IPMnet NEWS August 1996, Issue no. 32 ISSN: 1523-7893 Š Copyright 2005 IPM NEWS --- international IPM news and programs I. IPM NEWS / APPLICATIONS international IPM news and programs BIOSCIENCE Debates Biocontrol Specificity In the preface to a profound 52-page special section in the June 1996 issue of BIOSCIENCE (vol. 46, no. 6), editor R. Chasan observes that, "The challenge of embarking on biological control programs is to develop ways to assess the host specificity of biological control agents and to predict the chances that an apparently specific biological control agent will evolve the ability to harm a previously nontarget species." Six insightful articles, a "roundtable" summary, and full color photos address the crucial biocontrol issue of host specificity. Titles range from the theme establishing "Host Specificity and Biological Control," by P.B. McEvoy, through microbe-to-microbe interactions, insect parasitoids and predators, to D. Secord and P. Kareiva's summation, "Perils and Pitfalls in the Host Specificity Paradigm," which presents an interesting table of cases where, for some reasonpossibly evolution, an original interaction has caused an "evolved host shift." To judge from the extended space allotted this special section, The American Institute of Biological Science (AIBS), BIOSCIENCE publisher, clearly attaches importance to the topic and its relevance to the future directions of pest management and environmental stewardship. FMI: BIOSCIENCE, AIBS, 1444 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA E-mail: BIOSCIENCE@aibs.org Fax: 1-202-628-1509 Phone: 1-202-628-1500 IPM Improves the Bottom Line A study comparing "conventional" and IPM production costs for sweet corn (_Zeaspp.) in the northeastern U.S. reveals a 34% advantage for the later, according to the recently published NORTHEAST SWEET CORN PRODUCTION AND INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT MANUAL, edited by R.G. Adams and J.C. Clark. Reduced usage of pesticides under the IPM regime helped generate several advantages, including that of increased financial returns per acre (hectare). This 120-page, 21-chapter, extensively illustrated publication presents a thorough examination of the topic ranging from discussions of sweet corn plant physiology, requirements, and production techniques, to a comprehensive, detailed analysis of the key groups of pests attacking this crop and how best to manage them. Other sections address pesticide application equipment, pesticide safety, and groundwater protection.
This attractively designed softbound manual contains 4-color plates throughout, including outstanding drawings of grass weeds. It was produced in 1996 by the Univ. of Connecticut (USA) and the Cooperative Extension System, and is numbered 95-18. FMI: G. Nixon, Plant Sci. Dept., Univ. of Connecticut., 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269-4067, USA. Fax: 1-860-486-0682. E-mail: RADAMS@canr1.cag.uconn.edu Phone: 1-860-486-2928 Caribbean Nations Urged to Adopt IPM Representatives from 12 Caribbean nations participated in a late 1994 workshop for SETTING UP AN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT NETWORK FOR THE CARIBBEAN," and strongly recommended that "the governments of the region take immediate steps to establish IPM as national policy in agriculture, health, and the environment," according to the recently published proceedings of the event. Impetus for establishing a Caribbean IPM network originated with several sources spearheaded by the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), and the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation based in the Netherlands. The U.K.-based International IPM Working Group also was involved. The Workshop collectively urged that IPM training, identification of IPM expertise, collection of relevant information, and opening lines of communication be pursued. The first issue of a newsletter, IPM NETWORK FOR THE WIDER CARIBBEAN, was published in June 1996 and copies are available, as are a limited number of copies of the workshop proceedings FMI: J.C. Reid, IPM Network for the Wider Caribbean, CARDI, Univ. Campus, Box 113, Mona, Kingston 7, JAMAICA Fax: 809-927-2099 E-mail: JREID@uwimona.edu.jm Phone: 809-927-1231 Global Weed Biocontrol Importance Grows A record number of participants at the IX International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, held during 1996 at the Univ. of Stellenbosch (South Africa), underscored the increasing importance and complexity of this meeting, held every fourth year. Over 200 delegates (compared with 181 at the VIII Symposium in new Zealand, 1992) presented papers and posters and represented 91 organizations from 25 countries, according to the Symposium's secretariat. The formal program was divided into seven sessions comprised of 83 lectures, which ran sequentially, and 61 posters. The III International Bioherbicide Workshop preceded the Symposium. Workshop topics ranged from project reports and regional updates to market assessment and commercialization. The symposium Proceedings (including all the papers from the Bioherbicide Workshop) were published in July 1996 and cover all aspects of the theory and practice of the biological control of terrestrial and aquatic weeds using plant-feeding insects and plant pathogens as biocontrol agents. Since no journal is devoted exclusively to this topic, these recorded proceedings represent the most comprehensive record of international weed biocontrol research. FMI: J.H. Hoffmann, Zoology Department, Univ. of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7700, SOUTH AFRICA Fax: 27-21-650-3301 E-mail: HOFF@botzoo.uct.ac.za Phone: 27-21-650-3400
