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INTERNATIONAL
NEWSLETTER ON PLANT PATHOLOGY
ISPP
Newsletter 35 (3) June 2005
(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.
Editors, Joseph-Alexander Verreet, e-mail: javerreet@phytomed.uni-kiel.de
In this issue:
New books of interest to Plant Pathologists
Forest Pathology: From Genes to Landscapses
Edited by John E. Lundquist and Richard C. Hamelin
As ecological threats to forest health and
sustainability intensify and new threats emerge, forest pathology plays an
increasingly important role. Forest Pathology: From Genes to Landscapes
presents a comprehensive treatment of emerging topics in forest health,
providing clarity about these issues and the unique challenges they
present. This book offers reviews on both basic and applied research and
covers in depth topics including, genomics, molecular epidemiology, bark
beetle/disease interactions, ecosystem pathology, pathogenesis, blue
stain, development of transgenic hosts, operational disease resistance
strategies, non-timber impacts, spatial analysis of diseased landscapes,
and landscape pathology.
www.shopapspress.org
Sea lavender, rust and mildew - A perennial
pathosystem in the Netherlands
Edited by J.C. Zadoks
Curious biological phenomena occur where land and sea
alternate at low and high tides. Large crop-like populations of the
perennial sea lavender (Limonium vulgare) appear and disappear over
the years. Such vegetations are of great beauty, especially at bloom, and
form a touristic attraction. Despite the extreme physical conditions they
teem with life, among which are fertilising insects and fungi which cause
plant disease. This book describes how long-lived sea lavender populations
come and go, and how the fungal diseases rusts and mildews may
contribute to their going. The temporal and spatial distributions of rust
and mildew epidemics are described. The annual cycle and the perennation
of the rust (Uromyces limonii) are studied in detail. The unusual
but important roles of sea water in the dispersal of the host plant and of
its rust are sketched. The possible function of differential host
resistance and of differential rust virulence is indicated. Data on the
biology of sea lavender mildew (Erysiphe limonii) suggest that
mildew and rust differ in lifestyle. Tolerance of sea lavender plants to
rust and mildew is heritable and important, but does it last forever? Some
theoretical implications for botany and phytopathology are tentatively
discussed, especially the role of equilibrium or homoeostasis. However,
the main focus of the book is on the facts collected in the salt marshes
of the barrier island Terschelling, in the north of the Netherlands
This book with about 100 tables and some 100 figures provides new
information of importance to botanists, plant pathologists, population
biologists and general ecologists.
www.WageningenAcademic.com/sealavender
Customers from Canada or USA can order the book at Enfield Publishing www.enfieldbooks.com
Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death
Edited by Peter Ayres (affiliation: Lancaster
University, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom)
Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death
is an intriguing biography that introduces a man and his science, the
science of plant pathology. Ward made his reputation as an
epidemiologist, studying the spread of rust fungus among the coffee
plantations of Ceylon. Although his rust fungus discoveries were
important, the core of this biography is about the origins of
physiological plant pathology and the historical significance of Ward's
role in establishing the pre-eminence of British botany in the early 20th
century.
Harry Marshall Ward was one of a small group of British
scientists fortunate enough to study in the German laboratories of Anton
De Bary and Julius Sachs. These young men were taught not to rely on
textbooks but to investigate by experiment and rely on their own
observations. Ward brought this modern scientific approach
back to Britain and became an integral part of revolutionizing botany
there. Harry was also among the first to study the physiology and
biochemistry of the struggle between host and pathogen. His
laboratory based discoveries of the way pathogens use enzymes to attack
plants and the way plants defend themselves are at the heart of current
understanding of infection, resistance mechanisms, and plant
breeding. By seeking to explain the interactions between plants,
their pathogens and the environment in physical and chemical terms, Harry
pioneered the sub-discipline of physiological plant pathology.
