APS Launches Two Special Centennial Promotions for Current Membersand Nonmembers

APS will celebrate 100 years of bringing plant pathologists together at its Centennial Meeting in July 2008. To help APS build the largest community of plant pathologists by the time of the society’s centennial meeting, two special Centennial Member promotions were recently launched and we’re asking for your help to spread the word.

Renewal Promotion to Current MembersAs a current member of APS, you have the opportunity to become a Centennial Member by selecting the Centennial Member renewal option on your invoice. This option enables you to renew your membership for 2 years, ensuring that you are a member at the time of the centennial in July 2008.

In addition to your numerous member benefits, as a Centennial Member you will receive:

• A special Centennial Member window decal for display in a lab or office• Inclusion in the society’s comprehensive, searchable online database of plant pathologists• A historical poster that highlights important aspects of plant pathology• Inclusion on the Centennial Member Plaque listing all current members, which will be

displayed at the Centennial Meeting and permanently at APS headquarters

By continuing to show support of the society through renewing as a Centennial Member, you will save by not having to pay the yearly dues increases. Renewing as a Centennial Member is the perfect way to reward yourself for your commitment to APS! Promotion to NonmembersAs part of this special promotion, nonmembers can now join APS as Centennial Members and receive 2 years of membership for $100 for Regular Members (a savings of $44), $70 for Post-Doc Members (a savings of $30), and $40 for Student Members (a savings of $16). Those who take advantage of this special centennial offer will be members through the Centennial Meeting in July 2008. This promotion is a way for the society to reach out to people who have been thinking about becoming a member but have yet to do so. New members who become Centennial Members will also receive the special Centennial Member gifts listed above.

More information on this once-in-a-lifetime offer and the Centennial Membership application for new members is available on APSnet at www.apsnet.org/centennial/join.

As an APS member, you can help bring in new members and be rewarded for your efforts by participating in the Member-Get-A-Member campaign that will be launched in January 2007. Watch your mail and in-boxes for more information!

For more information on these two offers, please contact the membership department at apsinfo@scisoc.org or call +1.651.454.7250. n

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In this IssuePublic Policy Update .......................... 146Outreach ............................................ 147APS Foundation ..................................151People ................................................ 154Classifieds ............................................157APS Journal Articles ............................ 159Calendar of Events .............................. 160

2006 Cumulative Ad IndexBioreba .................... 21, 43, 77, 121, 147Centerchem, Inc. .................................. 69Cornell University Press ..................... 153Oxford University Press ..................... 156Polysciences, Inc. .................................. 97Spectrum Technologies, Inc. ... 53, 67, 138

APS OfficerNominations APS Officer Nominations RequestedOn November 27, an e-mail requesting participation in the APS officer nominations process was sent to all APS members. Your involvement is important. To submit your nominees for APS officers, simply use the web form at www.scientificsocieties.org/surveys/wsb.dll/aps/aps2007nominations2.htm. (Paper nomination ballots were only sent to those members without an e-mail address on file at APS headquarters.) All nominations must be received on or before Friday, December 22, 2006. Please exercise your right as a voting APS member to nominate fellow members for the offices of APS vice president and councilor-at-large. n

APS/SON Joint Meeting Abstract NoticeOnline submission of abstracts for the 2007 APS/SON Joint Meeting July 28–August 1, 2007, in San Diego, CA, will be available February 1, 2007, on the APS meeting website at http://meeting.apsnet.org/. The announcement will be included in the January APS News Capsule. The deadline for submission of both oral and poster presentations is March 15, 2007. Remember to fully edit and proof your abstract before submitting. You are encouraged to submit before the last day to avoid delays due to high system usage. n

Become a part of history. Become a part of the future. Become a Centennial Member today!

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Editor-in-Chief: Margery DaughtreyStaff Editor: Michelle BjerknessDesign: Agnes WalkerAdvertising Sales: Rhonda Wilkie

Phytopathology News (ISSN 0278-0267) is published monthly by The American Phytopathological Society (APS) at 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121 U.S.A. Phone: +1.651.454.7250, Fax: +1.651.454.0766, E-mail: aps@scisoc.org, Web: www.apsnet.org. Phytopathology News is distributed to all APS members. Subscrip-tion price to nonmembers is $60 U.S./$70 Elsewhere. Periodicals paid at St. Paul, MN. CPC Intl Pub Mail #0969249. Postmaster: Send address changes to Phytopathology News, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121 U.S.A.

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APS LeadershipOfficers President: Jan E. Leach President-Elect: Ray D. Martyn Vice President: Jim Moyer Immediate Past President: John H. Andrews Secretary: Danise T. Beadle Treasurer: Randy Rowe

Councilors Senior, at-Large: Barbara J. Christ Intermediate, at-Large: Wayne F. Wilcox Junior, at-Large: Gary Moorman Caribbean Division: Lee Calvert North Central Division: Ray Hammerschmidt Northeastern Division: Robert Wick Pacific Division: Melodie Putnam Potomac Division: Thomas A. Evans Southern Division: Gerald J. Holmes

Editors-in-Chief APS PRESS: Rose C. Gergerich MPMI: Jens Stougaard Phytopathology: Robert Gilbertson Phytopathology News: Margery Daughtrey Plant Disease: Kira Bowen Plant Health Progress: D. Michael Benson The Plant Health Instructor: A. Baudoin

Board and Office Chairs and Directors APS Foundation Chair: Ann Chase PPB Chair: Jacque Fletcher OEC Director: Darin Eastburn OIP Director: Randy C. Ploetz OIR Director: Vince Morton OPAE Director: Doug Jardine SPB Director: Erin Rosskopf

Division OfficersCaribbean President: Oscar Moreno Valenzuela Secretary-Treasurer: Ronald H. BrlanskyNorth Central President: Janna Beckerman Vice President: To be announced Secretary-Treasurer: Loren GieslerNortheastern President: Cheryl Smith Vice President: Dan Cooley Secretary-Treasurer: James LaMondiaPacific President: Lyndon Porter President-Elect: Doug Gubler Secretary-Treasurer: Chang-Lin XiaoPotomac President: Kathryne Everts Vice President: Daniel P. Roberts Secretary-Treasurer: Inga ZasadaSouthern President: Craig S. Rothrock President-Elect: Christopher A. Clark Vice President: Kenneth Seebold Secretary-Treasurer: Tom Isakeit

Phytopathology NewsExchange • Inform • ConnectDecember 2006 • Volume 40 • Number 12 New APS Public Policy Early Career Internship

AvailableThe American Phytopathological Society Public Policy Board (APS PPB) is pleased to announce the availability of an internship to participate in PPB activities for the 2007 calendar year. The internship is open to APS early career members (current graduate students or post-doctoral associates and junior professionals preferably within 10 years of receiving a Ph.D. degree). Intern travel expenses will be covered.

The goal of the APS Public Policy Early Career Internship is to provide an opportunity for the selected individual to gain hands-on experience in public policy at the national level that relates generally to agricultural science and specifically to matters of interest to APS. By working with the APS PPB, the intern will learn how scientific societies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), executive branch agencies (e.g., USDA, NSF, EPA, etc.), and the legislative branch interact in crafting public policy.

The 2007 intern should be able to attend the midyear governmental outreach of the APS PPB in Washington, DC, March 18–21, 2007. Following the internship year, the intern will prepare a written and/or oral report on the experience for delivery to the APS PPB and membership.

Other activities may include, but are not limited to, the following:• Attending APS PPB policy agenda-setting meetings and conference calls;• Assisting APS PPB with the development, tracking, and analysis of relevant policy issues; and• Assisting APS PPB with planning Capitol Hill and agency briefings.

Application MaterialsApplicants should provide the following materials for consideration.• Cover letter—One page describing the applicant’s interest in science policy issues and detailing

how this internship would enhance his/her professional goals. Applicant should include the names of two individuals, other than the advisor, from whom recommendations may be requested.

These individuals should be able to address the candidate’s leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.

• Resume—Two pages emphasizing leadership and communication experiences, including graduate, undergraduate, or nonacademic activities. It should include education, work experience, honors and awards, memberships, presentations, and publications.

• Statement on the importance of federal support for plant pathological research—(500 words maximum) The statement should draw on the applicant’s own experience and/or research area and should illustrate how the applicant would try to convince his/her own congressional delegation that federal support for research, particularly in plant pathology, is important.

• Letter of support/recommendation—A letter from the applicant’s advisor or supervisor.

APS MembershipApplicants are not required to be APS members at the time of application but, if selected, must join the society prior to starting the internship.

Application SubmissionApplications should be submitted as ONE portable document file (PDF file) saved as LAST NAME, FIRST INITIAL (example: SmithT_internship.pdf ) and including all of the items described above. All application materials must be received by January 15, 2007, and should be e-mailed to Jacqueline Fletcher, Public Policy Board Chair, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, at jacqueline.fletcher@okstate.edu.

