IPMnet NEWS November 1998, Issue no. 59 ISSN: 1523-7893 Š Copyright 2005 IPM NEWS --- international IPM news and programs I. IPM NEWS / APPLICATIONS international IPM news and programs Forum Focuses on IPM for Africa An electronic forum established in 1998, AFRIK-IPM, offers a means of networking and information sharing between IPM professionals throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and beyond, according to the sponsor, the IPM Collaborative Research and Support Program (CRSP) at Virginia Tech in the USA. The CRSP is sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development through its Africa Bureau. The forum's primary goal, note co-moderators J-P. Amirault and C. Ssekewa, "is to serve as a communication channel for IPM and related agricultural interests within Africa." AFRIK-IPM is operational in English and French, and is open to all individuals "who have an active interest in promoting IPM research and information dissemination related to Africa," according to its website which can be found at: www.cals.vt.edu/ail/afrik-ipm.htm. Topics covered primarily relate to IPM, but also include discussions concerning the broader field of crop protection. The forum arose in connection with the IPM Communications Workshop: Eastern/Southern Africa, held in Kenya during March 1998, but has been revised and expanded. Individuals use e-mail to join the forum following instructions on the website, or by sending the message "subscribe afrik-ipm" to the e-mail address: LISTSERVE@LISTSERV.VT.EDU leaving the subject line blank. FMI: J-P Amirault, Assistant Coordinator, Africa IPM Link, IPM CRSP, 1060 Litton Reaves Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA Fax: 1-540-231-3519 Phone: 1-540-231-4153 E-mail: amirault@vt.edu, or C. Ssekyewa ipmhort@imul.com CABI Restructures Bioscience Institutes The UK-based CAB International (CABI, formerly the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux) has merged several of its internationally recognized scientific institutes into a new entity, CABI Bioscience, to "better address the needs of the 21st century," according to a recent report. The merged scientific institutesdedicated to entomology, biological control, parasitology, and mycologywill, the report noted, integrate CABI's "worldwide scientific activities in the characterization and utilization of biodiversity, biological pest management, and environmental conservation." While the former International Institute of Biological Control (IIBC) has gone out of existence
and its field stations in the Caribbean, Kenya, UK, Pakistan, Switzerland, and Malaysia have been reconstituted as CABI Bioscience Centres, the director of the new Biological Pest Management (BPM) program within CABI Bioscience said that the overall activity will be strengthened. Writing in the IIBC Annual Report for 1997, the last report to be so titled, director J.K. Waage observed that, "IIBC's former biological control activity will be substantially enhanced by closer co-ordination with biosystematics expertise in nematode, fungal, bacterial, and insect biological control agents" and association with "groups involved in biological management of plant diseases and nematodes and the management of insect pests by entomophilic nematodes." The new BPM program will focus on five areas: biological control of invertebrate pests, weed biological control, biopesticides, biology and management of plant diseases and nematodes, and IPM training and implementation. FMI: J.K. Waage, Biological Pest Management Program, CABI Bioscience UK Center, Silwood Park, Buckhurst Rd., Ascot, Berks. SL5 7TA, UK E-mail: bioscience.ascot@cabi.org Fax: 44-1344-875007 Phone: 44-1344-872999 excerpted from IIBC Annual Report 1997. Areawide Pesticide Reduction Program Honored The Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. government presented its ARS Technology Transfer Award for 1998 to a team of researchers, extensionists, and field personnel participating in a collaborative three-state program that devised and conducted an innovative areawide program to reduce the use of organophosphate pesticides in commercial orchards. ARS Regional Director A.A. Betschart, in announcing the award, said it recognized the effort conducted in key Western U.S. fruit growing states "for successfully implementing the areawide program for suppression of the codling moth which has demonstrated that mating disruption is a viable and sustainable alternative to chemical pest control." The areawide program was devised to apply mating disruption techniques against the codling motha major and highly persistent pest in the targeted orchard areasin a coordinated, contiguous block of land. Results through 1997 revealed dramatic reductions in both pesticide usage and cost per land unit, according to materials filed with the ARS. Both federal and state personnel (from Washington, Oregon, and California), and field representatives were recognized by the ARS award for "a significant level of achievement in transferring technology related to areawide suppression of the codling moth." The program was launched in 1994 and will operate through 1999. Institute Emphasizes IPM Programs From its headquarters at Ibadan, NIGERIA, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) marshals an array of research and organizational IPM programs both locally and worldwide with potential to create a massive impact on global agriculture and related activities. Foremost, IITA serves as the convening organization for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research's (CGIAR or CG) "Systemwide Program on Integrated Pest Management" that involves many of the Group's 16 research organizations situated worldwide plus numerous national programs.
