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IPM NEWS --- international IPM news and programsI. IPM NEWS / APPLICATIONS international IPM news and programs IPM in the U.S. Seen asa Mere Illusion Two IPM-knowledgeable, experienced U.S. entomologists, writing in the Spring2000 edition of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' online periodical, ISSUES IN SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY, assail modern-day IPM practices in the U.S. asserting that "despite threedecades of research, there is very little 'I' in IPM," and that "it's time to start over with anachievable goal." In their article, "The Illusion of Integrated Pest Management," L.E. Ehler andD.G. Bottrell contend that U.S. crop protection practices have not changed much in the pastseven years in spite of government-backed initiatives to foster IPM. "Much of what is beingbilled as modern IPM," they assert, "is really nothing more than a reinvention of the supervisedcontrol of 50 years ago. Simply mixing different management tactics does not constitute IPM"and, they add, "may actually aggravate pest problems or produce other unintended effects."

Federal policies, note the two scientists, need to promote "a proper understanding of IPM,"address how IPM adoption will be measured in the field, and provide incentives to encourageadoption. They offer four recommendations: improve broad-based training in landgrantinstitutions; increase long-term financial support for IPM research, especially involving naturallyoccurring antagonists of pests found in agro-ecosystems; increase emphasis on true pesticidereduction seen as the only quantifiable measure of IPM adoption and impact; and, shift theapproach for setting goals to achieve various levels of IPM implementation. |> IST, PO Box830688, Univ. of Texas at Dallas, MS JO 30, Richardson, TX 75083-0688, USA. E-mail:bhendric@nas.edu. Fax: 1-972-883-6327. Phone: 1-972-883-6323. Web:bob.nap.edu/issues/16.3/ehler.htm.

GE Crops and Pest Management In the U.S. An April 2000 report (released in May) from theU.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Economic Research Service examines "Genetically Engineered Cropsfor Pest Management in U.S. Agriculture" and summarizes the variations in pesticide use,production yields, and net monetary returns occurring in farm-level adoption of these (GE) crops.The report's lead authors, J. Fernandez-Cornejo and W. McBride, found that cotton (Gossypiumhirsutum) enhanced with Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) to protect against pest insects, and grown inthe southeastern region of the country, was the most beneficial application of crops geneticallymodified for enhanced pest management. Use of Bt-cotton increased crop yields, increased netreturns, and "significantly reduced insecticide use," according to the document (AER 786).

Results associated with other major GE crops listed, i.e., herbicide-tolerant cotton andherbicide-tolerant soybean (Glycine max), were positive, but provided lower levels of benefits,the authors found. Use of the former increased yields and net returns, but did not significantlyreduce herbicide usage, whereas the report notes that herbicide-tolerant soybeans led to "smallbut significant increases in yields, no changes in net returns, and significant decreases inherbicide use." |> J. Fernandez-Cornejo, jorgef@ers.usda.gov. Phone: 1-202-694-5537. Thereport can be found and freely downloaded from: www.ers.usda.gov/epubs/pdf/aer786/.

(Thanks to D. Powell and AgNet for providing information.) GLOBAL IPM NOTES Fieldstudies conducted in LEBANON revealed that solarization, when combined with chickenmanure, significantly reduced growth of the weed Orobanche crenata, a serious obligate rootparasite, while also increasing the yield of a planted vegetable crop. |> M.A. Haidar,mhaidar@aub.edu.lb.

Based on simulation studies, a U.S. scientist has shown that planting soybean (Glycine max)early in the season to achieve maximum growth before various slug species become activereduces the pest's potential to inflict economic losses. |> R.B. Hammond, hammond.5@osu.edu.

A recently released impact assessment found that a biocontrol agent released in PAPUA NEWGUINEA and AUSTRALIA banana groves effectively controlled the banana skipper (Erionotathrax) and saved an estimated A4 million at a cost of A!!news_content!!.70 million, for abenefit-to-cost ratio of over 600:1. |> ACIAR, comms@aciar.gov.au.

Artisans in Thailand have developed a thriving market for women's handbags, briefcases, tissueboxes, coasters, and other decorative gift items all woven from Eichhornia crasippes (Mart.)Solms, water-hyacinth, a pernicious aquatic weed. The weaver's needs depleted E. crasippessupply in one lake forcing importation from other nearby waterbodies. |>www.bangkokpost.net/today/150500_Business14.html. (Thanks to A.S. Cooper for providinginformation).back to top

IPM MEDLEY --- publications and other IPM information resourcesII. IPM MEDLEY general matters, publications of interest, and other resources for IPMinformation PUBLICATIONS AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND PUBLISHERS

IPMnet NEWS welcomes mentioning any publication, or CD, focused on, or related to, IPM. Toassure coverage, please send a review copy of the publication, with full information where toobtain copies, data about the author/editor(s), and any other particulars or descriptive materialsto:

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CITRUS PEST INSECT BIOCONTROL Though published in 1997, CITRUS PESTS ANDTHEIR NATURAL ENEMIES is a big, beautiful book highlighting integrated pest managementof over 100 insect pests of citrus in Australia and succinctly describing details for balancedmanagement practices. Its vast and cogently organized information has far broader applicabilitythan the island continent and its superb full color photos and top-notch production make this288-page reference an extremely valuable resource, especially when coupled with its spiralbound, companion work, CITRUS PESTS A FIELD GUIDE, designed for field use, again withhundreds of color photos and notes on monitoring and management tactics. Both volumes wereedited by D. Smith, et al and draw upon the combined expertise of the Australian citrus industry,researchers, horticultural advisers, and consultants to provide identification, damage recognition,and management practices. Both titles are very reasonably priced given their extensive use ofcolor photos and other graphics. |> Contact either: Publications, DPI, GPO Box 46, Brisbane,QLD 4001, AUSTRALIA. E-mail: books@dpi.qld.gov.au. Or: IPM/Bugs for Bugs, Bowen St.,Mundubbera, QLD 4626, AUSTRALIA. E-mail: sales@bugsforbugs.com.au. Fax:61-07-4165-4626. Phone: 61-07-4165-4663. Web: www.bugsforbugs.com.au/home.html (clickon "products and services"). Bt: A WHO REVIEW From the World Health Organization (WHO)comes one of the most thorough published reviews of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), the microbialagent that, in various forms, is being used to control the larvae of numerous pest insects in majorcrops. Prepared by an international task group and published in 1999, BACILLUSTHURINGIENSIS provides an array of pertinent background material and, in its 105 pages,includes an extensive reference list. On the basis of their intensive review, the authoring groupconcludes that, "Bt products are unlikely to pose any hazard to humans or other vertebrates or tothe great majority of non-target invertebrates, provided the commercial product is free fromnon-Bt microorganisms and biologically active products other than the insecticidal crystallineproteins." The report further states that, "Bt products can be safely used for the control of insectpests of agricultural and horticultural crops and forests." The softcover monograph isEnvironmental Health Criteria no. 217, printed in English, with summaries in French andSpanish. |> Marketing and Dissemination, WHO, 1211 Geneva 27, SWITZERLAND. E-mail:grisettim@who.ch. Fax: 41-22-791-4857. NEW TITLES FROM CAB I. Denholm, et al, haveedited 14 papers presented by an international group of authors at a 1998 meeting in the UK,resulting in a hardbound volume, INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE: FROM MECHANISMS TOMANAGEMENT. The 144-page, 1999 monograph examines "genes and mechanisms" as well as"ecological genetics and management."

^^^^ A seven-year-long study funded by a major international agrochemical firm investigatedways to achieve safer, more effective, and reduced pesticide use among low-income farmers indeveloping countries (India, Mexico, and Zimbabwe). Early in 2000, a hardbound report of thefindings was published as SAFE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF CROP PROTECTIONPRODUCTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, edited by J. Atkin and K.M. Leisinger. Thestudy's thrust could be suspect given its sponsorship, even though guided by an internationalsteering committee, but the 192-page text provides interesting insights and a realistic view of theimmediate future. Needs for increased training and increased communication emerge as criticalelements for gaining reduced, safer usage of crop protection materials.

CABI Publishing, CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK. E-mail:

cabi@cabi.org. Fax: 44-0-1491-833508. Phone: 44-0-1491-832111. Web: www.cabi.org.

RODENT PEST MANAGEMENT A graphically superior 1999 title from the Australian Centrefor International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) delves into ECOLOGICALLY-BASEDMANAGEMENT OF RODENT PESTS. The hardbound work is based on material presented at a1998 conference in Beijing, CHINA. Editors G. Singleton, et al, have deftly drawn on outputfrom a notable international author group and arranged the text in three sections: theory andcurrent paradigms of rodent biology and management; state-of-the-art technologies for managingpest rodents; and, a selection of case studies from Africa and Asia (with a recognized absence ofinformation from the Americas). This superb 494-page volume, with numerous color graphs andphotos, emphasizes ecological and biological approaches in the context of problems, progress,and challenges of rodent pest management in developing countries. ACIAR monograph no. 59. |>ACIAR, GPO Box 1571, Canberra, ACT 2601, AUSTRALIA. Fax: 61-02-6217-0501. E-mail:aciar@aciar.gov.au. Phone: 61-02-6217-0500. Web: www.aciar.gov.au. NEW CROPPROTECTION DIRECTORY The new (2000) Second International Edition of THE CROPPROTECTION DIRECTORY has been expanded to offer useful contact information for morethan 1,500 organizations, donor agencies, research centers, commercial firms, and consultantsinternationally involved with some aspect of crop protection. Intuitively organized, the 358-pagework presents full particulars including web, e-mail data, and names of key individuals whereavailable for each of the entries which are then grouped under a series of logical sectionheadings. The new version reflects a special effort to increase its coverage of the biocontrolsector. The softbound, large format volume is, according to the publisher, "a veritable onevolume 'who's who' of the international crop protection scene." |> Elaine Warrell Associates, 2Lock Chase, London SE3 9HA, UK. E-mail: warrell@dircon.co.uk. Fax: 44-0-20-8297-0789.Phone: 44-0-20-8852-6158. Publication & CD Notes PROCEEDINGS 20TH GERMANCONFERENCE ON WEED BIOLOGY AND WEED CONTROL, edited by H.U. Haas and K.Hurle, has been published as a special issue of the JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES ANDPROTECTION. The softbound, 807-page work groups 107 papers in six sections, providesEnglish language summaries (the bulk of the text is in German), and includes numerous chartsand several illustrations. |> Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Woolgrasweg 41, D-70599 Stuttgart,GERMANY. E-mail: gfriedrich@ulmer.de. Web:www.ulmer.de/zeitschriften/pflanzenkrankh_sonderheft.htm.

The Massachusetts IPM Council, producer of practical guidelines for crop IPM, recentlypublished INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT: GUIDELINES FOR STRUCTURALPESTS offering the same step-by-step model guidelines for training and implementation, butdeveloped for both structures and urban settings. The new (2000), 56-page, softbound referenceprovides useful IPM information for important groups of insect and vertebrate pests, plus a pointsystem for evaluating and fostering an integrated approach. A list of pest information websites isincluded. |> UMass Extension Bookstore, Draper Hall, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA01003, USA. E-mail: books@umext.umass.edu.

