a facility for Associated Societies to update
details.
Review on Biotic Plant Interactions
An International Conference on Biotic Plant Interactions was held in
Brisbane, Australia in March 2008, and a review of the papers presented is
now available as Peer M Schenk, Kenneth C McGrath, Matteo Lorito and
Corné M J Pieterse (2008) Plant-microbe and plant-insect interactions
meet common grounds. New Phytologist 179, 251-255.
See: www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/nph/179/2
Grapevine Trunk Diseases
The International Council of Grapevine Trunk Diseases serves as a forum
for researchers from grape growing countries.
Important trunk disease problems in the grape industry include esca
(black measles) and Eutypa dieback in mature vineyards and dieback and
decline in newly planted vineyards. Esca in mature vines and decline in
young vines were associated with the same fungus, first named as
Phaeoacremonium chlamydosporum and later renamed as Phaeomoniella
chlamydospora. Possible inter-relationships of these diseases posed a need
for closer coordination between scientists working on them, and the idea
of an International Council on Grapevine Trunk Diseases was conceived.
The Council first met in California in July 1998, and agreed on
objectives and a structure for the Council. It was recognised also as a
Subject Matter Committee of ISPP in 2001 (see http://www.isppweb.org/nlaug01.asp
.
The Council and ISPP Committee is now chaired by Laura Mugnai
laura.mugnai @unifi.it helped by the following regional
co-ordinators: Michael Fischer michael.fischer@wbi.bwl.de
; Francois Halleen halleenf@arc.agric.za
; Akif Eskalen aeskalen@ucdavis.edu
; Mark Sosnowski sosnowski.mark@saugov.sa.gov.au
.
There have been five international workshops: the first in Siena, Italy
(October 1999); the second in Lisbon, Portugal (September 2001); the third
in Christchurch, New Zealand (February 2003); the fourth in Stellenbosch,
South Africa (January 2005) and the fifth in Davis, California (2006).
A sixth workshop will be held in Firenze, Italy, from 1-3 September
2008 (see "Coming Events").
A website is under preparation.
New Phytophthora Book
"Phytophthora: Identifying Species by Morphology and DNA
Fingerprints" by Mannon E. Gallegly and Chuanxue Hong is now on sale
from APS Press.
The new identification key enables diagnosticians and regulatory
personnel as well as researchers to identify Phytophthora species rapidly
and confidently. Sixty important species and taxons are presented in the
book. A total of 652 original photos illustrate individual species
covered. A partial list is given of other molecular characters used for
description of new species and differentiation of existing species in
recent years.
Ordering by phone: +1-800-328-7560 from the USA and most of Canada
(toll-free); and +1.651.454.7250 from elsewhere and by fax:
+1-651-454-0766; or online from www.shopapspress.org
.
Coming Events
5th International Congress of Nematology in Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia. 13-18 July 2008. See www.5icn.org/
.
FAO Technical Workshop for the Alleviation of Poverty in the Tropics,
in Rome, Italy. 22-24 July 2008. Contact: Theodor Friedrich Theodor.Friedrich@fao.org
in FAO, Rome; Amir Kassam kassamamir@aol.com
; and Francis Shaxson fshaxson@gotadsl.co.uk
.
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://www.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
.
The Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC) 2008 in
Cork, Ireland. 24-27 August 2008. See: http://www.abic.ca/abic2008/index.html
.
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 .
Conference on Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing
Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health: A Review of Science, Policies, and
Practices in Umea, Sweden. 25-28 August 2008. See: http://www.forestadaptation2008.net
.
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
.
6th International Workshop on Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Florence,
Italy. 1-3 September 2008. Contact: Laura Mugnai laura.mugnai @unifi.it
or Guido Marchi guido.marchi@unifi.it
.
First International Symposium on Biotechnology of Fruit Species in
Dresden, Germany. 1-5 September 2008. See http://www.biotechfruit2008.bafz.de
.
Resource Capture by Crops: Integrated Approaches at the University of
Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, UK. 10-12 September 2008. Bookings now being
taken. See: http://www.aab.org.uk/contentok.php?id=184&basket=wwsshowconflist
.
The 5th International Hybrid Rice Symposium in Changsha, China. 11-15
September 2008. See: www.5thishr.cn/
.
The International Symposium "Harlan II - Biodiversity In
Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution and Sustainability" at the
University of California, Davis, USA. 14-18 September 2008. See http://harlanii.ucdavis.edu/index.htm
.
The European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology 2008 in Brussels,
Belgium. 15-17 September 2008. See: http://www.europabio.org/articles/PR-EFIB.pdf
.