back to top IPM MEDLEY --- publications and other IPM information resources II. IPM MEDLEY general information, publications of interest, and other information and resources related to IPM Barrier System Helps Control Rodents Agricultural engineers at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines have developed a highly effective rodent control system that requires no baits or poisons, no electricity, no nightime personnel patrols, uses locally available materials, and relies on the rice crop itself to attract the targeted rice rats. Engineering consultant G.R. Quick, in an article in PEST MANAGEMENT FOCUS, describes the `active barrier' system for rice rat control as "an easily erected plastic fence punctuated at regular intervals by holes, each of which opens into a mass trap." Particularly during the night hours the rodents smell the rice crop, run along the 30 cm (1 ft) high, or higher barrier until finding one of the funnel-shaped openings located 5-30 m (16-98 ft) apart, enter, and cannot escape. Once caught in the traps, the rats can be disposed of. Experiments at IRRI over several years found that the rats did not chew on the plastic, nor jump over or burrow under the fence under normal conditions. As many as 15 rats have been caught in one trap during a single night. Mr. Quick points out that costs per unit area to erect the re-usable barrier system decrease as the area enclosed increases. It is not uncommon for rats to cause 50-100 percent crop loss, so barrier costs may be recovered in many cases. If handled carefully, the materials can be removed, stored, and re-erected. Credit for the basic idea, Quick points out, belongs to farmers in Malaysia and researchers at the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute. The idea was refined and tested at IRRI. FMI: G.R. Quick, 292 David Low Way, Peregian Beach, Qld. 4573, AUSTRALIA Fax: 61-74-48-2174 excerpted from: PEST MAN. FOCUS, 2(3), 9, 1996. Symposium Reviews Agchem Economics The international symposium, "Economics of Agro-Chemicals," convened in the Netherlands during April 1996, drew 60 participants representing 23 nations to hear 42 competitive papers and view several posters concerning all aspects of the topic. Work is currently underway to publish a selection of the papers with an added introduction and conclusion. Until available, copies of the program and papers are offered by: A. Wossink, Dept. of Farm Management, Wageningen Univ., PO Box 8130, 6700 Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS Fax: 31-317-484763 E-mail: ADA.WOSSINK@alg.abe.wau.nl Phone: 31-317-484379
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A Revised Study of Crop Losses In 1967, H.H. Cramer published PLANT PROTECTION AND WORLD CROP PRODUCTION based on the premise that an `ability to feed a growing world population is impossible without effective means of crop protection.' Nearly three decades later a team of German scientists, with extensive input from around the world, expanded the original Cramer study, added extensive new data, and produced the highly readable, important work, CROP PRODUCTION AND CROP PROTECTION, ESTIMATED LOSSES IN MAJOR FOOD AND CASH CROPS. This ambitious study by E-C. Oerkeet al published in 1994, not only cites the expanding pressure on agricultural production to meet burgeoning needs, but devotes a chapter to the development and changes that have occurred in crop protection pests' increasing resistance to chemicals, environmental concerns, and other emerging challengesand the implications these factors hold for the future. A series of sections comprising the bulk of the 815-page, hardbound volume present estimates for pest-caused crop losses in eight major crops in key growing areas worldwide. Among the uses of crop loss information the authors note, is "Translating the concept of integrated pest control into reality." For the future, "Integration of all biological measures will be the most important" approach for intensification of crop production, the authors assert. They also state that, "The desire to achieve integrated control is as old as the concept of pest control itself," referring to appropriate crop rotations, cultural techniques, and use of suitable resistant varieties, among other practices. Not all the theories advanced in this work will meet with complete agreement, particularly regarding weed management. But on balance, the