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.

Editors, Joseph-Alexander Verreet, e-mail: javerreet@phytomed.uni-kiel.de
and Elaine Davison, e-mail: edavison@agric.wa.gov.au

In this issue:

• University of the Punjab, Department of Mycology & Plant Pathology & First Fungal Culture Bank of Pakistan
• ISHS Education and Training symposium
• New publications of interest to plant pathologists
• Obituary: Fred Jones, Nematologist
• Coming Events

The Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology has been established with the explicit purpose of reinforcing the corps of trained Mycologists/Plant Pathologists whose presence is necessary to ensure crop protection, improved crop health and agriculture based industrial development. Through education, research and extension, the department would be a major contributor to the future of both the basic sciences and plant pathology, and the application of science towards improved agriculture production system.

One of our main foci of interest would be to enhance effectiveness as a department by creating and maintaining proximity and complementarity of Basic Sciences and the Applied Agricultural Sciences. Our research goal would be to understand microbes, plants and their interactions in the environment in order to provide effective approach to control diseases and to maximize the beneficial interaction.

With the kind consent of the worthy Vice-Chancellor, the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology has launched its first admission programme for the session 2002 for B.Sc. (Hons.). 1st Fungal Culture Bank of Pakistan in association with the Department has been inaugurated lately on 18th of June 2003. The effort was highly appreciated by the scientific communities of the country. Progress is being made to build the inventory of fungi and relevant literature needed to solve identification problems.

The Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology has entered into a phase of dissipation of knowledge about plant health at the level of Ph.D. Admissions are starting for regular doctoral program from this year. Students would be guided to work on plant pathological problems of immediate national concern. Preparations are underway to launch M.Sc. (Hons.) program and other diploma courses in a very short period of time.Dr Rukhsana Bajwa has taken charge as chairperson of this department.

ISHS Education and Training symposium

This International Symposium on Horticultural Education and Training will be held in Perth, Western Australia, from August 18-21, 2004. The organisers welcome papers and posters addressing recent advances in; (1) teaching and learning; (2) the application of technology; (3) research supervision and (4) industrial training and extension. Full details can be obtained from the ISHS website: www.ishs.org/cal/et_symp.pdf or from Peter Batt www.muresk.curtin.edu.au/ishs/

Smut Fungi from New Zealand --New Zealand Fungi volume 2
By Kálmán Vánky and Eric H. C. McKenzie
Fungal Diversity Research Series, price: US$ 50

This book features all 93 species of smut fungi known from New Zealand. It is illustrations with line drawings of their habit on the host plants, and photomicrographs of their spores. There is a key to the 25 genera of smut fungi known from New Zealand, and the 216 host/pathogen combinations in New Zealand.

ISBN 962-85677-0-5
Order by Contacting Dr. K. D. Hyde at:
Fungal Diversity Press,
Department of Ecology & Biodiversity,
The University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong SAR,
China
Fax: +852 2517 6082
www.hku.hk/ecology/mycology/FDP.html

Diseases of Tropical Fruit Crops

Edited by RC Ploetz, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, USA
http://www.cabi-publishing.org/Bookshop/book_detail.asp?isbn=0851993907

Principles of Plant Health and Quarantine

D L Ebbels, Hon. Fellow, Central Science Laboratory, in collaboration with the Plant Health Group, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK
http://www.cabi-publishing.org/Bookshop/book_detail.asp?isbn=0851996809

F.G.W. Jones, British Nematologist, 1914 – 2003

Frederick George William Jones (Fred) was educated at Queen Mary’s Grammar School (1926-1933) Walsall, Staffordshire, and Cambridge University, UK.

His first job (1937 – 1947) was in the Agricultural Advisory Service based in the School of Agriculture in Cambridge. He spent much time working in the Fenlands region of East Anglia advising farmers on how to control damaging agricultural pests and stabilise crop production. Legislation in 1943 enforcing crop rotation in the fenlands (‘the Sugar Beet Eelworm Order’) was one notable outcome of this period. This early advisory experience gave him a broad background in practical agriculture that benefited him greatly in his later years as a more specialised agricultural scientist.