Review and SelectionThe documents will be reviewed and the intern selected by the Public Policy Board and the director of the Office of Public Affairs and Education. Announcement of the intern will be made by February 15, 2007. n

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In my last article (Phytopathology News, vol. 40 (11), 2006), I mentioned several variations in the 2008 Centennial Meeting format that are being discussed. One such variation was the concept of a session devoted to 5-min/three-slide oral presentations that would highlight various submitted posters. The APS Scientific Programs Board (SPB) discussed this idea in detail and unanimously recommended that we give it a try on a limited, trial basis at the upcoming 2007 meeting in San Diego. The primary purpose of this experiment was born out of a desire to increase member interest in the posters and the anticipated need to free more time in the centennial program for plenary and special sessions. Recognizing that some members may perceive that a standard 15-min oral presentation brings them more visibility than a poster, the 5-min/three-slide model may actually enhance their visibility even more. This format offers two

opportunities to get their message out (the 5-min talk and the poster) and it provides an opportunity to pique the interest of members and hopefully generate more poster traffic.

The anticipated process will be as follows. First, authors will submit an abstract for their contributed presentation as a poster. Additionally, they will have the opportunity to select a second box on the abstract form indicating that they wish to be considered for a “flash and dash” session. Each presentation selected will be strictly limited to a 5-min maximum time and no more than three slides. Depending on the number of individuals that select this option, one or more sessions could be organized. Again, depending on the number, sessions may be organized around common themes or topics. There could be up to three sessions and each would be 1 hour in length. The sessions would be scheduled immediately before the poster viewing time periods and be highlighted in the meeting program book to make them more visible. Thus, the name—flash a few slides and dash to see the full poster. In the event that an abstract is not selected for a “flash and dash” session, then the default presentation would be a standard poster. Remember that this is voluntary and no one would have their presentation assigned to this format without their consent. All authors volunteering to participate would be notified of their status well in advance of the meeting.

Let me say that this is an experiment and not all experiments are successful. If this one isn’t, then we will have learned something. On the other hand, some experiments are successful and, if this one is, it could develop further. You, the membership, will have the opportunity to decide whether it works or not. I hope many of you will consider participating in this experiment, especially our graduate student and early-career professional members. I also encourage all of our meeting attendees to stop in and see how these “flash and dash” sessions develop. If you have any questions or comments on this or any other APS matter, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to joining you in San Diego for our 2007 APS/SON Joint Meeting. n

“Flash and Dash”—An Experiment in Contributed Oral/Poster Presentation FormatRay D. Martyn, President-Elect, rmartyn@purdue.edu

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Plant Pathology in the NewsThe APS Office of Public Affairs and Education (OPAE) regularly distributes news releases featuring plant pathology-related activities to hundreds of media outlets each year. Below is a list of the releases published in 2006. To review the releases, visit www.apsnet.org/media/press.

If you have ideas for future releases, contact OPAE’s Communications Coordinator John Damicone, at +1.405.744.9962 or jpd3898@okstate.edu, or APS staff member Amy Steigman, at +1.651.994.3802 or asteigman@scisoc.org.

2006 News Releases• More to Learn About Soybean Rust in the

2006 Growing Season (January 23, 2006)• Hawaii’s Anthurium Growers Cope with Plant

Disease (March 1, 2006)• Plant Pathology Journalism Award Deadline

Extended (March 13, 2006)• Latest Plant Disease Research to be Presented

in Québec City (April 28, 2006)• Plant Diseases Threaten Chocolate Production

Worldwide (June 5, 2006)• The American Phytopathological Society

Elects New Officers (June 19, 2006)• The American Phytopathological Society

Announces 2006 Awards (June 23, 2006)• APS Foundation Names Award Recipients

(June 28, 2006)• City Trees Blighted by Plant Disease and

Environmental Stresses (July 10, 2006)• 2006 National Soybean Rust Symposium To

Be Held in St. Louis (July 24, 2006)• Pam Henderson Receives Plant Pathology

Journalism Award (August 21, 2006)• Fight Weeds with Plant Pathogens (September

1, 2006)• 2006 National Soybean Rust Symposium

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In January 2007, the new Editorial Board for Plant Disease will begin its 3-year term. The senior editors, feature editor, and disease notes assigning editor were appointed by APS Council on the basis of recommendations by the new editor-in-chief, Anthony P. Keinath. Thor Kommedahl is continuing his term as Focus editor. To acquaint APS members with the new board members, brief biographies are presented.

Anthony P. Keinath, editor-in-chief, is a professor in the Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences and a research and extension vegetable pathologist at Clemson University’s Coastal Research and Education Center in Charleston, SC.

He graduated from Michigan State University in 1982 with a B.S. degree in botany (Honors) and obtained his master’s (1985) and Ph.D. (1988) degrees in plant pathology from Cornell University. After post-doctoral research with the USDA, ARS, in Beltsville, MD, he began his current position in 1991. His research interests include pathogen ecology, molecular tools for pathogen identification, fungicide resistance, and chemical and cultural disease management. Current research systems include Fusarium wilt and gummy stem blight of watermelon, bacterial leaf spots on leafy brassica greens, and Phytophthora capsici. He has served as secretary-treasurer of the APS Southern Division, section editor for Biological and Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Diseases, Plant Disease Disease Notes assigning editor in 2001–2003, and Plant Disease senior editor in 2004–2006.

Scott Adkins, Plant Disease Disease Notes assigning editor, is a research plant pathologist with the USDA-ARS in Fort Pierce, FL. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in plant pathology from The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He received a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996 and was a post-doctoral researcher in the Biology Department at Indiana University in Bloomington from 1996 until 1999, when he joined ARS in Fort Pierce. His research responsibilities with ARS include domestic, exotic, and emerging diseases

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of horticultural crops, with particular emphasis on viruses of vegetables and ornamentals. Specific research interests include investigating the etiology of new and emerging virus and viruslike diseases and characterizing biological, molecular, and genome aspects of and developing novel detection and management methods for these newly identified viruses. Additional research areas include Tomato spotted wilt virus, viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases, and tobamoviruses. He has been involved with APS through active participation in and leadership of the Virology Committee, coordination of several annual meeting symposia, and as a member of the Scientific Program Board and section chair for Biology of Pathogens from 2001 to present.

Richard E. Baird, senior editor, received a B.S. degree in forest management from West Virginia University in 1978. He received his M.S. degree (1980) from West Virginia University in forest pathology under W. MacDonald and his Ph.D. degree (1984)

at the University of Tennessee in mycology (forest systems) under R. Petersen. Prior to his current position at Mississippi State University, he was a post-doctoral researcher with T. Brenneman and D. Sumner at the University of Georgia, Tifton. He later worked at Purdue University and the University of Georgia in a professional position and faculty member, respectively. Research interests include the pathology, ecology, and taxonomy of rhizosphere fungi in forest and agricultural ecosystems and corn mycotoxin studies. He teaches several plant pathology courses, including mycology, clinical plant pathology, and four advanced fungal taxonomy courses, and supports a team-taught forest health course. He is an active APS member, having served on the Fungicide and Nematicide Tests and Mycology Committees, as section editor for Fungicide and Nematicide Tests, as senior editor for Fungicide and Nematicide Tests, and as assigning editor for Plant Disease Disease Notes. He is an associate editor of the journal Mycopathologia and is completing his responsibilities as editor of Inoculum, the Mycological Society of America newsletter.

Xianming Chen, senior editor, is a research plant pathologist with the USDA-ARS in the Wheat Genetics, Quality, Physiology, and Disease Research Unit and an adjunct professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University, Pullman, WA. He received his B.S. degree in plant protection from Northwest University of Agriculture, Yangling, China, and

his M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1991) degrees in plant pathology from Washington State University. After earning his Ph.D. degree, he was a post-doctoral research associate and plant geneticist with R. F. Line in the USDA-ARS and the Department of

Plant Pathology at Washington State University. He has spent more than 20 years on cereal rust research. His current research is on the control of rusts of cereal crops, with emphasis on stripe rusts of wheat and barley. He conducts research on disease epidemiology; race identification, population structure, and genomics of the stripe rust pathogens; germ plasm screening for developing resistant cultivars; genetics, molecular mapping, and cloning of resistance genes; and integrated control of rust diseases, including use of fungicides.

R. Michael Davis, senior editor, is a professor of plant pathology and a specialist in Cooperative Extension in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of California, Davis. He received a B.A. degree in biology from California State University, Long Beach, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Riverside. His current research focuses on the epidemiology and control of diseases of vegetables and field crops, especially those caused by fungal and bacterial pathogens. He previously served as Plant Disease Disease Notes assigning editor in 1998–2000.

Stewart Gray, senior editor, is a senior research scientist with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA and a professor of plant pathology at Cornell University. He is also an adjunct professor of plant pathology at The Pennsylvania State University.