The 1st All Africa Congress on Biotechnology "Harnessing the
Potential of Agricultural Biotechnology for Food Security and
Socio-Economic Development in Africa" in Nairobi, Kenya. 22-28
September 2008. See: http://abneta.org/congress/
.
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
.
Detection Techniques for Mycotoxins and Toxigenic Fungi in the Food
Chain, an ISM Workshop-Training Course in Bari, Italy. 29 September-3
October 2008. See: www.mycotox-society.org/training-2008
.
The Banana 2008 conference "Banana and plantain in Africa:
Harnessing international partnerships to increase research impact" at
the Leisure Lodge Resort in Mombasa, Kenya. 5-9 October 2008. See: http://www.banana2008.com
.
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
.
10th Asian Regional Maize Workshop in Makassar, South Sulawesi,
Indonesia. 20-23 October 2008. Contact: Dr Kevin Pixley at k.pixley@cgiar.org
or see: http://www.cimmyt.org/english/wps/events/2008/10armw.htm
.
3rd European Whitefly Symposium in Aguadulce, Almeria, Spain. 20-24
October 2008. See: http://www.ews3.org
.
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
.
British Crop Production Council (BCPC) Congress 2008 in Glasgow,
Scotland, UK. 3-5 November 2008. See: http://www.bcpc.org/Congress2008/index.asp
.
2nd InternationaL Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant
Diseases in Orlando, Florida, USA. 4-7 November 2008. Contact: JBJones@ufl.edu
.
The First World Biodiversity Congress in Chiang Mai, Thailand. 20-22
November 2008. See: http://www.upm.edu.my/WCB2008Thailand.pdf
.
10th International Symposium on the Biosafety of Genetically Modified
Organisms in Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand. 16-21 November 2008.
See: http://www.isbgmo.info
. E-mail: Michelle Kane at mk@tcc.co.nz
.
Applied Aspects of Aerobiology at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts,
UK. 19 November 2008. See: www.aab.org.uk .
8th Australasian Plant Virology Workshop in Rotorua, New Zealand. 19-22
November 2008. Contact: Dr Robin MacDiarmid rmacdiarmid@hortresearch.co.nz
. See: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/apvw2008
.
International Conference "Genetic control of plant pathogenic
viruses and their vectors: towards new resistance strategies" in
Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Spain. 23-27 November 2008. See: http://www.richalia.es/congreso/index.html
.
2008 National Fusarium Head Blight Forum in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
2-4 December 2008. See: http://www.scabusa.org/forum08.html .
Contact: scabusa@scabusa.org
.
International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics in Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico. 7-12 December 2008. See www.ccg.unam.mx/iclgg4/index.html
.
Global Potato Conference 2008 "Opportunities and Challenges in the
New Millennium" in New Delhi, India. December 9-12, 2008. See: www.gpc2008.in
. Contact Dr J S Minhas at minhasjs@excite.com
.
The International Soybean Processing and Utilization Conference at the
Soybean Processing and Utilization Centre, Central Institute of
Agricultural Engineering in Bhopal, India. 10-14 December 2008. Contact:
Dr S D Kulkarni at sdk@ciae.res.in
or ispuc.v@gmail.com .
BSPP Presidential Meeting "Cereal Pathosystems" at Queen Mary
College, London, UK. 16-17 December 2008. See: www.bsppmeetings.org.uk
.
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.c
l or fitopatologia@uc.cl
. See: http://www.puc.cl/agronomia/congresoalf
.
The French Plant Virology Congress in Aussois, France. 18-22 January
2009.
5th Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium at the Thredbo Alpine
Hotel, NSW, Australia. 5-7 February 2009. Abstract submissions will open
shortly. See: http://www.conlog.com.au/asds/
. Contact: conference@conlog.com.au
.
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.
Greenhouse 2009: Climate Change and Resources, in Perth, Western
Australia. 23-26 March 2009. See: http://www.greenhouse2009.com
.
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 .
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.
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.
APS Annual Meeting 2009 at the Portland Convention Center, Portland,
Oregon, USA. 1-5 August 2009. See: http://www.apsnet.org
.
APPS 2009 "Plant Health Management-An Integrated Approach" at
the Civic Precinct, Newcastle, Australia. 30 September-2 October 2009.
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
.
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 .
APS Annual Meeting 2010 at Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 7-11
August 2010. See: http://www.apsnet.org
.
4th Asian Conference of Plant Pathology and APPC2011 in Darwin,
Northern Territory, Australia. April 2011.
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.
7th International Mycosphaerella and Stagonospora Symposium at the
Monte Verita Conference Centre, Ascona, Switzerland. 18-22 August 2008.
See: http://www.icpp2008.org/satellite.php?pag=11
.
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