depth of crop loss information and the relationships between pests, crop plants, yields, and production pressure ensure that the text is a milestone in crop protection literature. FMI: Elsevier Science B.V., PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS E-mail: T.LEWISFLOOD@elsevier.com IPM Point Guidelines For Growers To both encourage adoption of IPM and provide a way to document how closely a crop has been grown under accepted IPM practices, scientists at the Univ. of Massachusetts (USA) have developed a unique, flexible point-based system tailored for individual crops. Tested and refined during five years of field trials, the IPM Guidelines and details of the points available for each of nine major food crops have been compiled in 1996 as a 41-page bulletin, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, MASSACHUSETTS GUIDELINES: COMMODITY SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS, edited by C.S. Hollingsworth,et al FMI: Bulletin Center, Draper Hall, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01002, USA. Or contact the senior editor at: CHOLLINGSWORTH@umext.umass.edu Bemisia Reviewed in Depth Based on a
1995 workshop convened in Israel, D. Gerling and R.T. Mayer have pulled together more than 50 papers by a large group of international scientists and published the result as BEMISIA:1995 - TAXONOMY, BIOLOGY, DAMAGE, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT. The extensive, 700-plus page work includes invited manuscripts as well as shorter contributions that, together, summarize the state of knowledge forBemisia The hardbound volume was published in 1996. FMI: Intercept Ltd, PO Box 716, Andover, Hants SP10 1YG, U.K. Or, D. Gerling at e-mail: DANGR@ccsg.tau.ac.il Latin American Biocontrol M.C. Zapater has edited a 1996 publication, EL CONTROL BIOLOGICO EN AMERICA LATINA. The 142-page work discusses the present status of, and perspectives for, biological control in Latin American nations. FMI: M.C. Zapater, Facultad de Agronomia, Univ. de Buenos Aires, 1417 Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA Fax: 54-1-743-6461 Diagnostics Impact Pest Management Several papers and posters among the many presented at the April 1996 "Symposium on Diagnostics in Crop Production" deal with pests and pest management. They are incorporated in symposium proceedings no. 65, DIAGNOSTICS IN CROP PRODUCTION, edited by F.M. McKim, and available from: British Crop Protection Council, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, U.K. Biocontrol In Sustainable Agriculture The group Red de Accion en Alternativas al Uso de Agroquimicos (RAAA), headquartered at Lima, PERU, has published APORTES DEL CONTROL BIOLOGICO EN LA AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE, edited by L.G. Osorio and A. Lizarraga T. The softbound, 458-page volume is based on an international conference convened in May 1993 at Lima. A set of conclusions and recommendations, "Declaracion de Lima," developed at the conference precedes the main text. FMI: RAAA, Apartado Postal 11, 0581 Lima, PERU Fax: 14-440-4359 E-mail: RAAA@perutap.too.nl Economic Control for Tropical Plant Diseases In their recently published, hardbound, 299-page work, DOENCAS DE PLANTAS TROPICAIS: EPIDEMILOGIA E CONTROLE ECONOMICO, (in Portuguese) A.B. Filho and L. Amorim present evidence that tropical plants, by existing in a different environment than temporate climate plants, are subject to an often more complex, less well known array of diseases. The authors discuss these key differences while advocating the need to develop economic, environmentally sustainable, and (as feasible) integrated disease prevention and unique control strategies specifically tailored to tropical flora. FMI: A.B. Filho, ESALQ-Fitopatologia, 13418-900 Piricicaba, SP, BRAZIL E-mail: ABERGAMI@carpa.ciagri.usp.br Fax: 55-194-344.839 Other Newer Titles Two From ICRISAT: A WORLD LIST OF CHICKPEA AND PIGEONPEA PATHOGENS, 5th ed., edited by Nene, Y.L.,et al 1996. And, Coniesta ignefusalis (Hampson), THE MILLET STEM BORER, A HANDBOOK OF INFORMATION, edited by Youm, O.,et al 1996, Inf. Bull. no. 46. Both are softbound, available from: ICRISAT, Patancheru 502 324, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. E-mail: ICRISAT@cgnet.com From Spain: DANOS DE HERBICIDAS EN LOS CULTIVOS: SUS CAUSAS Y SINTOMAS, Delgado, A.M. Extensive full color plates, softbound, 86 pgs. FMI: Min. de Agric., Pesca, y Alimentacion, Of. de Publicaciones, Paseo de la Infanta Isabel 1, 28071 Madrid, SPAIN. E-mail: CARZA@mizar.csic.es From USA: IMPLEMENTING PHEROMONE TECHNOLOGY IN THE NORTHEAST, Hollingsworth,
