September 1998, Issue no. 57 ISSN: 1523-7893 Š Copyright 2005 IPM NEWS --- international IPM news and programs I. IPM NEWS / APPLICATIONS international IPM news and programs AUSTRALIA UNVEILS NATIONAL AG-VET CHEMICALS STRATEGY As a major global producer and exporter of primary produce, and to ensure protection of human health and the environment, AUSTRALIA has developed and recently made public a forward-looking national strategy for managing agricultural and veterinary (ag-vet) chemicals so as to: ensure long-term sustainability of agricultural productivity; minimize risks to health, the environment, and trade; and, best contribute to national prosperity. The comprehensive national strategy is built on a foundation of nine action points covering a variety of issues and including a clear call for reducing reliance on chemicals through development and adoption of IPM involving integration of various pest management tactics. Another key point promotes the "development and adoption of integrated farm, forest, and natural resource planning and management systems (including catchment management) that minimize adverse impacts and use chemicals only as needed." The points, as well as the extensive process followed to gather stakeholder opinions prior to preparing the strategy, are fully set forth in a handsome, succinctly organized publication, MANAGEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS: A NATIONAL STRATEGY. The 60-page, softbound, 1998 work includes full color plates and an appealing design to explain the vision, goals, and need for the strategy. The publication is intended as a bridge to implement the strategy and a road map so all involved can contribute to an ag-vet chemical use focused on a modern national consensus. The strategy document (in electronic form) is available on the web at: www.dpie.gov.au/dpie/armcanz/mavc/agvet.pdf For hard copies, or more information, contact: P.C. Rowland, Bureau of Resource Sciences, PO Box E11, Kingston, ACT 2604, AUSTRALIA E-mail: pcr@brs.gov.au Fax: 61-2-6272-4896 Phone: 61-2-6272-3443 based on material generously provided by P.C. Rowland. STUDY REPORTS U.S. PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES A just-released government pest management practices study reveals that U.S. agricultural/horticultural growers now utilize either crop rotation or pest scouting as their primary pest management tactic, depending on the crop grown and region of the country. The report, 1997 PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), includes information on the percent of acres, and farms, that used selected management practices to control crop pests such as insects, weeds, and diseases. The report is based on
questions included in a late 1997 nationwide survey; a similar survey is planned for December 1998. Results are reported by crop category. For example, crop rotation to control pests was employed on 69 percent of the acres used for growing maize nationwide (80+ million ac, 32+ million ha) followed by pest scouting (47 percent). Scouting was the leading pest management practice for cotton at 75 percent of all acres, as it was on land growing fruits and nuts. The report grouped survey responses under four broad pest management categories: prevention, avoidance, monitoring, and suppression. Data tables separated the percent of area (acres) receiving a specific practice, and percent of farms utilizing a practice. Regional differences emerged within the various crop categories: 64 percent of all-wheat farms in the northeast rotated crops whereas only 27 percent in the south did. Copies of the report can be printed (free) from the web site: usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/other/pest/pestan98.pdf. Hard copies can be ordered by phone from: 1-800-727-9540. For more information contact: B. Pratt; e-mail bpratt@nass.usda.gov Phone: 1-202-720-7017 excerpted from material helpfully suggested by M. Fitzner.
back to top IPM MEDLEY --- publications and other IPM information resources II. IPM MEDLEY general matters, publications of interest, and other resources for IPM information PEST MANAGEMENT HISTORY The Pest Management Resource Center (PMRC), a lively and informative website from Wales, UK, now includes a fascinating overview of the "History of Pest Management," listing key events that have had and continued to have a significant impact on agriculture worldwide. The information, in brief outline form, was researched by D. Dent, editor of IPM REVIEWS, and edited by PMRC impresario, P. McEwen. The information is a sobering perspective on the accelerating obsolescence of pest management tactics, mainly due to development of resistance. The history overview, as well as a great deal of other information, can be found at: www.pestmanagement.co.uk IPMporium ... Scientists at the Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center demonstrated that transgenic tomato plants carrying the coat protein gene from cucumber mosaic virus show resistance to the virus under field conditions. ... Subscribers to a weekly pest scouting report in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania have drastically reduced routine, preventive pesticide spraying, according to a recent news story in the summer 1998 issue of PENNSYLVANIA IPM NEWS. ... A dual "push-pull" strategy successfully developed in Kenya, and accepted by farmers, combines plants unattractive to pest insects (grown next to crop plants) with other plants attractive to pest predators and as a trap crop located a short distance from the crop.
... Sprayable pheromones for more labor-efficiency in pest insect mating disruption strategies for orchards? A cross-discipline collaboration in 1999 may produce some interesting prospects. PUBLICATIONS AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND PUBLISHERS IPMnet NEWS wants to mention any publication, or CD, 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), 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.