Harry Marshall Ward was inspired by the new outlook of
science education in schools and universities, and he devoted his life to
'New Botany'. At 34 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society and
was part of the botanical 'Establishment" of his day. He made
major contributions to the affairs of the British Association and was
twice President of the young British Mycological Society. He also
guided young scientists such as Biffen (plant breeding) and Freeman (plant
pathology), who, in turn, became world leaders in their own
subjects. Harry died before he could see the fruit of his efforts,
but he made remarkable accomplishments in a time when social classes were
well-defined and boundaries rarely crossed. This book chronicles
Ward's life as a reflection of the changes that occurred in both society
and plant science in the late 19th century.
www.shopapspress.org/hamawaandfut.html.
Compendium of Turfgrass Diseases, Third Edition
Edited by RichardW. Smiley, Peter H. Dornoeden, and
Bruce B. Clarke
St. Paul, Minn., March 9, 2005 - Compendium of
Turfgrass Diseases, 3rd Edition is an authoritative reference for the
treatment of turfgrass diseases. The most recent advances in
turfgrass pathology have been incorporated in this updated edition.
This book is devoted entirely to the diagnosis and control of
approximately 80 specific diseases affecting grasses maintained on
residential and commercial lawns, sod farms, golf courses, sports fields,
bowling greens, cemeteries, and other areas. It is intended to serve
as a general and practical reference for anyone involved in maintaining
fine turf. Those who have little training in plant pathology or
plant pathologists who are inexperienced in diagnosing turfgrass diseases
will find this reference especially useful because it combines descriptive
language with clear concise terminology of the plant pathologist.
The compendium is divided into four sections. The
first section describes the characteristics of turfgrasses, while the
second section discusses damage caused by noninfectious agents in the
turfgrass system. The thirdsection explores ecology and taxonomy of
fungi pathogenic to turfgrasses. In the last section, elementary
diagnostic procedures are covered. The text is complemented by
numerous illustrations of turfgrass diseases, photomicrographs of many
pathogens, diagrams of disease cycles, a glossary of terms and an
index. The accompanying dichotomous keys for select grasses and
pathogens enable readers to ccurately identify grasses and pathogens to
species, as well as identify turfgrass diseases by environmental
parameters, symptoms, and signs.
www.shopapspress.org
Journals
Beginning in April 2005, The American Phytopathological
Society (APS) will offer free access to research articles after 24 months
of publication in Phytopathology, Plant Disease, and Molecular
Plant-Microbe Interactions (MPMI).
For each journal, a two-year-old issue will gain
free-access status when the current month’s issue is published on APS's
website at www.apsnet.org.
"Allowing free access two years after publication will open a lot of
useful research to many who may not have had access to our online journals
before," said Jim MacDonald, APS president. "It is vital to the
health of the journals that more scientists cite, use, and become
acquainted with Society journals," MacDonald said.
In allowing free access to some of the published APS
journal content, APS is not relinquishing copyright. The Society will
retain copyright, ensuring that the research remains protected from
misuse. Another improvement, the digitization of all APS journal research
published prior to 1997, is planned for the APS online journals.
Currently, only issues from 1997 to the present are available online. The
initiative to publish the APS journal research archive going back to the
very first volumes is possible through a partnership with the University
of Wisconsin Library. The first of this archival research will be posted
in early 2006 and will be available for free.
About the Journals: For nearly 100 years,
Phytopathology has been considered the premier international archival
journal for publication of articles on fundamental research that advances
understanding of plant diseases, the agents that cause them, their spread,
the losses they cause, and measures that can be used to control them.
Plant Disease is an international journal for reports of original
research; for rapid reporting of new diseases and epidemics; for reviews
of needs, approaches, accomplishments, and for exchanges of opinions. All
with the emphasis on the applied or practical aspects of maintaining and
improving plant health. MPMI is the groundbreaking journal for publication
of original, refereed research on the molecular biology and molecular
genetics of pathological, symbiotic, and associative interactions of
microbes with plants and insects with plants.
Media Contact: Amy Steigman
E-mail: asteigman@scisoc.org
Coming Events
International Plant Virus Epidemiology Symposium, Lima, Peru.