His research interests include virus–vector interactions, virus epidemiology, and virus disease management. Since joining ARS in 1987, much of his research has focused on

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transmission, epidemiology, and control of viruses causing barley yellow dwarf. In recent years, the lab has branched out into potato viruses, with an emphasis on Potato leafroll virus and the Potato virus Y complex. He also has an interest in the issues of biosafety and bioterrorism and has served 10 years on the Cornell University Institutional Biosafety Committee, including 4 years as chair.

Patricia S. McManus, senior editor, is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she has held a joint extension/research appointment since 1995. Research and extension interests include etiology and

integrated management of diseases of fruit crops, especially apple, cranberry, and tart cherry; strategies to reduce the risk and delay the onset of pesticide resistance; antibiotic resistance in plant-associated bacteria, especially streptomycin resistance in Erwinia amylovora; and effects of pathogens and pesticides on plant anatomy and physiology. She earned her B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in botany and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in botany and plant pathology from Michigan State University. Previously, she served as associate editor for Plant Disease and Phytopathology and as Pome Fruit section editor for Fungicide and Nematicide Tests. She has chaired the APS Phyllosphere Committee and Deciduous Tree Fruit Workers and has served on the Bacteriology and Pathogen Resistance Committees.

Eugene A. Milus, senior editor, is a professor of plant pathology at the University of Arkansas, where he has been since 1988. He received his B.S. degree in plant science (1975) from Penn State University and his M.S. (1978) and Ph.D. (1984) degrees in plant pathology from Washington State University. Before joining the University of Arkansas, he worked for Rohm and Haas Seeds and Colorado State University. He conducts research on the management of wheat and turfgrass diseases. Current research includes evaluation of wheat lines for resistance to various diseases, aggressiveness of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, and resistance to stripe rust and Fusarium head blight.

Terry Niblack, Features editor, is a professor in the Crop Sciences Department of the University

of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Tennessee and her Ph.D. degree (1985) in plant pathology from the University of Georgia. She has been involved in research and extension programs on

Heterodera glycines, the soybean cyst nematode, since beginning her graduate work in 1980. Following graduate school, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Iowa State University, spent 13 years at the University of Missouri in the Department of Plant Microbiology and Pathology, and moved to the University of Illinois in 2001. Among the awards she has received is the Outstanding Achievement Award from the United Soybean Board in 2003. She previously served as senior editor for Plant Disease in 1995–1997.

Peter V. Oudemans, senior editor, is an associate professor in the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology at Rutgers University and is stationed at the Philip E. Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension. His program at Rutgers is divided between research (50%), extension (30%), and teaching (20%). For research, he tackles problems involving the biology and control of fungal diseases of blueberry and cranberry. He utilizes tools such as remote sensing and geographic information system methodologies to detect, map, quantify, and track plant pathogens, as well as classical and molecular methods to characterize pathogen populations and species. In extension, he works with growers to develop and implement economically sound and environmentally rational crop management methods. He has published fact sheets, crop recommendations, and other crop management tools, such as the PestWeb, a pesticide database for growers. Together with collaborators, he has developed software for integrating on farm record keeping with GIS. He also teaches graduate classes in plant pathology and mycology and undergraduate classes in perspectives in agriculture and the environment, as well as colloquium courses such as sustainable agriculture and agriculture in the pinelands. At the School for Environmental and Biological Sciences, he is a member of the graduate program in plant biology, where he serves on the Graduate Admissions Committee and the Graduate Qualifying Exam Committee. He received his training at the University of New Brunswick

(B.S. degree), University of Guelph (M.S. degree), and the University of California (Ph.D. degree) as well as post-graduate training at Duke University and the University of Kansas.

Margaret (Peg) Redinbaugh, senior editor, is a USDA, ARS research plant molecular biologist in the Corn and Soybean Research Unit at the Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center in Wooster, OH. She is an adjunct faculty in the Department of Plant Pathology

at Ohio State University. She received her B.S. degree in biology from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biochemistry from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She did post-doctoral research in biochemistry with Ed Tolbert at Michigan State University and in genetics with John Scandalios at North Carolina State University. In 1989, she joined the USDA ARS Crops Research Lab in Oxford, NC, and established a group to study the regulation of nitrogen assimilation. When the lab in Oxford was closed in 1995, she transferred to the Forage and Range Research Lab in Logan, UT, where she investigated phylogenetic relationships among range grasses. Since coming to OARDC in 1998, she has established research projects on the characterization of emerging viruses, transmission of virus nucleic acids by vascular puncture inoculation, and identification and mapping of virus resistance in maize and soybean. She served as associate editor for Plant Disease in 2003–2005 and became senior editor in 2006.

Barbara Shew, senior editor, is a research assistant professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University. She received her B.S. degree (1976) at Colorado State University and her M.S. (1980) and Ph.D. (1983) degrees from North Carolina State University. She is responsible for peanut disease research and extension. She also teaches the epidemiology, host resistance, and disease forecasting sections of a graduate course in plant disease epidemiology and control. Her research interests include epidemiology; disease advisories and forecasting; disease resistance; conventional, integrated,

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he joined ARS in Salinas. His research responsibilities with ARS include virus diseases of vegetables and sugarbeet, with particular emphasis on soilborne viruses and viruses transmitted by insect vectors. Specific research interests include gaining an understanding of factors contributing to

virus emergence, including virus epidemiology and vector relationships. Additional research is directed toward identifying interactions between viruses, hosts, and vectors that contribute to transmission and disease development. He has been involved with APS through active participation and leadership in the Virology Committee, coordination of symposia, and having served as associate editor for Phytopathology from 2002 to 2004.

Gary Y. Yuen, senior editor, is a professor of plant pathology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he has been since 1989. His current research areas include the use of Lysobacter enzymogenes as a biological control agent of foliar diseases in wheat and turfgrass and the mechanisms behind antagonism against fungi and nematodes by L. enzymogenes. He is also involved in collaborative research on weed- and insect-pathogenic fungi. Teaching activities include undergraduate and graduate level courses on fungi and a graduate course on turfgrass diseases delivered through the internet. He was an associate editor for Plant Disease and Forage Crops and Turfgrasses section editor for Biological and Cultural Tests for Control of Plant Diseases and is currently on the Editorial Board of the journal Biological Control. n

and organic disease control methods; and pathogen ecology. Research covers the major peanut diseases and pathogens, including Cercospora spp., Cercosporidium spp., Sclerotinia minor, Cylindrocladium spp., Sclerotium rolfsii, Rhizoctonia solani, Pythium spp., and Tomato spotted wilt virus. She previously served on the Editorial Board of Peanut Science and as associate editor for Phytopathology.

Robert Trigiano, senior editor, received his B.S. degree with an emphasis in biology and chemistry from Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, in 1975 and his M.S. degree in biology (mycology) from The Pennsylvania State University in 1977. He was an associate

research agronomist, mushroom culture and plant pathology, for Green Giant Co., Le Sueur, MN, until 1979 and then a mushroom grower for Rol-Land Farms, Ltd., Blenheim, Ontario, Canada, during 1979 and 1980. He completed his Ph.D. degree in botany and plant pathology (co-majors) at North Carolina State University at Raleigh in 1983. After concluding post-doctoral work in the Plant and Soil Science Department at the University of Tennessee, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Ornamental Horticulture and Landscape Design at the same university in 1987, promoted to associate professor in 1991, and to professor in 1997. He joined the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology in 2002. Current research interests include diseases of ornamental plants, somatic embryogenesis and micropropagation of ornamental species, fungal physiology, population analysis, DNA profiling of fungi and plants, and gene discovery. He teaches undergraduate/graduate courses in plant tissue culture, mycology, DNA analysis, protein gel electrophoresis, and plant microtechnique. He has been an editor for the ASHS journals; Plant

Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture; and Plant Cell Reports and is currently the coeditor of Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences. Additionally, he has coedited four books, including Plant Pathology: Concepts and Laboratory Exercises and Plant Development and Biotechnology. In 2006, he was elected Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science.

Ron R. Walcott, senior editor, received his Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from the University of Georgia under the supervision of Ron Gitaitis. He also holds M.S. (1993) and B.S. (1995) degrees, both in plant pathology, from Iowa State University.

He joined the University of Georgia Plant Pathology Department (Athens campus) as an assistant professor in 1999. Currently, he is an associate professor with instruction and research responsibilities. He teaches plant disease diagnosis and management, as well as a course on the social impacts of plant diseases. His main area of research interest is seed pathology, with a specific emphasis on bacterial pathogens of vegetable seeds. Much of his research effort is committed to the study of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli, the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch of cucurbits. In particular, he is interested in the biology and epidemiology of seed infection and in the development of effective seed treatments and novel molecular-based seed heath assays. He has previously served on the APS Seed Pathology Committee (1999–2006) and as an associate editor for Plant Disease.

