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.

Editor, Brian J. Deverall,  e-mail: bdeveral@mail.usyd.edu.au

In this issue:

• 8th International Congress for Plant Pathology, New Zealand
• On-line Instructional Technology Symposium
• Sclerotinia Subject Matter Committee
• Plant Pathology in Japan

• Esca and Phytopathologia Mediterranea

• Norway

• News from the American Phytopathological Society

• Kyrgyz Society for Plant Pathology

• IUBS General Assembly

• EFPP Board Meeting

• Emerging Diseases

• Plant Protection News in Australia

• Potato Newsletter

• Coming Events

The first announcement of this next International Congress for Plant Pathology (8th ICPP) has been distributed world-wide. It contains information about the Congress and also contains a form for Registration of Interest. If you or your plant pathology society have not received copies or want more then please contact Helen Shrewsbury at <shrewsbh@lincoln.ac.nz>. You can also visit the Congress website at <http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/icpp2003/> for information as well as to use the form there to register for further details.

The keynote themes for ICPP2003 are:

• Plant pathology in the Asia/Pacific region.

• Towards integrated management of soil-borne diseases.

• Host-pathogen interactions.

• Towards integrated management of air-borne diseases.

• Knowledge transfer for plant pathology.

In addition there will be concurrent sessions on a range of topics, some of which will be related to the keynote themes. Pre- or post-congress workshops are in the planning stage and will be described in the next circular. This can be obtained by registering with the ICPP2003 organizers.

Dr Gail Schumann thanks the ISPP Executive Committee for its enthusiastic support of the idea of an on-line instructional technology symposium and for financial support to the ISPP Teaching Committee towards the symposium.

The On-line Instructional Technology Symposium will be held from 15 May-30 June 2001. It will consist of presented "papers" of about 1,000 words with links to demonstrations, websites, etc. The general themes will be:

• Internet technologies and the virtual plant pathology classroom

• Packages used in teaching specific areas or topics in plant pathology

• Research tools that can also be used for teaching

"Presenters" will be available at scheduled times for on-line discussions and questions about their materials.

The Symposium will also include on-line moderated forums for discussion of topics such as Internet for distance learning and internal courses, support (funding/technical) for teaching projects, copyright issues, academic recognition of instructional technology and instructional technology in resource-poor countries.

This Symposium will build on the technology workshop from the previous ISPP meeting, but will allow for longer periods of time for people to try various programs and demonstrations, on-line discussion, and, we hope, include a much broader audience of participants.

The planning committee consists of: Terry Stewart (chair), Cleo D’Arcy, Darin Eastburn, David Guest, Thorsten Kraska, James Partridge and Gail Schumann. They plan to have a website prepared by June 2000 outlining the structure of the event and guidelines for submissions. Terry Stewart will be webmaster and organizer and his institution, Massey University, New Zealand, will host the symposium.

This Symposium will also help to determine what programs will be most useful and interesting at the 2003 ICPP in New Zealand.

Please contact Gail L Schumann, Chair, ISPP Teaching Committee, University of Massachusetts, 209 Fernald Hall, Amherst MA 01003-2420, USA; Fax: +1-413-545-2532; e-mail: <Schumann@pltpath.umass.edu> with questions or needs for further information.

ISPP is delighted to announce the new Subject Matter Committee, called the ISPP Sclerotinia Committee. Its aims, membership and programme are as proposed by its Chairman, Dr Jim Steadman of the University of Nebraska, and as set out in the February 2000 issue of the ISPP Newsletter 30 (1)

For further information, please contact Jim Steadman at Fax: +1-402-472-2853; e-mail: <JSTEADMAN1@unl.edu>.

Professor Shigeyuki Mayama reports on the annual meeting of the Phytopathological Society of Japan held in Okayama-city, Japan, from 2-4 April 2000, and attended by 882 scientists. It was organized by Professor Fusao Motoyoshi of Okayama University.

At the meeting, a new council was elected as:

• Dr Yoshio Ehara from Tohoku University as President,

• Dr Tadaaki Hibi from University of Tokyo as Vice-President,

• Dr Shigetou Namba from University of Tokyo as Secretary-General,

• Dr Shigeyuki Mayama from Kobe University as Editor-in-Chief.