4-8 April 2005
www.cipotato.org/training/PlantVirusEpidemSymp05
9th International Workshop on Plant Disease Epidemiology,
Rennes, France
10-15 April 2005
www.rennes.inra.fr/epidemio2005/
International Working Groups on Legume and Vegetable Viruses, Fort
Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
11-15 April, 2005
Contact: Gail Wisler gcwisler@mail.ifas.ufl.edu
International Working Groups on Legume and Vegetable Viruses,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
11-15 April 2005
www.ifa.to.cnr.it/vvwg
IV International Pineapple Symposium, East London, South Africa
11-15 April 2005
www.pinesymp05.org
International Edible Legume Conference in conjunction with the IV
World Cowpea Congress, Durban South Africa
17-21 April 2005
www.up.ac.za/conferences/ielc
1st International Conference on Plant-Microbe Interactions:
Endophytes and Biocontrol Agents, Lapland, Saariselkä, Finland
www.bioweb./fi/
13th Meeting of the Latin American Association of Plant Pathology.
Córdoba. Argentina
19-22 April 2005
slenard@infovia.com.ar
III International Symposium on Figs, Faro, Portugal
16-20 May 2005
jleitao@ualg.pt
IV International Symposium on Pistachio and Almond, Tehran, Iran
20-26 May 2005
http://www.pri.ir
V International Cherry Symposium, Bursa, Turkey
6-10 June 2005
masum_burak@yalova.tagem.gov.tr
10th European Meeting "Invertebrate Pathogens in
Biological Control: Present and Future" Bari, Italy
10-15 June 2005
europeanmeeting@agr.uniba
www.agr.uniba.it/iobc/
13th International Sclerotinia Workshop Monterey, California, USA
12-16 June 2005
stkoike@ucdavis.edu
XIII International Symposium on Apricot Breeding and culture,
Murcia, Spain
13-17 June 2005
congresos@viajescajamurcia.com
II International Symposium on Sweetpotato and Cassava – 2ISSC,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
14-17 June 2005
http://www.mardi.my
9th International Verticillium Symposium, Monterey, California,
USA
June 17-21, 2005
kvsubbarao@ucdavis.edu
ISHS: ‘Improving the performance of supply chains in the
transitional economies’, Chiang Mai, Thailand
19-23 June 2005
www.muresk.curtin.edu.au/conference/ishscm
V International Symposium on Artificial Lighting, Aas, Norway
21-24 June 2005
www.lightsym2005.no
Second Asian Conference on Plant Pathology, ‘Challenges and
Opportunities in Plant Pathology in Asia’. Singapore.
25-28 June 2005
http://www.2ndACPP.org
X International Symposium on Plant Bioregulators in Fruit Production,
Saltillo Coahuila, Mexico
26-30 June 2005
www.saltillo2005.org
IX International Controlled Atmosphere Research Conference, East
Lansing, MI, USA
5-10 July 2005
allens@msu.edu
International Symposium on Herbaceous Ornamental Plant Germplasm
Conservation and Utilization, Columbus, Ohio, USA
6-9 July 2005
http://opgs.osu.edu
International Symposium on Greenhouse Systems and Energy Conservation,
Columbus, Ohio, USA
13-15 July 2005
short.2@osu.edu
International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions,
Cancun, Mexico
17-22 July 2005
www.ismpminet.org
XVII International Botanical Congress (XVII IBC 2005), Vienna,
Austria,
18-23 July 2005
www.ibc2005.ac.at
APS Annual Meeting, Austin TX, USA
30 July-3 August 2005
www.apsnet.org
International Congress of Auchenorrhyncha and Concurrent Workshop on
Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Significance, Berkeley,
California, USA
11-15 August 2005
www.cnr.berkeley.edu/hoppergongress/index
International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and
Vegetables, Québec City, Canada
August 17-20, 2005
favhealth2005@agoracom.qc.ca
1st International Conference on the Importance of Biodiversity to
Human Health, Galway, Ireland,
23 - 25 August 2005
www.cohab2005.com
International Conference & Exhibition on Soilless Culture –
Singapore 2005, Singapore
1-4 September 2005
www.singaporehydroponics.com
International Symposium on Growing Media, Angers, France
4-10 September 2005
http://ishs-angers.agrena.org/
VIII International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses,
Pacific Grove, California, USA
5-11 September 2005
www.istt2005.net