William M. (Bill) Wintermantel, senior editor, is a research plant pathologist with the USDA-ARS in Salinas, CA. He received his B.A. degree in biology from Central College in Pella, IA, in 1988 and a Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1994. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the Plant Pathology Department at Cornell University in Ithaca from 1994 until 1998, when

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Changes in the Phytopathology News Advisory BoardThe newest members of the Phytopathology News Advisory Board are Gary Moorman of Penn State University and David Schmale of Virginia Tech, who joined the board at the 2006 Annual Meeting. Moorman is replacing Allison Tally, who has served the board admirably during her tenure as councilor-at-large. Schmale replaces Arv Grybauskas, who has just completed two consecutive terms of providing helpful advice for this newsletter. Moorman and Schmale join Kehinde Osikanlu, Matteo Lorito, and Michelle Bjerkness in assisting Editor-in-Chief Margery Daughtrey to make the newsletter a pleasure to read and an effective communication tool for the members of APS. Whether or not members are on the Advisory Board, their suggestions for improving the newsletter are always welcome. Contact any Advisory Board member with your ideas at any time! n

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As a first-year plant medicine student, I have already had several opportunities to experience plant pathology in a practical way through an internship in New Zealand and participating in the APS Annual Meeting in Québec City. These kinds of opportunities are part of the intense plant medicine program that emphasizes an integrated approach to plant health, where students spend 3–4 years taking 90 credits of graduate level classes and 30 credits of internships in the combined fields of plant pathology, entomology/nematology, and plant/soil science. Thus, the program is creating graduates with a practical Doctor of Plant Medicine (DPM) degree similar to the degrees that medical and veterinary doctors receive. The program was initiated in 1999 by George Agrios and is currently directed by Bob McGovern.

Prior to attending the APS conference, I completed an internship in New Zealand with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in the Investigation and Diagnostic Laboratory with Francisco Ochoa-Corona, an APS member. My internship included learning molecular techniques, designing and testing a primer, and experiencing what happens in the event of an incursion. My experience was definitely a learning process and has given me more confidence in a laboratory setting. It also gave me a chance to experience new cultures, along with visualizing the system of a highly regulated country like New Zealand. This is important since regulation in the U.S. is largely based on what we receive internationally.

APS Foundation

Denise Thomas received the USDA National Needs Fellowship and works as a part of IPM Florida in Gainesville.

Plant Medicine Student Comes to the APS Conference by way of J. Artie and Arra Browning AwardA couple of years ago, the APS Foundation started asking the student travel awardees to attend our luncheon at the annual meeting. This has been a very successful event honoring our donors, and adding the students gave it an important new dimension. I had the pleasure this year to sit at the table with Denise Thomas from the DPM program at the University of Florida. Denise was energetic, open, and very engaging. I think you will find her comments on the recent meeting as interesting as I did.

A. R. Chase, APS Foundation Chair

Together We Make a Difference!Thanks to the generous contributions of more than 1,500 donors, the APS Foundation continues to support students and researchers, as well as special programs and projects, in plant pathology. Visit the APS Foundation website at www.apsnet.org/foundation to learn more about the Foundation and its mission. You can also see a list of the awardees that contributions have supported, discover the many ways in which you can give, and offer your support through the new donation form, which can be filled out online. By working together, we can create a self-sustaining treasury of funds for advancing the study and practice of plant pathology.

Thank you for your support!

For a cumulative list of contributors to date, visit www.apsnet.org/foundation/donors.asp

To enhance my experience with plant pathology, I had the pleasure of attending the APS annual meeting in Québec City where I received many firsts, including participating in a scientific conference, creating a poster, and visiting Canada. Coincidentally, this is also the first time a plant medicine student has been awarded the J. Artie and Arra Browning Travel Award, an award dedicated to helping DPM students come to APS annual meetings. Artie Browning greatly supports the plant medicine program and the idea of creating broad-based plant health professionals.

Full of excitement, I entered Québec City not knowing what lay ahead of me, but I took full advantage of everything the meeting had to offer, such as the workshops, socials, and poster sessions. It was my poster that brought me here and, as a new student in a nonresearch program, it baffled people to figure what I could possibly present. My poster was on the new certificate of Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Management offered at the University of Florida. This certificate program is geared toward those individuals like me interested in regulatory agriculture. It includes taking a class in plant pest risk assessment and management and a six-credit regulatory internship in a location of your choice.

In Québec, I received the greatest enjoyment out of meeting and networking with people in academia, industry, government, and students, and I savored the chance to talk about the DPM program and my interests in regulatory agriculture. Everywhere I went, I would hear about the need for broad-based professionals and I felt a glow to know that I will be one. Throughout the meeting, I was given every opportunity to obtain these new connections and talk to others. I felt like an honored guest donning my green “travel award” ribbon and I have never received so many congratulations. One of the socials I particularly enjoyed was the Extension and Industry Social, but it could have been the spectacular food and the chance to bond with nature under a waterfall that put it at the top of the ranks. I also benefited from some of the workshops presented, especially the “Career Counseling for the Budding Plant Pathologists,” which was organized by the Graduate Student

Committee, and I believe that this should be an annual workshop since most graduate students only have one chance at coming to the meeting.

My experiences thus far in the plant medicine program, my regulatory internship, and the APS conference have given me more confidence to express my ideas, to be open to different cultures, and to learn from my peers. I may have physically taken back only some business cards, photos, and handouts from the APS meeting in Québec City, but it is the memories behind those that will really count. I truly appreciate the experience offered to me by APS and the efforts of Artie Browning for providing travel assistance; I know this meeting has helped forge my future. n

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Call for Applications for 2007 Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Foundation AwardsThe Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Foundation Awards are named in honor of Richard C. Storkan, Gerald L. Hanes, and Robert L. McCaslin. Each had a long history of cooperation with the scientific community, and they were pioneers in developing effective soil fumigation through experimental research.

The foundation was established in 1987 to support graduate student research. To date, more than $311,000 has been awarded to 54 promising scientists. In addition to cash awards, new awardees receive round-trip fares to the APS annual meeting and are presented their awards at a luncheon attended by their research advisors, previous awardees, and members of the Foundation Committee. The research for which the award is given is expected to be performed by the applicant during the academic year 2007–2008.

A major aim of the foundation is to encourage research by offering financial assistance to graduate students who are working on soilborne diseases of plants. The research must be done in the United States. Foundation policy is to contribute to the education of the student. Grants are made on a yearly basis and may be renewed upon review by the committee.

Applications must be received before May 1, 2007, for funding to begin September 1, 2007. Please submit six copies each of a short, two–three page research proposal with a clear statement of the objectives of the research, a biography of the researcher (including telephone number and e-mail address for follow-up contact), and a letter (six copies) from the applicant’s major professor or research director. Send applications to A. Paulus, Chair Selection Committee, Storkan-Hanes-McCaslin Foundation, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0122. If further details are desired, Paulus can be reached by e-mail at albert.paulus@ucr.edu, by phone at +1.951.827.3431, or by fax at +1.951.827.4294. n

Providing Science-Based Solutions in Agriculture—Join the PLANT MANAGEMENT NETWORK: Become a PMN PartnerThe Plant Management Network is a cooperative not-for-profit collaboration of the plant science community at large. Its primary goal is to provide a comprehensive one-stop Internet resource for applied plant and agricultural science information. Partners contribute to the development and support of the network and share its benefits. Your organization’s participation provides overall support for the network; publicizes your logo and website within it; increases regional, national, and international usage of your existing web-based information; and provides your employees or constituents with complimentary or discounted network subscriptions. Partners gain these benefits while underwriting innovation in plant science communication and providing peer-reviewed publication venues for the applied agricultural sciences.

2006 Salute to Partners

CompaniesSyngenta Crop ProtectionPioneer Hi-BredAgraQuestSuterraValent BioSciencesPBI / GordonCampbell Scientific

UniversitiesUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of California at DavisColorado State UniversityCornell UniversityEdison CollegeUniversity of FloridaUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of IllinoisIowa State UniversityKansas State UniversityUniversity of KentuckyLouisiana State UniversityUniversity of MarylandMichigan State UniversityUniversity of MinnesotaMississippi State UniversityUniversity of MissouriUniversity of NebraskaNorth Carolina State UniversityNorth Dakota State University

Ohio State UniversityOklahoma State UniversityOregon State UniversityPenn State UniversityPurdue UniversitySouth Dakota State UniversityTexas A&M UniversityVirginia Tech UniversityWashington State UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin

Nonprofit OrganizationsThe American Phytopathological SocietyAmerican Society of AgronomyAmerican Society for Horticultural ScienceBiopesticide Industry AllianceCanadian Phytopathological SocietyCanadian Society of AgronomyCouncil for Agricultural Science and TechnologyCrop Adviser InstituteCrop Science Society of AmericaCropLife AmericaEntomological Society of AmericaNational Alliance of Independent Crop ConsultantsNational Plant Diagnostic NetworkPlant Health InitiativePotash and Phosphate InstituteSociety of NematologistsUnited States Golf Association Green SectionWeed Science Society of America

For information on the PMN partners program, contact partners@plantmanagementnetwork.org.