C.S. (ed.). Papers (from a symposium) that describe a range of current pheromone technologies. Softbound, 65-pages, NRAES-83. FMI: NRAES, 152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-5701, USA. Fax: 1-607-255-4080. E-mail: NRAES@cornell.edu OTHER RESOURCES PIONEERS IN CDA OFFER WEB SITE Micron Sprayers Ltd., pioneers in controlled droplet application (CDA) technology and lightweight, hand-held, spinning disc devices aimed at pesticide application in developing regions, now has a Web site up and running at: www.micron.co.uk According to the firm, the site is intended to be a blend of product information, items of interest to researchers, as well as background and news about the company. Micron seeks feedback to improve the usefulness of the site. Future plans include a reference database and discussion forum. FMI: D. Rhind, e-mail: MICRON@micron.co.uk TARGETING URBAN IPM The Univ. of Missouri (USA), collaborating with the Missouri Botanical Garden, offers two new educational IPM resources aimed at urban settings. URBAN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT is a looseleaf notebook compiled from a variety of existing materials (some rather dated) covering ornamentals, turf, fruits, and vegetables. Materials emphasize insect and disease problems. Several of the included works include 4-color plates useful for identification purposes. INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, a video, was created to "share secrets for creating a healthy lawn and garden using safe, cost effective, integrated pest management techniques." It is labeled as an "introductory tape," and is said to be "practical, easy to understand, and user friendly." FMI: IPM Program, 45 Agric. Building, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA E-mail: SMITHGS@ext.missouri.edu Fax: 1-573-884-5405 POSITIONS NOTE: Along with readers interested in notices of IPM positions, advanced degree candidates seek information on Ph.D. or postdoctoral programs related to IPM. Please provide the NEWS with details of any Ph.D. or post-Ph.D. opportunities so they can be shared with the international IPM community. -Ed. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, vegetable IPM. Joint research appointment between Texas Agricultural Experiment Station (75%) and Texas Agricultural Extension Service (25%) at Weslaco, TX, USA, part of the Texas A&M Univ. System. Requires a Ph.D. in entomology, or related plant protection field, with a strong background in integrated pest management (IPM), pest ecology, and statistics plus a working knowledge of experimental design, computer systems, and systems research. Assignment: a project to reduce the economic losses incurred in vegetable crop production due to arthropod pests. The position will: develop basic information on pest biology, damage assessment and prediction, spatial and temporal distribution of pest populations, and emerging pest control technologies; evaluate biological, chemical and cultural control methodologies; develop IPM tools to suppress pest populations and reduce damage; conduct sampling and dispersion studies of pest populations to develop economic thresholds, understand the ecology of pests, improve the effective use of insecticides, and reduce the risk associated with pest control decisions; evaluate insecticide resistance and efficacy; advise growers and personnel involved in crop production regarding problems relating to the IPM of arthropod pests of vegetable and cotton crops. Closing date is 1 November 1996, or until a suitable candidate is
found. FMI: J.M. Amador, Center Director, TAES, 2415 E. Hwy 83, Weslaco, Texas 78596, USA E-mail: J-AMADOR@tamu.edu Fax: 1-210-968-0641 Phone: 1-210-968-5585 EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS NEW TRAP FOR HELIOTHIS/HELICOVERPA A U.S. IPM equipment provider offers a new, modified "Hartstack" trap for monitoring Helicoverpa zea and H. armigera, as well as Heliothis virescens. The unit, fabricated from zinc-plated metal and galvanized wire mesh, is the "Maryland" design used for years in the mid-Atlantic region of the USA, and is said to out-perform and outlast traps made of plastic mesh. Lures for these pests and many others are also available, as is a free color catalog of over 500 IPM products. FMI: Gempler's Inc., PO Box 270, Mt. Horeb, WI 53572, USA E-mail: 103065.3001@compuserve.com U.S. and Canada toll-free phone: 1-800-382-8473 and fax 1-800-551-1128 International phone: 1-608-437-4883 and fax 1-608-437-5383 DEVICES FOR GOPHER CONTROL A Canadian firm offers a "rainproof" poly poison bait holder for controlling rodents. The semi-circular unit has three tunnel-like entries that Provide access to bait dry, and a short capped vertical tube for inserting bait. The flat edge of the holder allows it to be positioned against the side of a building or a wall. FMI: ProMold Marketing, Inc., PO Box 180, Onoway, Alb. T0E 1V0, CANADA Phone: 1-403-967-2533 Another new device is said to be the first commercial "gopher call" emitting a sound that attracts pocket and striped gophers. By inhaling on the hand-held spiral tube inside a small wooden box, a human produces "the same whistle, chirping-type noise that gophers make," says the inventor. When the gophers appear from their burrows, they can be dispatched. FMI: K.C.'s Gopher Call, 5350 Love Lane, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA Fax: 1-406-585-9028 Phone: 1-406-586-1541 excerpted from: FARM SHOW, 20(4), 25, 1996.