Council members of ISPP are Dr Tadaaki Hibi, University of Tokyo; Dr Mitsuro Kameya of Yamaguchi University; Dr Shigeyuki Mayama of Kobe University; Dr Shinji Tsuyumu of Shizuoka University and Dr Ichiro Uyeda of Hokkaido University.

The current membership of the Society is 1759.

For further information, contact Professor Shigeyuki Mayama, ISPP Correspondent, Kobe University, Rokkodai-Cho, Kobe 657-8501, Japan; Fax: +81-78-803-5865; e-mail:<mayama@kobe-u.ac.jp>.

Esca, together with related grapevine declines, is one of the most important causes of loss to vineyards almost wherever grapes are grown.

The April 2000 issue of the International Journal Phytopathologia Mediterranea published 32 research papers based on presentations at the 1st International Workshop on Grapevine Trunk Diseases - Esca and Grapevine Declines, held at Siena, Italy, in October 1999. The meeting brought together about 100 scientists from 21 countries.

The issue contains 242 pages and has photographs (52 in colour) of diagnostic symptoms and pathogen structures. There are discussions of topics such as the latest hypotheses on the nature and origin of esca and related symptoms, the taxonomy and epidemiology of the fungi (Phaeoacremonium spp., Fomitiporia, etc.) involved in the diseases, fungal interactions with vines, and the causes of symptom expression and control.

This is important to all plant pathologists, especially those interested in grapevine diseases, and also to vinegrowers and viticulturists, since this is the first time that these diseases, which are becoming ever more important, are discussed so thoroughly.

The problems of esca and grapevine decline are still far from being solved. The current issue of Phytopathologia Mediterranea shows what has been done to date and outlines those problems where particular attention is needed.

With this special issue, dedicated to woody diseases of the grapevine, one of the most important Mediterranean crops, Phytopathologia Mediterranea, the international journal edited by the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, appears in a completely new and redesigned format and layout, in the hope that it will further promote the diffusion of information about the phytopathological problems of the Mediterranean area. The journal deals with the main areas of plant pathology: epidemiology, control, biochemical and physiological aspects, and the application of molecular biology techniques to fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, etc. It publishes 3 issues per year, each of which includes review and original research papers, short notes and new disease reports. It also has book reviews of interest to Mediterranean phytopathologists.

Contact Laura Mugnai, Dipartimento Biotecnologie Agrarie-Patologia vegetale, P le delle Cascine 28, 50144 Firenze, Italy; Fax: +39-055-354786; e-mail: <laura@ipaf.fi.cnr.it>.

Norsk Plantepatologisk Forening (The Norwegian Society for Plant Pathology) held its Annual Meeting on 28 March 2000. The Society currently has 61 members. During 1999, it arranged 4 seminars.

The newly elected Council comprises:

• President and ISPP Councillor: Arild Sletten

• Vice-President/Secretary: Juliana I S Perminow

• Treasurer (as in 1999): Erling Floystad

The address for all members of the Council is: The Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Plant Protection Centre, Hoyskoleveien 7, N-1432 Aas, Norway; Fax: +47-64-94-92-26;
e-mail: <firstname.familyname@planteforsk.no>.

A soybean genetic resources and genetic enhancement white paper is now available. In February 2000, the United Soybean Board Production Committee hosted a workshop to build consensus on research priorities and time frames needed to conduct research in the area of soybean genetic resources and genetic enhancement. The resulting white paper is available for review at <http://www.scisoc.org/opae>.

A new APSnet look and address is coming soon. The final touches are now being made to a newly revised APSnet website. In addition to easier navigation, there will be full site searchability and open access to the items used most, APSnet will soon be located at a new "www" address.

The Kyrgyz Society for Plant Pathology has been established with Dr Anara Chakaeva, Head of the Scientific and Production Centre for Plant Protection, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, as President and representative on the International Society for Plant Pathology. The mycologist Svetlana Leonidovna Prikhod’ko is Secretary.

The Executive Committee of ISPP has approved an application for the new Society to be an Associated Society of the International Society for Plant Pathology.