The PROCEEDINGS FOR THE 7TH INTERNATIONAL WORKING CONFERENCE ONSTORED-PRODUCT PROTECTION are now available as a two-volume set with over 2,000pages. The Conference, last held in Beijing, CHINA, in 1998, occurs every four years and serves

as an international forum to report research on preservation of stored durable commodities,including: cereal grains and legumes; control of insect and microbial pests; improvements instorage facilities and equipment; and inspection and detection methods. Copies of some earlierproceedings are also still available. |> J.E. Throne, Conference Secty.-Treasurer, USDA-ARSGrain Marketing and Prod. Resch. Center, 1515 College Ave., Manhattan, KS 66502, USA.E-mail: throne@usgmrl.ksu.edu. Fax: 1-785-537-5584. Phone: 1-785-776-2796. OTHERRESOURCES AFRICAN PROGRAM REACHES OUT The active African RegionalPostgraduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS), with its emphasis on IPM, is seeking tobroaden its reach through a sophisticated distance education-learning effort, according to V.O.Musewe, head of capacity building at the Kenya-based host, the International Centre of InsectPhysiology and Ecology (ICIPE). In addition to ARPPIS and collaboration with three regionalAfrican universities soon to be expanded to five, Dr. Musewe also oversees a complementaryprogram designed for graduate students beyond Africa who have an interest in tropical insectscience. |> V.O. Musewe, ICIPE, PO Box 30772, Nairobi, KENYA. E-mail:VMusewe@icipe.org. Fax: 254-2-803360. Web: www.icipe.org. GROUP TARGETS A"WORST WEED" A group in India has launched the International Parthenium Research NewsGroup (IPRNG) to discuss aspects of the biology and (hopefully) management of the highlyobnoxious weed Parthenium hysterophorus. Long recognized by scientists as one of the world's10 worst weeds, P. hysterophorus not only contains a brew of allergens toxic to humans andlivestock, but is capable of rapid spread throughout a wide range of tropical and subtropicallocales. IPRNG's website is: www.celestine-india.com/pankajoudhia/IPRNG/. |> P. Oudhia,pankaj.oudhia@usa.net. EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS GRANULES WHACK FLY LARVAEA patented general use pesticide classified as non-toxic to mammals and said to be completelybiodegradable, has been introduced for control of fly larvae. The product, "Flycracker," is aformulation of anhydrous crystallized 2-hydroxy-1,2,3 tricarboxylic acid. Granules of thepesticide are sprinkled inside the perimeter of enclosed (weather-protected) areas where flybreeding might occur such as animal barns, waste disposal facilities, and more. Results occurwithin 24 hours of application. Since the product acts physically, not chemically, targeted pestsdo not develop resistance to it, according to the manufacturer. |> Biospherics, 12051 IndianCreek Court, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA. E-mail: flycracker@biospherics.com. Phone:1-301-419-3900. Web: www.flycracker.com.

III. RESEARCH/TECHNICAL PAPERS categories and topics related to IPM. IPMnet NEWSwill gladly provide the postal address for any first author mentioned in the titles that follow.E-mail requests to: IPMnetNUZ@bcc.orst.edu. Featured Paper Concern about herbicide-tolerantand disease-resistant transgenic crop plants' potential for transferring characteristics to unwantedplants (weeds) is addressed in "Weediness in the Light of New Transgenic Crops and TheirPotential Hybrids," the introductory lecture at the 20th German Conference on Weed Biology andWeed Control, March 2000. Authors K. Ammann, et al, present a cogent overview, based on theliterature, and speculate on the outcomes of disease resistance transferring to a weed populationclosely related to a crop species. Their conclusion: intensive long-term monitoring will be anessential element for tracking weed pattern changes and detecting characteristic shifts. |> K.Ammann, Bot. Garden, Univ. of Bern, Altebergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, SWITZERLAND.

E-mail: kammann@sgi.unibe.ch. excerpted from: JRNL. OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROT.,spcl. issue XVII, 19-29, 2000. This Month's SELECTED TILES (broadly grouped by pest ortactic categories).

General "Integrated Pest Management in PracticePathways Towards Successful Application,"Way, M.J., and H.F. van Emden. CROP PROT., 19(2), 81-103, March 2000.

"The Effect of Boom Section and Nozzle Configuration on the Risk of Spray Drift," Murphy,S.D., et al. JRNL. OF AGRIC. ENGRG. RESCH., 75(2), 127-138, February 2000.

Biocontrol

"Effects of Sugarcane Burning on Predator Insects," Macedo, N., and J.R. Araujo. ANNS. OFTHE ENTOM. SOC. OF BRAZIL, 29(1), 71-77, March 2000.

"Review and Evaluation of Lantana Biocontrol Programs," Broughton, S. BIO CONT., 17(3),272- , March 2000.

"Simulating the Impact of Cross Resistance Between Bt Toxins in Transformed Clover andApples in New Zealand," Caprio, M.A., and D.M. Suckling. JRNL. OF ECON. ENTOM., 93(2),173-179, April 2000.

Phytopathology

"Emergence, Spread and Strategies for Controlling the Pandemic of Cassava Mosaic VirusDisease in East and Central Africa," Legg, J.P. CROP PROT., 18(10), 627-637, December 1999.

"Forecasting the Airborn Spread of Mycosphaerella fijensis, a Cause of Black Sigatoka Diseaseon Banana: Estimations of numbers of Perithecia and Ascospores," Burt, P.J.A., et al. ANNS. OFAPPL. BIOL., 135(1), 369-378, August 1999.

Weed Management "Cultural Practices for Weed Resistance Management," Nalewaja, J.D.WEED TECH., 13(3), 643-646, July-September 1999. "Long-term Study on the Occurrence ofWeeds Resistant to Herbicides in the Czech Republic," Mikulka, J., and D. Chodova. JRNL. OFPLANT DIS. AND PROT., XVII, 373-376, 2000.

Entomology "Field Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management-Compatible Pesticides for theCitrus Leafminer Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) and its Parasitoid Ageniaspiscitricola (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)," Villanueva-Jimenez, J.A., et al. JRNL. OF ECON.ENTOM., 93(2), 173-179, April 2000. "Opportunities for Integrated Management of Insect Pestsof Grain Legumes," Clement, S.L., et al. Pgs. 467-480, in: LINKING RESEARCH ANDMARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PULSES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, R. Knight, ed.,2000, Kluwer Acad. Publishers, Dordrecht, THE NETHERLANDS.

Nematology "Propargyl Bromide and Other Fumigants for Nematode Control," Noling, J.W. and

J.P. Gilreath. METHYL BROM. ALTS., 6(1), 9-10, January 2000.

IV. CALENDAR a global listng of forthcoming IPM-related events (conferences, trainingcourses, symposia, etc.) Information was collected from, and supplied by, various sources;IPMnet expresses its appreciation to all. NOTE: this issue of the NEWS contains both Calendar1, (events new to the Calendar, or listing revised information) and Calendar 2 (All PreviouslyListed Events). Additional information can be found at the website: www.IPMnet.org. New andRevised listings Previously Listed events See also AgNIC's Agricultural Conferences, Meetings,Seminars Calendar

IPMnet Calendar 1 (N)EW, or (R)EVISED entries only

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(N) 19-22 June VI CONGRESS ON WEEDS, Banja Koviljaca, SERBIA. Organized by theSerbian Weed Research Society, and Pesticide and Environmental Research Centre. Contact: S.Cupac, Congress Secretary, e-mail: dmarinkov@ptt.yu

(N) 27 June-02 July 25TH NORDIC-BALTIC CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, Melsomvik,NORWAY. Contact: NBCE2000, c/o Zoo. Museum, Sarsgt. 1, NO-0562, Oslo, NORWAY.E-mail: j.e.raastad@toyen.uio.no Fax: 47-22-85-1837 Phone: 47-22-85-1679 Web:www.toyen.uio.no/NBCE2000/

(N) 04-08 July IX CONGRESO IBERICO DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Zaragosa, SPAIN. Contact:Sec. Tecnica, Sagasta 19, 50008 Zaragoza, SPAIN. Web: entomologia.rediris.es/congresoiberico/E-mail: dico@dico.es

(N) 26-28 July MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF FUNGAL PATHOGENS, East Anglia, Norwich,UK. Contact: e-mail: mbfp.2000@bbsrc.ac.uk

(N) 14-18 August WESTERN INTERNATIONAL FOREST DISEASE WORKCONFERENCE, Waikoloa Beach, HI, USA. Contact: W. Jacobi, e-mail:wjacobi@agsci.colostate.edu Phone: 1-970-491-6927 Web:www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/wif/

(N) 14-15 September 4TH NATIONAL MEETING, ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY,Liverpool, UK. Contact: M. Speed, EBS, Liverpool Hope Univ. College, Hope Park, Liverpool

L16 9JD, UK E-mail: speedm@hope.ac.uk Web: www.royensoc.demon.co.uk/ento2000.htm

(N) 20-22 September ADVANCES IN PLANT VIROLOGY, Dundee, UK. Contact: C. Millman,Assoc. of Applied Biologists, c/o HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK Fax:44-0-1789-470234 E-mail: carol.aab@hri.ac.uk Phone: 44-0-1789-470382 Web:www.aab.org.uk

(N) 06-09 November 2000 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON METHYLBROMIDE ALTERNATIVES & EMISSIONS REDUCTION, Orlando, FL, USA. Contact:MBAO, 144 W. Peace River Dr., Fresno, CA 93711-6953, USA E-mail:robenauf@agrc.cnchost.com Phone: 1-559-447-2127

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(N) 21-23 March 2001 AN INTERNATIONAL WEED ODYSSEY, An International InvasiveExotic Species Conference, Athens, GA, USA. Contact: C. McCormick, Inst. of Ecol., Univ. ofGeorgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA E-mail: cheryl@arches.uga.edu Fax: 1-706-542-4819 Phone:1-706-542-2968 Web: www.ecology.uga.edu/

(N) 14-18 May NORTH AMERICAN FOREST INSECT WORK CONFERENCE, "BorealOdyssey," Edmonton, AL, CANADA. Contact: J.R. Spence, Biol. Sci., Univ. of Alberta, 114St.-89 Ave., Edmonton, AL T6G 2M7, CANADA E-mail: john.spence@ualberta.ca Phone:1-780-492-3003 Web: nofc.cfs.gc.ca/nafiwc/

(N) 20-24 May 15TH NEMATOLOGICAL CONGRESS, "Integrated Nematode Control in theNew Millennium," Skukuza, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: M. Daneel, ARC-ITSC, Private BagX11208, Nelspruit 1200, SOUTH AFRICA E-mail: mieke@itsc.agric.za Fax: 27-13-752-3854Phone: 27-13-753-2071 Web: www.agnic.org/mtg/2001/15nc.html

(N) 08-12 July SCLEROTINIA 2001: 11TH INTERNATIONAL SCLEROTINIA WORKSHOP,York, UK. Contact: N. Hardwick, Central Science Lab., Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK Fax:44-0-1904-462111 E-mail: nigel.hardwick@csl.gov.uk

(R) E-mail corrected. 13-17 August 6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADJUVANTSFOR AGROCHEMICALS, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: H. de Ruiter, ISAA2001 Foundation, PO Box 83, NL-6870 AA Renkum, THE NETHERLANDS E-mail:h.deruiter@isaa2001.com Fax: 31-317-350-812 Web: www.isaa2001.com