2007 Oberly Award/Agriculture or Natural Science Bibliography—Call for NominationsDo you know of a worthy print bibliography or electronic database/portal in the field of agriculture and natural science? Nominations are now being accepted for the biennial Oberly Award from the Science and Technology Section of the American Library Association. The award was established in 1923 in memory of Eunice Rockwood Oberly and is given every other year for the best English-language bibliography published in the 2 years preceding the award year. This year’s award is considering print bibliographies published in 2005–2006 or a continuing electronic resource available during this period. The award consists of a plaque, a $350 honorarium, and publicity. Deadlines are due by the end of December 2006. More information on criteria and nominations can be found at www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlawards/oberlyaward.htm. n

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15th Ornamental Workshop Held in North CarolinaMike Benson, North Carolina State University, mike_benson@ncsu.edu

More than 140 plant pathologists and entomologists from 29 states participated in the 15th Ornamental Workshop on Diseases and Insects held biennially in the mountains of western North Carolina at the Kanuga Conference Center, Hendersonville, NC, from September 25–29, 2006. James Moyer, head, Department of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University (NCSU), welcomed the group to North Carolina. The first half of the plenary session featured “Plants, pathogens, pests and regulatory approaches” with talks by Shirley Wager-Pagé, branch chief, commodity

import analysis and operations staff, PPQ, APHIS, Riverdale, MD, and Mike Klopmeyer, director of plant pathology, Ball Horticultural Co., West Chicago, IL. The second half of the plenary session featured “eXtension—The model for extension delivery in the future” with talks by Kevin Gamble, associate director, National eXtension Initiative, NC Cooperative Extension, NCSU, Raleigh, and Ron Stinner, director, USDA Southern Region IPM Center, and NSF/IUCR Center for Integrated Pest Management, NCSU, Raleigh. Melodie Putnam, Oregon State University, spoke about the Plant Management Network as a source of information on ornamentals. The plenary sessions were moderated by Colleen Warfield, Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU, and Steven Bambara, Department of Entomology, NCSU. A poster session followed the plenary session featuring more than 20 posters on insect and disease problems related to ornamentals.

Concurrent sessions on plant pathology and entomology topics followed over the next two and half days. Ben Lockhart, University of Minnesota; Dennis Lewandowski, Ohio State University; Mike Tiffany, Agdia; Jody Fetzer, New York Botanical Garden; and Jim Moyer presented information on new virus diseases and their detection in ornamental crops. Gary Moorman, Penn State University, presented results of a diagnostic survey wherein more than 850 hundred new disease–host combinations were reported across the United States during the past 2 years. Alan Windham, University of Tennessee, moderated a discussion session on new pest control products. Margery Daughtrey, Cornell University, presented information on the identification and symptomology of downy mildew diseases in ornamental crops. Phytophthora diseases in nurseries were discussed with presentations on recycling water by Chuan Hong, VA Tech; on survey detection by Patricia de Sa’ Guimaraes, University of Kentucky; on P. ramorum by Nina Shishkoff, USDA ARS, Fort Detrick; and on best management practices by Steve Jeffers, Clemson University.

More than 15 contributed papers were presented on the final day, covering various aspects of ornamental diseases. The complete program and meeting highlights are available at www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/activities/societies/ornamental/. The workshop was hosted by Steve Bambara and Christine Casey, Department of Entomology, and Mike Benson and Colleen Warfield, Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU.

NCR193 North Central Regional Committee on Diseases and Insect Pests of Ornamental Plants, chaired by Paul Weston, Cornell University, met September 24 and 25 preceding the Ornamental Workshop to discuss insect and disease problems related to the North Central Region. n

Attendees of the 15th Ornamental Workshop in North Carolina.

Mark Windham welcomed the new attendees of the workshop and provided introductory information on what to expect.

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APS members Zahi K. Atallah, University of Wisconsin, and Silvina Giammaria, University of Arkansas, were selected to participate in the American Society for Microbiology’s 2006 ASM Robert J. Kadner Institute for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scientists in Preparation for Careers in Microbiology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. A select group of 27 senior-level graduate students and 9 early post-doctoral scientists from the United States and Canada were selected for this intensive 5-day institute. The Kadner Institute consists of hands-on training in grant writing, scientific presentations, and scientific communication and ethics. Sessions also addressed a variety of career opportunities in the microbiological sciences from teaching primarily undergraduate students, to conducting applied research in industry, to serving in public health, academic medicine, and patent law. Each participant was required to prepare a 10-page grant proposal, a 10-min scientific presentation, and a CV that would be critiqued and evaluated by faculty and peer scientists in the microbiological field.

Bradley Borlee recently received his Ph.D. degree in plant pathology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison under the direction of Jo Handelsman. His thesis was entitled “Dissecting communication in microbial communities.”

Luis (Lucho) F. Salazar has joined Agdia, Inc. as scientific director. Already well-established in the field through his professional achievements, scientific papers, and published works, Salazar’s new role within Agdia will expand his standing

at the forefront of the worldwide agricultural community. In his new position with Agdia, Salazar will be responsible for expanding the company’s interaction with breeders, researchers, and growers to solve problems with plant pathogens in agricultural, fruit and vegetable, ornamental, and horticultural crops through the use of Agdia’s innovative programs, services, and products. Salazar will continue to work with the agricultural community to bring “total solutions” to crop propagation programs. He will be based in Elkhart. Prior to joining Agdia, Salazar was

Peopleprincipal scientist at the International Potato Center (CIP), located in Lima, Peru. While at CIP, in his position as senior virologist and head of the Crop Protection Department, Salazar introduced many new programs and products for crop protection and improvement to the worldwide agricultural community, especially to benefit developing countries. He also held positions within the Ministry of Agriculture Peru. Salazar has published numerous scientific papers and books for the global agricultural community, has received many honors for his work in the field, and is actively involved in or a member of numerous scientific organizations worldwide.

Scot H. Hulbert recently joined the faculty of the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University (WSU) as the R. James Cook Endowed Chair in Cropping Systems Pathology. Hulbert will teach and conduct research on wheat-

based cropping systems in eastern Washington and on plant disease management, including ecology, epidemiology, and host-pathogen genetics. In addition, he will provide leadership for a number of ongoing long-term cropping systems research projects. Hulbert replaces R. James Cook who retired from WSU this past fall. Prior to coming to WSU, Hulbert was interim head of the Department of Plant Pathology at Kansas State University.

Gary G. Grove, professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University, is the first director of Washington State’s newly expanded Agricultural Weather Network. In addition to his new role, Grove will continue his research program in cherries, wine grapes, and hops. Critically important to the state’s agricultural economy, AgWeatherNet provides weather data used for everything from irrigation scheduling for water use efficiency to frost prediction to protect tree fruits and other crops. It provides weather data to underpin pest and disease prediction models that lead to minimal and effective use of pesticides and to many other weather-related production management decisions. It also provides important data on wind for fire services and for the prediction of airborne particulates.

Lindsey du Toit, Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon, has been selected to fill the Alfred Christianson Endowed Professorship.

Bradley Borlee

This 4-year endowment will provide funding to support her vegetable seed pathology research program.

Hanu Pappu was in Chile and Peru during April 2006. He was invited to visit the Virology and the Biotechnology Units of the Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), La Platina, Santiago. He toured the commercial vegetable fields (tomato, pepper, onion) in the Santiago area, met with several growers, and discussed various viral diseases of importance in that area. He also visited several research and production fields of local seed companies. He gave an invited presentation on viral diseases of vegetables and their management at a meeting sponsored by the Chilean vegetable industry. He traveled to Valdivia (in southern Chile) to visit Luigi Ciampi, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, and gave a seminar on the characterization and control of thrips-transmitted tospoviruses in vegetable cropping systems. From Chile, he traveled to Lima, Peru, and visited the International Potato Center (CIP) and held discussions with scientists in the Germplasm Conservation Division and the Plant Protection Division.

Naidu Rayapati, virologist in the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University (WSU), will help train Indian scientists as part of the U.S.-India Agricultural Knowledge Initiative (AKI). The AKI is a public–private partnership intended

to facilitate technology transfer; bolster agricultural research, education, and extension; and strengthen trade and regulatory capacity building. Both nations are providing funding. WSU, as part of a proposal submitted by Penn State University, has received funding to improve the capacity of Indian counterparts for integrated pest management of insect-borne viral diseases in major vegetable crops grown in India. Rayapati will train visiting Indian scientists in his laboratory at WSU’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center on various aspects of plant virology and will help organize a training course for capacity building in India.