PLANT DISEASE SERIES EXPANDS Among the most recent additions to the well-received APS Press series of plant disease compendia are: ** COMPENDIUM OF STRAWBERRY DISEASES, 2nd Edition, edited by J.L. Maas; this extensively revised version of the 1984 first edition includes more information, more full color plates, and greater emphasis on internationally important disease problems such as anthracnose, Botrytis rot, and virus and virus-like diseases. A 4-star roster of international specialists contributed contemporary information to this 1998, 128-page volume. ** COMPENDIUM OF LETTUCE DISEASES, R.M. Davis, et al, eds.; also an international account, though its contributors are predominantly Californians, this informative 96-page effort describes infectious diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, nematodes, and viruses as well as noninfectious disorders related to pollution, allelopathy, bolting, mineral deficiencies and toxicities, pesticide-related injury, rib blight, tipburn, and others. In each instance, the editors provide a thorough overview; the work offers more than 100 color illustrations. ** COMPENDIUM OF CONIFER DISEASES, E.M. Hansen and K.J. Lewis, eds.; as the editors note, this 1997 volume "is the cumulative effort of many forest pathologists" representing regions where conifers are an important resource. In its 128 pages, this compendium differs from others in the series by including a larger, more diverse group of hosts, and addressing diseases over 80 found in both managed forests as well as wild, natural conditions. More than 160 color photos enhance the text. All the APS compendia are softbound and printed on high quality paperstock. FMI: APS Press, 3340 Pilot Knob Rd., St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA E-mail: aps@scisoc.org Fax: 1-651-454-0766 Phone: 1-651-454-7250 Web: www.scisoc.org INSECT-RESISTANT CROPS Because of its entomological focus, GLOBAL PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR INSECT-RESISTANT CROPS, is said to be a unique addition to the massive existing body of literature regarding the importance and use of genetic materials. In
this 1998 work, editors S.L. Clement and S.S. Quisenberry organized the text as crop-based chapters to convey the message that germplasm stocks are an indispensable resource for scientists to utilize in insect resistance evaluation. A distinguished group of specialists contributed to the 295-pg., hardbound volume that views cereal, legume, vegetable, and root/tuber crops. FMI: CRC Press, 2000 Corporate Blvd., NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA E-mail: bmceldowney@crcpress.com Fax: 1-561-998-9114 Phone: 1-561-994-0555 Web: www.crcpress.com PEST MANAGEMENT IN ASIAN RICE FARMING Results of research on rice farmer pest management practices, conducted by scientists in 10 Asian countries, have been compiled by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) staff members K.L. Heong and M.M. Escalada and published as PEST MANAGEMENT OF RICE FARMERS IN ASIA. The 245-page work describes various methods employed and also serves as a basis for evaluating change, particularly as IRRI and collaborating entities seek to increase acceptance of IPM systems that are almost entirely non-chemical. The 1997, softbound work contains 16 chapters; #16, "A Comparative Analysis of Pest Management Practices of Rice Farmers in Asia," by the editors, summarizes findings and advocates improved communication to provide more useful information as a foundation for decision-making. FMI: IRRI, PO Box 933, Manila, 1099, PHILIPPINES E-mail: postmaster@IRRI.cgnet.com or k.heong@cgnet.com CUCURBIT PRODUCTION, CUCURBIT PESTS Nearly half of the 64 pages in the new (1998) GUAM CUCURBIT GUIDE are devoted to pest management and related topics, not surprising as the comprehensive softbound work was edited by extension entomologist L. Yudin and extension plant pathologist R.L. Schlub. The Guide was designed to be reader-friendly and incorporates more than 30 color illustrations plus black and white drawings and a useful IPM pest survey form. A section addresses "trouble shooting" cucurbit problems. FMI: Univ. of Guam, ANR/CALS, UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923, USA E-mail: lyudin@uog9.uog.edu Phone: 1-671-735-2082 ANDEAN TUBERS; PHYTO-PESTS The Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), a member institution of the international agricultural research centers group, has published ENFERMEDADES FUNGOSAS Y BACTERIANAS DE RAICES Y TUBERCULOS ANDINOS, an important 172-page addition to the literature concerning phyto-pests of Andean tuber crops. The softbound, 1997 work (in Spanish) by T.A. de Icochea offers extensive illustrations as well as numerous clear color photos that graphically portray symptoms of infestation for the various crops included, plus a useful international literature list. FMI: Communications, CIP, PO Box 1558, Lima 