May 1997, Issue no. 41 ISSN: 1523-7893 Š Copyright 2005 IPM NEWS --- international IPM news and programs I. IPM NEWS / APPLICATIONS international IPM news and programs Electronic IPM Text Evolves A modest IPM information web site launched by two U.S. scientists just over a year ago has mushroomed into an extensive electronic source for "communicating information on IPM that is truly international in scope and multidisciplinary in content," commented E.B. Radcliffe, senior author of the site, now named RADCLIFFE'S IPM WORLD TEXTBOOK. Dr. Radcliffe, an entomologist at the Univ. of Minnesota, along with colleague W.D. Hutchison, created the web page as a freely accessible electronic alternative or complement to printed textbooks offering material bearing on IPM. The web site now includes 43 contributed chapters on a variety of IPM aspects, with 80 more chapters in progress or promised. "Our objectives," Radcliffe said, "are to provide: 1) a venue for easily maintaining and up-dating 'state of the art' information from the world's leading experts on all aspects of IPM; 2) a resource economically deliverable anywhere in the world that can be freely downloaded and used by students, teachers, and IPM practitioners; 3) a forum for the international presentation of practical information and theory on IPM; and 4) a link to the vast and rapidly growing IPM resources available on the Internet including photographs and decision-support software." The web page formerly was "Ted Radcliffe's Gopher State IPM Site," and recently adopted the new name to reflect its content and aims, Radcliffe noted. The site is co-sponsored by the Univ. of Minnesota and the Consortium for International Crop Protection. Radcliffe and Hutchison invite inquiries for authoring additional chapters. The site contains guidelines for prospective contributors. The authors note that instructors at seven U.S. universities and several othersuse the site as a primary reference in teaching a graduate level course. Aside from better information delivery, the site helped raise student grades and improve evaluations of instruction. "But the greatest benefit we have seen is the sense of community that this shared adventure in electronic communication appears to engender," Radcliffe observed. FMI: E. (Ted) B. Radcliffe, Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Minnesota, 219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108-6125, USA Fax: 1-612-625-5299 Phone: 1-612-624-9773 E-mail: RADCL001@maroon.tc.umn.edu Web address: ipmworld.umn.edu Rodents Plague No-till Schemes Rapidly multiplying colonies of rodents, primarily voles (Microtus spp.), have caused documented reductions of no-till maize and soybeans ranging up to
100 percent in the U.S. state of Illinois, according to a report in the 1997 Illinois Agricultural Pest Management Handbook. Vole populations can explode in a relatively short period under favorable conditions. Litters of three to eight voles can be produced every 21 days. Females mature in 35-40 days and start raising their own litters. Populations are influenced by the amount of food available and the competition for it, observes R.A. Hines, a Univ. of Illinois research specialist, author of numerous papers on rodent pest management, and vole watcher. To control rodents in no-till crop fields where there is exive "rodent cover" left on the soil surface, Hines offers a list of tactics that can be employed singly or in a combined strategy. These include: cultural control (where feasible, though often not an option in no-till conditions); providing alternative food (scattering grain such as wheat or maize on the field surface just before crop planting); chemical control (where permitted); and, habitat modification such as mowing existing vegetation close to the ground surface to reduce voles' overhead cover from natural predators; pasturing livestock and controlled burning are additional habitat modification possibilities. FMI: R. Hines, Univ. of Illinois, Dixon Springs Ag. Center, Route 1, Box 256, Simpson, IL 62985, USA Phone: 1-618-695-2790 E-mail: hinesr@idea.ag.uiuc.edu back to top IPM MEDLEY --- publications and other IPM information resources II. IPM MEDLEY general information, publications of interest, and other resources related to IPM WWW Database of IPM Resources Expands If there's a site on the WorldWideWeb and it relates to IPM, one's chances of locating it amidst thousands of addresses on the Internet are significantly improved by using the continuously updated and expanded DATABASE OF IPM RESOURCES, or "DIR," that was jointly launched in 1996 by the Consortium for International Crop Protection and the Integrated Plant Protection Center at Oregon State Univ. (USA). DIR, a free service dedicated to fostering implementation and adoption of global IPM, now has more than 2,700 entries organized by topics and searchable by keywords, noted site manager and DIR architect W.I. Bajwa. A "Bibliographic Database on Cultural Control of Insect Pests" is searchable using any of several key elements (author, year, and publication). DIR's contents span most of the disciplines involved in IPM. DIR searches can be initiated in several ways: by discipline, by crop, or by IPM topic. The screens are graphically clear and colorful. Dr. Bajwa views DIR as a resource in progress and cordially invites users to contact him regarding materials and sites to add, as well as suggestions for additional features. The URL for DIR is: ipmwww.ncsu.edu W.I. Bajwa, IPPC, 2040 Cordley Hall, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR 97331-2915, USA E-mail, bajwaw@bcc.orst.edu Fax: 1-541-737-3080 Phone: 1-541-737-6272 IPMporium .... Collaboration between scientists in Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands has resulted in identification of a nematode resistance gene from wild beets, and claimed to be the first step toward development of nematode-resistant crop varieties. .... Scientists have identified a new whitefly-transmitted closterovirus affecting both field and greenhouse-grown tomatoes in Italy as well as two states in the USA.