From 1947 to 1955, Fred was first a Demonstrator then Senior Lecturer in agriculture at Cambridge University, and Director of Studies in agriculture at Jesus College. His lectures covered the full spectrum of agricultural pests, and later these lectures formed the basis of the textbook Pests of Field Crops that he authored jointly with his wife, Margaret. He built a successful research team in entomology and nematology at Cambridge, specialising in later years in nematology. Although beet cyst-nematode became the main focus of his research, other achievements at that time included the discovery and description of the carrot cyst-nematode.

In 1956 Fred was appointed Head of the Nematology Department at Rothamsted Experimental Station, eventually becoming Deputy Director in 1966. He retired officially from Rothamsted in 1979 at age 65, but remained on site until 1987 as an honorary scientist in the Statistics Department. After retiring, Fred maintained his scientific activities, first as editor of Nematologica, then as Managing Director and Secretary of the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature (1980-1987).

The time when Fred was at Rothamsted was the heyday of the Nematology Department. Fred made many valuable contributions to this subject, including the first steps in breeding potatoes resistant to the potato cyst-nematode, proposing a gene-for-gene interaction between cyst nematodes and their hosts, developing an understanding of the soil as an environment for nematodes, and significant contributions to modelling, population dynamics, population genetics, and other aspects of cyst and other nematodes.

In addition to three editions of Pests of Field Crops, he wrote over two hundred scientific papers, ran many courses in Plant Nematology locally and overseas. He was also an external examiner to various universities, a Visiting Professor at Imperial College, London University, an editor of various scientific journals and a member of many visiting groups and national committees. He mentored many younger scientists. Fred also travelled widely for work – to north and south America, the Caribbean, Europe and India. He spent considerable time in India, and ran the first Plant Nematology course there at Aligarh Muslim University and later another at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in New Delhi. He was the first to discover the potato cyst-nematode in India (in the Nilgiris), which did much to foster the establishment of plant nematology in India, and supported training of Indian nematologists.

Fred’s work was recognised in many ways – for example by the award of an ScD degree from Cambridge University in 1969, and Honorary Fellowships by the Society of Nematologists, the European Society of Nematologists, the Afro-Asian Society of Nematologists, the Institute of Biology and the Association of Applied Biologists. He was President of the Association of Applied Biologists in 1973-74.

In 1991 he moved to Perth in Western Australia, where two of his sons worked. Because of his role in helping to father nematology in India, in 1992 at the age of 78, he also travelled to India as a guest to attend the first meeting of the Afro-Asian Society of Nematologists in Aligarh, the last major international scientific meeting he spoke at.

Three years ago Fred was diagnosed with heart disease which slowed him down physically but not mentally. He died on 12^th September 2003.

PGPR Conference, Calicut, Kerala, India
5-10 October 2003
http://www.ag.auburn.edu/india

Eighth Arab Congress of Plant Protection in El-Beida, Libya.
12-16 October 2003
Contact: Dr Ali Bataw, <alibataw@hotmail.com>, Secretary of the Organizing Committee, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar El-Mokhtar University, El-Beida, Libya or Dr Bassam Bayaa, <B.Bayaa@cgiar.org>, President of the Arab Society of Plant Protection ICARDA, P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria.

VII International symposium on Temperate Zone Fruits in the Tropics and Subtropics, Nauni, India
14-18 October 2003
email: kkjindal_tzfts@yahoo.com

III International Chestnut Symposium, Chaves, Portugal
20-23 October 2003
www.utad.pt/eventos/chestnutcongress

I International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Biotechnology, Albacete, Spain.
22-25 October 2003
http://www.uclm.es/cursos/azafran

First International ISHS Symposium on Tomato Diseases, Kusadasi, Turkey
27-31 October 2003
http://plantdoctor.ifas.ufl.edu/istd.html

Tenth Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reduction, San Diego, California, USA.
3-6 November 2003
http://www.mbao.org

Joint Workshop on Molecular Diagnostics of Plant Pathogens, Lamezia Terme, Italy
20-23 November 2003
Contact: Prof. Franco Lamberti, e-mail: nemafe01@area.ba.cnr.it

Special Interest Symposium on ‘Plant Pathogen Actinomycetes’ and ‘Common Scab Diseases of Potato’, (part of the 13^th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes), Melbourne, Australia
1-5 December 2003
www.conferencestrategy.com.au/isba/index.html

25^th Annual Nematode Identification Short Course, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
5-13 December 2003
http://pppweb.clemson.edu/nematode.htm

6th International Septoria/Stagonospora Symposium in Tunis, Tunisia.
8-12 December 2003.
Contact: Dr GHJ Kema at G.H.J.Kema@plant.wag-ur.nl.