(N) 24-27 September 13TH BIENNIAL AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY SOCIETYCONFERENCE, Cairns, AUSTRALIA. Contact: S. Denyer, Center for Trop. Agric., PO Box1054, Mareeba, QLD 4880, AUSTRALIA E-mail: denyers@dpi.qld.gov.au Fax: 61-7-4092-3593

(N) 06-09 November INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDES AND INTEGRATED PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT INDEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Kathmandu, NEPAL. Contact: A. Herrmann, K-IPM Conf., Inst.

of Geog. and Geoecol., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, D-38106 Braunschweig,GERMANY E-mail: ipmktm@tu-bs.de Fax: 49-531-391-8170 Web:www.tu-bs.de/institute/igg/physhyd/conference.html

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IPMnet Calendar 2 PREVIOUSLY LISTED entries for 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 Current as ofJune 2000

2000 03-06 June XXII BRAZILIAN WEED SCIENCE CONGRESS, Iguassu Falls, PR,BRAZIL. Contact: B.N. Rodrigues; e-mail sbcpd@cnpso.embrapa.br 06 June CONFERENCEON POTATO CYST NEMATODE MANAGEMENT, Newport, UK. Contact: P. Haydock,PCN, Crop and Environ. Research Ctr., Harper Adams Univ. College, Newport, Shropshire TF108NB, UK E-mail: phaydock@harper-adams.ac.uk Website: www.hri.ac.uk/aab/potcysts.htm

06-11 June III INTERNATIONAL WEED SCIENCE CONGRESS, "Global Weed Problems:Local and Global Solutions for the Beginning of the Century," Foz do Iguassu, PR, BRAZIL.Contact: J.B. Silva; e-mail baptista@estaminas.com.br Website:www.sercomtel.com.br/ice/plantas/

13-14 June PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ShortCourse, Bloemfontein, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: W.T. Nell, Coordinator, Faculty ofAgriculture (510), Univ. of the Orange Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, SOUTHAFRICA E-mail: wnell@landbou.uovs.ac.za. Fax: 27-51-401-3473 Phone: 27-51-401-2557

18-21 June JOINT MEETING, CANADIAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY andPACIFIC DIV. OF THE AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Victoria, BC,CANADA. Contact: Conference Mgmt., Div. of Continuing Studies, Univ. of Victoria, PO Box3030, Victoria, BC V8W 3N6, CANADA E-mail: morourke@uvic.ca Fax: 1-250-721-8774Website: web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/conf/cps_aps/AbForm.htm Phone: 1-250-721-8704

18-30 June INTERNATIONAL SHORT COURSE IN AGROECOLOGY, INTEGRATED PESTMANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, East Lansing, MI, USA. Contact:K.M. Maredia, Institute of International Agriculture, 416 Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg., MichiganState Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA E-mail: kmaredia@pilot.msu.edu Fax:1-517-432-1982 Phone: 1-517-353-5262

19-22 June VI CONGRESS ON WEEDS, Banja Koviljaca, SERBIA. Organized by the SerbianWeed Research Society, and Pesticide and Environmental Research Centre. Contact: S. Cupac,Congress Secretary, e-mail: dmarinkov@ptt.yu

24-28 June SOCIETY OF NEMATOLOGISTS ANNUAL MEETING, Quebec City, Quebec,CANADA. Contact: G. Belair, Hort. Resch. and Development, 430 Gouin Blvd.,Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, CANADA E-mail: belairg@em.agr.ca Fax:1-450-346-7740 Website: www.ianr.unl.edu/son/son_quebec2000.html Phone: 1-450-346-4494

25-30 June 31ST AUSTRALIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SCIENTIFICCONFERENCE, Darwin, NT, AUSTRALIA. Contact: Secretariat, Convention Catalysts Intl.,GPO Box 2541, Darwin, NT 0801, AUSTRALIA E-mail: convention.catalysts@norgate.com.auFax: 61-8-8941-1639 Phone: 61-8-8981-1875 Website:www.nt.gov.au/dpif/news_events/aesc.shtml

27 June-02 July 25TH NORDIC-BALTIC CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, Melsomvik,NORWAY. Contact: NBCE2000, c/o Zoo. Museum, Sarsgt. 1, NO-0562, Oslo, NORWAY.E-mail: j.e.raastad@toyen.uio.no Fax: 47-22-85-1837 Phone: 47-22-85-1679 Web:www.toyen.uio.no/NBCE2000/

June 6TH CONGRESS ON WEEDS, Zemun, YUGOSLAVIA. Contact: S. Cupac, Pesticide andEnviron. Resch. Ctr., 11080 Belgrade-Zemun, Bonastska 31b, POB 163, YUGOSLAVIA E-mail:dmarinkov@ptt.yu

04-08 July IX CONGRESO IBERICO DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Zaragosa, SPAIN. Contact: Sec.Tecnica, Sagasta 19, 50008 Zaragoza, SPAIN. Web:www.entomologia.rediris.es/congresoiberico/ E-mail: dico@dico.es

09-15 July 18TH SYMPOSIUM ON VIRUS AND VIRUS-LIKE DISEASES OF TEMPERATEFRUIT CROPS, Canterbury, UK. Contact: M. Clark, e-mail: fv.2000@hri.ac.uk

10-13 July 6TH QUEENSLAND WEED SYMPOSIUM, Caloundra, Qld., AUSTRALIA.Contact: Weed Science Society of Victoria, PO Box 987, Frankston, Vic. 3199, AUSTRALIAE-mail: secwssv@surf.net.au Website: home.vicnet.net.au/~weedsoc/conferen.htm

11-12 July CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL II, Riverside, CA,USA. Contact: M. Hoddle, Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USAE-mail: ccbc2@cnas.ucr.edu Phone: 1-909-787-7292

16-20 July 40TH ANNUAL/INTERNATIONAL MEETING, AQUATIC PLANTMANAGEMENT SOCIETY, San Diego, CA, USA. Contact: J. Schmidt, e-mail:jimschmidt@appliedbiochemists.com Phone: 1-800-558-5106

23-27 July 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANT PATHOGENICBACTERIA, Charlottetown, PEI, CANADA. Contact: S.H. De Boer e-mail: deboers@em.agr.ca

Website: www.isn.net/~ppb2000/

26-28 July 27TH CONGRESO SOCOLEN (LA SOCIEDAD COLOMBIANA DEENTOMOLOGIA), Medellin, COLOMBIA. Contact: SOCOLEN, A.A. 11366, Santafe deBogota, DC, REP. DE COLOMBIA Fax: 57-2-219-263 E-mail: socolen@socolen.com.co Phone:57-2-218-706 Website: www.socolen.com.co

26-28 July MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF FUNGAL PATHOGENS, East Anglia, Norwich, UK.Contact: e-mail: mbfp.2000@bbsrc.ac.uk

01-03 August CONFERENCE ON HUMAN CONFLICTS WITH WILDLIFE: ECONOMICCONSIDERATIONS, Fort Collins, CO, USA. Contact: D.L. Dwyer, USDA National WildlifeResearch Center, 4101 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA Phone: 1-970-266-6015E-mail: Diana.L.Dwyer@usda.gov Website: www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/nwrc/econsymp.htm

07 August (tentative) PLANT PROTECTION PROBLEMS IN 'ORGANIC FARMING,'symposium/workshop, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND. (See next entry.)

08-10 August 53RD NEW ZEALAND PLANT PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2000,Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND. Contact: M.R. Butcher, e-mail: butcher@lincoln.ac.nz Website:www.hortnet.co.nz/nzpps

08-10 August NORTH AMERICAN WEED MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCEAND TRADE SHOW, Nebraska City, NE, USA. Contact: NAWMA, PO Box 1910, Granby, CO80446-1910, USA E-mail: nawma@rkymtnhi.com Fax: 1-970-887-9560 Phone: 1-970-887-1228Website: www.nawma.org

11-14 August 35TH CONGRESO NACIONAL DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Sociedad Mexicana deEntomologia, Acapulco, MEXICO. Contact: S.G.S. Camargo, ENEP Iztacala-UNAM, Lab. deZoo., Av. de los Barrios S/N, Los Reyes Iztacala, 54090 Tlanepantla, Est. de Mexico, MEXICOE-mail: stanford@servidor.unam.mx Fax/phone: 52-5-597-5206 Website:www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/7352/

12-16 August AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, NewOrleans, LA, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USAE-mail: aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-651-454-0766 Phone: 1-651-454-7250 Website: www.scisoc.org

13-18 August 33RD ANNUAL SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY MEETING,concurrently with 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS,Guanajuato, Mexico. Contact: J.E. Ibarra, CINVESTAV-IPN, Apartado Postal 629, 36500Irapuato, Gto., MEXICO E-mail: jibarra@irapuato.ira.cinvestav.mx. Fax: 52-4-624-5996 Phone:52-4-623-9643. Web: www.sipweb.org

14-18 August WESTERN INTERNATIONAL FOREST DISEASE WORK CONFERENCE,Waikoloa Beach, HI, USA. Contact: W. Jacobi, e-mail: wjacobi@agsci.colostate.edu Phone:

1-970-491-6927 Web: www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/wit/index.html

14 August-06 October INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM)COURSE IN RICE, Los Banos, Laguna, PHILIPPINES. Contact: G.L. Magsino, National CropProtection Center, Univ. of the Philippines Campus, Los Banos, Laguna, PHILIPPINES E-mail:ncpctvsu@mudspring.uplb.edu.ph

20-26 August 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, Iguassu Falls, PR,BRAZIL. Contact: D.L. Gazzoni; e-mail gazzoni@cnpso.embrapa.br Web site:www.embrapa.br/ice

25-28 August 1ST ASIAN CONFERENCE ON PLANT PATHOLOGY, Beijing, CHINA.Contact: T. Wenhua, Plant Prot. Bldg. no. 313, China Agric. Univ., Beijing, CHINA Website:www.chinaspp.com E-mail: bauicbe@public.bta.net.cn Fax: 86-10-628-91025

28 August-01 September 10TH CEREAL RUSTS AND POWDERY MILDEWSCONFERENCE, Budapest, HUNGARY. Contact: B. Barna, Plant Prot. Institute, PO Box 102,H-1525 Budapest, HUNGARY E-mail: bbar@planta.nki.hu Fax: 36-1-356-3698 Phone:36-1-355-8722 Website: planta.nki.hu/rust/

30-31 August BACILLUS2000 SYMPOSIUM, Application and Systematics of Bacillus andRelatives, Bruges, BELGIUM. Contact: R. Berkeley, Badock Hall, Univ. of Bristol, Stoke ParkRd., Bristol BS9 1JQ, UK Fax: 44-117-903-2499 Phone: 44-117-903-2480

30 August-01 September 21ST CONGRESO DE FITOPATOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS AFINES,Palmira, COLOMBIA. Contact: ASCOLFI, Calle 37A, #27-33, Palmira, Valle, COLOMBIAE-mail: ascolfi@telesat.com.co Website: www.telesat.com.co/ascolfi/congreso.htm Fax:57-92-275-0557

06-08 September 11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEED BIOLOGY, Dijon,FRANCE. Contact: J-P Lonchamp, INRA - Lab. Malherbologie & Agronomie, BV 1540,F-21034 Dijon Cedex, FRANCE E-mail: Lonchamp@epoisses.inra.fr Fax: 33-3-806-93262Phone: 33-3-806-93187