.... A 1994 survey of more than 600 crop producers in 25 counties of the U.S. state of Texas showed that an array of IPM tactics had helped reduce their use of pesticides and increased their profits by US6 million. .... Reported research shows that as much as 80 percent of all human exposures to chemicals occur through the skin and most often involve the hands. The answer: wear thick, unlined, liquidproof gloves that are long enough to protect arms as well as hands from splashes. PUBLICATIONS AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND PUBLISHERS IPMnet NEWS wants to mention any publication related to or focused on IPM. To assure coverage, please send a review copy of the publication, with background information where to obtain copies, data about the author/editor(s), costs, and any other particulars or descriptive materials to: IPMnet NEWS, c/o Integrated Plant Protection Center 2040 Cordley Hall, Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-2915, USA After review, materials will be cataloged into the joint CICP/IPPC international IPM and crop protection literature collection (which the worldwide IPM/crop protection community is welcome to use) or returned if so requested.
Guide to Cucurbit Diseases One the most recent additions to the American Phytopathological Society's plant disease guidebook series is COMPENDIUM OF CUCURBIT DISEASES, a 1996 publication edited by T.A. Zitter et al. The 87-page publication includes 172 full color photos used to identify, control, and prevent diseases in important cucurbit crops. Topics cover the full gamut of diseases and their causes. FMI: APS Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA E-mail: aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Agricultural Pest Ecology W.O.C. Symondson and J.E. Liddell have edited the proceedings of a 1994 symposium as ECOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PESTS, BIOCHEMICAL APPROACHES. The hardbound, 517-page, 1996 publication was published by Chapman & Hall, Cheriton House, North Way, Andover SP10 5BE, UK Fax: 44-0-1264-342787 Publication Briefs The U.S. state of Arizona has published an analysis of METHYL BROMIDE REPLACEMENT STRATEGIES by J. Hathaway and J. Giudice that presents an overview of potential possibilities for avoiding use of MBr. Copies of the softbound report, OFR 96-12, are available free from: J. Hathaway, ADEQ, 3033 North Central, Room 343, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA Phone: 1-602-207-4219 FAO's Emergency Centre for Locust Operations periodically issues the DESERT LOCUST BULLETIN containing general and country-by-country updates of locust and grasshopper outbreaks. Copies are available by e-mail, web, and fax from: Locust Group, AGP Division, FAO, 00100 Rome, ITALY E-mail: eclo@fao.org Web site: www.fao.orp Fax: 39-6-522-55271 Phone: 39-6-522-52420 The Texas Agricultural Extension Service has published a color brochure, IPM: A TEXAS SUCCESS STORY, featuring "How Texas agriculture is working in partnership with nature to control pests through Integrated Pest Management." FMI: T.W. Fuchs, TAMU, 7887 North Highway 87, San Angelo, TX 76901-9782, USA E-mail: t-fuchs@tamu.edu Fax:
1-915-658-4364 Newly announced revised editions of two earlier titles are: PRINCIPLES OF SEED PATHOLOGY by V.K. Agarwal and J.B. Sinclair, and BASIC PLANT PATHOLOGY METHODS by O.D. Dhingra and J.B. Sinclair. Both were published by CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, 2000 Corporate Blvd., NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431-9868, USA OTHER RESOURCES RICE IPM COURSE SET The National Crop Protection Center (NCPC) in the Philippines has announced a schedule of short courses in 1997 including an "International Integrated Pest Management Course in Rice," presented in conjunction with the International Rice Research Institute, the Southeast Asia Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture, and the Philippine Rice Research Institute. Two other courses will address weed science, and pesticide management. All three events will be held at NCPC. For dates, see IPMnet Calendar I (below). FMI: Director, NCPC, Univ. of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, 4031, PHILIPPINES E-mail: LRIV@mudspring.uplb.edu.ph Fax: 63-049-536-2409 Phone: 63-049-536-2409 THREE GROUPS BUILD CHINA IPM NET Three