Potato 2005, Emmeloord, The Netherlands
5-11 September 2005
www.potato2005.com
31st International Carrot Conference, Montreal –
Longueuil, Canada
11-14 September 2005
sandersonk@agr.gc.ca
III International Symposium on Cucurbits, Townsville, QLD,
Australia
12-16 September 2005
gordon@ahr,com.au
IV International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation,
California, USA
12-16 September 2005
b-pemberton@tamu.edu
International Symposium on Advances in Grapevine and wine Research,
Venosa, Italy
15-17 September 2005
nuzzo@unibas.it
IV International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation,
California, USA
18-22 September 2005
http://flowers.tamu.edu/symposium/
15th Biennial Australasian Plant Pathology Society
Conference, ‘Innovations for Sustainable Plant Health’, Geelong,
Victoria, Australia
26-29 September 2005
www.deakin.edu.au/events/APPS2005
International Symposium on Biotechnology of Temperate Fruit Crops and
Tropical Species, 10-14 October 2005
http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ishscrops
International Symposium on High Value Indigenous Fruit Trees in the
Tropics and subtropics: Production, Utilization and Marketing,
Lilongwe, Malawi
20-28 October 2005
f.akinnifesi@cgiar.org
IX International Rubus and Ribes Symposium, Santiago, Chile
5-7 December 2005
pbanados@puc.cl
Emerging Trends in Plant-Microbe Interactions, University of
Madras, Chennai, India.
8-10 December, 2005
gnanamanickam@yahoo.com
VIII International Mango Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa
5-10 February 2006
elphic@iafrica.com
Internation Symposium on New Crop Technologies in Soil and soilless
Cultivation under Protected Environment¸ Agadir, Morocco
19-24 February 2006
hanafi@iavcha.ac.ma
VI International Symposium on Artichoke, Cardoon and their Wild
Relatives, Lorca, Spain
28-31 March 2006
www.viajescajamurcia.com/artichoke
II International Symposium on Loquat, Guangzhou, China
1-5 April 2006
cmliu@scau.edu.cn
XX International Symposium on Virus and Virus-like Diseases of
Temperate Fruit Crops and XI International Symposium of Small Fruit Virus
Diseases, Antalya, Turkey
22-26 May 2006
caglay@mku.edu.tr
IXth meeting of the Phytopathogens working group, IOBC/WPRS
Working group biological control of fungal and bacterial plant pathogens,
Spa, Belgium
13.-17 September 2006
Monica.Hofte@ugent.be
www.agri.gov.il/Depts/IOBCPP/IOBCPP.html
12th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological
Union, Rhodes Island, Greece
11 – 15 June 2006
http://www.mpunion.com
phymed@unifi.it
> 1st International Ascochyta Workshop on Grain Legumes, Le
Tronchet, Brittany, France
3-6 July 2006
http://www.grainlegumes.com
aep@prolea.com
18th World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia, PA,
USA
9-15 July 2006
www.18wcss.org
11th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic
Bacteria, Edinburgh, UK
10-14 July 2006
www.csl.gov.uk/contact/icppb.cfm
ICPPB2006@csl.gov.uk
4th International Bacterial Wilt Symposium York, UK
17-21 July 2006
www.sasa.gov.uk/about_sasa/internationalconferences.cfm
IBWS2006@sasa.gsi.gov.uk
APS Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
29 July-2 August 2006
www.apsnet.org
XXVII International Horticultural Congress, Seoul, Korea
13-19 August 2006
www.ihc2006.org
27th International Horticultural Congress &
Exhibition, IHC 2006, Global Horticulture: Diversity & Harmony,
Seoul, Korea
13-19 August 2006
www.ihc2006.org
1st International Symposium: Contribution of African
Botanica to Humanity, N'Zérékoré, Guinea
3-7 October 2006
udecom@viola.fr or malo@ccophymed.com
II International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology,
Mashhad, Iran
28-30 October 2006
http://www.saffron-ir.um.ac.ir
APS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA
28 July-1 August 2007
www.apsnet.org
APS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA
26-30 July 2008
www.apsnet.org
ICPP 2008, Torino, Italy,
24-29 August, 2008
Contact: Prof. M.L. Gullino, University of Torino: marialodovica.gullino@unito.it
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