Colin R. Wellings, principal research scientist, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, and adjunct associate professor, the University of Sydney, Plant Breeding Institute, Camden, Australia, visited Xianming Chen’s laboratory in the USDA-ARS and Washington State University Department of Plant Pathology in September. During his visit, Wellings

Luis (Lucho) F. Salazar

Scot H. Hulbert

Naidu Rayapati

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conducted research on variations of cereal rust pathogens and resistance of Australian barley germ plasm to barley stripe rust.

Recent visitors to the laboratory of Tobin Peever in the Department of Plant Pathology at Washington State University included Omer Frenkel and Suzie Jones. Frenkel is a Ph.D. student at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem working with Shahal Abbo and Dani Shtienberg. He is working in Peever’s laboratory for 3 months on the evolution of Ascochyta rabiei on wild and cultivated chickpeas and the ecological genetics of temperature adaptation in Ascochyta spp. Jones is a Ph.D. student at

the University of Tasmania working with Sarah Pethybridge and Frank Hay and visited for 2 weeks to initiate cloning and sequencing of the mating type locus in Phoma lugulicola, anamorph of Didymella lugulicola, an important pathogen of pyrethrum in Tasmania. She plans to use the mating type sequence data to design a mating type-specific PCR assay for population studies of this pathogen.

Brendan Kelley completed his M.S. degree in plant pathology at Cornell University with Jocelyn Rose in August 2006. Kelley studied the composition of the secreted proteome, or secretome, of the oomycete Phytophthora infestans. He identified

a protein, termed SNE1 (suppressor of necrosis 1), that suppresses the necrosis induced by another P. infestans-secreted protein, NPP1, and that appears to be involved in mediating the transition from biotrophy to necrotrophy during infection of the host plant, tomato. Kelley is currently teaching biology and chemistry for New River Academy. He is applying to medical schools and intends to matriculate in an M.D. program next fall to pursue his long-term goal of surgical practice.

Segenet Kelemu, a senior scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture with headquarters located in Cali, Colombia,

has been conferred the 2006 Friendship Award by the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, authorized by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. Selected from more than 200,000 foreigners working with scientists in China, 46 experts received the award, the highest honor that the Chinese Government confers to foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to China’s economic and social development. The winners, from 19 countries, have expertise in a wide range of fields. Kelemu was the only plant pathologist to win the award this year.

In Memory

Robert H. Symons, professor of plant science at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide, South Australia, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2006. His career at the University of Adelaide spanned 40 years. He received his B.Ag.S. degree in 1956 and Ph.D. degree (biochemistry) in 1963, both at Melbourne University. He joined the University of Adelaide in 1962 as lecturer and later was appointed as senior lecturer in 1967, reader in 1973, personal chair and professor of biochemistry in 1987, and professor of plant science in 1991. He retired in 2003, after a distinguished career focusing principally on research in molecular plant virology. His research interests included structure, function, and replication of plants, viruses, viroids, and satellite RNAs; characterization of virus resistance genes in plants; and development of nonradioactive nucleic acid probes and related techniques for the diagnosis of plant viruses and viroids. His many awards included election to Fellowships of the Australian Academy of Sciences in 1983 and of the Royal Society of London in 1988. He founded the University of Adelaide-owned companies Biotechnology Research Enterprises S.A. Pty Ltd (BRESA) and Waite Diagnostics, and he took on many roles in both federal government bodies and committees and in private enterprise related to biotechnology. He published more than 140 scientific papers in referred journals and numerous reviews. He contributed greatly to international research in biotechnology, both independently and through his many post-doctoral and post-graduate coworkers. n

Omer Frenkel

Suzie Jones

Segenet Kelemu receiving the Friendship Award from His Excellency Hui Liangyu, Vice Premier of the State

Council of the People’s Republic of China.

Brendan Kelley

Important APS Dates to RememberDecember 200611 Plant Disease Management Reports

(PDMR), formerly F&N Tests/B&C Tests, submission of reports to section editors for review and approval. www.apsnet.org/online/pdmr/guidelines

15 Proposals due for JANE Award. www.apsnet.org/foundation/JANE06.asp

22 Nominations for APS officers due. www.scientificsocieties.org/surveys/wsb.dll/aps/aps2007nominations2.htm

January 200715 7th I.E. Melhus Graduate Student

Symposium applications due. www.apsnet.org/foundation/iemelhus.asp

16 International Travel Award applications due. www.apsnet.org/members/oip/travel.asp

20 2007 Frank L. Howard Undergraduate Fellowship for Undergraduate Research applications due. www.apsnet.org/foundation/apsundergrad.asp

February 200726 Plant Disease Management Reports

(PDMR), formerly F&N Tests/B&C Tests, final submission of reports with payment.

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Research AssociateThe USDA, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, SC, is seeking a post-doctoral research associate (research plant pathologist/research molecular biologist/research geneticist [plants]) for a 2-year appointment. Incumbent conducts research to determine the inheritance of resistance to the root-knot nematode (RKN) and to identify and map genetic markers closely linked to RKN resistance genes in watermelon. The incumbent will work with a research plant pathologist (nematologist) at the U.S. Vegetable Laboratory to evaluate F2 plants from mapping populations of watermelon, segregating for RKN resistance in greenhouse tests, and to screen and map molecular markers linked to RKN resistance. Markers that are tightly linked to RKN resistance will be cloned, sequenced, and converted to SCAR markers and will be mapped on a genetic linkage map constructed for watermelon. A recent Ph.D. degree is required in plant pathology, plant genetics, plant molecular biology, or a closely related field. Knowledge of PCR, fragment analysis (including AFLP, SSR, and SRAP), and plant genetics is desirable. USDA/ARS is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Salary: Commensurate with experience ($51,972–$62,291 per annum). Closing Date: February 7, 2007 (This closing date is open until the position is filled.) Specific information on the duties and responsibilities and application procedures are available at www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/pd962.html under announcement number RA-06-025H. Contact: Judy Thies, USDA, ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, 2700 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29414 U.S.A. Fax: +1.843.573.4715; E-mail: jthies@saa.ars.usda.gov; Phone: +1.843.402.5300 x5317; Web: www.ars.usda.gov/saa/usvl.

Research Associate IIncumbent will be responsible for conducting routine bacterial disease resistance screens,

including inoculating and evaluating reactions on seedlings, establishing and evaluating field trials, and communicating results to breeders. Incumbent will also be responsible for developing new disease screens, for working with and maintaining an obligate fungal pathogen, and for independently conducting research to solve problems or answer questions as they arise. Additional responsibilities include processing and diagnosing disease samples for pathogen identification, including building a digital photo archive of samples and building and maintaining a bacterial pathogen culture collection. Incumbent will engage in researching, writing, and organizing disease descriptions and short reports and in presenting general information about pathology’s role in the company to station visitors. Incumbent will directly supervise two employees and will carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies. The primary focus will include training, planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; and addressing complaints and resolving problems. Requirements include a B.S. degree in a related field with 7 years or more of related experience or an M.S. degree with 1 year or more of related experience. Must have proven knowledge of plant pathology and plant pathogens, must have excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, and should be well organized and detail oriented. Bilingual in Spanish is highly desirable. Computer skills related to analyzing and presenting data are essential; knowledge and ease using pathology literature is a plus. Will be required to communicate with different reporting levels in multi-national and -cultural organization. We maintain a drug-free work environment and are an equal opportunity employer/AAP. Closing Date: January 1, 2007 (This closing date is not adjustable.) Please apply online at www.seminis.com or www.monsanto.com. Contact: Human Resources, Seminis, 2700 Camino del Sol, Oxnard, CA 93030 U.S.A. E-mail: Careers@seminis.com; Web: www.seminis.com or www.monsanto.com.

Post-Doctoral ResearcherThe USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Crop Diseases, Pests and Genetics Research Unit at the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center in Parlier, CA, is seeking a post-doctoral research associate (research molecular biologist, microbiologist, or geneticist) for a 2-year appointment. The incumbent serves as part of a multidisciplinary team to develop innovative strategies for acquiring genomic information of Candidatus Liberibacter (CL), an unculturable agent causing citrus huanglongbing disease. The incumbent will also be responsible for developing and designing DNA markers for the molecular diagnosis and genetic analyses of CL populations associated with citrus and insect vectors. Primary responsibilities include, but

are not limited to, sequence analyses, molecular detection, and genetic analyses of CL population structures using various statistic tools. A recent Ph.D. degree in molecular biology, microbiology, or genetics is required. A strong background in comparative genomics, genetics, phytopathology, and emerging innovative biotechniques and bioinformatic approaches is highly desirable. Citizenship restrictions apply. USDA-ARS is an equal opportunity employer. Salary: Commensurate with experience ($50,593–$78,826 per annum plus benefits). Closing Date: January 26, 2007 (This closing date is open until the position is filled.) Refer to www.afm.ars.usda.gov/divisions/hrd/hrdhomepage/vacancy/07011.htm for application instructions and the full text announcement under announcement number RA-07-011H. Contact: Hong Lin, USDA-ARS, 9611 S. Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648 U.S.A. E-mail: hlin@fresno.ars.usda.gov; Phone: +1.559.596.2933; Web: http://parlier.ars.usda.gov/.