research-related entities in China share joint sponsorship of "China IPM Net" a new web site at: www.ipmchina.cn.net The Institute of Plant Protection-CAAS, the State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, and the China Society of Plant Protection all are involved with the recently launched effort. FMI: e-mail either: webmaster@ipmchina.cn.net or chengdf@public.east.cn.net PEST MANAGEMENT ON THE WEB The web site "Pest Management Resource Centre" (PMRC) has a new look, a new address, and an expanded range of information covering all aspects of pest management. PMRC retains its three levels of access, but has gained independent editorial control, and retains links to The Welsh Pest Management Forum (WPMF) and Chapman & Hall publishers. Its address is: www.pestmanagement.co.uk The Scientific Editor is P. McEwen McEwen@cf.ac.uk PECAN CROP PEST MANAGEMENT The Texas Pecan Growers Association (TPGA) recently announced availability of the "Pecan Pest Management" CD. FMI: TPGA, 4348 Carter Creek Parkway, Bryan, TX 77802-4462, USA Phone: 1-409-846-3285 EQUIPMENT FLAMING FOR PEST MANAGEMENT An old technique for controlling unwanted vegetation, the use of an intense directed flame, is experiencing increased popularity to reduce pesticide use in crops, according to a U.S. manufacturer of flaming equipment. For use on weeds in emerged, hardy crops (cotton, maize, soybean), the flame is directed at the new leaves of lower growing weed plants. The momentary dramatic temperature increase damages cells in the tender leaves causing the weeds to wilt and die. Flaming, also said to be effective against some insects, eliminates the risk of pesticide drift or overspray. Flaming units range from a handheld single nozzle unit to multirow, vehicle mounted systems. FMI: Flame Engineering, PO Box 577, LaCrosse, KS 67548-0577, USA E-mail: sales@flameeng.com Fax: 1-913-222-3619 Phone: 1-913-222-2873 METALIZED ROLL MULCHING MATERIAL A new product has been developed based on another long practiced technology: reflective surfaces to encourage plant growth while discouraging pests. AgMulch is a new metalized roll material said to reduce the presence of aphids and the need for pesticidal sprays while boosting crop yields. The highly reflective mulch also is claimed to repel birds, deer, and other unwanted vertebrates. FMI: Clarke Ag Plastics, PO Box 238, Rt. 691,
Greenwood, VA 22943, USA E-mail: agmulch@cstone.net Fax: 1-540-456-6403 Phone: 1-540-456-4578 Web site: www.cstonenet/~agmulch/ POSITIONS ***BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SPECIALIST, (entomologist/acarologist), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, to participate in a 4-year project implementing classical biological control of the exotic cassava green mite Africa-wide. Applicants should have experience with tropical crop pests, natural enemy population dynamics, field ecology and systems research, plus experience working with classical biological and spider mite natural enemies. Ph.D. required, with appropriate post-doctoral experience and background in quantitative ecology. Knowledge of multi-trophic, multi-cropping and multi-cultural systems desirable as is experience working with small farmers, tropical agriculture, and interdisciplinary research teams. Fluency in English; a working knowledge of French will be an advantage. Send CV and three letters of reference to: Director, IITA Plant Health Manag ment Division, 08 B.P. 0932, Cotonou, BENIN. back to top IPM RESEARCH/TECHNICAL PAPERS --- categories and topics related to IPM III. RESEARCH/TECHNICAL PAPERS research findings/technical topics related to IPM. IPMnet can provide an address for any journal listed below. This Month's Selected Materials (broadly grouped by pest categories) General "Effect of Crop Protection Management Practice on Yield of Seven Cowpea Varieties in Uganda," Edema, R., and E. Adipala. INTL. JRNL. OF PEST MAN., 42(4), 317-320, October-December 1996. "Evaluation of a Low-input On-farm Disposal System for Trifluralin, Cyfluthrin, and Mancozeb," Vethanayagam, J.G.G., et al. JRNL. OF AGRIC. ENTOM., 14(1), 29-44, January 1997. "Post-fire Herbicide Sprays Enhance Native Plant Diversity," Di-Tomaso, J.M., et al. CALIF. AGRIC., 51(1), 6-11, January-February 1997. "Soil Pests in Traditional Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa - A Review; (1) Problems, (2) Management Strategies," Hillocks, R.J., et al. INTL. JRNL. OF PEST MAN., 42(4), 241-266, October-December 1996. Phytopathology "Ecology and Prevention of Rice Blast in Bhutan," Yamada, M. AGROCHEM. JAP., 69, 24-26, December 1996. "Identification of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Cultivars and Lines Immune to Variants of Blackeye Cowpea Mosaic Potyvirus," Bashir, M., and R.O. Hampton. PLANT PATH., 45(5), 984-989, October 1996. "Improved Resistance to Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus by Selection Under Greenhouse Conditions," Scott, G.E., and R. Louie. CROP SCI., 36(6), 1503-1505, November-December 1996. "Molecular Detection Tools in Integrated Disease Management: Overcoming Current
Limitations," Levesque, C.A. PHYTOPAR., 25(1), 3-8, 1997. "Powdery Scab Disease of Potato - A Review," Harrison, J.G., et al. PLANT PATH., 46(1), 1-32, February 1997. "Simulation Modelling of the Spread of Rice Tungro Virus Disease: The Potential for Management by Roguing," Holt, J., and T.C.B. Chancellor. JRNL. OF APPL. ECOL., 33(5), 927-936, October 1996. BioControl "Control of the Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hubner) with Synthetic Sex Pheromone," Takai, M., and S. Wakamura. AGROCHEM. JAP., 69, 12-15, December 1996. "Inundative Biological Control of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with the Entomopathogenic Nematode Steinernema riobravis (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae)," Feaster, M.A., and D.C. Steinkraus. BIO. CTRL., 7(1), 38-43, August 1966. "Transgenic Plants: An Emerging Approach to Pest Control," Estruch, J.J., et al. NAT. BIOTECH., 15(2), 137-141, February 1997. Weed Management "A Comparison of Sheep Grazing with Herbicides for Weed Control in Seedling Alfalfa in the Irrigated Sonoran Desert," Bell, C.E., et al. JRNL. OF PROD. AGRIC., 9, 123-129, 1996. "A Relational Database as Decision Support System in Chemical Weed Control," Stigliani, L., et al. WEED TECH., 10(4), 781-794, October-December 1996. "Occurrence of Broad-leaved Weeds on Different Soils in Different Crops in Sweden," Hallgren, E. SWED. JRNL. OF AGRIC. RESCH., 26(3), 115-124, 1996. "Spring Wheat (Triticum asestivum) Management Can Substitute for Diclofop for Foxtail (Setaria spp.) Control," Khan, M., et al. WEED SCI., 44(2), 362-371, April-June 1996. "Weeds in the Traditional Slash/mulch Practice of Frijol Tapado: Indigenous Characterization and Ecological Implications," Kettler, J.S. * WEED RESCH., 36(5), 375-384, October 1996. Entomology "Cotton Leaf Surface Features Serve as Behavioral Cues to Silverleaf Whiteflies," Cohen, A.C., et al. SOUTHWEST. ENTOM., 21(4), 377-386, December 1996. "Development of Selective Aphicide Treatments for Integrated Control of Summer Aphids in Winter Wheat," Oakley, J.N., et al. ANN. OF APPL. BIOL., 128(3), 423-436, June 1996. "Managing Corn Rootworms (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae) on Dairy Farms: the Need for a Soil Insecticide," Davis, P.M, and S. Coleman. JRNL. OF ECON. ENTOM, 90(1), 205-217, February 1997. "Relationship Between Planting Dates and Damage by the Legume Pod-borer, Maruca testulalis (Geyer)(Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) on Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata (L) Walp, in Nigeria," Ekesi, S.,
et al. INTL. JRNL. OF PEST MAN., 42(4), 315-316, October-December 1996. "Response of Colorado Potato Beetles on Potato Leaves to Mechanical Vibration," Boiteau, G., and G.C. Misener. CAN. AGRIC. ENG., 38(3), July-September 1996. Nematology "Cover Crops Resistant to Root-lesion Nematodes in Raspberry," Vrain, T., et al. HORTSCI., 31(7), 1195-1198, December 1996. "Nematode Problems of Groundnut and their Management in Gujarat, India," Patel, B.A., et al. INTL. ARACHIS NEWS., 16, 38-39, 1996. "Variation in White Clover for Root-knot Nematode Resistance," vandenBosch, J., and C.F. Mercer. NZ JRNL. OF AGRIC. RESCH., 39(1), 137-148, March 1996. Vertebrate Management "Evaluation of Propane Exploders as White-tailed Deer Deterents," Belant, J.L., et al. CROP PROT., 15(6), 575-578, September i 1996. "Liquid Baits for Rodent Control: A Comparison of Wild Norway Versus Wild Ricefield Rat Response to Glucose Plus Saccharin Solutions," Ellis, M.C.B., et al. CROP PROT., 16(1), 35-40, February 1997.