12, PERU E-mail: cip-communications@cgnet.com Fax: 51-1-349-5638 Phone: 51-1-349-6017 Web: www.cipotato.org CDs NEW MOLE CRICKET KNOWLEDGEBASE MCRICKET, a just released CD prepared by entomologists J.H. Frank, et al, at the Univ. of Florida, is a comprehensive knowledgebase about mole crickets (Gryllotalpidae) and the parasites, predators, and pathogens that help control them. The new disc is dedicated to one of the most important pests of turfgrass in the southern USA, and is a completely updated and reorganized replacement for an earlier DOS version. MCRICKET offers numerous full-color photographs, many of biological control agents, hundreds of links to scientific definitions. Three tutorials instruct users in the use of the "red-eyed" fly, the mole cricket nematode and wise pesticide use. More detailed information can be found on the web at: fasulo@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu Fax: 1-352-392-0190 Phone: 1-352-392-1901 Publication & CD Notes ** Proceedings from a 2-day IPM MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS WORKSHOP held at Chicago, IL, USA during June 1998, and sponsored American Farmland Trust's Center for Agriculture in the Environment, are now available. Participants included 24
invited experts from six countries. FMI: E. Day, American Farmland Trust Center for Agriculture in the Environment, PO Box 987, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA Fax: 1-815-753-9348 E-mail: T70EXD1@wpo.cso.niu.edu Phone: 1-815-753-9347 ** A 1998 title: BUGS IN THE SYSTEM: REDESIGNING THE PESTICIDE INDUSTRY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, edited by W. Vorley and D. Keeney, 222 pages, available from: Earthscan Publications Ltd., 120 Pentonville Rd., London N1 9JN, UK E-mail: earthinfo@earthscan.co.uk Fax: 44-01-71-278-1142 Phone: 44-01-71-278-0433 Web: www.earthscan.co.uk ** CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF PLANT-NEMATODE INTERACTIONS, Developments in Plant Pathology, Vol. 10, edited by C. Fenoll, et al, was published in 1997 by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordecht, THE NETHERLANDS. Hardbound, 286 pages, color plates. ** Copies of the PROCEEDINGS OF THE 4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ECTOPARASITES OF PETS are available (US per copy) from: N.C. Hinkle, Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA E-mail: nhinkle@citrus.ucr.edu OTHER RESOURCES RASPBERRY PROJECT "Reduced Application of Chemicals in European Raspberry Production" (RACER) was conceived by members of the European raspberry producers and processing industry to help them to produce high quality fruit in an environmentally acceptable manner, meeting the aspirations of the consumers, supermarkets and processors. RACER is a multi-centered project funded by The European Commission (FAIR), the Swiss Bundesant fuer Bildung und Wissenschaft (BBW), and by participating commercial partners. The WWW page for RACER can now be accessed at: www.scri.sari.ac.uk/racer/default.htm. FMI: S. Gordon, Project Coordinator RACER, Soft Fruit & Perennial Crops Department, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA Scotland, UK E-mail: scgord@scri.sari.ac.uk Fax: 44-1382-562426 Phone: 44-1382-562731 WEED IDENTIFICATION SOFTWARE Random Access Plant IDentification (RAPID) offers a quick, simple, and intuitive tool for identification of the most common weeds and poisonous plants found in North America, as classified by professional weed societies in the United States and Canada. RAPID, developed at the Univ. of Idaho, USA, includes plant characteristics useable by both experts and beginners, which can be chosen at random; abundant menu choices provide numerous ways to identify a weed or poisonous plant. RAPID includes references to popular floral books and manuals for additional in-depth information. Scaleable graphics, provided for most plant characteristics, can be printed as well. Windows(tm) Hypertext Help provides the user with extensive descriptions, definitions, and examples. Over 2000 plant species (broadleaf + grasses) are included. A printed tutorial is included. RAPID is Windows 3.1 and WIN ? compatible. FMI: R. Dobbins, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA E-mail: rdobbins@uidaho.edu Phone: 1-208-885-7831 Web: sdg.ag.uidaho.edu/rapid/ WEED ACTIVITY CALENDAR The Australian Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Weed Management Systems has launched a web-based WEED ACTIVITY CALENDAR listing