Post-Doc in PhytobacteriologyThe Phytobacteriology Research Group in the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, has a post-doctoral position available for a highly motivated bacteriologist/plant pathologist with a passion for microbes and a desire to study bacterial ecology/taxonomy/genomics in an exciting environment. A Ph.D. degree in plant pathology or microbiology is required. Closing Date: January 26, 2007 (This closing date is not adjustable.) Send curriculum vitae and references. Contact: Teresa Coutinho, University of Pretoria, FABI Pretoria, Gauteng 0002 S.A.F. Fax: +27-12-4203960; E-mail: teresa.coutinho@fabi.up.ac.za; Phone: +27-12-4203934; Web: http://fabinet.up.ac.za.

Assistant Professors (2), Plant Metabolism/Metabolic EngineeringThe Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science at Virginia Tech seeks applicants for two tenure-track positions in plant metabolism/metabolic engineering. These appointments will be at the assistant professor level, although more senior applicants will also be considered. Faculty will be housed in the newly constructed Latham Hall, joining faculty from six other departments whose common focus is contemporary plant biology and its applications to biotechnology. We are searching for creative and ambitious scientists who have potential for collaboration with other members of the Virginia Tech life science and engineering communities. Research focus should be on plant metabolic engineering problems, for example, in biodesign, bioprocessing, production of novel compounds, improved quality or yield of existing plant natural products, or other value-

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added traits. Research goals should include crop improvement approaches that complement core department interests in plant response to abiotic/biotic stresses and xenobiotics. The successful applicants are expected to develop extramurally funded research programs that become internationally recognized. The research programs will provide a supportive research environment for the successful education of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as of post-doctoral research associates. The successful candidates will contribute to teaching core graduate courses in plant biology covering plant metabolism, biochemistry, and physiology. An earned doctorate in the life sciences and post-doctoral or demonstrated equivalent experience in metabolic engineering and a record of publication indicative of the potential to establish and maintain a productive research program are required. Demonstrated teaching expertise, documented success in attracting extramural research funding, shared interests with other scientists studying aspects of plant biology across the university, ability to work with a student body from diverse backgrounds, and commitment and sensitivity to issues of diversity in the campus community are preferred. Closing Date: January 1, 2007 (This closing date is open until the position is filled.) Further information and application instructions are available at https://jobs.vt.edu under posting number 061124. Contact: John McDowell, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Physiology, and Weed Science, Blacksburg, VA 24060-0331 U.S.A. E-mail: johnmcd@vt.edu; Phone: +1.540.231.2388; Web: http://ipm.ppws.vt.edu/.

Graduate Research AssistantshipsThe Soilborne Disease Program at the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science (EPPWS) at New Mexico State University is seeking two candidates to conduct research leading to a master of science degree. Research to be conducted includes epidemiology, physiology, and biological control of soilborne pathogens. Graduate research assistantships are immediately available for the two successful candidates. Closing Date: December 15, 2006 (This closing date is open until the position is filled.) Contact: Soum Sanogo, New Mexico State University, EPPWS, MSC 3BE Las Cruces, NM 88003 U.S.A. Fax: +1.505.646.8087; E-mail: ssanogo@nmsu.edu; Phone: +1.505.646.3577; Web: www.nmsu.edu. Senior Plant Pathology ScientistAgraQuest, Inc. is seeking an experienced plant pathology scientist to contribute to the development of new biopesticides. The position will work closely with fermentation engineers, microbiologists, and analytical chemists within the Research and Development Department.

This position is full time and is located in our Davis, CA, headquarters. Duties and responsibilities include serving as bioassay lead on a project team developing a new biopesticide product (supervisory and project leadership responsibilities based on experience); contributing to the evaluation of new product opportunities and the enhancement/support of existing AgraQuest products; developing and supporting new pathogen assays including molecular, in vitro microbial, and greenhouse assays in response to strategic needs; representing AgraQuest at scientific meetings to showcase company technology, developing contacts/collaborators and maintaining cutting edge knowledge of the field; contributing to ongoing improvements in assay throughput, sample tracking, and data acquisition in collaboration with colleagues and contractors; preparing and delivering written and oral reports on scientific progress for scientific staff and senior management; and contributing as needed to other development projects and providing scientific and strategic support as needed to field development, sales, and regulatory. A Ph.D. degree in plant pathology or related field is required. Prefer 10+ years of industry research experience; must be commercially oriented; experience in the development of previous ag. chem. product is essential, experience with biopesticides and understanding of plant–microbe or plant–nematode interactions is strongly preferred. Also preferred is a broad knowledge of commercially important plant pathogens and nematodes and the ability to implement quantitative assays for development and QC; excellent communication skills, both written and oral; strong molecular biology skills; the ability to work effectively in a dynamic product-focused research team; and the ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed, fast-paced, dynamic environment. Salary: Based upon experience. Closing Date: January 6, 2007 (This closing date is open until the position is filled.) Please submit CV with cover letter, referencing job PPSS-04. Contact: Cheryl Raneses, AgraQuest, Inc., 1530 Drew Avenue, Davis, CA 95616 U.S.A. E-mail: jobs@agraquest.com; Phone: +1.530.750.0150; Web: www.agraquest.com. Director, Division of Plant SciencesApplications and nominations are invited for the position of director of Division of Plant Sciences. The division is a research-intensive, multidisciplinary academic unit of approximately 50 faculty who conduct basic and applied research in agronomic and horticultural plant production, plant genetics and genomics, plant–pathogen and plant–insect interactions, insect science, and weed science. Division faculty are also involved in extension and outreach programs. The division offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees. A detailed position description can be found at http://facultypositions.missouri.edu/cafnr/060386.html. Closing Date: January

5, 2007 (This closing date is open until the position is filled.) For full consideration, applications should be submitted to Marc J. Linit, chair, Search Committee, c/o James Hundle. Contact: James Hundle, University of Missouri, Ag Dean’s Office, 2-69 Ag Bldg., Columbia, MO 65211 U.S.A. E-mail: hundlej@missouri.edu; Phone: +1.573.884.3024. Graduate Fellowships in Ecological GenomicsGraduate fellowships are available for admission in fall 2007 at Kansas State University (KSU) to participate in this newly emerging field at the interface of ecology and genomics. This research initiative will link responses of living systems to environmental change at the genetic level. The overarching goal of this research initiative is to identify the genes that are involved in organismal responses to the environment. This ecological genomics initiative takes advantage of existing strengths at KSU in genetics and genomics, ecology, and evolutionary biology to answer cross-cutting questions that lie at the interface of genomics and ecology. This collaborative research effort will cross disciplines (genetics and ecology) and departments (agronomy, biology, entomology, plant pathology, and computing and information science). In addition, this initiative will also take advantage of experimental manipulations at the Konza Prairie Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) site. Research and education opportunities exist for graduate students to work toward an M.S. or Ph.D. degree in this large collaborative and interdisciplinary effort. More information about the Kansas Ecological Genomics collaborative research groups at KSU can be found at www.ksu.edu/ecogen. Twenty faculty with interests spanning from genetics and genomics of model organisms (Arabidopsis, C. elegans, Drosophila) to microbial, plant, and animal organismic biology and to ecosystem ecology are involved in this research initiative. Applicants should have the interest and willingness to cross disciplines. KSU is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity among its employees. Salary: We offer a support package of $20,184 per year. Closing Date: January 5, 2007 (This closing date is not adjustable.) Complete application instructions can be found at www.k-state.edu/ecogen/recruit-GradStudentsApplication.html. Completed applications must be received by January 5, 2007. Please specify your interest in ecological genomics on the application form. Contact: Doris Merrill, Kansas State University, Division of Biology, Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901 U.S.A. Fax: +1.785.532.6653; E-mail: ecogen@ksu.edu; Phone: +1.785.532.3482; Web: www.k-state.edu/ecogen. n

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APS Journal ArticlesPhytopathologyDecember 2006, Volume 96, Number 12Quantitative and Molecular Epidemiology of Bacterial

Blight of Onion in Seed Production Fields.A Survey of Genetic Variation in Streptomyces Isolates

Causing Potato Common Scab in the United States.Induction of Soil Suppressiveness Against Rhizoctonia

solani by Incorporation of Dried Plant Residues into Soil.

Analyses of Lettuce Drop Incidence and Population Structure of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum and S. minor.

Saprophytic Activity and Sporulation of Cryphonectria parasitica on Dead Chestnut Wood in Forests with Naturally Established Hypovirulence.