07-08 September 2ND INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION SYMPOSIUM, Debrecen,HUNGARY. Contact: G.J. Kovics, IPPS, POB 36, H-405 Debrecen, HUNGARY E-mail:Kovics@fs2.date.hu Fax: 36-52-413-385 Phone: 36-52-347-888 Web:www.date.hu/rendez/nved2000/enelsokorl.htm

10-12 September SCI CONFERENCE, PREDICTING FIELD PERFORMANCE IN CROPPROTECTION, Canterbury, UK. Contact: S. Walter, SCI Conference Dept., 14/15 BelgraveSquare, London SW1X 8PS, UK E-mail: soniaw@chemind.demon.co.uk Fax: 44-171-235-7743Website: sci.mond.org/conference/home.html Phone: 44-171-235-3681

11-15 September SYMPOSIUM ON CHEMICAL AND NON-CHEMICAL SOIL

DISINFESTATION, Torino, ITALY. Contact: DI.VA.P.R.A. - Patologia Vegetale, Via L. daVinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), ITALY E-mail: congress.mlg@agraria.unito.it Fax:39-011-670-8541 Website: www.agraria.unito.it/news/SD20004.htm

11-16 September 6TH EUROPEAN FUSARIUM SEMINAR, Berlin, GERMANY. Contact: H.I.Nirenberg, Biol. Bund. fur Lan- und Forst., Konigin-Luise-Str. 19, D-14195 Berlin, GERMANYE-mail: h.nirenberg@bba.de Fax: 49-30-830-42203 Website:www.bba.de/english/events/efs//efs.htm

14-15 September ASIA CROP PROTECTION MARKETS 2000, Bangkok, THAILAND.Contact: e-mail, gamar@cmtsp.com.sg Fax: 65-345-5928 Phone: 65-346-9134

14-15 September 4TH NATIONAL MEETING, ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY,Liverpool, UK. Contact: M. Speed, EBS, Liverpool Hope Univ. College, Hope Park, LiverpoolL16 9JD, UK E-mail: speedm@hope.ac.uk Web: www.royensoc.demon.co.uk/ento2000.htm

18-22 September 5TH EUROPEAN FOUNDATION OF PLANT PATHOLOGY CONGRESS,"Biodiversity In Plant Pathology," Sicily, ITALY. Contact: A. Catara, Inst. di Patologia Vegetale,Univ. of Sicily, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123 Catania, ITALY Fax: 39-95-361487 Phone:39-95-351422 Website: www.ipo.dlo.nl/ipowww/efpp/events.htm

(N) 20-22 September ADVANCES IN PLANT VIROLOGY, Dundee, UK. Contact: C. Millman,Assoc. of Applied Biologists, c/o HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK Fax:44-0-1789-470234 E-mail: carol.aab@hri.ac.uk Phone: 44-0-1789-470382 Web:www.aab.org.uk

23-30 September GLOBAL 2000: SORGHUM AND PEARL MILLET DISEASES III,Guanajuato City, MEXICO. Contact: M. Clark, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Microbiol., TexasA&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2132, USA E-mail: mclark@ppserver.tamu.eduWebsite: www.ianr.unl.edu/intsormil/icwhen17.htm Fax: 1-409-845-6483

25-29 September IOBC-WPRS WORKING GROUP, USE OF PHEROMONES AND OTHERSEMIOCHEMICALS IN INTEGRATED CONTROL, Samos, GREECE. Contact: M.Konstantopoulou, Institute of Biology, NCSR "Demokritos," PO Box 60228, GR-153 10 AghiaParaskevi Attikis, GREECE E-mail: mkonstan@mail.demokritos.gr Fax: 30-1-6511767 Website:www.phero.net/iobc/samos/announc3.html

03-06 October IUPAC-TACTRI/COA INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PESTICIDES2000, Taichung, TAIWAN. Contact: S.S. Wong, Agchem. Resch. Inst., Council of Agric., 11Kung-Ming Rd., Wufeng, Taichung Hsien, TAIWAN E-mail: SSWong@tactri.gov.tw Fax:886-4-332-4783 Phone: 886-4-330-2101 Website:www.tactri.gov.tw/htdocs/notes/iupac/index.htm

03-06 October POTATO LATE BLIGHT - PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, Kristianstad,SWEDEN. Contact: M. Sandstrom, Ecol. and Crop Production Sci., SLU, PO Box 7043,

SE-75007 Uppsala, SWEDEN E-mail: Magnus.Sandstrom@evp.slu.se Fax: 46-18-672-890Phone: 46-18-672-652 Web: www.tvs.slu.se/njfsem/njfsem.html

16-17 October 3RD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON COCOA PESTS AND DISEASES,Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA, organized by the International Permanent Working Groupfor Pests and Diseases of Cocoa (INCOPED). Contact: Bong C L, e-mail bcl@ipc1.koko.gov.myFax: 60-88-239575 Web: www.koko.gov.my/incoped/incom3.htm

16-18 October INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PLANTS AND ATTACKING ORGANISMS:MECHANISMS, GENETICS, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, PhD Autumn School,Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Covers both fundamental and applied aspects;international participation with keynote speakers, posters, discussions. Contact: E.M.P.Groeneveld-Vervloed, Lab. of Nematology, Wageningen Univ., PO Box 8123, 6700 ESWageningen, THE NETHERLANDS Fax: 31-317-484254 E-mail:lisette.groeneveld@medew.nema.wag-ur.nl

22-26 October 7TH ARAB CONGRESS OF PLANT PROTECTION, Amman, JORDAN.Contact: W.A. Gharbieh, Fac. of Agric., Univ. of Jordan, Amman, JORDAN Fax:962-6-535-5577 E-mail: gharbieh@agr.ju.edu.jo Phone: 962-6-535-5000 Website:sacpp.ju.edu.jo/

23-25 October 5TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ANDMANAGEMENT OF CHROMOLAENA ODORATA, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: L.Strathie-Korrubel, ARC-PPRI, Private Bag X6006, Hilton 3245, SOUTH AFRICA E-mail:ntlws@natal1.agric.za Fax: 27-331-355-9423 Phone: 27-331-355-9419

24-27 October QUEBEC 2000 JOINT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT MEETING, Quebec,Que., CANADA. Contact: Ontario Vegetation Management Association, PO Box 217,Orangeville, ON, L9W 2Z6, CANADA E-mail: gamercier@home.com Fax: 1-519-942-8152Phone: 1-519-942-8151

06-09 November 2000 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON METHYLBROMIDE ALTERNATIVES & EMISSIONS REDUCTION, Orlando, FL, USA. Contact:MBAO, 144 W. Peace River Dr., Fresno, CA 93711-6953, USA E-mail:robenauf@agrc.cnchost.com Phone: 1-559-447-2127

12-14 November ASSOCIATION OF NATURAL BIO-CONTROL PRODUCERSCONFERENCE, Oxnard, CA, USA. Contact: ANBP, 10202 Cowan Heights Dr., Santa Ana, CA92705, USA E-mail: execdir@anbp.org Fax/phone: 1-714-544-8295

13-16 November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2000, PESTS ANDDISEASES, Brighton, UK. Contact: The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, BatterseaSquare, London SWll 3RA, UK Fax: 44-171-924-1790 E-mail: eventorg@event-org.com Phone:44-171-228-8034 Website: www.BCPC.org

26-29 November EXPERT COMMITTEE ON WEEDS ANNUAL MEETING, Banff, AB,CANADA. Contact: ECW, PO Box 222, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3R9, CANADAE-mail: daniel.cloutier@videotron.ca Fax: 1-514-695-2365 Phone: 1-514-630-4658 Website:www.microtec.net/clodan/ECW/contact.htm

28 November-01 December SYMPOSIUM ON DURABLE RESISTANCE, Wageningen, THENETHERLANDS. Contact: J.E. Parlevliet, PO Box 386, NL 6700 AJ Wageningen, THENETHERLANDS E-mail: jan.parlevliet@users.pv.wau.nl Fax: 31-317-483457

01-04 December IOBC/OILB WORKING GROUPBIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF FUNGALAND BACTERIAL PLANT PATHOGENS, Seville, SPAIN. Contact, Y. Elad, Dept. of PlantPathology, Volcani Center, POB 6, Bet Dagan 50250, ISRAEL E-mail: elady@netvision.net.ilFax: 972-3-968-3688 Phone: 972-3-968-3580 Website:www.agric.gov.il/Depts/IOBCPP/FstSevil.html

03-07 December ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING,Montreal, QUE, CANADA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115, USAE-mail: esa@entsoc.org Fax: 1-301-731-4538 Website: www.entsoc.org Phone: 1-301-731-4535

06-08 December 6TH ANPP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANT DISEASES,Tours, FRANCE. Contact: N. Cavelier, INRA, URI GC, BP 29, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex,FRANCE E-mail: ncavelie@rennes.inra.fr Fax: 33-02-992-85180 Phone: 33-02-992-85193Website: www.anpp.asso.fr

18-20 December PLANT-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS: UNDERSTANDINGMECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE AND PATHOGENICITY FOR DISEASE CONTROL,BSPP Presidential Meeting 2000, Ashford, UK. Contact: M.J. Hocart, Plant Sci. Div., SAC,West Mains Rd., Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK E-mail: m.hocart@ed.sac.ac.uk Fax:44-0131-667-2601 Phone: 44-0131-535-4082 Website: www.bspp.org.uk

2001 11-15 February WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING,Greensboro, NC, USA. Contact: WSSA, J. Breithaupt, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044, USAE-mail: jbreith@allenpress.com Fax: 1-913-843-1274 Phone: 1-913-843-1235 28 February-03March EUROPEAN WHITEFLY SYMPOSIUM, Ragusa, Sicily, ITALY. Contact: EWSNOffice, JIC, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK E-mail:network.ewsn@bbsrc.ac.uk Fax: 44-0-1603-456844 Phone: 44-0-1603-452571 Website:www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/hosting/ewsn

21-23 March 2001 AN INTERNATIONAL WEED ODYSSEY, An International Invasive ExoticSpecies Conference, Athens, GA, USA. Contact: C. McCormick, Inst. of Ecol., Univ. of Georgia,Athens, GA 30602, USA E-mail: cheryl@arches.uga.edu Fax: 1-706-542-4819 Phone:1-706-542-2968 Web: www.ecology.uga.edu/

May 53RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CROP PROTECTION, Coupure Links,Gent, BELGIUM. Contact: P. DeClercq, Dept. of Crop Protection, Univ. of Gent, Coupure Links

653, B-9000 Gent, BELGIUM E-mail: Patrick.DeClercq@rug.ac.be Fax: 32-9-264-6239 Phone:32-9-264-6158

14-18 May NORTH AMERICAN FOREST INSECT WORK CONFERENCE, "BorealOdyssey," Edmonton, AL, CANADA. Contact: J.R. Spence, Biol. Sci., Univ. of Alberta, 114St.-89 Ave., Edmonton, AL T6G 2M7, CANADA E-mail: john.spence@ualberta.ca Phone:1-780-492-3003 Web: nofc.cfs.gc.ca/nafiwc/