Kyrgyzstan is an agricultural country, and almost all lands are divided among farmers and small peasant co-operatives. Fodder crops occupy 80 per cent and field and fruit crops 20 per cent of land areas. The owners of these lands at present have little or no idea of the fundamentals of plant protection.

A key initial part of the new Society’s program is a project on "Research on Ecologically Pure Means of Plant Protection (Biopesticides)". In order to estimate pesticides of natural plant origins, research is being organised in phases:

1. Study of the natural flora of Kyrgyzstan to reveal possible pesticides of vegetable origin.
2. Assessment of these pesticides for insecticide, fungicide, nematicide and rodenticide characteristics.
3. Collection and introduction of plants possessing pesticide characteristics.
4. Elaboration of technology for cultivation of plants with pesticide characteristics, processing and means of using them in the agricultural areas.

The new Society also seeks a possibility for two postgraduate students (who know a little English ) to visit a European country or the USA for practical training in the area of plant protection and for language practice during 1-2 years. The Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan has agreed to bear the travel costs if a potential host country sends an official letter of invitation with a confirmation that it agrees to bear the costs of living and accommodation. The training of such specialists during 1-2 years would allow communication more freely with foreign colleagues and enable other positive roles in international cooperation.

The ISPP Executive recognises that communication with other societies may suggest ways of developing other projects for priority objectives in plant pathology so that they may attract interest from donor agencies - such as the World Bank or the Asian Development Bank.

For more information, contact Dr Anara Chakaeva at <anara@krsu.edu.kg>.

Professor Antonio Graniti of the University of Bari will represent ISPP in Naples, Italy, from 7-12 November 2000 at the 27th General Assembly of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) . In doing so he will gather any information from the Assembly for dissemination within ISPP, and contribute views to the Assembly on behalf of ISPP as appropriate.

Professor Graniti may be contacted at Fax: +39-080-5442906; e-mail: <granitia@agr.uniba.it>.

The next Meeting of the Board of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP) including delegates of member societies will be held during the 5th Congress of the EFPP on "Biodiversity in Plant Pathology" in Taormina-Giardini Naxos, Italy, during 18-22 September 2000. The General Secretary of EFPP <J.F.J.M.vandenHeuvel@plant.wag-ur.nl> is arranging the agenda and details about the Board Meeting.

More information about the Congress can be seen at <http://www.ipo.dlo.nl/ipowww/efpp/index.htm>.

The American Phytopathological Society (APS) ad hoc committee on emerging diseases needs assistance.

This committee is attempting to:

1) establish a system for the ongoing collection, evaluation, and dissemination of information on emerging and re-emerging plant diseases; and

2) determine the most serious diseases that could threaten crop production if the pathogens were introduced.

The committee chair, Dr L V Madden c/o <aps@scisoc.org>, asks for answers to the following two questions:

(a) What are three diseases that do not occur in your country or region now, but would be of major concern if the pathogens were introduced? Please answer on the crops you are most familiar with.

(b) What are three diseases that do occur in your country or region, but have become of great concern because of changing host, pathogen, or environment?

For both answers, please indicate the reason (e.g. major impact on international trade, direct economic losses, human toxin). This is not a scientific survey. The committee will not simply use the answers in creating a list. The answers will help identify criteria that plant pathologists use in determining what constitutes an emerging or re-emerging problem.

Plant Protection News (PPN) in Australia

PPN is a monthly e-mail newsletter on an Australian government list server for plant protection . For full details on all articles, visit the website at <http://www.affa.gov.au/nat-offices/ppb/ppn/index.html>.

It is intended this newsletter will be a reflection of current activities within the plant protection community in Australia, so if you have information of interest that you would like to contribute to PPN, please e-mail it to <plant.protection@affa.gov.au>.

The World Potato Congress Inc published its May issue of the potato newsletter at <http://www.potatocongress.org/newsletters/may00_3.htm>. The Newsletter is published monthly as an information service to the international potato community.

The main goal of the World Potato Congress Inc (WPC) is to provide a forum for information, exchange and discussion on world potato trends and issues. WPC Inc organizes and conducts Congresses for the benefit of potato industry people from the world community. Delegates attend presentations during Congresses, while companies and organizations have the opportunity to exhibit products and promote their services.

