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INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER ON PLANT
PATHOLOGY
ISPP Newsletter 35
(5) October 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:
The
American Phytopathological Society Installs New Officers
St. Paul, Minn. (September
16, 2005) - The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is pleased to
announce its officers for 2005-2006. The new leadership assumed their
responsibilities at the conclusion of the APS Annual Meeting, August
2005, in Austin, Texas.
New APS President, John H.
Andrews, is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his B.S. from McDonald
College of McGill University, his M.S. degree at the University of
Maine, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis. Andrews
has held many leadership roles within the Society, acting as
councillor-at-large and associate editor of Plant Disease, and has
served on many committees, including the Councillors' Forum, Executive
Committee, Financial Advisory Committee, Scientific Programs Board, and
Phytopathology News Advisory Committee.
Andrews succeeded James
MacDonald, University of California, Davis, who now serves as immediate
past president.
Other 2005-2006 officials
include: Jan E. Leach, Colorado State University, is president-elect;
Raymond D. Martyn, Jr., Purdue University, is vice president; Danise T.
Beadle, Bayer CropScience, is secretary; Erik L. Stromberg, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, is treasurer; and Randall C.
Rowe, Ohio State University, is treasurer-elect.
Members of the 2005-2006
APS council include: Allison H. Tally, senior councillor-at-large;
Barbara J. Christ, intermediate councillor-at-large; Wayne F. Wilcox,
junior councillor-at-large; Judith K. Brown, councillor, Caribbean
Division; Raymond Hammerschmidt, councillor, North Central Division;
Margaret T. McGrath, councillor, Northeastern Division; Gary G. Grove,
councillor, Pacific Division; Thomas A. Evans, councillor, Potomac
Division; and Gerald J. Holmes, councillor, Southern Division.
Editors-in-Chief of APS
publications include: Rose C. Gergerich, APS PRESS; Jens Stougaard, MPMI;
Robert L. Gilbertson, Phytopathology; Margery Daughtrey, Phytopathology
News; and Kira L. Bowen, Plant Disease.
BSPP
Goes From Strength To Strength
Until I joined the BSPP
Board as Vice-President I had given very little thought to the work that
went on to manage the Society's affairs. Of course I knew that there was
a group of people, most of whom I knew, managing the Society but I had
little detailed knowledge of what they did. As my three year term on the
Board draws to a close (Vice-President, then President-Elect, now
President) it is opportune to reflect on the Society and what it
provides for its members.
Although carrying the name
British Society for Plant Pathology it is very clear that the Society is
a truly international one and new members from all countries are
particularly welcome. Membership numbers are currently around 650 of
which approximately 50% are from the UK, (indicating a very healthy
'pathological' base here), and 20% from the EU, 9% from the USA and the
rest spread liberally around other countries (more details are available
in BSPP Newsletter 48, Summer 2005).
Why do people join BSPP? I
could simply say that it is a great society to be with and that as a
plant pathologist they should do so. But that is not a practical answer
as people must, I believe, have a more tangible reason for joining. One
reason could be to receive the Journals. The Society has three journals,
Plant Pathology .. the parent journal... Molecular Plant Pathology, its
young sibling and New Disease Reports which are published in Plant
Pathology and on the internet. Members may choose either journal as part
of their membership package and, if desired, take both journals for a
modest extra fee. Both journals are published by Blackwell with the
Society subsidising the cost of members' copies. These journals will, I
suspect, form the visible face of the Society to most members. Plant
Pathology already has an excellent international reputation, attracting
submissions from 47 countries in 2004. Its ISI Impact Factor score has
been increasing steadily over the past five years and for 2004 is 1.467,
higher than many other journals covering plant pathology. Molecular
Plant Pathology is a much younger journal but is growing up at a
remarkable rate. This year saw the journal get its first impact factor
(for 2004). This was an excellent 2.838, putting it 17th in the list of
all plant science journals. The 'Immediacy index' (a reflection of how
current, up-to-date and 'hot' the journal is) was 0.709, putting it as
the 11th hottest journal in plant sciences. These are remarkable
achievements for both journals and a sure reflection of the enthusiasm
and dedication shown to them by the Senior Editors / Editors in Chief
and their editorial boards.
BSPP also publishes BSPP
News ... an in house publication full of news of the Society and its
members. Members receive the News free of charge.
But BSPP is more than its
Journals. As part of the Society's remit of promoting the science and
study of plant pathology, it provides funding for members to attend
scientific meetings, to undertake short term research projects and to
help promote plant pathology generally. We are particularly keen on
supporting young pathologists and offer undergraduate student bursaries
and are particularly sympathetic to funding travel for PhD students to
allow them to attend international conferences. In 2005 we have funded
members from 7 different countries to enable them to attend 13 meetings
in 10 countries.
The Society also organises
scientific meetings, discussion fora, seminars, workshops and visits to
research establishments; frequently in collaboration with other
societies. The key meeting each year is the Presidential Meeting,
usually held in the UK and organised solely by BSPP but sometimes run in
conjunction with another international meeting with another Society. For
2005, the Presidential meeting is running 19 - 21 December at the
University of Nottingham. The title 'Plant Pathology with a Purpose' is
very much a reflection of my own view of plant pathology .. that it
exists with an aim to secure food and other resources for the benefit of
us all. Professor Joe Kloepper (Auburn University, USA) will give the
Garrett Memorial lecture and be ably supported by keynote lectures from
Professor Graham Jellis (HGCA) and Dr Wendy Matthews (FSA). The meeting
will run as a series of seminars / discussion groups covering a broad
array of topics and we particularly hope to attract a large number of
young pathologists to come and talk to us about their research. The
meeting will be heavily subsidised by the Society in order to keep costs
down and, we hope, attract more young scientists for whom funding can
sometimes be a problem. More details are available on the Society web
site www.bspp.org.uk
For 2006, it is hoped to
incorporate the Presidential meeting with the EFPP meeting, which will
be held in Copenhagen from 13th to 17th August 2006. Further details
will be available later.
Phil Russell
Coming
Events
International Symposium on
Biotechnology of Temperate Fruit Crops and Tropical Species
10-14 October 2005
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
International 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
International Symposium of
Integrated Pest Management in Oilseed Rape, University of Göttingen,
Germany
3-5 April 2006
www.symposium-ipm-oilseed-rape.de/
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.australasianplantpathologysociety.org.au;
www.csl.gov.uk/contact/icppb.cfm;
ICPPB2006@csl.gov.uk
4th International Bacterial
Wilt Symposium York, UK
17-21 July 2006
www.australasianplantpathologysociety.org.au;
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
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 |