back to top IPM RESEARCH/TECHNICAL PAPERS --- categories and topics related to IPM III. RESEARCH REVIEW research and findings related to IPM. Chemistry and IPM Papers presented at the 5th European Conference on Chemistry and the Environment (May 1995) have been collected and published as a "Special Issue on Pesticide Chemistry for Sustainable Agriculture," in the JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH, PART B (vol. 31, no. 3, 1996). Not all the papers have a direct relationship to IPM, but several may be of interest, such as: "Sustainable Agriculture and the Use of Pesticides," Kiraly; "Biocontrol of Weeds: Overcoming Evolution for Efficacy," Gressel, et al; "Biopesticides: Has Their Time Come?," Menn; "Application of Natural Oil in IPM of Grapevine with Special Regard to Predatory Mites," Kiss, et al; and, "Risk Reduction in Pesticide Development in Developing Coun tries - Challenges and Opportunities," Sugavanam. Narrowing the IPM Concept Weed scientists have narrowed the IPM concept to a single group of pestsweedsand begun using the phrase "integrated weed management." A recent issue of WEED SCIENCE presents key papers from a symposium devoted to integrated weed management. Topics ranged from discussion of development, through successes, to a future view, "Weed Science Beyond the Weeds: The Role of Integrated Weed Management (IWM) in Agroecosystem Health," by Swanton and Murphy.
The issue containing the papers is 44(2), April-June 1996.
This Month's Noted Research Papers grouped by broad subject area IPM General "Integrated Pest Management on Field Grown Tomatoes in Honduras," vandeVrie, M. Pgs 115-117, in: PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTION EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY OF THE NETHERLANDS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Sommeijer, M.J., and P.J. Francke eds., 7, 1996. "Monitoring in Banana Pest Management," Jeger, M.J., et al. CROP PROT., 15(4), 391-, June 1996. "The Importance of Scouting in Cotton IPM," Matthews, G.A. CROP PROT., 15(4), 369-374, June 1996. Phytopathology "Control of Drechslera teres and Other Barley Pathogens by Preinoculation with Bipolaris maydis and Septoria nodorum," Jorgensen, H.J.L., et al. PHYTOPATH., 86(6), 602-607, June 1996. "Influence of Cropping System on Foot Rot of Winter Wheat in France," Colbach, N., et al. CROP PROT., 15(3), 295-306, May 1996. "Suitability of a Wheat-sorghum, Double-crop Rotation to Manage Criconemella xenoplax in Peach Production," Nyczepir, A.P., et al. PLANT DIS., 80(6), 629-632, June 1996. Weed Management "Effect of Date of Preplant Tillage and Planting on Weed Populations and Mechanical Weed Control in Soybean (Glycine max)," Buhler, D.D., and J.L. Gunsolus. WEED SCI., 44(2), 373-379, April-June 1996. "Mechanisms of Weed Suppression in Cover Crop-based Production Systems," Creamer, N.G., et al. HORTSCI., 31(3), 410-413, June 1996. "Potential for Woody Plant Control by Spanish Goats in the Sagebrush Steppe," Fajemisin, B., et al. SML. RUMI. RESCH., 20(2), 99-108, May 1996. BioControl "Comparative Evaluation of Population Effect and Economic Potential of Biological Suppression Tactics Versus Chemical Control for Squash Bug (Heteroptera: Coreidae) Management on Pumpkins," Olson, D.L., et al. JRNL. OF ECON. ENTOM., 89(3), 631-639, June 1996.
"Economics of Employing Pheromones for Mating Disruption of the Codling Moth, Carpocapsa pomonella," Williamson, E.R., et al. CROP PROT., 15(6), 473-478, August 1996. "Interspecific Interactions Among Natural Enemies of Bemisia in an Inundative Biological Control Program," Heinz, K.M., and J.M. Nelson. BIO. CONTRL., 6(3), 384-393, June 1996. Nematology Papers from the symposium "The Management of Problems Caused by Plant Parasitic Nematodes," held in April 1995, have been published in PESTICIDE SCIENCE, 47(1), May 1996. Entomology "A Review of Work Done to Forecast Pest Insect Attacks in UK Horticultural Crops," Finch, S., et al. CROP PROT., 15(4), 353-358, June 1996. "Forecasting the Severity of Seasonal Outbreaks of African Armyworm, Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Kenya from the Previous Year's Rainfall, " Haggis, M.J. BULL. OF ENTOM. RESCH., 86(2), 129-136, April 1996. "Statistical Model of Crop Losses Caused by Maize Stem Borers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Pyralidae) in Cote d'Ivoire," Moyal, P. ENVIRON. ENTOM., 25(2), 227-236, April 1996. "Timed, Metered Sprays of Pheromone Disrupt Mating of Cadra cautella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)," MafraNeto, A., and T.C. Baker. JRNL. OF AGRIC. ENTOM., 13(2), 149-, April 1996. Vertebrate Management "Evaluation of Neem as a Bird Repellent Chemical," Mason, J.R., and D.N. Matthew. INTL. JRNL. OF PEST MAN., 42(1), 47-50, January-March 1996.