Congress 2000 will be held from 3-6 September 2000 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. For more information about this event, see the Congress 2000 section of the web site.

Canadian Phytopathological Society Joint Meeting with the Pacific Division of the American Phytopathological Society in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
18-21 June 2000.
See <http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/conf/cps_aps/>.
Contact: Jack R. Sutherland, Chair, Local Arrangements Committee; Fax: +1-250-598-1959; e-mail: <jsuther@islandnet.com>.

10th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
23-27 July 2000 .
Contact: Dr Solke H De Boer, Centre for Animal and Plant Health, 93 Mount Edward Road, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 5T1, Canada; Phone: +1-902-368-0950; Fax: +1-902-368-0960; e-mail: <deboers@em.agr.ca>.A conference website is maintained at <www.isn.net/~ppb2000/>.

9th International Congress for Culture Collections in Brisbane, Australia.
23-28 July 2000.
Contact: Dr Lindsay Sly, ICCC-9 Organising Committee, Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia; Fax: +61-7-3365-1566; e-mail: <sly@biosci.uq.edu.au>

7th International Symposium on the Microbiology of Aerial Plant Surfaces in Berkeley, California, USA.
3-8 August 2000.
Contact: Steven Lindow, University of California, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 111 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Fax: +1-510-642-4995; e-mail: <icelab@socrates.Berkeley.edu>.

American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting in New Orleans, USA.
12-16 August 2000.
See <http://www.scisoc.org>.

The 3rd International Symposium on Rhizoctonia (ISR 2000) in Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
17-20 August 2000.
Contact: College of Life Science, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuokuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC; Fax: +886-4-2860-164; e-mail: <isr2000@dragon.nchu.edu.tw>; Web site: <http://www.nchu.edu.tw/~isr2000/>.

The 1st Asian Conference on Plant Pathology (ACPP 2000) in Beijing, China.
25-28 August 2000.
Contact: Dr Guo Li Yin, Chinese Society for Plant Pathology, Plant Protection Building No. 313, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 1000904, China; Fax: +86-10-6289-1025; e-mail: <bauicbe@public.bta.net.cn>; web-site: <http://www.ciccst.org.cn/acpp>

Biotechnology 2000 in Berlin, Germany.
3-8 September 2000.
Contact: DECHEMA e.V., c/o 11th IBS, Theodor-Heuss-Alee 25, D-60486 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; e-mail: <info@dechema.de>.

A Symposium on Chemical and Non-Chemical Soil and Substrate Disinfestation in Grugliasco, University of Torino, Italy.
11-15 September 2000.
Contact: Maria Lodovica Gullino, Di.Va.P.R.A. - Patologia Vegetale, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44,10095 GRUGLIASCO (TO), Italy; Phone: +39-011-6708539; Fax: +39-011-6708541; e-mail: <congress.mlg@agraria.unito.it>. For a second circular see <http://www.agraria.unito.it/news/SD2000.html>.

XIV International Symposium on Horticultural Economics in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
12-15 September 2000.
Contact: John Ogier, Raymond Falla House, Longue Rue, St Martin’s, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 6AF, UK; Fax: +44-1481-235015;e-mail: <info@horticulture.guernsey.net>; website: <http://horticulture.guernsey.net>.

European Virology 2000 in Glasgow, UK.
17-21 September 2000.
Contact: Dr Bill Carman, Institute of Virology, University of Glasgow, Church Street, Glasgow G11 5JR, UK; Fax: +44-141-337-2236; e-mail: <w.carman@vir.gla.ac.uk>.