20-24 May 15TH NEMATOLOGICAL CONGRESS, "Integrated Nematode Control in the NewMillennium," Skukuza, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: M. Daneel, ARC-ITSC, Private BagX11208, Nelspruit 1200, SOUTH AFRICA E-mail: mieke@itsc.agric.za Fax: 27-13-752-3854Phone: 27-13-753-2071 Web: www.agnic.org/mtg/2001/15nc.html

03-07 June 7TH SYMPOSIUM OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL (VII Siconbiol), Po!os de Caldas,MG, BRAZIL. Contact: e-mail siconbio@ufla.br Website: www2.ufla.br/~siconbio

11-15 June IV INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SEMINAR ON PLANT PROTECTION,Varadero, CUBA. Concurrent meetings include:

- XI Latin American Workshop on White fly-Geminivirus: - 33rd Annual meeting of theNematologist Organization of the American Tropics (ONTA); - 41st Annual Meeting of thePhytopathologist Society-Caribbean Division (APS-DC); - VII International Pest AntsSymposium; and, - II Latinamerican Congress of Neotropical Region Section of the InternationalOrganization of Biological Control. Contact: I.S. Ramirez, CP 11600, Playa, Ciudad de laHabana, CUBA E-mail: inisav@ceniai.inf.cu FAX: 537-24-0535 July 3RD INTERNATIONALWORKSHOP ON WHITEFLIES, Norwich, UK. Contact: W.A. Jones, USDA-ARS, 2413 E.Highway 83, Weslaco, TX 78596, USA E-mail: w-jones@pop.tamu.edu Fax: 1-956-969-4888Phone: 1-956-969-4803

08-12 July SCLEROTINIA 2001: 11TH INTERNATIONAL SCLEROTINIA WORKSHOP,York, UK. Contact: N. Hardwick, Central Science Lab., Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK Fax:44-0-1904-462111 E-mail: nigel.hardwick@csl.gov.uk

02-05 August SYMPOSIUM ON THE PRACTICE OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL:IMPORTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL ENEMIES IN THE NEWMILLENNIUM, Bozeman, Montana, USA. Contact: T. Kring, Dept. of Entomology, Univ. ofArkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA E-mail: tkring@comp.uark.edu Phone: 1-501-575-3186

13-17 August 6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADJUVANTS FORAGROCHEMICALS, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: H. de Ruiter, ISAA 2001Foundation, PO Box 83, NL-6870 AA Renkum, THE NETHERLANDS E-mail:h.deruiter@isaa2001.com Fax: 31-317-350-812 Web: www.isaa2001.com

25-29 August SOCIETY OF NEMATOLOGISTS ANNUAL MEETING, Salt Lake City, UT,USA. Contact: A.P. Nyczepir, USDA-ARS, 21 Dunbar Rd., Byron, GA 31008, USA E-mail:

anyczepir@byronresearch.net Fax: 1-912-956-2929 Phone: 1-912-956-6438

25-29 August AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETTING, SaltLake City, UT, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USAE-mail: aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Website: www.scisoc.org

09-14 September 3RD EUROPEAN VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE,Kibbutz Ma'ale Hachamisha, ISRAEL. Contact: Ortra Ltd., PO Box 9352, Tel Aviv 61092,ISRAEL E-mail: vert@ortra.co.il Fax: 972-3-683-4455 Phone: 972-3-683-4444 Website:ortra.com/vertebrate/

24-27 September 13TH BIENNIAL AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY SOCIETYCONFERENCE, Cairns, AUSTRALIA. Contact: S. Denyer, Center for Trop. Agric., PO Box1054, Mareeba, QLD 4880, AUSTRALIA E-mail: denyers@dpi.qld.gov.au Fax: 61-7-4092-3593

08-12 October 9TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FIRE BLIGHT, Napier, NEWZEALAND. Contact: C.N. Hale, HortResearch, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, NEW ZEALANDE-mail: CHales@hort.cri.nz Fax: 64-9-815-4207 Phone: 64-9-815-4200 Website:www.hort.cri.nz/confer/fireblight2001.htm

November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2001, Brighton, UK. Contact:The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SWll 3RA, UK E-mail:eventorg@event-org.com Fax: 44-171-924-1790 Website: www.BCPC.org

06-09 November INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDES AND INTEGRATED PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT INDEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Kathmandu, NEPAL. Contact: A. Herrmann, K-IPM Conf., Inst.of Geog. and Geoecol., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, D-38106 Braunschweig,GERMANY E-mail: ipmktm@tu-bs.de Fax: 49-531-391-8170 Web:www.tu-bs.de/institute/igg/physhyd/conference.html

09-13 December ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, SanDiego, CA, USA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115, USA E-mail:esa@entsoc.org Fax: 1-301-731-4538 Website: www.entsoc.org Phone: 1-301-731-4535

2002 10-13 February WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, Reno,NV, USA. Contact: WSSA, J. Breithaupt, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA E-mail:jbreith@allenpress.com Fax: 1-913-843-1274 Phone: 1-913-843-1235 June 12TH EUROPEANWEED RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM, Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact:EWRS Symposium 2002, c/o Organisation Bureau ISa, Markweg 17, NL-6871 KW Renkum,THE NETHERLANDS E-mail: ingrid.sanderson@wxs.nl Website: www.ewrs.org

04-09 August 10TH IUPAC INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE CHEMISTRY OFCROP PROTECTION, Basel, SWITZERLAND. Theme: "Innovative Solutions for HealthyCrops." Contact: IUPAC 2002, c/o Novartis CP AG, WRO-1060.1.42, CH-4002 Basel,

SWITZERLAND E-mail: bernard.donzel@cp.novartis.com Fax: 41-61-697-7472 Website:www.cp.novartis.com/iupac2002

August AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, Milwaukee,WI, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA E-mail:aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Website: www.scisoc.org

08-12 September 13th AUSTRALIAN WEEDS CONFERENCE, Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA.Contact: 13th AWC, PO Box 257, South Perth, 6951 WA, AUSTRALIA E-mail:convlink@wantree.com.au Fax: 61-8-9450-2942 Phone: 61-8-9450-1662

November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2002, Brighton, UK. Contact:The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SWll 3RA, UK E-mail:eventorg@event-org.com Fax: 44-171-924-1790 Website: www.BCPC.org

10-15 December ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING,Philadelphia, PA, USA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115, USAFax: 1-301-731-4538 Phone: 1-301-731-4535 E-mail: esa@entsoc.org Website: www.entsoc.org

2003 02-08 February 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PLANT PATHOLOGY,Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Website: www.lincoln.ac.nz/icpp2003/ 06-11 July 15THINTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONGRESS, Beijing, CHINA. Contact: W. Liping,Inst. of Plant Prot., Chinese Acad. of Agric. Sci., #2 West Yuanmingyuan Rd., Beijing 100094,CHINA E-mail: cspp@ipmchina.cn.net Fax: 86-10-628-95451 Website:www.ipmchina.cn.net/ippc

09-13 August AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING,Charlotte, NC, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USAE-mail: aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Website: www.scisoc.org

26-30 October ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING,Cincinnati, OH, USA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115, USAE-mail: esa@entsoc.org Fax: 1-301-731-4538 Website: www.entsoc.org Phone: 1-301-731-4535.

November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2003, Brighton, UK. Contact:The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SWll 3RA, UK E-mail:eventorg@event-org.com Fax: 44-171-924-1790 Website: www.BCPC.org

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will gladly provide the postal address for any first author mentioned in the titles that follow.E-mail requests to: IPMnetNUZ@bcc.orst.edu. Featured Paper Concern about herbicide-tolerantand disease-resistant transgenic crop plants' potential for transferring characteristics to unwantedplants (weeds) is addressed in "Weediness in the Light of New Transgenic Crops and TheirPotential Hybrids," the introductory lecture at the 20th German Conference on Weed Biology andWeed Control, March 2000. Authors K. Ammann, et al, present a cogent overview, based on theliterature, and speculate on the outcomes of disease resistance transferring to a weed populationclosely related to a crop species. Their conclusion: intensive long-term monitoring will be anessential element for tracking weed pattern changes and detecting characteristic shifts. |> K.Ammann, Bot. Garden, Univ. of Bern, Altebergrain 21, CH-3013, Bern, SWITZERLAND.E-mail: kammann@sgi.unibe.ch. excerpted from: JRNL. OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROT.,spcl. issue XVII, 19-29, 2000. This Month's SELECTED TILES (broadly grouped by pest ortactic categories).

General "Integrated Pest Management in PracticePathways Towards Successful Application,"Way, M.J., and H.F. van Emden. CROP PROT., 19(2), 81-103, March 2000.

"The Effect of Boom Section and Nozzle Configuration on the Risk of Spray Drift," Murphy,S.D., et al. JRNL. OF AGRIC. ENGRG. RESCH., 75(2), 127-138, February 2000.

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"Effects of Sugarcane Burning on Predator Insects," Macedo, N., and J.R. Araujo. ANNS. OFTHE ENTOM. SOC. OF BRAZIL, 29(1), 71-77, March 2000.

"Review and Evaluation of Lantana Biocontrol Programs," Broughton, S. BIO CONT., 17(3),272- , March 2000.

"Simulating the Impact of Cross Resistance Between Bt Toxins in Transformed Clover andApples in New Zealand," Caprio, M.A., and D.M. Suckling. JRNL. OF ECON. ENTOM., 93(2),173-179, April 2000.

Phytopathology

"Emergence, Spread and Strategies for Controlling the Pandemic of Cassava Mosaic VirusDisease in East and Central Africa," Legg, J.P. CROP PROT., 18(10), 627-637, December 1999.

"Forecasting the Airborn Spread of Mycosphaerella fijensis, a Cause of Black Sigatoka Diseaseon Banana: Estimations of numbers of Perithecia and Ascospores," Burt, P.J.A., et al. ANNS. OFAPPL. BIOL., 135(1), 369-378, August 1999.

Weed Management "Cultural Practices for Weed Resistance Management," Nalewaja, J.D.WEED TECH., 13(3), 643-646, July-September 1999. "Long-term Study on the Occurrence ofWeeds Resistant to Herbicides in the Czech Republic," Mikulka, J., and D. Chodova. JRNL. OFPLANT DIS. AND PROT., XVII, 373-376, 2000.

Entomology "Field Evaluation of Integrated Pest Management-Compatible Pesticides for theCitrus Leafminer Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) and its Parasitoid Ageniaspiscitricola (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)," Villanueva-Jimenez, J.A., et al. JRNL. OF ECON.ENTOM., 93(2), 173-179, April 2000. "Opportunities for Integrated Management of Insect Pestsof Grain Legumes," Clement, S.L., et al. Pgs. 467-480, in: LINKING RESEARCH ANDMARKETING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PULSES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, R. Knight, ed.,2000, Kluwer Acad. Publishers, Dordrecht, THE NETHERLANDS.

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In 2000

(N) 19-22 June VI CONGRESS ON WEEDS, Banja Koviljaca, SERBIA. Organized by theSerbian Weed Research Society, and Pesticide and Environmental Research Centre. Contact: S.Cupac, Congress Secretary, e-mail: dmarinkov@ptt.yu

(N) 27 June-02 July 25TH NORDIC-BALTIC CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, Melsomvik,NORWAY. Contact: NBCE2000, c/o Zoo. Museum, Sarsgt. 1, NO-0562, Oslo, NORWAY.