back to top U.S. REGIONAL IPM CENTERS AND THE IPM-CRSP --- news, developments back to top U.S. AID's IPM-Collaborative Research Support Program (IPM CRSP) back to top IPMNET CALENDAR --- recent additions and revisions to a comprehensive global IV. IPMnet CALENDAR a global list (sections I and II) of future events that relate to IPM (conferences, training courses, etc.) See also Meetings and Conferences listed in the WWW
Virtual Library for Agriculture. IPMnet Calendar I. Entries that are either NEW (N), or REVISED (R) since the previous issue
In 1996 (N) 30 September-11 October PAN-AFRICAN COURSE ON STRIGA RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, Bamako, MALI, (in French), jointly sponsored by IITA, ICRISAT, and two Striga networks in Africa. Contact: Training Office, IITA Fax: 234-2-241-2221 E-mail: IITA@cgnet.com (N) 14-25 October INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CASSAVA GREEN MITE, Cotonu, COTE D'IVOIRE, presented by IITA. Training Office, IITA Fax: 234-2-241-2221 E-mail: IITA@cgnet.com (N) 29 October - 1 November 3RD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE MANAGEMENT OF DIAMONDBACK MOTH AND OTHER CRUCIFER PESTS, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. Technical program includes IPM tools implementation on crucifers worldwide. Contact: A. Sivapragasam, Strategic, Environment and Natural Resources Center, MARDI, GPO Box 12301, 50774 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail: SIVASAM@mardi.my Fax: 603-9487639 Phone: 603-9437439 (N) 11-22 November INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON PLANT VIRUS EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL, Ibadan, NIGERIA, presented by IITA. Contact: Training Office, IITA Fax: 234-2-241-2221 E-mail: IITA@cgnet.com
In 1997 (N) 6 May 49TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CROP PROTECTION, Univ. of Gent, BELGIUM. Contact: L. Tirry, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, BELGIUM Phone: 32-0-9-264-6152 Fax: 32-0-9-264-6239 (N) 17-20 November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 1997, Brighton, UK. Contact: D.V. Alford, ADAS, Brooklands Ave., Cambridge CB2 2BL, U.K. Fax: 44-1223-455624 Phone: 44-1223-455857.
In 1998 (R) 23 February-1 March INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PESTICIDE USE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: IMPACT ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, San Jose,
COSTA RICA. Contact: Y. Astorga, Univ. Nacional, Apdo. 86-3000, Heredia, COSTA RICA. Phone: 506-277-358 Fax: 506-277-3583 E-mail: PPUNA@irazu.una.ac.cr Web: www.una.ac.cr N 2-7 August 25TH INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL CONGRESS, Brussels, BELGIUM. Contact: H. Wilcox, Dept. of Hort., Min. of Agric., Bolwerklaan 21, 14th Floor, B-1210 Brussels, BELGIUM Fax: 32-2-211-7209
IPMnet Calendar II. PREVIOUSLY LISTED events 1996 12 August-20 September. INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGI OF AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE, Egham, UK. Contact: S. Groundwater, International Mycological Institute, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey TW20 9TY, UK Phone: 44-1784-470111 Fax: 44-1784-470909 E-mail: s.groundwater@cabi.org 25-31 August 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, Palazzo dei Congressi, Florence, ITALY. Science program includes 26 sections. Contact: O.I.C., Via A. La Marmora 24, 50121 Florence, ITALY Fax: 39-55-500-1912 Phone: 39-55-500-0631 27 August SYMPOSIUM, AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE OF IPM IN SOLANUM MELONGENA CROP, Florence, ITALY. Contact: F. Cellini, Metapontum Agrobios. E-mail: E104FC02@area.ba.cnr.it Fax: 39-835-745306 Phone: 39-835-740239 1-7 September 29th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY, and 3rd INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM ON BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS, Univ. of Cordoba, Cordoba, SPAIN. Contact: C. Santiago-Alvarez, Catedra de Entomologia Agricola y Forestal, E.T.S.I.A.M., Univ. de Cordoba, Apartado 