conferences and other events for agricultural and environmental weeds in Australia and overseas. The calendar is the work of K. Blood and R. Randall and can be found at: www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/Plants/weeds/calendar. FMI: K. Blood, CRC, Keith Turnbull Research Institute, PO Box 48, Frankston, VIC. 3199, AUSTRALIA E-mail: Kate.Blood@nre.vic.gov.au Fax: 61-03-9785-2007 Phone: 61-03-9785-0128 back to top IPM RESEARCH/TECHNICAL PAPERS --- categories and topics related to IPM III. RESEARCH/TECHNICAL PAPERS research/technical topics related to IPM. NEW: IPMnet NEWS, in support of global IPM and in response to reader feedback, now offers a free service of providing first author mail addresses (for those articles marked with "##" at the end of the citation) to facilitate contacts, requests for reprints, or other interaction. While not every paper is included initially, the NEWS aims to eventually mark (##) every paper mentioned. Interested parties can request first author address information via e-mail from: IPMnetNUZ@bcc.orst.edu or by mail, phone, or fax (see box at end of this issue). As before, IPMnet also can provide mailing addresses for any of the listed journals. FEATURED PAPER One of the world's weed villains, Euphorbia esula (leafy spurge, or Hungarian spurge) exhibits several negative traits: its latex causes severe dermatitis in humans and grazing animals, and is unpalatable and toxic to cattle and horses. E. esula has become a serious problem in several countries. In "Integrated Control of Leafy Spurge," L. Swiadon, et al describe in depth and detail a range of control strategies that have been used with varying degrees of success. Among the more promising: biocontrol with predaceous insects. The authors conclude that "an integrated program of monitoring, prevention, biological control, grazing, burning, mulching, mowing, cultivation, and herbicide use can be used to manage leafy spurge infestations." excerpted from, THE IPM PRACTITIONER, 20(7), 1-11, July 1998. ## This Month's SELECTED TILES (broadly grouped by pest, or tactic, categories). ## = first author's address can be provided. General "Economic Injury Levels for the Russian Wheat Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) on Winter Wheat in Several Climate Zones," Archer, T.L., et al. JRNL. OF ECON. ENTOM., 91(3), 741-747, June 1998. ## "Evolution of Pest-induced Defenses in Brassica Plants: Tests of Theory," Siemens, D.H., and T. MitchellOlds. ECOL., 79(2), 632-646, March 1998. "Reducing Spray Volumes Applied to Mature Citrus Trees," Cunningham, G.P., and J. Harden. CROP PROT., 17(4), 289-292, June 1998. ## Biocontrol "Assessment of Beauveria bassiana Sprays for Control of Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) on Crucifers," Vandenberg, J.D., et al. JRNL. OF ECON. ENTOM., 91(3), 624-630, June 1998. ## "Classical Biological Control of Aleurocanthus spinifers (Hem.: Aleyrodidae), on Citrus in Southern Africa," vandenBerg, M.A., and J. Greenland. ENTOMOPH., 42(4), 459-466, 1997. ##
"Effects of Iberis umbellata (Brassicaceae) on Insect Pests of Cabbage and on Potential Biological Control Agents," Bigger, D.S., and W.E. Chaney. ENVIRON. ENTOM., 27(1), 161- , February 1998. ## "First Observations on the Parasitoids Associated with Lepidopterous Pests of Cotton in Burkina Faso," Streito, J.C., and S. Nibouche. ENTOMOPH., 42(4), 543-558, 1997. ## "Laboratory and Field Comparisons of Strains of Bacillus thuringiensis for Activity Against Noctuid Larvae Using Granular Formulations (Lepidoptera)," Tamez-Guerra, P., et al. JRNL. OF ECON. ENTOM., 91(1), 86-93, February 1998. ## "Reduced Insecticide Rates and Strip-harvesting: Effect on Arthropod Predator Abundance in First-growth Alfalfa," Giles, K., and J. Obrycki. JRNL. OF THE KANSAS ENTOM. SOC., 70(3), 160-168, July 1997. ## Phytopathology "Agronomic Traits and Control of Root Diseases of Wheat, in Rotation with Other Winter Crops," dosSantos, H.P., et al. PESQ. AGRO. BRAS., 33(3), 277-288, March 1998. ## "Effects of Row Spacing, Seeding Rate and Seed-placed Phosphorus on Root Diseases of Spring Wheat and Barley Under Zero Tillage," Bailey, K.L., et al. CAN. JRNL. OF PLANT SCI., 78(1), 145-150, January 1998. ## "Potential Impact of Climate Change on Plant Diseases of Economic Significance to Australia," Chakraborty, S., et al. AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATH., 27(1), 15-35, 1998. ## Weed Management "Cultural Control of Volunteer Oilseed Rape (_Brassica napus_)," Pekrun, C., et al. JRNL. OF AGRIC. SCI., 130(2), 155-164, March 1998. ## "Economic Decisionmaking Using Enterprise Budgeting and Statistical Analysis: An Illustration in Weed Control Practices in Peanut Production," Paudel, K.P., et al. JRNL. OF PROD. AGRIC., 11(1), 48-51, January-March 1998. ## "The Influence of Below Ground Herbivory and Plant Competition on Growth and Biomass Allocation of Purple Loosestrife," Notzold, R., et al. OCECOLOGIA, 113(1), 82-93, January 1998. Entomology "Action Thresholds for Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on 'Carolina' Cucumber," Burkness, E.C., and W.D. Hutchison. CROP PROT., 17(4), 331-336, June 1998. ## "Effects of Pheromone Dose, Lure Age, and Trap Design on Capture of Male Pecan Nut Casebearer (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Pheromone-baited Traps," Knutson, A.E., et al. JRNL. OF ECON. ENTOM., 91(3), 715-722, June 1998. ## "Farmers' Knowledge and Perception of Cotton Insect Pest Problems in Cote d'Ivoire," Ochou, G.O., et al. INTL. JRNL. OF PEST MAN., 44(1), 5-10, January-March 1998. ##