5th EFPP Congress, Biodiversity in Plant Pathology in Taormina and Giardini-Naxos, Italy.
18-22 September 2000.
Contact: EFPP 2000 Congress Secretariat, Institute of Plant Pathology, Universita di Catania, Via Valdisavoia, 5- 9123 Catania, Italy; Fax: +39-95-234416; e-mail: <EFPP 2000@mbox.fagr.unict.it>

Seed Health as Quality Criterion, an International Seed Health Conference in IHAR Radzikow, Poland.
9 - 11 October 2000.
Contact: Dr Elzbieta Zakrzewska, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, Radzikow 05-870, Blonie, Poland; Fax: +48-22-725-47-14; e-mail: <e.zakrzewska@ihar.edu.pl> or <t.goral@ihar.edu.pl>; Web site: <http://www.ihar.edu.pl>

Seventh Arab Congress of Plant Protection in Amman, Jordan.
22-26 October 2000.
Contact: Dr Walid Abu-Gharbieh, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; Fax: +962-6-5355577/8; e-mail: <sacpp@ju.edu.jo>; web site: <http://sacpp.ju.edu.jo>

Pests and Diseases 2000, the British Crop Protection Council Conference In Brighton, UK.
13-16 November 2000.
Contact: Professor P E Russell, AgrEvo UK Ltd., Chesterford Park, Saffron Walden CB10 1XL, UK: Fax: +44-1799-573505; e-mail: <phil.russell@agrevo.com>; see also <http://www.bcpc.org>.

Symposium on Durable Disease Resistance, Key to Sustainable Agriculture in Wageningen, The Netherlands.
28 November-1 December 2000.
Contact: Dr J E Parlevliet, Plant Breeding, Wageningen UR, P O Box 386, NL 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands; e-mail: <jan.parlevliet@users.pv.wau.nl>. See also the web-site at <http://www.spg.wau.nl/pv/symposium.htm>.

7th International Symposium on dsRNA Viruses in Aruba (the Caribbean).
2-7 December 2000.
Contact: Terry Dermody, Vanderbilt University; see <www.mc.vanderbilt/microbio/dsrna.html>.

8th International Symposium on Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes in Sydney, Australia.
3-7 December 2000.
Contact: Professor Ivan R Kennedy, SUNFix Centre for Nitrogen Fixation, Department of Agricultural Chemistry & Soil Science, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; Fax: +61-2-9351-5108; e-mail: <int.symp@acss.usyd.edu.au>. Visit the website at <http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/agric/SUNFix/Sunfix.htm>.

Plant-Microbe Interactions and Resistance to Disease and Nematodes, a PACIFICHEM 2000 Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
14-19 December 2000.
Contact: Dr Robert Stipanovic, Fax: +1-409-260-9470; e-mail: <rds846a@acs.tamu.edu>; or Dr Rong Tsao, Fax: +1-905-562-4335; e-mail: <caor@em.agr.ca>; or Dr Gregory S Basarad, Fax: +1-302-366-5738; e-mail: <barsarab@esvax.dnet.dupont.com>; or Dr Robert Hill, Fax: +64-7-858-4702; e-mail:<rhill@hort.cri.nz>.

Plant-pathogen interactions: understanding mechanisms of resistance and pathogenicity for disease control, BSPP Presidential Meeting 2000 in Wye College, UK.
18-20 December 2000.
Contact: Dr Mark Hocart, BSPP Programme Secretary, SAC Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK; Fax: +44-131-667-2601; e-mail: <m.hocart@ed.sac.ac.uk>.

Whitefly Symposium in Sicily, Italy.
February 2001
Further information <whitefly@bemisia.freeserve.co.uk> or by contacting David Oliver, the Research Facilitator, at <network.ewsn@bbsrc.ac.uk>.

2nd Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium in Lorne, Victoria, Australia.
5-8 March 2001.
Contact: Ian Porter, Agriculture Victoria, Private Bag 15,South Eastern Mail Centre, Victoria 3176, Australia; e-mail: <Ian.J.Porter@nre.vic.gov.au>

On-line Instructional Technology Symposium on Plant Pathology hosted by Terry Stewart as webmaster and organizer at Massey University, New Zealand.
15 May-30 June 2001
Contact Gail L. Schumann, Chair, ISPP Teaching Committee, University of Massachusetts, 209 Fernald Hall, Amherst MA 01003-2420, USA; Fax: +1-413-545-2532; e-mail: <Schumann@pltpath.umass.edu>.

Sixth International Symposium on Positive Strand RNA Viruses in Paris, France.
28 May-2 June 2001
Contact: e-mail: <vdeubel@mailhost.pasteur.fr>.