E-mail: j.e.raastad@toyen.uio.no Fax: 47-22-85-1837 Phone: 47-22-85-1679 Web:www.toyen.uio.no/NBCE2000/

(N) 04-08 July IX CONGRESO IBERICO DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Zaragosa, SPAIN. Contact:Sec. Tecnica, Sagasta 19, 50008 Zaragoza, SPAIN. Web: entomologia.rediris.es/congresoiberico/E-mail: dico@dico.es

(N) 26-28 July MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF FUNGAL PATHOGENS, East Anglia, Norwich,UK. Contact: e-mail: mbfp.2000@bbsrc.ac.uk

(N) 14-18 August WESTERN INTERNATIONAL FOREST DISEASE WORKCONFERENCE, Waikoloa Beach, HI, USA. Contact: W. Jacobi, e-mail:wjacobi@agsci.colostate.edu Phone: 1-970-491-6927 Web:www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/wif/

(N) 14-15 September 4TH NATIONAL MEETING, ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY,Liverpool, UK. Contact: M. Speed, EBS, Liverpool Hope Univ. College, Hope Park, LiverpoolL16 9JD, UK E-mail: speedm@hope.ac.uk Web: www.royensoc.demon.co.uk/ento2000.htm

(N) 20-22 September ADVANCES IN PLANT VIROLOGY, Dundee, UK. Contact: C. Millman,Assoc. of Applied Biologists, c/o HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK Fax:44-0-1789-470234 E-mail: carol.aab@hri.ac.uk Phone: 44-0-1789-470382 Web:www.aab.org.uk

(N) 06-09 November 2000 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON METHYLBROMIDE ALTERNATIVES & EMISSIONS REDUCTION, Orlando, FL, USA. Contact:MBAO, 144 W. Peace River Dr., Fresno, CA 93711-6953, USA E-mail:robenauf@agrc.cnchost.com Phone: 1-559-447-2127

In 2001

(N) 21-23 March 2001 AN INTERNATIONAL WEED ODYSSEY, An International InvasiveExotic Species Conference, Athens, GA, USA. Contact: C. McCormick, Inst. of Ecol., Univ. ofGeorgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA E-mail: cheryl@arches.uga.edu Fax: 1-706-542-4819 Phone:1-706-542-2968 Web: www.ecology.uga.edu/

(N) 14-18 May NORTH AMERICAN FOREST INSECT WORK CONFERENCE, "BorealOdyssey," Edmonton, AL, CANADA. Contact: J.R. Spence, Biol. Sci., Univ. of Alberta, 114St.-89 Ave., Edmonton, AL T6G 2M7, CANADA E-mail: john.spence@ualberta.ca Phone:1-780-492-3003 Web: nofc.cfs.gc.ca/nafiwc/

(N) 20-24 May 15TH NEMATOLOGICAL CONGRESS, "Integrated Nematode Control in theNew Millennium," Skukuza, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: M. Daneel, ARC-ITSC, Private BagX11208, Nelspruit 1200, SOUTH AFRICA E-mail: mieke@itsc.agric.za Fax: 27-13-752-3854Phone: 27-13-753-2071 Web: www.agnic.org/mtg/2001/15nc.html

(N) 08-12 July SCLEROTINIA 2001: 11TH INTERNATIONAL SCLEROTINIA WORKSHOP,York, UK. Contact: N. Hardwick, Central Science Lab., Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK Fax:44-0-1904-462111 E-mail: nigel.hardwick@csl.gov.uk

(R) E-mail corrected. 13-17 August 6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADJUVANTSFOR AGROCHEMICALS, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: H. de Ruiter, ISAA2001 Foundation, PO Box 83, NL-6870 AA Renkum, THE NETHERLANDS E-mail:h.deruiter@isaa2001.com Fax: 31-317-350-812 Web: www.isaa2001.com

(N) 24-27 September 13TH BIENNIAL AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY SOCIETYCONFERENCE, Cairns, AUSTRALIA. Contact: S. Denyer, Center for Trop. Agric., PO Box1054, Mareeba, QLD 4880, AUSTRALIA E-mail: denyers@dpi.qld.gov.au Fax: 61-7-4092-3593

(N) 06-09 November INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDES AND INTEGRATED PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT INDEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Kathmandu, NEPAL. Contact: A. Herrmann, K-IPM Conf., Inst.of Geog. and Geoecol., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, D-38106 Braunschweig,GERMANY E-mail: ipmktm@tu-bs.de Fax: 49-531-391-8170 Web:www.tu-bs.de/institute/igg/physhyd/conference.html

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IPMnet Calendar 2 PREVIOUSLY LISTED entries for 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 Current as ofJune 2000

2000 03-06 June XXII BRAZILIAN WEED SCIENCE CONGRESS, Iguassu Falls, PR,BRAZIL. Contact: B.N. Rodrigues; e-mail sbcpd@cnpso.embrapa.br 06 June CONFERENCEON POTATO CYST NEMATODE MANAGEMENT, Newport, UK. Contact: P. Haydock,PCN, Crop and Environ. Research Ctr., Harper Adams Univ. College, Newport, Shropshire TF108NB, UK E-mail: phaydock@harper-adams.ac.uk Website: www.hri.ac.uk/aab/potcysts.htm

06-11 June III INTERNATIONAL WEED SCIENCE CONGRESS, "Global Weed Problems:Local and Global Solutions for the Beginning of the Century," Foz do Iguassu, PR, BRAZIL.Contact: J.B. Silva; e-mail baptista@estaminas.com.br Website:www.sercomtel.com.br/ice/plantas/

13-14 June PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT Short

Course, Bloemfontein, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: W.T. Nell, Coordinator, Faculty ofAgriculture (510), Univ. of the Orange Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, SOUTHAFRICA E-mail: wnell@landbou.uovs.ac.za. Fax: 27-51-401-3473 Phone: 27-51-401-2557

18-21 June JOINT MEETING, CANADIAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY andPACIFIC DIV. OF THE AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Victoria, BC,CANADA. Contact: Conference Mgmt., Div. of Continuing Studies, Univ. of Victoria, PO Box3030, Victoria, BC V8W 3N6, CANADA E-mail: morourke@uvic.ca Fax: 1-250-721-8774Website: web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/conf/cps_aps/AbForm.htm Phone: 1-250-721-8704

18-30 June INTERNATIONAL SHORT COURSE IN AGROECOLOGY, INTEGRATED PESTMANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, East Lansing, MI, USA. Contact:K.M. Maredia, Institute of International Agriculture, 416 Plant & Soil Sciences Bldg., MichiganState Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA E-mail: kmaredia@pilot.msu.edu Fax:1-517-432-1982 Phone: 1-517-353-5262

19-22 June VI CONGRESS ON WEEDS, Banja Koviljaca, SERBIA. Organized by the SerbianWeed Research Society, and Pesticide and Environmental Research Centre. Contact: S. Cupac,Congress Secretary, e-mail: dmarinkov@ptt.yu

24-28 June SOCIETY OF NEMATOLOGISTS ANNUAL MEETING, Quebec City, Quebec,CANADA. Contact: G. Belair, Hort. Resch. and Development, 430 Gouin Blvd.,Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, CANADA E-mail: belairg@em.agr.ca Fax:1-450-346-7740 Website: www.ianr.unl.edu/son/son_quebec2000.html Phone: 1-450-346-4494

25-30 June 31ST AUSTRALIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SCIENTIFICCONFERENCE, Darwin, NT, AUSTRALIA. Contact: Secretariat, Convention Catalysts Intl.,GPO Box 2541, Darwin, NT 0801, AUSTRALIA E-mail: convention.catalysts@norgate.com.auFax: 61-8-8941-1639 Phone: 61-8-8981-1875 Website:www.nt.gov.au/dpif/news_events/aesc.shtml

27 June-02 July 25TH NORDIC-BALTIC CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, Melsomvik,NORWAY. Contact: NBCE2000, c/o Zoo. Museum, Sarsgt. 1, NO-0562, Oslo, NORWAY.E-mail: j.e.raastad@toyen.uio.no Fax: 47-22-85-1837 Phone: 47-22-85-1679 Web:www.toyen.uio.no/NBCE2000/

June 6TH CONGRESS ON WEEDS, Zemun, YUGOSLAVIA. Contact: S. Cupac, Pesticide andEnviron. Resch. Ctr., 11080 Belgrade-Zemun, Bonastska 31b, POB 163, YUGOSLAVIA E-mail:dmarinkov@ptt.yu

04-08 July IX CONGRESO IBERICO DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Zaragosa, SPAIN. Contact: Sec.Tecnica, Sagasta 19, 50008 Zaragoza, SPAIN. Web:www.entomologia.rediris.es/congresoiberico/ E-mail: dico@dico.es

09-15 July 18TH SYMPOSIUM ON VIRUS AND VIRUS-LIKE DISEASES OF TEMPERATE

FRUIT CROPS, Canterbury, UK. Contact: M. Clark, e-mail: fv.2000@hri.ac.uk

10-13 July 6TH QUEENSLAND WEED SYMPOSIUM, Caloundra, Qld., AUSTRALIA.Contact: Weed Science Society of Victoria, PO Box 987, Frankston, Vic. 3199, AUSTRALIAE-mail: secwssv@surf.net.au Website: home.vicnet.net.au/~weedsoc/conferen.htm

11-12 July CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL II, Riverside, CA,USA. Contact: M. Hoddle, Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USAE-mail: ccbc2@cnas.ucr.edu Phone: 1-909-787-7292

16-20 July 40TH ANNUAL/INTERNATIONAL MEETING, AQUATIC PLANTMANAGEMENT SOCIETY, San Diego, CA, USA. Contact: J. Schmidt, e-mail:jimschmidt@appliedbiochemists.com Phone: 1-800-558-5106

23-27 July 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANT PATHOGENICBACTERIA, Charlottetown, PEI, CANADA. Contact: S.H. De Boer e-mail: deboers@em.agr.caWebsite: www.isn.net/~ppb2000/

26-28 July 27TH CONGRESO SOCOLEN (LA SOCIEDAD COLOMBIANA DEENTOMOLOGIA), Medellin, COLOMBIA. Contact: SOCOLEN, A.A. 11366, Santafe deBogota, DC, REP. DE COLOMBIA Fax: 57-2-219-263 E-mail: socolen@socolen.com.co Phone:57-2-218-706 Website: www.socolen.com.co

26-28 July MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF FUNGAL PATHOGENS, East Anglia, Norwich, UK.Contact: e-mail: mbfp.2000@bbsrc.ac.uk

01-03 August CONFERENCE ON HUMAN CONFLICTS WITH WILDLIFE: ECONOMICCONSIDERATIONS, Fort Collins, CO, USA. Contact: D.L. Dwyer, USDA National WildlifeResearch Center, 4101 LaPorte Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA Phone: 1-970-266-6015E-mail: Diana.L.Dwyer@usda.gov Website: www.aphis.usda.gov/ws/nwrc/econsymp.htm

07 August (tentative) PLANT PROTECTION PROBLEMS IN 'ORGANIC FARMING,'symposium/workshop, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND. (See next entry.)