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. CALENDAR a global list (in two sections) of future IPM-related events (conferences, training courses, symposia, etc.) See also Meetings and Conferences listed in the WWW Virtual Library for Agriculture. IPMnet Calendar I. NEW (N), or REVISED (R) entries
In 1997 (N) 18-23 May 5TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON POISONOUS PLANTS, San Angelo, TX, USA. Contact: E-mail: dorling@numbat.murdoch.edu.au. (N) 16-29 June SHORT COURSE, INSECTICIDE APPLICATION FOR LOCUST AND GRASSHOPPER CONTROL, Ascot, Berkshire, UK. A two-week practical course on techniques used for ground and aerial application of insecticides to control locust swarms and hopper bands; of particular benefit to those directing and training local staff in locust-affected countries.
Contact: International Pesticide Application Research Centre, Biology Department, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK E-mail: g.matthews@ic.ac.uk Fax: 44-0-1344-294450 Phone: 44-0-1344-294234 (N) 30 June-4 July INSECTS IN AFRICAN ECONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE, sponsored jointly by the Entomological Society of Southern Africa and the African Association of Insect Scientists, Univ. of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact. R. Venter, ESSA Congress, Private Bag X5017, Stellenbosch 7599, South Africa E-mail: rethav@infruit.agric.za (N) 7 July-29 August INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) COURSE IN RICE, Los Banos, PHILLIPINES. To strengthen the participants' capability to analyze on-farm pest problems and to develop a multi-disciplinary approach to these problems based on biological, economic, and ecological considerations emphasizing communication. Contact: Director, National Crop Protection Center, Univ. of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna 4031, PHILIPPINES E-mail: LRIV@mudspring.uplb.edu.ph Fax: 63-049-536-2409 Phone: 63-049-536-2409 (N) 18-21 August 5TH NATIONAL STORED PRODUCT IPM TRAINING CONFERENCE, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA. Contact: K. Brewer, Agric. and Bio. Engineering Dept., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA E-mail: brewerk@ecn.purdue.edu Fax: 1-765-496-1356 Phone: 1-765-494-1173 Web site: pasture.ecn.purdue.edu (N) 18-22 August 2ND GLOBAL MEETING ON PARASITIC DISEASES, Hyderabad, INDIA. Contact: V.P. Sharma, 20 Madhuban, Vikas Marg, Delhi 110 092, INDIA Fax: 972-3-5175674 E-mail: ross@icmrmrc.ren.nic.in (N) 24-29 August SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY, 30TH ANNUAL MEETING, Banff, Alberta, CANADA. Contact: M. Goettel, Lethbridge Research Center, Agriculture & Food Canada, PO Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, CANADA Fax: 1-403-382-3156 E-mail: goettel@em.agr.ca Phone: 1-403-317-2264 (N) 1-3 September 1ST EUROPEAN VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGMENT CONFERENCE, Univ. of York, York, UK. Contact: Dept. of Biology, PO Box 373, Univ. of York, York YO1 5YW, UK E-mail: biocomms@york.ac.uk Fax: 44-0-1904-433029 Phone: 44-0-1904-432940 (N) 7-11 September 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INVERTEBRATE NEUROCHEMISTRY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, Eilat, ISRAEL. Contact: M. Altstein, Dept. of Entomology, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, ISRAEL Fax: 972-3-968-3679 Phone: 972-3-968-3710 Special Note An International Symposium on Urban Tree Health (including an IPM session) has been scheduled for 22-26 September 1997 at Paris, FRANCE. FMI: M. Lemattre, Station de Pathologie Vegetale, INRA, Route de Saint Cyr, F-78026 Versailles Cedex, FRANCE E-mail: lemattre@versailles.inra.fr Fax: 33-1-30-83-31-95