26th Congress of the International Seed Testing Association in Angers, France.
14-22 June 2001
Contact: ISTA Secretariat, P O Box 412/Reckenholzstrasse 191, CH-8046 Zurich, Switzerland; Fax: +41-1-377-60-01; e-mail: <istach@iprolink.ch>

World Congress of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 2001 in Budapest, Hungary.
8-10 July 2001.
Contact: Dr Oszkar Kock, National Institute for Agricultural Quality Control, P O Box 30, 93., H-1525 Budapest, Hungary; Fax: +36-1-2122-673; e-mail: <map.congr@ommi.hu>.

XIth meeting of the International Sclerotinia Workshop in York, UK.
 8-12 July 2001.
Contact: Dr Nigel Hardwick, Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, UK; Fax: +44-1904-462111; e-mail: <nigel.hardwick@csl.gov.uk>. The provisional programme will appear on the BSPP web pages at <http://www.bspp.org.uk/>.

20th Annual American Society for Virology Meeting in Madison, USA.
21-25 July 2001.
Contact: via <www.mcw.edu/asv/meetings.html>.

The XIth Latin American Phytopathological Congress (XI Congreso Latinoamericano de Fitopatologia) in Sao Pedro (near Piracicaba), State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. To be held jointly with the XXXIV Brazilian Phytopathological Congress (Congresso Brasileiro de Fitopatologia).
5-10 August 2001.
Contact: Professor Sergio F Pascholati, Setor de Fitopatologia, ESALQ / Universidad de Sao Paulo, C P 09, 13418-900 Piracicaba, SP - Brasil; e-mail: <sfpascho@ciagri.carpa.usp.br>.

American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, USA.
25-29 August 2001.
See <http://www.scisoc.org>.

International Symposium on Asian Pears in Kurayoshi, Tottori, Japan.
25-29 August 2001.
Contact: S Iwahori, Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan; Fax: +81-298-53-6617; e-mail: <iwahori@sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp>.

9th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology - Interactions in the Microbial World in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
26-31 August 2001.
Contact: for scientific program - Jan Woldendorp, CTO-NIOO, P O Box 40, 6666 ZG Heteren, The Netherlands; Fax: +31-26-4723227; e-mail: <woldendorp@cto.nioo.knaw.nl>, or for organisation - Dr Wietse de Boer at e-mail: <wdeboer@cto.nioo.knaw.nl>.

13th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society in Cairns, Australia.
24-27 September 2001.
Contact: Suzanne Denyer, Centre for Tropical Agriculture, P O Box 1054, Mareeba, Queensland 4880, Australia; Fax: +61-7-4092-3593; e-mail: <DenyerS@dpi.qld.gov.au>.

IUFRO Meeting - Phytophthora Diseases in Forest Trees and Natural Ecosystems in Western Australia.
1-5 October 2001.
See:<http://www.ozemail.com.au/~williap/Miscellaneous/phytophthora.htm>.

The 3rd International Bacterial Wilt Symposium in Sun City, Republic of South Africa.
Late January or early February 2002.
Contact: Jody Terblanche, Tobacco and Cotton Reserach Institute, Private Bag x 82075, Rustenberg, 0300, Republic of South Africa; Fax: +27-142-993113; e-mail: <Jody@NITK1.AGRIC.ZA>

The 8th General Symposium of the Plant Virus Epidemiology Group of ISPP in Aschersleben, Germany.
May 2002.
Contact: RogerJones, Chairman, ISPP Plant Virus Epidemiology Committee; e-mail: <rjones@agric.wa.gov.au>.

8th International Congress of Plant Pathology in Christchurch, New Zealand.
2-8 February 2003.
Contact: Congress Chairman, Dr Ian Harvey, PLANTwise, P O Box 8915, Christchurch, NZ; Fax: +64-3-325-2946; e-mail: <harveyi@plantwise.co.nz> or Helen Shrewsbury, ICPP Secretariat, P O Box 84, Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ; Fax: +64-3-325-3840; e-mail: <shrewsbh@lincoln.ac.nz>. Website:<http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/icpp2003/>