3rd Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight (CWFHB), Winnipeg, Canada
9-12 December 2003
www.grainscanada.gc.ca/cdngrain/fusarium/workshop03-e.htm

British Society for Plant Pathology Presidential Meeting - Plant-Pathogen Genomics - from Sequence to Application in Nottingham, UK.
15-18 December 2003.
Contact: Dr M Dickinson, School of Biological Science, University of Nottingham, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK; Fax: +44-115-951-3251; e-mail: <meetings@bspp.org.uk>.

Hawaii International Conference on Sciences, Honolulu, HI, USA
15-18 January 2004
www.hicsciences.org/

IX International Symposium on Pear Growing, Stellenbosch, South Africa
1-6 February 2004
www.pearsymposium.co.za

3rd Australasian Soilborne Diseases Symposium, Rowland Flat, South Australia, Australia
8-11 February 2004
www.plevin.com.au/ASDS2004

I International Root and Tuber Crops symposium: "Food down Under", Palmerston North, New Zealand
9-12 February 2004
http://www.crop.cri.nz/conferences/roottuber2004/

GEMINI2004: A comparative ssDNA Virus Conference, Capetown, South Africa.
16-20 February 2004
www.uct.ac.za/microbiology/Gemini2004.htm

XI International Symposium on Virus Diseases of Ornamental Plants, Taichung, Taiwan
9-13 March 2004
http://www.tari.gov.tw/isvdop-11/index.html

Golden Jubilee, Soil Fungus Conference: ‘Charting the Future of the Biology and Management of Soilborne Fungal Pathogens of Plants, Reno-Sparks, NV, USA
23-25 March 2004
Martin Stoner <mfstoner@csupomona.edu>

International Symposium on Protected Cultivation in Mild Winter Climates, Orlando, Florida, USA
23-27 March 2004
http://www.conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ishs/

International Symposium on Protea, Melbourne, Australia
3-7 April, 2004
innobiz@vicnet.net.au

IX International Symposium on Flowerbulbs, Niigata, Japan
19-22 April 2004
http://jshs.ac.affrc.go.jp/symposium/bulb2004/index.html

IV International symposium on Edible Alliaceae, Beijing, China
21-26 April 2004
www.ivfcaas.net.cn

VIII International Symposium on Vaccinium Culture, Nova Oeriras and Alala del Rio Sevilla, Portugal and Spain
3-8 May 2004
llf@mail.telepac.pt

International Joint Workshop on PR-Proteins and Induced Resistance, Denmark
5-9 May 2004
http://pr-ir2004.risoe.dk/index.htm

XVth International Plant Protection Congress, Beijing, China
11-16 May 2004
http://www.ipmchina.net/ippc

V International Postharvest Symposium, Verona, Italy
6-11 June 2004
<ptonutti@agripolis.unipd.it>.

International symposium on Nutrition and Fertilization – Towards ecologically sound fertilisation strategies in field vegetable production, Perugia Italy
7-10 June 2004
http://unipg.it/ishs2004

Management of plant diseases and arthropod pests by BCAs and their integration in agricultural systems, Istituto Agrario di S. Michele all’Adige (IASMA), Italy
9-13 June 2004
http://www.ismaa.it/uodifesa/iobc.html

75^th Anniversary Annual Meeting of the Canadian Phytopathological Society, Ottawa ON Canada.
13-16 June 2004
Contact: André Léesque <Levesque@agr.gc.ca>

VIII International symposium on Integrating Canopy, Rootstock and environmental Physiology in Orchard Systems, Budapest, Hungary
13-18 June 2004
hrotko@omega.kee.hu

VI International Congress on Hazelnut, Reus-Tarragona, Spain
14-18 June 2004
www.hazelnut2004.com

VII International Symposium on Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management, Copenhagen, Denmark
20-24 June 2004
pbr@kvl.dk