(N) 23-26 September SHORT COURSE, WHITEFLIES AND THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES, London, UK. A short, intensive course covering identification of whiteflies and their natural enemies and application of biocontrol. Contact: Training Officer, International Institute of Entomology, 56 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5JR, UK E-mail: IIE-Training@cabi.org Fax: 44-0-171-581-1676 Phone: 44-0-171-584-0067 (N) 13-24 October TRAINING COURSE ON PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT, Los Banos, PHILLIPINES. Contact: Director, National Crop Protection Center, Univ. of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna 4031, PHILIPPINES Phone: 63-049-536-2409 E-mail: LRIV@mudspring.uplb.edu.ph Fax: 63-049-536-2409 (N) 10-21 November SHORT COURSE ON WEED SCIENCE, Los Banos, PHILLIPINES. Contact: Director, National Crop Protection Center, Univ. of the Philippines at Los Banos, College, Laguna, 4031, PHILIPPINES Phone: 63-049-536-2409 E-mail: LRIV@mudspring.uplb.edu.ph Fax: 63-049-536-2409 (N) 16-18 November NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON PESTICIDE SPRAY DRIFT MANAGEMENT, Portland, ME, USA. Contact: J. Dill, UMCE Pest Management Office, 491 College Avenue, Orono, ME 04473-1295, USA. E-mail: jdill@umce.umext.maine.edu Fax: 1-207-581-3881 Phone: 1-207-581-3880 (R) Revised data. 17-20 November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 1997, WEEDS, Brighton, UK. Contact: The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SW11 3RA, UK E-mail: eventorg@event-org.com Fax: 44-0-171-924-1790 Phone: 44-0-171-228-8034 Web site: www.BCPC.org
In 1998 (N) 4-6 February URBAN BIRD PEST MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Contact: P. Haskell, Univ. of Wales, PO Box 915, Cardiff CF1 3TL, UK E-mail: insect@cf.ac.uk Fax: 44-0-1222-388965 Phone: 44-0-1222-388952 (N) 2-5 March 18TH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, Costa Mesa, CA, USA. Topics cover all aspects of vertebrate pest management and control. Contact: W.P. Gorenzel, DANR-North, Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA Fax: 1-916-754-8489 E-mail: wpgorenzel@ucdavis.edu Phone: 1-916-752-2263 Web site: www.mother.com/~vpc/98conf.html (N) 10-12 March 19TH GERMAN CONFERENCE ON WEED BIOLOGY AND WEED CONTROL, Stuttgart-Hohenheim, GERMANY. Contact: H.U. Haas, Inst. of Phytomedicine (360), D-70593 Stuttgart, GERMANY E-mail: haashu@uni-hohenheim.de Fax: 49-711-459-2408 (N) 5-10 June 3RD INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MOLECULAR INSECT SCIENCE,
Snowbird, UT, USA. Contact: Center for Insect Science, 225 Life Sciences South, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA E-mail: insects@ccit.arizona.edu Fax: 1-520-621-2590 Web site: www.arl.arizona.edu/cis/symposium (R) Revised e-mail. 7-12 June 2ND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ONBEMISIAAND GEMINIVIRAL DISEASES, San Juan, PUERTO RICO. Specific topics concerning whiteflies and geminiviruses plus sessions of interest to entomologists, virologists, and IPM specialists. Contact: D. Guy, USDA-ARS, 2120 Camden Road, Orlando, FL 32803-1419, USA E-mail: rmayer@ix.netcom.com Fax: 1-407-897-7337 Phone: 1-407-897-7304 (R) Revised contact. 24-28 August 3RD INTERNATIONAL FOREST VEGETATION MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE. Contact: IFVMC #3, BioForest Technologies Inc., 105 Bruce Street, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT P6A 2X6, CANADA E-mail: ifvmc3@nrcan.gc.ca Fax: 1-705-942-8829 Phone: 1-705-942-5824 (R) Revised contact. 9-12 November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 1998, PESTS & DISEASES, Brighton, UK. Contact: The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SW11 3RA, UK E-mail: eventorg@event-org.com Fax: 44-0-171-924-1790 Phone: 44-0-171-228-8034 Web site: www.BCPC.org