08-10 August 53RD NEW ZEALAND PLANT PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2000,Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND. Contact: M.R. Butcher, e-mail: butcher@lincoln.ac.nz Website:www.hortnet.co.nz/nzpps

08-10 August NORTH AMERICAN WEED MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION CONFERENCEAND TRADE SHOW, Nebraska City, NE, USA. Contact: NAWMA, PO Box 1910, Granby, CO80446-1910, USA E-mail: nawma@rkymtnhi.com Fax: 1-970-887-9560 Phone: 1-970-887-1228Website: www.nawma.org

11-14 August 35TH CONGRESO NACIONAL DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Sociedad Mexicana deEntomologia, Acapulco, MEXICO. Contact: S.G.S. Camargo, ENEP Iztacala-UNAM, Lab. de

Zoo., Av. de los Barrios S/N, Los Reyes Iztacala, 54090 Tlanepantla, Est. de Mexico, MEXICOE-mail: stanford@servidor.unam.mx Fax/phone: 52-5-597-5206 Website:www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/7352/

12-16 August AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, NewOrleans, LA, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USAE-mail: aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-651-454-0766 Phone: 1-651-454-7250 Website: www.scisoc.org

13-18 August 33RD ANNUAL SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY MEETING,concurrently with 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS,Guanajuato, Mexico. Contact: J.E. Ibarra, CINVESTAV-IPN, Apartado Postal 629, 36500Irapuato, Gto., MEXICO E-mail: jibarra@irapuato.ira.cinvestav.mx. Fax: 52-4-624-5996 Phone:52-4-623-9643. Web: www.sipweb.org

14-18 August WESTERN INTERNATIONAL FOREST DISEASE WORK CONFERENCE,Waikoloa Beach, HI, USA. Contact: W. Jacobi, e-mail: wjacobi@agsci.colostate.edu Phone:1-970-491-6927 Web: www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/wit/index.html

14 August-06 October INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM)COURSE IN RICE, Los Banos, Laguna, PHILIPPINES. Contact: G.L. Magsino, National CropProtection Center, Univ. of the Philippines Campus, Los Banos, Laguna, PHILIPPINES E-mail:ncpctvsu@mudspring.uplb.edu.ph

20-26 August 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, Iguassu Falls, PR,BRAZIL. Contact: D.L. Gazzoni; e-mail gazzoni@cnpso.embrapa.br Web site:www.embrapa.br/ice

25-28 August 1ST ASIAN CONFERENCE ON PLANT PATHOLOGY, Beijing, CHINA.Contact: T. Wenhua, Plant Prot. Bldg. no. 313, China Agric. Univ., Beijing, CHINA Website:www.chinaspp.com E-mail: bauicbe@public.bta.net.cn Fax: 86-10-628-91025

28 August-01 September 10TH CEREAL RUSTS AND POWDERY MILDEWSCONFERENCE, Budapest, HUNGARY. Contact: B. Barna, Plant Prot. Institute, PO Box 102,H-1525 Budapest, HUNGARY E-mail: bbar@planta.nki.hu Fax: 36-1-356-3698 Phone:36-1-355-8722 Website: planta.nki.hu/rust/

30-31 August BACILLUS2000 SYMPOSIUM, Application and Systematics of Bacillus andRelatives, Bruges, BELGIUM. Contact: R. Berkeley, Badock Hall, Univ. of Bristol, Stoke ParkRd., Bristol BS9 1JQ, UK Fax: 44-117-903-2499 Phone: 44-117-903-2480

30 August-01 September 21ST CONGRESO DE FITOPATOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS AFINES,Palmira, COLOMBIA. Contact: ASCOLFI, Calle 37A, #27-33, Palmira, Valle, COLOMBIAE-mail: ascolfi@telesat.com.co Website: www.telesat.com.co/ascolfi/congreso.htm Fax:57-92-275-0557

06-08 September 11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEED BIOLOGY, Dijon,FRANCE. Contact: J-P Lonchamp, INRA - Lab. Malherbologie & Agronomie, BV 1540,F-21034 Dijon Cedex, FRANCE E-mail: Lonchamp@epoisses.inra.fr Fax: 33-3-806-93262Phone: 33-3-806-93187

07-08 September 2ND INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION SYMPOSIUM, Debrecen,HUNGARY. Contact: G.J. Kovics, IPPS, POB 36, H-405 Debrecen, HUNGARY E-mail:Kovics@fs2.date.hu Fax: 36-52-413-385 Phone: 36-52-347-888 Web:www.date.hu/rendez/nved2000/enelsokorl.htm

10-12 September SCI CONFERENCE, PREDICTING FIELD PERFORMANCE IN CROPPROTECTION, Canterbury, UK. Contact: S. Walter, SCI Conference Dept., 14/15 BelgraveSquare, London SW1X 8PS, UK E-mail: soniaw@chemind.demon.co.uk Fax: 44-171-235-7743Website: sci.mond.org/conference/home.html Phone: 44-171-235-3681

11-15 September SYMPOSIUM ON CHEMICAL AND NON-CHEMICAL SOILDISINFESTATION, Torino, ITALY. Contact: DI.VA.P.R.A. - Patologia Vegetale, Via L. daVinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), ITALY E-mail: congress.mlg@agraria.unito.it Fax:39-011-670-8541 Website: www.agraria.unito.it/news/SD20004.htm

11-16 September 6TH EUROPEAN FUSARIUM SEMINAR, Berlin, GERMANY. Contact: H.I.Nirenberg, Biol. Bund. fur Lan- und Forst., Konigin-Luise-Str. 19, D-14195 Berlin, GERMANYE-mail: h.nirenberg@bba.de Fax: 49-30-830-42203 Website:www.bba.de/english/events/efs//efs.htm

14-15 September ASIA CROP PROTECTION MARKETS 2000, Bangkok, THAILAND.Contact: e-mail, gamar@cmtsp.com.sg Fax: 65-345-5928 Phone: 65-346-9134

14-15 September 4TH NATIONAL MEETING, ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY,Liverpool, UK. Contact: M. Speed, EBS, Liverpool Hope Univ. College, Hope Park, LiverpoolL16 9JD, UK E-mail: speedm@hope.ac.uk Web: www.royensoc.demon.co.uk/ento2000.htm

18-22 September 5TH EUROPEAN FOUNDATION OF PLANT PATHOLOGY CONGRESS,"Biodiversity In Plant Pathology," Sicily, ITALY. Contact: A. Catara, Inst. di Patologia Vegetale,Univ. of Sicily, Via Valdisavoia 5, 95123 Catania, ITALY Fax: 39-95-361487 Phone:39-95-351422 Website: www.ipo.dlo.nl/ipowww/efpp/events.htm

(N) 20-22 September ADVANCES IN PLANT VIROLOGY, Dundee, UK. Contact: C. Millman,Assoc. of Applied Biologists, c/o HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK Fax:44-0-1789-470234 E-mail: carol.aab@hri.ac.uk Phone: 44-0-1789-470382 Web:www.aab.org.uk

23-30 September GLOBAL 2000: SORGHUM AND PEARL MILLET DISEASES III,Guanajuato City, MEXICO. Contact: M. Clark, Dept. of Plant Pathology and Microbiol., TexasA&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2132, USA E-mail: mclark@ppserver.tamu.edu

Website: www.ianr.unl.edu/intsormil/icwhen17.htm Fax: 1-409-845-6483

25-29 September IOBC-WPRS WORKING GROUP, USE OF PHEROMONES AND OTHERSEMIOCHEMICALS IN INTEGRATED CONTROL, Samos, GREECE. Contact: M.Konstantopoulou, Institute of Biology, NCSR "Demokritos," PO Box 60228, GR-153 10 AghiaParaskevi Attikis, GREECE E-mail: mkonstan@mail.demokritos.gr Fax: 30-1-6511767 Website:www.phero.net/iobc/samos/announc3.html

03-06 October IUPAC-TACTRI/COA INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PESTICIDES2000, Taichung, TAIWAN. Contact: S.S. Wong, Agchem. Resch. Inst., Council of Agric., 11Kung-Ming Rd., Wufeng, Taichung Hsien, TAIWAN E-mail: SSWong@tactri.gov.tw Fax:886-4-332-4783 Phone: 886-4-330-2101 Website:www.tactri.gov.tw/htdocs/notes/iupac/index.htm

03-06 October POTATO LATE BLIGHT - PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, Kristianstad,SWEDEN. Contact: M. Sandstrom, Ecol. and Crop Production Sci., SLU, PO Box 7043,SE-75007 Uppsala, SWEDEN E-mail: Magnus.Sandstrom@evp.slu.se Fax: 46-18-672-890Phone: 46-18-672-652 Web: www.tvs.slu.se/njfsem/njfsem.html

16-17 October 3RD INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON COCOA PESTS AND DISEASES,Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, MALAYSIA, organized by the International Permanent Working Groupfor Pests and Diseases of Cocoa (INCOPED). Contact: Bong C L, e-mail bcl@ipc1.koko.gov.myFax: 60-88-239575 Web: www.koko.gov.my/incoped/incom3.htm

16-18 October INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PLANTS AND ATTACKING ORGANISMS:MECHANISMS, GENETICS, ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, PhD Autumn School,Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Covers both fundamental and applied aspects;international participation with keynote speakers, posters, discussions. Contact: E.M.P.Groeneveld-Vervloed, Lab. of Nematology, Wageningen Univ., PO Box 8123, 6700 ESWageningen, THE NETHERLANDS Fax: 31-317-484254 E-mail:lisette.groeneveld@medew.nema.wag-ur.nl

22-26 October 7TH ARAB CONGRESS OF PLANT PROTECTION, Amman, JORDAN.Contact: W.A. Gharbieh, Fac. of Agric., Univ. of Jordan, Amman, JORDAN Fax:962-6-535-5577 E-mail: gharbieh@agr.ju.edu.jo Phone: 962-6-535-5000 Website:sacpp.ju.edu.jo/

23-25 October 5TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ANDMANAGEMENT OF CHROMOLAENA ODORATA, Durban, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: L.Strathie-Korrubel, ARC-PPRI, Private Bag X6006, Hilton 3245, SOUTH AFRICA E-mail:ntlws@natal1.agric.za Fax: 27-331-355-9423 Phone: 27-331-355-9419

24-27 October QUEBEC 2000 JOINT VEGETATION MANAGEMENT MEETING, Quebec,Que., CANADA. Contact: Ontario Vegetation Management Association, PO Box 217,Orangeville, ON, L9W 2Z6, CANADA E-mail: gamercier@home.com Fax: 1-519-942-8152

Phone: 1-519-942-8151

06-09 November 2000 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON METHYLBROMIDE ALTERNATIVES & EMISSIONS REDUCTION, Orlando, FL, USA. Contact:MBAO, 144 W. Peace River Dr., Fresno, CA 93711-6953, USA E-mail:robenauf@agrc.cnchost.com Phone: 1-559-447-2127

12-14 November ASSOCIATION OF NATURAL BIO-CONTROL PRODUCERSCONFERENCE, Oxnard, CA, USA. Contact: ANBP, 10202 Cowan Heights Dr., Santa Ana, CA92705, USA E-mail: execdir@anbp.org Fax/phone: 1-714-544-8295

13-16 November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2000, PESTS ANDDISEASES, Brighton, UK. Contact: The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, BatterseaSquare, London SWll 3RA, UK Fax: 44-171-924-1790 E-mail: eventorg@event-org.com Phone:44-171-228-8034 Website: www.BCPC.org