Distribution and Pathogenic Characterization of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis and Stagonospora nodorum in Ohio.

Interactions Among a Soil Organic Amendment, Nematodes, and the Nematode-Trapping Fungus Dactylellina candidum.

Selection for Fungicide Resistance Within a Growing Season in Field Populations of Phytophthora infestans at the Center of Origin.

Interactions Between the Soybean Cyst Nematode and Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines Based on Greenhouse Factorial Experiments.

Etiology and Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction-Based Detection of Gremmeniella- and Phomopsis-Associated Disease in Norway Spruce Seedlings.

Identification of Sources of Resistance to Phoma medicaginis Isolates in Medicago truncatula SARDI Core Collection Accessions, and Multigene Differentiation of Isolates.

Characterization of Race-Specific Interactions Among Isolates of Verticillium dahliae Pathogenic on Lettuce.

Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Phytophthora sojae in Soil and Infected Soybeans by Species-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays.

Identification of Common Epitopes on a Conserved Region of NSs Proteins Among Tospoviruses of Watermelon silver mottle virus Serogroup.

Development of a Scale for Evaluation of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus Resistance Level in Tomato Plants.

Plant DiseaseDecember 2006, Volume 90, Number 12Iris yellow spot virus: An Emerging Threat to Onion

Bulb and Seed Production.Influence of Glomus intraradices on Black Foot Disease

Caused by Cylindrocarpon macrodidymum on Vitis rupestris Under Controlled Conditions.

Resistance of Four Inbred Maize Lines to Inoculation with 20 Isolates of Maize streak virus from Zimbabwe.

Identification and Distribution of Botryosphaeria spp. Associated with Grapevine Cankers in California.

Molecular Monitoring of Wild-Type and Genetically Engineered Colletotrichum coccodes Biocontrol Strains In Planta.

Infection Potential of Pleospora allii and Evaluation of Methods for Reduction of the Overwintering Inoculum of Brown Spot of Pear.

Effect of Soil Application of AG3 Phosphonate on the Severity of Clubroot of Bok Choy and Cabbage Caused by Plasmodiophora brassicae.

Identification and Detection of Phoma tracheiphila, Causal Agent of Citrus Mal Secco Disease, by Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Genetic Relationships Among Magnaporthe poae Isolates from Turfgrass Hosts and Relative Susceptibility of ‘Penncross’ and ‘Penn A-4’ Creeping Bentgrass.

Influence of Host Resistance and Insecticide Seed Treatments on Curly Top in Sugar Beets.

Deletion of a Chromosome Arm Altered Wheat Resistance to Fusarium Head Blight and Deoxynivalenol Accumulation in Chinese Spring.

Bacterial Canker Caused by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis on Tomato in the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.

First Report of Phytophthora infestans on Petunia × hybrida in South Africa.

Molecular Characterization of a Distinct Begomovirus Associated with Tomato Leaf Curl Disease in Arusha of Tanzania.

First Report of Pantoea agglomerans Causing a Leaf Blight and Bulb Rot of Onions in Georgia.

First Report of Bacterial Blight of Romanesco Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) Caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. alisalensis in California.

First Report of Phomopsis amygdali Causing Fruit Rot on Peaches in Greece.

Molecular and Morphological Evidence for Interspecific Hybridization Between Cronartium ribicola and C. comandrae on Pinus flexilis in Southwestern Alberta.

First Report of Ramularia cercosporelloides on Carthamus tinctorius in Northwestern Mexico.

First Report of Phytophthora capsici Causing Wilt on Hydropronically Grown Cucumber in Mexico.

First Report of Blueberry Leaf Spot Caused by Cylindrocladium colhounii in China.

First Report of Leaf Spot and Blight of Strelitzia reginae Caused by Burkholderia gladioli in Italy.

First Report of Septoria pistaciae Causing Leaf Spot of Pistachio in Egypt.

First Report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Infection on Cuphea.

First Report of Fusarium Yellows of Sugar Beet Caused by Fusarium oxysporum in Michigan.

First Report of the Quarantine Brown Rot Pathogen Monilinia fructicola on Imported Stone Fruits in Switzerland.

First Report of Ascochyta Blight of Vicia hirsuta (Hairy Tare) in the Republic of Georgia Caused by Ascochyta sp.

First Report of Pratylenchus neglectus and P. thornei Infecting Canola and Weeds in Iran.

MPMIDecember 2006, Volume 19, Number 12Phytophthora Genomics: The Plant Destroyers’

Genome Decoded.An Integrated BAC and Genome Sequence Physical

Map of Phytophthora sojae.Comparative Analysis of Phytophthora Genes Encoding

Secreted Proteins Reveals Conserved Synteny and Lineage-Specific Gene Duplications and Deletions.

The Repertoire of Transfer RNA Genes Is Tuned to Codon Usage Bias in the Genomes of Phytophthora sojae and Phytophthora ramorum.

Extensive Variation in Nuclear Mitochondrial DNA Content Between the Genomes of Phytophthora sojae and Phytophthora ramorum.

Genomewide Analysis of Phospholipid Signaling Genes in Phytophthora spp.: Novelties and a Missing Link.

Identification of Cell Wall–Associated Proteins from Phytophthora ramorum.

Targeted Gene Mutation in Phytophthora spp.

A Functional Screen to Characterize the Secretomes of Eukaryotic Pathogens and Their Hosts In Planta.

The HD-GYP Domain, Cyclic Di-GMP Signaling, and Bacterial Virulence to Plants.

Agrobacterium rhizogenes Transformation of the Phaseolus spp.: A Tool for Functional Genomics.

Distinct Viral Sequence Elements Are Necessary for Expression of Tomato golden mosaic virus Complementary Sense Transcripts That Direct AL2 and AL3 Gene Expression.

Redox-Active Pyocyanin Secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 7NSK2 Triggers Systemic Resistance to Magnaporthe grisea but Enhances Rhizoctonia solani Susceptibility in Rice.

Cladosporium fulvum Avr4 Protects Fungal Cell Walls Against Hydrolysis by Plant Chitinases Accumulating During Infection.

A Hormone and Proteome Approach to Picturing the Initial Metabolic Events During Plasmodiophora brassicae Infection on Arabidopsis.

Identification of Symbiotically Defective Mutants of Lotus japonicus Affected in Infection Thread Growth.

The Pathogen-Host Interactions Database (PHI-base) Provides Insights into Generic and Novel Themes of Pathogenicity.

Plant Management Networkwww.plantmangementnetwork.com

Plant Health ProgressHost Range of Itersonilia perplexans and Management

of Itersonilia Petal Blight of China Aster.Imazethapyr Rate Responses for Wild Radish,

Conventional Canola, and Imidazolinone-tolerant Canola.

A Comparative Analysis of Detection Techniques Used in US Regulatory Programs to Determine Presence of Phytophthora ramorum in Camellia japonica ‘Nucio’s Gem’ in an Infested Nursery in Southern California.

Influence of Messenger on Corn Yield and Mycotoxin Contamination in Mississippi.

Control of Strawberry Black Root Rot with Compost Socks.

Efficacy of Selected Insecticides for Management of the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle on Wine Grapes Near Harvest.

Effect of Row Covers on Suppression of Bacterial Wilt of Muskmelon in Iowa.

Use of Neonicotinoid Insecticides to Manage Cucumber Beetles on Seedling Zucchini.

Predictive Accuracy of a Fusarium Head Blight Epidemic Risk Forecasting System Deployed in Minnesota.

Pea Aphid Outbreaks and Virus Epidemics on Peas in the US Pacific Northwest: Histories, Mysteries, and Challenges.

First Report of Rhizoctonia Foliar Blight of Soybean in South Carolina.

Bacillus subtilis Strain QST713, Active Ingredient in AgraQuest’s Flagship Product Serenade(R), Receives Critical Approval by ECCU.

Researchers Bioengineer Plants Resistant to Devastating Pathogen.

LSU AgCenter Entomologist Says Leave Hibiscus Mealybug Management to Experts.

New NK Brand Hybrids Feature Agrisure RW Trait.Switch Fungicide Receives New Label Uses and Crop

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January 2007 23-25 — Third Brazilian Meeting on Induced Resistance in Plants to Pathogens.

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March 20075-9 — Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium III. Santa Rosa, CA. http://nature.berkeley.edu/ comtf/sodsymposium/

April 200711-13 — 53rd Annual Soil Fungus Conference. Fresno, CA. http://soilfungus.ars.usda.gov

16-18 — Resistance 2007. Harpenden, Hertfordshire, U.K. www.rothamsted.ac.uk/Research/Resistance2007.html

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21-26 — XIVth International Botrytis Symposium. Cape Town, South Africa. http://academic.sun.ac.za/botrytis2007

November 200712-15 — First Meeting of the International Phytoplasmologist Working Group. Bologna, Italy. (bertaccini_a@biblio.cib.unibo.it)

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