IPMnet Calendar II. PREVIOUSLY LISTED entries 1997 19 May-13 June 1997 COURSE ON TROPICAL PEST MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY, Ascot, U.K. Practical instruction on safe, effective application of pesticides as part of an integrated pest management program. Contact: International Pesticide Application Research Centre, Biology Dept., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Tech. and Medicine, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berks SL5 7PY, U.K. E-mail: g.matthews@ic .ac.uk Fax: 44-0-1344-294450 Phone: 44-0-1344-294234 28 May BIOCONTROL WORKSHOP FOR TROPICAL ORNAMENTAL COLLECTIONS, Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brooklyn, NY, USA. A practical experience in applying biocontrol and evaluating its effectiveness. Contact: C. Glennister, IPM Laboratories, Inc., PO Box 99, Locke, NY 13092-0099, USA E-mail: ipmlabs@baldcom.net 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. 2-5 June 10TH CONGRESS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL UNION, Montpellier, FRANCE. Contact: J-P. Geiger, E-mail: geiger@orstom.orstom.fr. 2-7 June GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON SORGHUM ERGOT, Sete Lagoas, MG, BRAZIL. Overviews, regional presentations, and management strategies. FMI: R.E. Schaffert, EMBRAPA/CNPMS, Rod MG 424, km 65, C.P. 151, 35701-970 Sete Lagoas, MG, BRAZIL E-mail: schaffer@cnpms.embrapa.br Fax: 55-31-773-9252 Phone: 55-31-773-5644
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 22-27 June 2ND INTERNATIONAL BACTERIAL WILT SYMPOSIUM, Gosier (Grande-Terre), Guadeloupe, FWI. Contact: P. Prior, 2nd IBWS Organizing Secretary, INRA-URPV, BP 515, 97165 Pointe-a-Pitre Cedex, Guadeloupe, FRANCE E-mail: prior@antilles.inra.fr Fax: 590-94-11-72 Phone: 590-25-59-34 23-27 June 17TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VIRUS AND VIRUS-LIKE DISEASES OF TEMPERATE CROPS, Bethesda, MD, USA. Contact: A. Hadidi, ARS-USDA Germplasm Resources Lab., Beltsville, MD, 20705, USA Fax: 1-301-504-5551 E-mail: ngrlah@ars-grin.gov 6-11 July 21ST BRAZILIAN CONGRESS OF WEED SCIENCE, Hotel Gloria, Caxambu, MG, BRAZIL. Contact: J.B. da Silva, EMBRAPA/CNPMS, C.P. 151, 35701-970 Sete Lagoas, MG, BRAZIL E-mail: baptista@cnpms.embrapa.br Fax: 55-031-774-0240 Phone: 55-031-773-2863 19-23 July SOCIETY OF NEMATOLOGISTS ANNUAL MEETING, Sheraton El Conquistador Resort, Tucson, AZ, USA. Contact: M.A. McClure, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 204 Forbes Bldg., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA E-mail: McClure@ag.arizona.edu Fax: 1-520-621-9290 Phone: 1-520-621-7161 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 10-17 August 30TH CONGRESSO DA SOCIEDADE BRASILEIRA DE FITOPATOLOGIA, Pocos de Caldas, MG, BRAZIL. (No contact). 18-21 August NEW ZEALAND PLANT PROTECTION CONFERENCE, Lincoln Univ., NEW ZEALAND. Contact: D. Crabb, Centre for Continuing Education, Lincoln Univ., Canterbury, NEW ZEALAND E-mail: crabbd@lincoln.ac.nz Fax: 64-3-325-3840 1-4 September 2ND TURKISH WEED SCIENCE CONGRESS, Izmir, TURKEY. Contact: Y. Nemli, E.U. Ziraat Faultesi, Bitki Koruma Bolumu, Bornova/Izmir 35100, TURKEY. 1-5 September EUROPEAN SEMINAR ON FUSARIUM: MYCOTOXINS, TAXONOMY AND PATHOGENICITY, Szeged, HUNGARY. Contact: A. Mesterhazy, Cereal Research Institute, PO Box 391, H-6701 Szeged, HUNGARY E-mail: H10152mes@ella.hu Fax: 36-62-434-163 Phone: 36-62-435-235 3-7 September WEED SCIENCE FOR EASTERN AFRICA CONFERENCE, Kampala, UGANDA. Contact: D.S.O. Osiru, Crop Sci. Dept., Makere Univ., PO Box 7062, Kampala, UGANDA Fax: 256-041-531641