26-29 November EXPERT COMMITTEE ON WEEDS ANNUAL MEETING, Banff, AB,CANADA. Contact: ECW, PO Box 222, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, H9X 3R9, CANADAE-mail: daniel.cloutier@videotron.ca Fax: 1-514-695-2365 Phone: 1-514-630-4658 Website:www.microtec.net/clodan/ECW/contact.htm

28 November-01 December SYMPOSIUM ON DURABLE RESISTANCE, Wageningen, THENETHERLANDS. Contact: J.E. Parlevliet, PO Box 386, NL 6700 AJ Wageningen, THENETHERLANDS E-mail: jan.parlevliet@users.pv.wau.nl Fax: 31-317-483457

01-04 December IOBC/OILB WORKING GROUPBIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF FUNGALAND BACTERIAL PLANT PATHOGENS, Seville, SPAIN. Contact, Y. Elad, Dept. of PlantPathology, Volcani Center, POB 6, Bet Dagan 50250, ISRAEL E-mail: elady@netvision.net.ilFax: 972-3-968-3688 Phone: 972-3-968-3580 Website:www.agric.gov.il/Depts/IOBCPP/FstSevil.html

03-07 December ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING,Montreal, QUE, CANADA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115, USAE-mail: esa@entsoc.org Fax: 1-301-731-4538 Website: www.entsoc.org Phone: 1-301-731-4535

06-08 December 6TH ANPP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANT DISEASES,Tours, FRANCE. Contact: N. Cavelier, INRA, URI GC, BP 29, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex,FRANCE E-mail: ncavelie@rennes.inra.fr Fax: 33-02-992-85180 Phone: 33-02-992-85193Website: www.anpp.asso.fr

18-20 December PLANT-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS: UNDERSTANDINGMECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE AND PATHOGENICITY FOR DISEASE CONTROL,BSPP Presidential Meeting 2000, Ashford, UK. Contact: M.J. Hocart, Plant Sci. Div., SAC,West Mains Rd., Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK E-mail: m.hocart@ed.sac.ac.uk Fax:44-0131-667-2601 Phone: 44-0131-535-4082 Website: www.bspp.org.uk

2001 11-15 February WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING,Greensboro, NC, USA. Contact: WSSA, J. Breithaupt, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044, USAE-mail: jbreith@allenpress.com Fax: 1-913-843-1274 Phone: 1-913-843-1235 28 February-03March EUROPEAN WHITEFLY SYMPOSIUM, Ragusa, Sicily, ITALY. Contact: EWSNOffice, JIC, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK E-mail:network.ewsn@bbsrc.ac.uk Fax: 44-0-1603-456844 Phone: 44-0-1603-452571 Website:www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/hosting/ewsn

21-23 March 2001 AN INTERNATIONAL WEED ODYSSEY, An International Invasive ExoticSpecies Conference, Athens, GA, USA. Contact: C. McCormick, Inst. of Ecol., Univ. of Georgia,Athens, GA 30602, USA E-mail: cheryl@arches.uga.edu Fax: 1-706-542-4819 Phone:1-706-542-2968 Web: www.ecology.uga.edu/

May 53RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CROP PROTECTION, Coupure Links,Gent, BELGIUM. Contact: P. DeClercq, Dept. of Crop Protection, Univ. of Gent, Coupure Links653, B-9000 Gent, BELGIUM E-mail: Patrick.DeClercq@rug.ac.be Fax: 32-9-264-6239 Phone:32-9-264-6158

14-18 May NORTH AMERICAN FOREST INSECT WORK CONFERENCE, "BorealOdyssey," Edmonton, AL, CANADA. Contact: J.R. Spence, Biol. Sci., Univ. of Alberta, 114St.-89 Ave., Edmonton, AL T6G 2M7, CANADA E-mail: john.spence@ualberta.ca Phone:1-780-492-3003 Web: nofc.cfs.gc.ca/nafiwc/

20-24 May 15TH NEMATOLOGICAL CONGRESS, "Integrated Nematode Control in the NewMillennium," Skukuza, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: M. Daneel, ARC-ITSC, Private BagX11208, Nelspruit 1200, SOUTH AFRICA E-mail: mieke@itsc.agric.za Fax: 27-13-752-3854Phone: 27-13-753-2071 Web: www.agnic.org/mtg/2001/15nc.html

03-07 June 7TH SYMPOSIUM OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL (VII Siconbiol), Po!os de Caldas,MG, BRAZIL. Contact: e-mail siconbio@ufla.br Website: www2.ufla.br/~siconbio

11-15 June IV INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SEMINAR ON PLANT PROTECTION,Varadero, CUBA. Concurrent meetings include:

- XI Latin American Workshop on White fly-Geminivirus: - 33rd Annual meeting of theNematologist Organization of the American Tropics (ONTA); - 41st Annual Meeting of thePhytopathologist Society-Caribbean Division (APS-DC); - VII International Pest AntsSymposium; and, - II Latinamerican Congress of Neotropical Region Section of the InternationalOrganization of Biological Control. Contact: I.S. Ramirez, CP 11600, Playa, Ciudad de laHabana, CUBA E-mail: inisav@ceniai.inf.cu FAX: 537-24-0535 July 3RD INTERNATIONALWORKSHOP ON WHITEFLIES, Norwich, UK. Contact: W.A. Jones, USDA-ARS, 2413 E.Highway 83, Weslaco, TX 78596, USA E-mail: w-jones@pop.tamu.edu Fax: 1-956-969-4888Phone: 1-956-969-4803

08-12 July SCLEROTINIA 2001: 11TH INTERNATIONAL SCLEROTINIA WORKSHOP,

York, UK. Contact: N. Hardwick, Central Science Lab., Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ, UK Fax:44-0-1904-462111 E-mail: nigel.hardwick@csl.gov.uk

02-05 August SYMPOSIUM ON THE PRACTICE OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL:IMPORTATION AND MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL ENEMIES IN THE NEWMILLENNIUM, Bozeman, Montana, USA. Contact: T. Kring, Dept. of Entomology, Univ. ofArkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA E-mail: tkring@comp.uark.edu Phone: 1-501-575-3186

13-17 August 6TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADJUVANTS FORAGROCHEMICALS, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: H. de Ruiter, ISAA 2001Foundation, PO Box 83, NL-6870 AA Renkum, THE NETHERLANDS E-mail:h.deruiter@isaa2001.com Fax: 31-317-350-812 Web: www.isaa2001.com

25-29 August SOCIETY OF NEMATOLOGISTS ANNUAL MEETING, Salt Lake City, UT,USA. Contact: A.P. Nyczepir, USDA-ARS, 21 Dunbar Rd., Byron, GA 31008, USA E-mail:anyczepir@byronresearch.net Fax: 1-912-956-2929 Phone: 1-912-956-6438

25-29 August AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETTING, SaltLake City, UT, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USAE-mail: aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Website: www.scisoc.org

09-14 September 3RD EUROPEAN VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE,Kibbutz Ma'ale Hachamisha, ISRAEL. Contact: Ortra Ltd., PO Box 9352, Tel Aviv 61092,ISRAEL E-mail: vert@ortra.co.il Fax: 972-3-683-4455 Phone: 972-3-683-4444 Website:ortra.com/vertebrate/

24-27 September 13TH BIENNIAL AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY SOCIETYCONFERENCE, Cairns, AUSTRALIA. Contact: S. Denyer, Center for Trop. Agric., PO Box1054, Mareeba, QLD 4880, AUSTRALIA E-mail: denyers@dpi.qld.gov.au Fax: 61-7-4092-3593

08-12 October 9TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FIRE BLIGHT, Napier, NEWZEALAND. Contact: C.N. Hale, HortResearch, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, NEW ZEALANDE-mail: CHales@hort.cri.nz Fax: 64-9-815-4207 Phone: 64-9-815-4200 Website:www.hort.cri.nz/confer/fireblight2001.htm

November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2001, Brighton, UK. Contact:The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SWll 3RA, UK E-mail:eventorg@event-org.com Fax: 44-171-924-1790 Website: www.BCPC.org

06-09 November INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDES AND INTEGRATED PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT INDEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Kathmandu, NEPAL. Contact: A. Herrmann, K-IPM Conf., Inst.of Geog. and Geoecol., Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Langer Kamp 19c, D-38106 Braunschweig,GERMANY E-mail: ipmktm@tu-bs.de Fax: 49-531-391-8170 Web:www.tu-bs.de/institute/igg/physhyd/conference.html

09-13 December ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, SanDiego, CA, USA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115, USA E-mail:esa@entsoc.org Fax: 1-301-731-4538 Website: www.entsoc.org Phone: 1-301-731-4535

2002 10-13 February WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, Reno,NV, USA. Contact: WSSA, J. Breithaupt, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA E-mail:jbreith@allenpress.com Fax: 1-913-843-1274 Phone: 1-913-843-1235 June 12TH EUROPEANWEED RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM, Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact:EWRS Symposium 2002, c/o Organisation Bureau ISa, Markweg 17, NL-6871 KW Renkum,THE NETHERLANDS E-mail: ingrid.sanderson@wxs.nl Website: www.ewrs.org

04-09 August 10TH IUPAC INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON THE CHEMISTRY OFCROP PROTECTION, Basel, SWITZERLAND. Theme: "Innovative Solutions for HealthyCrops." Contact: IUPAC 2002, c/o Novartis CP AG, WRO-1060.1.42, CH-4002 Basel,SWITZERLAND E-mail: bernard.donzel@cp.novartis.com Fax: 41-61-697-7472 Website:www.cp.novartis.com/iupac2002

August AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, Milwaukee,WI, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA E-mail:aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Website: www.scisoc.org

08-12 September 13th AUSTRALIAN WEEDS CONFERENCE, Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA.Contact: 13th AWC, PO Box 257, South Perth, 6951 WA, AUSTRALIA E-mail:convlink@wantree.com.au Fax: 61-8-9450-2942 Phone: 61-8-9450-1662

November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2002, Brighton, UK. Contact:The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SWll 3RA, UK E-mail:eventorg@event-org.com Fax: 44-171-924-1790 Website: www.BCPC.org

10-15 December ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING,Philadelphia, PA, USA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115, USAFax: 1-301-731-4538 Phone: 1-301-731-4535 E-mail: esa@entsoc.org Website: www.entsoc.org

2003 02-08 February 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PLANT PATHOLOGY,Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Website: www.lincoln.ac.nz/icpp2003/ 06-11 July 15THINTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONGRESS, Beijing, CHINA. Contact: W. Liping,Inst. of Plant Prot., Chinese Acad. of Agric. Sci., #2 West Yuanmingyuan Rd., Beijing 100094,CHINA E-mail: cspp@ipmchina.cn.net Fax: 86-10-628-95451 Website:www.ipmchina.cn.net/ippc

09-13 August AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING,Charlotte, NC, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USAE-mail: aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Website: www.scisoc.org

26-30 October ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING,

Cincinnati, OH, USA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115, USAE-mail: esa@entsoc.org Fax: 1-301-731-4538 Website: www.entsoc.org Phone: 1-301-731-4535.

November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 2003, Brighton, UK. Contact:The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SWll 3RA, UK E-mail:eventorg@event-org.com Fax: 44-171-924-1790 Website: www.BCPC.org

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