"Indigenous Methods for Bruchid Beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Control in Stored Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)," Songa, J.M., and W. Rono. INTL. JRNL. OF PEST MAN., 44(1), 1-4, January-March 1998. ## "Modeling the Dynamics of Adaptation to Transgenic Maize by European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)," Andow, D.A., et al. JRNL. OF ECON. ENTOM., 91(3), 585-593, June 1998. ## Nematology "Biological Control of Plant-parasitic Nematodes by Neem Products in Agricultural Soil," Akhtar, M. APPL. SOIL ECOL., 7(3), 219-224, March 1998. ## Vertebrate Management "Anthraquinone Protects Rice Seed from Birds," Avery, M.L., et al. CROP PROT., 17(3), 225-230, May 1998. ## "Efficacy of Common Protection Devices in Preventing Night-time Damage of Cabbage Crops by Spot-billed Ducks in Japan," Lane, S.J., and H. Higuchi. INTL. JRNL. OF PEST MAN., 44(1), 29-34, January-March 1998. ## "The Control of Rodent Damage in Australian Macadamia Orchards by Manipulation of Adjacent Non-crop Habitats," White, J., et al. CROP PROT., 17(4), 353-358, June 1998. ##
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 of forthcoming IPM-related events (conferences, training courses, symposia, etc.) Information collected from, and supplied by, various sources; IPMnet expresses its appreciation to all. New and Revised listings Previous Listed events See also AgNIC's Agricultural Conferences, Meetings, Seminars Calendar
IPMnet Calendar 1. NEW=(N), or REVISED=(R) entries
In 1998 (N) 1-4 October BIOCONTROL FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM, Annual Conference,
Association of Natural Bio-control Producers, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. Contact: ANBP, 10202 Cowan Heights Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA E-mail: maclayb@aol.com Fax/phone: 1-714-544-8295 Web: www.anbp.org (N) 4-7 October 1998 SOCIETY FOR VECTOR ECOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING, College Station, TX, USA. Contact: P. Teel, Dept. of Entomology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843, USA E-mail: pteel@tamu.edu Fax: 1-409-845-6305 Phone: 1-409-845-2516 (N) 4-6 November 21ST ANNUAL MEETING, MEXICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, Rio Bravo, MEXICO. A biocontrol short course will precede the meeting which will include a Technology Expo. Contact: J.S. Bernal, Biological Control Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2475, USA Fax: 1-409-845-7977 E-mail: jsb7473@unix.tamu.edu Phone: 1-409-862-8378 Web: www.inifap.conacyt.mx/eventos.html (N) 19-20 November DEVELOPING & COMMERCIALIZING RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: Technologies and Profitable Business Models Revealed for Resistance Management Strategies, New Orleans, LA, USA. Contact: D. Merchant, GBRL, 151 West 19th St., 8th Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA E-mail:dlgbr@aol.com Fax: 1-916-773-9321 Phone: 1-916-773-3236, ext. 8092 Web: www.global8.com/conference98/rm_cover.html (N) 24-26 November 4TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE TANZANIA ENTOMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, "Challenges of Entomology in Africa in the 21st Century," Morogoro, TANZANIA. Contact: W.R. Mbise, TEA, TPRI, PO Box 3024, Arusha, TANZANIA Fax: 255-57-8217 E-mail: mbise@habari.co.tz In 1999 (N) 16-19 March LATE BLIGHT: A THREAT TO GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY, Quito, ECUADOR. International conference organized by the Global Initiative on Late Blight (GILB). Contact: GILB, CIP, Apartado 1558, Lima 12, PERU E-mail: m.kearl@cgnet.com Fax: 51-1-349-5638 Web: www.cipotato.org (N) 18-19 March SYMPOSIUM ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN THE TROPICS, Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA. Organized by the National Council for Biological Control Malaysia, in collaboration with CAB International. Contact: Symposium Organizing Committee, MARDI, PO Box 12301, 50774 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA E-mail: anwar@mardi.my Fax: 60-03-948-7639 Phone: 60-03-943-7432 Web: www.mardi.my (N) 21 March-3 July 28TH INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: International Agricultural Centre, PO Box 88, 6700AB Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS Fax: 31-317-418552 Phone: 31-317-490353 Web: www.iac-agro.nl (N) 23-25 March CROP PROTECTION IN NORTHERN BRITAIN 1999, Univ. of Dundee, UK. Contact: D.H.K. Davies, CPNB, Crop Systems Dept., SAC, Bush Estate, Penicuik,
Midlothian EH26 0QE, UK E-mail: k.davies@ed.sac.ac.uk In 2000 -0-