3048, 14080 Cordoba, SPAIN E-mail: crlsaalc@lucano.uco.es Phone: 34-57-218475 Fax: 34-57-298343 3-4 September INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, MATING DISRUPTION OF LEAFROLLERS IN FRUIT ORCHARDS, S. Michele, ITALY. Contact: D. Forti, Instituto Agrario, S. Michele all'Adige, 38010 TN, ITALY E-mail: Diego.Forti@ismaa.it Fax: 39-46-165-0872 9-11 September IOBC INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, "TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL: FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE," Montpellier, FRANCE. Sponsored by The Council of the global International Organization for Biological Control. Contact: J.P. Aeschlimann, CSIRO Biological Control Unit, Campus de Baillarguet, 34980 Montferrier-sur-Lez, FRANCE E-mail: aeschlim@cypres.montpellier.inra.fra Fax: 33-67-599-040 9-11 September ADVANCES IN THE CHEMISTRY OF CROP PROTECTION, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Society of Chemical Industry, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8PS, UK Phone: 44-171-235-3681 Fax: 44-171-823-1698
11-13 September 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEED BIOLOGY, Dijon, FRANCE. Contact: ANPP, 6 Blvd. de la Bastille, F-75012, FRANCE Phone: 33-43-44-89-64 Fax: 33-43-44-49-19 16-20 September 1ST WORLD CONGRESS ON ALLELOPATHY, Cadiz, SPAIN, International Allelopathy Soc. (newly formed, in INDIA, in September 1994). Contact: F.A. Macias, IAS, Dept. of Organic Chem., Fac. of Sci., Univ. of Cadiz, Apdo. 40, 11510 Puerto Real-Cadiz, SPAIN Fax: 34-56-834924 Phone: 34-56-830217 E-mail: famacias@galeon.uca.es 24-26 September SLUGS & SNAIL PESTS IN AGRICULTURE, Canterbury, UK. Contact: British Crop Protection Enterprises Ltd., 9 Downing St., Farnham, Surrey GU9 7PH, U.K. Phone: 44-1252-733072. Fax: 44-1252-727194. 25-27 September COURSE ON MITES OF GREENHOUSES; IDENTIFICATION, BIOLOGY AND CONTROL, Internat. Inst. of Entomology, London, U.K. Contact: D. Agassiz, IIE, 56 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5JR, U.K. Phone: 44-171-584-0067 Fax: 44-171-581-1676 E-mail: d.agassiz@cabi.org 30 September-3 October 11TH AUSTRALIAN WEEDS CONFERENCE, Melbourne Univ., Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. Contact: Weed Sci. Soc. of Victoria, PO Box 987, Frankston, VIC 3199, AUSTRALIA Phone: 61-3-961-92603 Fax: 61-3-961-91756 5-9 October ANNUAL MEETING, ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA & THE ACADIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC., Lord Beaverbrook Hotel, Fredericton, N.B., CANADA. Contact: J. Sweeney, Canadian Forest Service-Maritimes, PO Box 4000, Fredericton, N.B., E3B 5P7, CANADA Phone: 1-506-452-3250 Fax: 1-506-452-3525 E-mail: JSweeney@FCMr.forestry.ca 14-16 October INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ECOTOXICOLOGY: PESTICIDES & BENEFICIAL ORGANISMS, Cardiff International Arena, Wales, UK. Contact: P. McEwen, Welsh Pest Management Forum, PO Box 915, Cardiff CF1 3TL, UK Fax: 44-222-450-538 E-mail: SABPKM1@cardiff.ac.uk 5-7 November 13TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE, HIGI (Weed Science Society of Indonesia), Bandar Lampung, South Sumatera, INDONESIA. Contact: HIGI Conference, Research and Development Centre, Univ. of Lampung, Jl. Sumantri Brojonegoro 1, Bandar Lampung 35145, INDONESIA. 18-21 November PESTS AND DISEASES 1996, THE BRIGHTON CONFERENCE, Brighton, UK. Contact: D.V. Alford, ADAS, Brooklands Ave., Cambridge CB2 2BL, U.K Phone: 44-1223-455857 Fax: 44-1223-455624. (no date) November AFRO-ASIAN SOCIETY OF NEMATOLOGISTS, 3RD INTERNATIONAL NEMATOLOGY CONFERENCE, Coimbatore, INDIA. Contact: U.K. Mehta, Dept. of Nematology, Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 007, INDIA Fax: 91-422-445611 Phone: 91-422-441179