ISHS First International Symposium on Tomato Diseases, Orlando Florida, USA
21-24 June 2004
http://plantdoctor.ifas.ufl.edu/istd.html

III International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Breeding Research and II Latin americal Symposium on the Production of Medicinal Aromatic and Condiment Plants, Campinas-Sao Paulo, Brazil
5-8 July 2004
E-mail: linming@fca.unesp.br

X International Workshop on Fire Blight, Bologna, Italy
5-9 July 2004
http://www.agri/sci.unibo.it/fireblight

First International Workshop for the Morphological and Molecular Identification of the Straminopiles: Phytophthora and Pythium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
23-27 July 2004
Contact: Gloria Abad <gloria_abad@ncsu.edu>

ISHS International Symposium on Horticultural Education and Training. Perth, Western Australia
18-21 August 2004
www.ishs.org/cal/et_symp.pdf, or http://www.muresk.curtin.edu.au/ishs/

11th International Cereal Rust and Powdery Mildew Conference in Norwich, UK.
23-27 August 2004.
Contact: Dr James Brown, John Innes Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK; Fax: +44-1603-450045; e-mail: <james.brown@bbsrc.ac.uk>.

International Symposium on Horticultural Economics and Management. Creating Value in a Changing Society, Berlin, Germany
29 August – 3 September 2004
www.agrar.hu-berlin.de/wisola/ishs

VIII International symposium on Plum and Prune Genetics, Breeding and Technology Lofthus, Norway
6-9 September 2004
http://www.planteforsk.no/

V International Strawberry Symposium, Brisbane, Australia
5-10 September 2004
greern@dpi.qld.gov.au

International Symposium GREENSYS 2004 – Sustainable Greenhouse Systems: Co-operation of engineering and Crop Science, Leuven, Belgium
12-16 September 2004
www.greensys2004.nl

V International Symposium on In Vitro Culture and Horticultural Breeding, Decrecen, Hungary
12-17 September 2004
www.ivchb2004.org

4^th International Crop Science Congress, Brisbane, Australia
26 September – 4 October 2004
4icsc04@im.com.au

V International Symposium on Olive Growing, Turkey
27 September – 2 October 2004
www.agri.ankara.edu.tr

VI International Symposium on Chemical and Non-Chemical Soil and Substrate Disinfestation, Corfu, Greece
4-8 October 2004
ect@aua.gr

III International Symposium on Persimmon, Jinju, Korea
5-9 October 2004
smk@nongae.gsnu.ac.kr

IV ISHS Symposium on Brassica and XIV Crucifer Genetics Workshop, Daejon, Korea
24-28 October 2004
yplim@cnu.ac.kr

XIII International Botrytis Symposium in Antalya, Turkey.
25 -31 October 2004.
contact: Dr. Figen Yildiz <fyildiz@ziraat.ege.edu.tr>.

5th International Walnut Symposium, Sorrento, Naples, Italy
7-14 November 2004
Contact: Emilia Malvolti <mimi@ias.tr.cnr.it

13th Meeting of the Latin American Association of Plant Pathology. Córdoba. Argentina
April 2005 (tentative).
slenard@infovia.com.ar

International Plant Virus Epidemiology Symposium, Lima, Peru.
4-8 April 2005
Contact: Pamela Anderson p.anderson@cgiar.org

International Working Groups on Legume and Vegetable Viruses, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
11-15 April, 2005
Contact: Gail Wisler gcwisler@mail.ifas.ufl.edu

XVII International Botanical Congress (XVII IBC 2005), Vienna, Austria.
18-23 July 2005
website: http://www.ibc2005.ac.at

The XIIIth Latin American Phytopathological Congress (XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Fitopatología) in the city of Cordoba, Cordoba Province, Argentina.
Mid-2005.
Organized by the Latin American Phytopathological Association (ALF) jointly with the annual meeting of the Argentine Phytopathological Association (Asociación Argentina de Fitopatología, AAF).
Contact: Dr Sergio L Lenardon, Institute for Phytopathology and Plant Physiology (IFFIVE), INTA, Cordoba, Argentina; <slenard@infovia.com.ar>.

ICPP 2008, Torino, Italy,
24-29 August, 2008
Contact: Prof. M.L. Gullino, University of Torino: marialodovica.gullino@unito.it