IPMnet Calendar 2. PREVIOUSLY LISTED entries for 1998, 1999 and 2000 Current as of September 1998 1998 7-11 September 8TH CONGRESSO IBERICO ENTOMOLOGIA, Evora, PORTUGAL. Contact: D. Figueiredo, CIE, Centro de Ecologia Aplicada, Univ. de Evora, Apartado 94, 7001 Evora Codex, PORTUGAL E-mail: cong@uevora.pt Website: www.cea.uevora.pt/cie.html 14 September ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF RIPARIAN WEEDS WORKSHOP, Loughborough, UK. An AAB 1-day event for those involved in the management of stream, river, or canal banks, and waterbody shores. Contact: M. Wade, Intl. Centre of Landscape Ecology, Dept. of Geography, Loughborough Univ., Loughborough LE11 3TU, UK E-mail: p.m.wade@lboro.ac.uk Fax: 44-01509-223931 Phone: 44-01509-223030 21-24 September SCENTS IN ORCHARDS, IOBC-WPRS meeting on behaviorally active compounds of plant and insect origin, especially from orchard environments, Munich, GERMANY. Contact: P. Witzgall, SLU, Box 44, SE-230 53, Alnarp, SWEDEN E-mail: peter.witzgall@vsv.slu.se 22-25 September 10TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AQUATIC WEEDS, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. Contact: APRH Secretariat, 10th EWRS Aquatic Weed Symposium, Laboratorio Nacional de Engenharia Civil, Avenida do Brasil 101, 1799 Lisboa Codex, PORTUGAL. 23-26 September 4TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON OROBANCHE RESEARCH, Albena, BULGARIA. Contact: K. Wegman, Waldhauserstrasse 37, D-72076 Tubingen, GERMANY Fax/phone: 49-707-164-658 26-29 September 29TH AUSTRALIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY MEETING AND SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA. Contact: S. Brown, ICTE, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, AUSTRALIA E-mail: sally.brown@mailbox.uq.edu.au Phone: 61-7-3365-6360 Website: www.ctpm.uq.edu.au 28 September-2 October 1998 GENRE ET PROTECTION DES VEGETAUX, Training Course/Workshop, Niamey, REP. DU NIGER. Contact: S.B. Sagnia, Centre Regional AGRHYMET/DFPV, BP 12625, Niamey, REP. DU NIGER E-mail: dfpv@sahel.agrhymet.ne Fax: 227-732237 Phone: 227-734758 Website: www.agrhymet.ne 29 September-2 October 6TH AUSTRALASIAN APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY RESEARCH CONFERENCE, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA. Contact: S. Brown, ICTE Conferences, Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, AUSTRALIA E-mail: sally.brown@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Phone: 61-7-3365-6360 Website: www.ctpm.uq.edu.au/Education/AppliedEnto.html 1-4 October BIOCONTROL FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM, Annual Conference, Association of Natural Bio-control Producers, Scottsdale, AZ, USA. Contact: ANBP, 10202 Cowan Heights Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92705, USA E-mail: maclayb@aol.com Fax/phone: 1-714-544-8295 Web: www.anbp.org 4-7 October 1998 SOCIETY FOR VECTOR ECOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING, College Station, TX, USA. Contact: P. Teel, Dept. of Entomology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843, USA E-mail: pteel@tamu.edu Fax: 1-409-845-6305 Phone: 1-409-845-2516 5-8 October FIRST ARGENTINE CONGRESS ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES, Circulos Oficiales de Mar., Sarmiento 1867, Capital Federal, ARGENTINA. Contact: G. Cap, Lab. de Nematologia IMYZA-CICA-INTA, CC 25, 1712 Castelar, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA E-mail: gcap@cica.inta.gov.ar Fax: 54-1-621-0670 Phone: 54-1-621-1683 12-15 October 8TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FIRE BLIGHT, Kusadasi, TURKEY. Contact: H. Saygili, Faculty of Agric., Plant Protection Dept., Univ. of Ege, 35100, Bornova, TURKEY E-mail: fblight8@ziraat.ege.edu.tr Fax: 90-232-388-1864 Phone: 09-232-388-0110, ext. 2743 18-23 October (repeats 25-30 October) HERBICIDE ACTION INTENSIVE COURSE, West Lafayette, IN, USA. In-depth survey of the activity, behavior, and fate of herbicides in plants and the environment. Contact: S.C. Weller, 1165 Horticulture, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN 47907-1165, USA E-mail: weller@hort.purdue.edu Fax: 1-765-494-0391 Phone: 1-765-494-1333 20-23 October 22ND ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN PLANT PROTECTION ORGANIZATION MEETING, Halifax, NS, CANADA. Contact: R. Bast, E-mail: rbast@em.agr.ca Fax: 1-613-228-6606 Phone: 1-613-225-2342 25-29 October REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR APPLIED BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES, Cairo, EGYPT. Plenary sessions, posters, workshops (entomophagous predators, parasitoids, entomopathogenics); official language is English. Contact: S.A. El Arnaouty, Sec-Gen., Center of Biological Control, Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., Giza, EGYPT Fax: 202-570-2134 E-mail: LEC@brainy1.ie-eg.com Phone: 202-569-5686 31 October-4 November JOINT MEETING, ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF CANADA AND QUEBEC, "Today's Basic Research, Tomorrow's IPM," Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, CANADA. Contact: J. Delisle, Centre de Foresterie des Laurentides, 1055 rue du PEPS, Sainte-Foy, QUE. G1V 4C7, CANADA Fax: 1-418-648-5849 E-mail: jdelisle@cfl.forestry.ca Phone: 1-418-648-2526 2-3 November IBC 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSGENIC PLANTS, "Novel Developments in Insect and Disease Resistance," Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA. Contact: IBC, 225 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772-1749, USA E-mail: reg@ibcusa.com Fax:
1-508-481-7911 Phone: 1-508-481-6400 Web: www.ibcusa.com/conf/transgenic 4-6 November 21ST ANNUAL MEETING, MEXICAN SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGICAL CONTROL, Rio Bravo, MEXICO. A biocontrol short course will precede the meeting which will include a Technology Expo. Contact: J.S. Bernal, Biological Control Laboratory, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2475, USA Fax: 1-409-845-7977 E-mail: jsb7473@unix.tamu.edu Phone: 1-409-862-8378 Web: www.inifap.conacyt.mx/eventos.html 8-12 November AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOC. and ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC. OF AMERICA JOINT MEETING, Las Vegas, NV, USA. Contact: C.S. Dacus, APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Rd., St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA Fax: 1-612-454-0766 Phone: 1-612-454-7250 E-mail: corie@scisoc.org 9-27 November RECYCLAGE EN PHYTOPATHOLOGIE APPLIQUEE, Training Course/Workshop, Niamey, REP. DU NIGER. Contact: S.B. Sagnia, Centre Regional AGRHYMET/DFPV, BP 12625, Niamey, REP. DU NIGER E-mail: dfpv@sahel.agrhymet.ne Fax: 227-732237 Phone: 227-734758 Website: www.agrhymet.ne 11-13 November 20TH CONGRESO NACIONAL DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Concepcion, CHILE. Presented by the Sociedad Chilena de Entomologia. Contact: L.E. Parra, Univ. de Concepcion, Casilla 2407, Concepcion, CHILE. E-mail: entomolo@udec.cl Fax: 56-41-244805 Phone: 56-41-204157 Web: www.udec.cl/entomologia/ 16-19 November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 1998, PESTS & DISEASES, Brighton, UK. uontact: 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 Website: www.BCPC.org 19-20 November DEVELOPING & COMMERCIALIZING RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES: Technologies and Profitable Business Models Revealed for Resistance Management Strategies, New Orleans, LA, USA. Contact: D. Merchant, GBRL, 151 West 19th St., 8th Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA E-mail:dlgbr@aol.com Fax: 1-916-773-9321 Phone: 1-916-773-3236, ext. 8092 Web: www.global8.com/conference98/rm_cover.html 24-26 November 4TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE TANZANIA ENTOMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, "Challenges of Entomology in Africa in the 21st Century," Morogoro, TANZANIA. Contact: W.R. Mbise, TEA, TPRI, PO Box 3024, Arusha, TANZANIA Fax: 255-57-8217 E-mail: mbise@habari.co.tz November CONFERENCE ON SOIL HEALTH, "Managing the Biological Component of Soil Quality (with reference to IPM)," Las Vegas, NV, USA. Half-day, informal event (during the ESA-APS joint conference) to discuss which taxa are important, how to quantify them, and how to work with farmers and other clients to apply the resulting knowledge. Contact: M. Zeiss, Crop Protection Department, EAP, Apdo. Postal 93, Tegucigalpa, HONDURAS E-mail: zeiss@eapdpv.sdnhon.org.hn Fax: 504-776-6242 Phone: 504-776-6332
7-9 December 5TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES AND EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, Orlando, FL, USA. Contact: Methyl Bromide Alternatives Outreach, 144 W. Peace River Drive, Fresno, CA 93711-6953, USA Fax: 1-209-436-0692 E-mail: gobenauf@concentric.net Phone: 1-209-447-2127 1999 18-29 January LA PROTECTION CONTRE LES NUISIBLES DES CULTURES MARAICHERES, Training Course/Workshop, Niamey, REP. DU NIGER. Contact: S.B. Sagnia, Centre Regional AGRHYMET/DFPV, BP 12625, Niamey, REP. DU NIGER E-mail: dfpv@sahel.agrhymet.ne Fax: 227-732237 Phone: 227-734758 Website: www.agrhymet.ne 25-28 January WORKSHOP OF THE SEARS/IOBC WORKING GROUP ON GREENHOUSE/PROTECTED CROPS IPM, "Natural Enemy to Biological Control Agent: Evaluating the Process," Sydney, AUSTRALIA. The event is primarily for researchers and IPM practitioners concerned with protected crops. Contact: S. Goodwin, Horticultural Research & Advisory Station, NSW Agriculture, PO Box 581, Gosford NSW 2250, AUSTRALIA E-mail: stephen.goodwin@agric.nsw.gov.au Fax: 61-2-434-81910 Phone: 61-2-434-81929 8-10 February WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, San Diego, CA, USA. Contact: WSSA, J. Breithaupt, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA Fax: 1-913-843-1274 E-mail: jbreith@allenpress.com - - Phone: 1-913-843-1235 18-19 February 2ND ASIA-PACIFIC CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE, Juhu, Mumbai, INDIA. Contact: P.P. Dave, PMFAI, B-4, Anand Co-op Housing Society, Sitladevi Temple Road, Mahim (W.), Mumbai - 400016, INDIA E-mail: pmfai@bom4.vsnl.net.in Fax: 91-22-437-6856 Phone: 91-22-437-5279 (N) 8-10 March INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN IPM: CONCEPTS, RESEARCH, AND IMPLEMENTATION, Raleigh, NC, USA. Aim: to provide a forum for examining emerging technologies and discussing constraints to their development, implementation, and integration into IPM programs. Contact: T. Sutton, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Box 7616, NCSU, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA Website: ipmwww.ncsu.edu E-mail: turner_sutton@ncsu.edu Phone: 1-919-515-6823 16-19 March LATE BLIGHT: A THREAT TO GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY, Quito, ECUADOR. International conference organized by the Global Initiative on Late Blight (GILB). Contact: GILB, CIP, Apartado 1558, Lima 12, PERU E-mail: m.kearl@cgnet.com Fax: 51-1-349-5638 Web: www.cipotato.org 18-19 March SYMPOSIUM ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN THE TROPICS, Serdang, Selangor, MALAYSIA. Organized by the National Council for Biological Control Malaysia, in collaboration with CAB International. Contact: Symposium Organizing Committee, MARDI, PO Box 12301, 50774 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA E-mail: anwar@mardi.my Fax: 60-03-948-7639 Phone: 60-03-943-7432 Web: www.mardi.my 21 March-3 July 28TH INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: International Agricultural Centre, PO Box 88, 6700AB Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS Fax: 31-317-418552 Phone:
31-317-490353 Web: www.iac-agro.nl 23-25 March CROP PROTECTION IN NORTHERN BRITAIN 1999, Univ. of Dundee, UK. Contact: D.H.K. Davies, CPNB, Crop Systems Dept., SAC, Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QE, UK E-mail: k.davies@ed.sac.ac.uk 19-21 May WORLD NEEM CONFERENCE (and Tradeshow), Vancouver, CANADA. Contact: M.B. Isman, Dept. of Plant Science, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, CANADA E-mail: isman@unixg.ubc.ca Fax: 1-604-822-8640 28 June-1 July 11TH EUROPEAN WEED RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM, Basel, SWITZERLAND. Contact: EWRS Symposium 1999, c/o FAW, CH-8820, Waedenswil, SWITZERLAND Fax: 41-62-868-6341 E-mail: Daniel.Gut@wae.faw.admin.ch Phone: 41-1-763-6111 Website: www.res.bbsrc.ac.uk/ewrs/ewrs_symp.html 5-9 July 10TH BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, Bozeman, MT, USA. Contact: N.R. Spencer, USDA/ARS, 1500 North Central, Sidney, MT 59270, USA Fax: 1-406-482-5038 E-mail: nspencer@sidney.ars.usda.gov Phone: 1-406-482-9407 Website: www.symposium.ars.usda.gov/ 25-30 July 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON PLANT PROTECTION, Jerusalem, ISRAEL. Theme: "Plant Protection Towards the Third Millennium - Where Chemistry Meets Ecology." Contact: S. Barnett, Congress Coordinator, PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, ISRAEL E-mail: IPPC@kenes.com Fax: 972-3-514-0077 Phone: 972-3-514-0014 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 29 August-3 September VII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUVENILE HORMONES, Jerusalem, ISRAEL. Contact: S.W. Applebaum, e-mail: jhvii@indycc1.agri.huji.ac.il Website: www.agri.huji.ac.il/~jhii 12-16 September 12TH AUSTRALIAN WEEDS CONFERENCE, Hobart, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA. Contact: Conference Design, PO Box 342, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7006, AUSTRALIA Fax: 61-03-6224-3774 E-mail: mail@cdesign.com.au 15-18 November BRIGHTON CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE 1998, Brighton, UK. Contact: The Event Organization, 8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SWll 3RA, UK E-mail: eventorg@event-org.com Fax: 44-171-924-1790 Phone: 44-171-228-8034 Website: www.BCPC.org November 17TH ASIAN-PACIFIC WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY CONFERENCE, Bangkok, THAILAND. Contact: R. Suwanketnkom, Dept. of Agronomy, Kasetsart Univ., Bangkok 10903, THAILAND
2000 5-10 February WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, Toronto, CANADA. Contact: WSSA, J. Breithaupt, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044, USA Fax: 1-913-843-1274 E-mail: jbreith@allenpress.com - - Phone: 1-913-843-1235 3-6 June XXII BRAZILIAN WEED SCIENCE CONGRESS, Iguassu Falls, PR, BRAZIL. Contact: B.N. Rodrigues; e-mail sbcpd@cnpso.embrapa.br 6-11 June III INTERNATIONAL WEED SCIENCE CONGRESS, Iguassu Falls, PR, BRAZIL. Contact: J.B. Silva; e-mail sbcpd@cnpso.embrapa.br Web Site: www.foztur.com.br/iwsc 20-26 August 21ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, Iguassu Falls, PR, BRAZIL. Contact: D.L. Gazzoni; e-mail gazzoni@cnpso.embrapa.br Web site: www.embrapa.br/ice
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