8-12 December ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, Galt House, Louisville, KY, USA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Suite 300, Lanham, MD 20706, USA Phone: 1-301-731-4535 Fax: 1-301-731-4538 E-mail: pubs@entsoc.org Also see information at: www 1997 6-8 January 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PESTS IN AGRICULTURE, Montpellier, FRANCE. Among several plenary sessions will be "Integrated Pest Management: From the Grower to the ConsumerFacts and Prospects," featuring speakers and a roundtable discussion. Other specialized sessions will cover a broad range of pest management topics. Contact: ANPP, 6 Blvd. de la Bastille, F-75012 Paris, FRANCE Fax: 33-1-43-442-919 Phone: 33-1-43-448-964 2-6 February WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, Orlando, FL, USA. Contact: WSSA, 1508 W. University Ave., Champaign, IL 61821-3133, USA Phone: 1-217-352-4212 2-7 March 16TH ANNUAL CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Salvador, Bahia, BRAZIL. Contact: A. Nascimento, President CBE97/EMBRAPA-CNPMF, Cx. Postal 07, CEP 44380-000, Cruz das Almas, BA, BRAZIL E-mail: cbe97@cnpmf.embrapa.br 13-18 April INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IN HORTICULTURAL CROPS, an international symposium, Agadir, MOROCCO. Oral and poster presentations related to integrated control of pests of horticultural crops, plus post-symposium tours. Contact: Institut Agronomique et Veterinaire Hassan II, BP 18/S, Agadir, MOROCCO Fax: 212-824-2243 Phone: 212-824-1006 14-16 April RESISTANCE ?, INTEGRATED APPROACH TO COMBATTING RESISTANCE, sponsored by IACR, Rothamsted, U.K. Third in a series of international conferences to review progress in addressing pesticide resistance. Contact: B.P.S. Khambay, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, U.K. E-mail: BHUPINDER.KHAMBAY@bbsrc.ac.uk. Fax: 44-1582-760981. 29-31 May INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ACREMONIUM/GRASS INTERACTIONS, Atlanta, GA, USA. Contact: N.S. Hill, Dept. of Agronomy, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. 22-26 June 10TH EUROPEAN WEED RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM, Poznan, POLAND. Includes worskshops, posters, and field excursions. Contact: EWRS Symposium ?, c/o BBA Inst. f. Unkrautforschung, Messeweg 11-12, D-38104 Braunschweig, GERMANY Fax: 49-531-299-3010 Phone: 49-531-299-3903 20-23 July SOCIETY OF NEMATOLOGISTS MEETING, Tucson, AZ, USA. 9-13 August AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, Rochester, NY, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA Phone: 1-612-454-7250 Fax: 1-612-454-0766 E-mail: zzz6882@vz.cis.umn.edu (no date) September 16TH ASIAN-PACIFIC WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY CONFERENCE,
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. Contact: B.H. Bakar, Botany Dept., Univ. of Malaya, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA Phone: 60-3-75-4351 E-mail: baki@botany.um.edu.my Fax: 60-3-759-4178 7-11 October 7TH INTERNATIONAL VERTICILLIUM SYMPOSIUM, Cape Sounion, GREECE. Contact: R.C. Rowe, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Ohio State Univ., Wooster, OH 44691, USA E-mail: rowe.4@osu.edu Fax: 1-216-263-3841 13-18 December ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, Opryland, Nashville, TN, USA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Suite 300, Lanham, MD 20706, USA Fax: 1-301-731-4538 Phone: 1-301-731-4535 E-mail: pubinfo@entsoc.org 1998 2-7 August 25TH INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL CONGRESS, Brus- sels, BELGIUM. Contact: H. Wilcox, Dept. of Hort., Min. of Agric., Bolwerklaan 21, 14th Floor, B-1210 Brussels, BELGIUM. Fax: 32-2-211-7209. 9-16 August 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PLANT PATHOLOGY, Edinburgh, U.K. Contact: P.R. Scott, Div. of Crop Protection/Genetics, CABI, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, U.K. Fax: 44-1491-833508 6-10 December AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOC. and ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC. OF AMERICA JOINT MEETING, Las Vegas, NV, USA. Contact: J.M. Schimml, APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Rd., St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Phone: 1-612-454-7250 E-mail: zzz6882@vz.cis.umn.edu
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