8-12 September 16TH ASIAN-PACIFIC WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY CONFERENCE, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. Contact: B.H. Bakar, Botany Dept., Univ. of Malaya, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA E-mail: BAKI@botany.um.edu.my Fax: 60-3-759-4178 Phone: 60-3-759-4351 10-12 September ENTOMOLOGY ?, Univ. of Newcastle, UK. Contact: Registrar, Royal Entomological Society, 41 Queen's Gate, London SW5 5HR, U.K. Fax: 44-0171-581-8505 E-mail: reg@royensoc.demon.co.uk 15-17 September UNDERSTANDING PATHOSYSTEMS: A FOCUS ON SEPTORIA (15th Long Ashton International Symposium), Bristol, U.K. Contact: H.M. Anderson, IACR-Long Ashton, Bristol BS18 9AF, U.K. E-mail: Christine.Cooke@bbsrc.ac.uk Fax: 44-0-1275-394007 25-27 September SYMPOSIUM ON CROP PROTECTION & FOOD QUALITY, MEETING CONSUMER NEEDS, Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, U.K. Contact: CASI, 4 New Cavendish Square, London W1M 0BX, U.K. Fax: 44-0-171-629-3233 Phone: 44-0-171-499-0900 29 September-3 October 11TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY SOCIETY, Perth, AUSTRALIA. Contact: Secretary APPS, Plant Pathology, Dept. of Agriculture, Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA 6151, AUSTRALIA E-mail: APPS97@agric.wa.gov.au Fax: 61-9-367-2625 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 10-15 October MICROBIAL CONTROL OF PESTS IN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural Univ., Copenhagen, DENMARK. Contact: J. Eilenberg, Dept. of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural Univ., Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg, DENMARK E-mail: Per.Damgaard@ecol.kvl.dk Fax: 45-35-282670 Phone: 45-35-282660 12-17 October 9TH LATINAMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL CONGRESS, Montevideo, URUGUAY. Contact: M. Francis, E-mail: dgsa@chasque.apc.org 3-5 November ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION, San Diego, CA, USA. Contact: Methyl Bromide Alternatives Outreach, PO Box 5377, Fresno, CA 93755, USA Phone: 1-209-244-4710 24-26 November CONGRESO NACIONAL 1997 SOCIEDAD ESPANOLA DE MALHERBOLOGIA, Valencia, SPAIN. Contact: D. Gomez de Barreda, IVIA, Apdo. Oficial, E-46113 Moncada, SPAIN E-mail: diego.gomez.barreda@ivia.es Fax: 34-6-139-0240 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 9-12 February WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, Chicago, IL, USA. Contact: WSSA, 1508 W. University Ave., Champaign, IL 61821-3133, USA Phone: 1-217-352-4212 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 2-7 August 9TH IUPAC INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS: PESTICIDE CHEMISTRY, London, UK. Contact: J.F. Gibson, Royal Soc. of Chemistry, Burlington House, London W1V 0BN, U.K. Fax: 44-171-734-1227 Phone: 44-171-437-8656 9-16 August 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PLANT PATHOLOGY, Edinburgh, UK. Contact: ICPP98 Congress Secretariat, c/o Meeting Makers, 50 George Street, Glasgow, Scotland G1 1QE, U.K. E-mail: icpp98@meetingmakers.co.uk Fax: 44-141-552-0511 Phone: 44-141-553-1930 17-21 August 5TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADJUVANTS, Memphis, TN, USA. Contact: A. Underwood, FISAA, c/o Helena Chem. Co., 6075 Poplar Ave., Suite 500, Memphis, TN 38119, USA Fax. 1-901-761-2640 Phone: 1-901-537-7260 23-28 August 6TH INTERNATIONAL MYCOLOGICAL CONGRESS, Jerusalem, ISRAEL. Contact: Secretariat, PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, ISRAEL E-mail: mycol@kenes.ccmail.compuserve.com Fax: 972-3-5175674 Phone: 972-3-5140014 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 1999 6-12 August JOINT MEETING OF THE AMERICAN AND CANADIAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, Montreal, CANADA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA E-mail: aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Phone: 1-612-454-7250 2000 20-26 August 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, Iguassu Falls, BRAZIL. Contact: D.L. Gazzoni. E-mail: francovi@sercomtel.com.br Web site: www.embrapa.br/ice
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