The goal of the systemwide IPM effort is: "To ensure, by encouraging better communication, coordination, and the adoption of more effective approaches, that CG research on integrated pest management (IPM) is more responsive to the needs of IPM practitioners, gains wider recognition, and thereby contributes fully to sustainable agriculture." Within the systemwide framework, several IITA programs involve research on IPM techniques and strategies, such as integrated management of cassava (Manihot esculenta) pests and diseases, integrated management of Striga hermonthica and other parasitic plants, and application of IPM within improved systems to improve several important tropical crops. FMI: Systemwide Program-IPM, IITA, PMB 5320, Ibadan, NIGERIA E-mail: IITA@cgnet.com Fax: 234-2-241-2221 Phone: 234-2-241-2626
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 Mating Disruption Economics Studied Mating disruption to control pest insects in orchards can be viewed as a promising method for reducing usage of organophosphate pesticides used in spraying programs while maintaining pest populations at acceptable levels. Well and good, but what about the important aspect of economics: how do costs of spraying (only) programs and mating disruption programs compare? A farm advisor in an intensive pear (Pyrus communis L.) orchard area of central California offers a brief, factual cost study that, while based on a specific set of circumstances for a particular area and set of conditions, provides an interesting comparison. Farm advisor C. Ingels, reported that in this instance costs were determined to be roughly equal. The main benefit, Mr. Ingels writes, was that mating disruption conserved beneficial insects that could, in turn, help reduce pest management costs for other pests such as mites. He noted that "there is potentially considerable savings in a mating disruption program." excerpted from: PEAR-A-GRAPHS, 45(4), 4-5, October 1998. QUOTES "Integrated pest management (IPM) is a site-specific, multitactic decision-making process for the management of pests that is profitable for the grower, and promotes health and environmental quality." Washington State (USA) Horticultural Association's Tree Fruit IPM Work Group. IPMporium ... Add to the list of vertebrate weed controlling species those in the genus Camelus who, under certain conditions, eat forbs and brushy plants and leave forage grasses for cattle or sheep. ... Scientists have isolated a nematode-resistant gene from tomato that also seems to confer resistance against aphids. ... An international tractor maker offers pressurized cabs with filtered air that, together, allow operators to forego wearing respirators during pesticide application, but still be fully protected. ... Promising tests of spraying a water suspension of kaolin (clay) seemed to deter pest insects
and diseases in orchards and may offer another tactic for fruit tree IPM. 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.
INSECTS, TEMPERATURE, AND IPM A new work, TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY IN INSECTS AND APPLICATION IN INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, explores, analyzes, and describes an array of IPM tools that exploit extreme temperature as a component for managing both pest and beneficial insects. Authors G.J. Hallman and D.L. Denlinger undertook this intriguing work to investigate alternatives to fumigants and as an avenue to reducing pesticide residues. The authors note that the use of temperature to regulate populations "has received little notice in most other IPM tomes." The 311-page, hardbound, 1998 work offers both an overview of heat biophysics as well as a discussion of using temperatures in pest management programs. FMI: Westview Press, Customer Service, 5500 Central Ave., Boulder, CO 80301-2877, USA E-mail: kara.newcomb@harpercollins.com Fax: 1-303-449-3356 Phone: 1-303-444-3541 Website: www.hcacademic.com/westview.html ODE TO IPM, SORT OF A 1998, 230-page softbound publication from the National Resources Defense Council (USA) uses an advocacy journalism, popular style approach to stitch together a summary of nearly two dozen U.S. growers who have either reduced or eliminated the use of pesticides in operations ranging across fruit, vegetable, grain, and fibre production. FIELDS OF CHANGE, "A New Crop of American Farmers Finds Alternatives to Pesticides," by J. Curtis, offers a series of profiles, plus contributed data, and background information, to support the thesis that real people can successfully follow low, or no pesticide use regimes with little, if any, lost yield. The text, curiously, refers to "efficient, chemical-intensive IPM strategies," and associates IPM with "alternative agriculture" thereby inexplicably ignoring its expanding global employment. FMI: NRDC, Publications Dept., 40 West 20th St., New York, NY 10011, USA E-mail: proinfo@nrdc.org Fax: 1-212-727-1773 Phone: 1-212-727-4410 Website: www.nrdc.org/nrdcpro/fppubl.html Publication & CD Notes ** Supplement 21 to the SOUTHWESTERN ENTOMOLOGIST (published in March 1998) presents a series of papers assessing various technologies for attracting and controlling noctuid pests. FMI: Southwestern Entomological Society, 17360 Coit Rd., Dallas, TX 75252-6599, USA ** A new INSECT AND DISEASE CONTROL GUIDE, aimed at the USA, combines two former titles within one softbound cover. FMI: Meister Publishing Co., 37733 Euclid Ave., Willoughby, OH 44094, USA E-mail: icg_circ@meisterpubl.com Fax: 1-440-942-0662 Phone: 1-440-942-2000 Website:
www.meisterpro.com ** INTEGRATED PEST AND CROP MANAGEMENT is a periodic newsletter published by the Plant Sciences Unit at the Univ. of Missouri (USA). While targeted toward a specific state area, the material also has broader implications. It is also linked to an electronic bulletin board. FMI: IPM, 45 Agriculture Building, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA E-mail: agebb@muccmail.missouri.edu Website: www.ext.missouri.edu/agebb/pest/ipmltr/index.htm OTHER RESOURCES HERBICIDES: BAD ADS To spotlight herbicide advertisements that are less than carefully and accurately worded, two Univ. of Iowa (USA) weed scientists have established an "Herbicide Advertisement Hall of Shame" website. The authors note that inclusion "does not imply that the product is not reputable, just that we disagree with the philosophy of the advertisement." The site is located at: www.weeds.iastate.edu/weednews/adhallofshame.htm. FMI: R. Hartzler, ISU Extension Agronomy, 2104 Agronomy Hall, Ames, IA 50011-1010, USA E-mail: x1hart@exnet.iastate.edu Fax: 1-515-294-9985 Phone: 1-515-294-1923 EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS WIRELESS WEATHER STATIONS A U.S. manufacturer of weather information systems has added a wireless model that transmits data from a pre-assembled sensor/transmitter array to a console receiver up to 122 m (400 ft) distant without any wires or direct connections. The sensor can include an anemometer, percipitation collector, plus temperature and humidity sensors. Units are available with either lithium cell (battery) or solar powered. There are additional options for computer links and alarm notification (for preset high or low readings). FMI: Davis Instruments, 3465 Diablo Ave., Hayward, CA 94545, USA E-mail: sales@davisnet.com Fax: 1-510-670-0589 Phone: 1-510-732-9229 Website: www.davisnet.com back to top IPM RESEARCH/TECHNICAL PAPERS --- categories and topics related to IPM II. RESEARCH/TECHNICAL PAPERS research/technical topics related to IPM. IPMnet NEWS will gladly provide the postal mailing address for any first author, or journal, mentioned in the listed titles that follow. Requests for this information can be sent via e-mail to: IPMnetNUZ@bcc.orst.edu. This Month's SELECTED TILES (broadly grouped by pest or tactic categories). General "A Review of the Pest Management Situation in Mango Agroecosystems," Pena, J.E.,et al. PHYTOPAR., 26(2), 129-148, 1998. "Boll Weevil Eradication: Area-Wide Pest Management," Smith, J.W. ANN. OF THE ENTOM. SOC. OF AMER., 91(3), 239-247, May 1998. "Interaction of Paraquat-based Weed Control with Chlorothalonil-based Disease Control in Peanut," Choate, J., et al. JRNL. OF PROD. AGRIC., 11(2), April-June 1998. "Practical Use of Spatial Analysis in Precision Targeting for Integrated Pest Management," Brenner, R.J., et al. AMER. ENTOM., 44(2), 79-101, Summer 1998. "Quantification of Viral Disease Incidence in Corn (Zea mays) as Affected by Johnsongrass
(Sorghum halepense) Control," Eberwine, J.W., et al. WEED TECH., 12(1), 53-63, January-March 1998. "Simulation of Pest Effects on Crops Using Coupled Pest-crop Models: the Potential for Decision Support," Teng, P.S., et al. Pgs 221-266, in: UNDERSTANDING OPTIONS FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION Systems Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural Development, vol. 7; G.Y. Tsuji, et al eds., 1998. Kluwer Academic Publ. Biocontrol "Appraisal of Spinning Disc Technology for the Application of Entomopathogenic Nematodes," Mason, J.M., et al. CROP PROT., 17(5), 453-462, July 1998. "Attempts to Control Potato Late Blight with Cattle Slurry," Holm, S. ACTA AGRIC. SCAND., 47(2), 124- , June 1997. "Biological Control of Crown Gall in Grapevine and Raspberry by two Pseudomonas spp. with a Wide Spectrum of Antagonistic Activity," Khmel, I.A., et al. BIOCON. SCI. AND TECH., 8(1), 23-32, March 1998. "Biocontrol of Selected Soilborne Diseases of Tomato and Pepper Plants," Mao, W., et al. CROP PROT., 17(6), 535-542, August 1998. "Effect of a Co-occurring Aphid on the Susceptibility of the Russian Wheat Aphid to Lacewing Predators," Bergeson, E., and F.J. Messina. ENTOM. EXP. ET. APPLI., 87(1), 109-114, April 1998. "Evaluation of Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Biocontrol of European Corn Borer (Ostrinia nubilalis), on Sweet Corn in Israel," BenYakir, D., et al. PHYTOPAR., 26(2), 101-108, 1998. "Identification and Evaluation of Native Predators of Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in the Mediterranean," Riudavets, J., and C. Castane. ENVIRON. ENTOM., 27(1), 86-93, February 1998. "Season-long Control of Yellow Stem Borer, Scirpophaga incertulas (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by Mating Disruption with the Natural Ratio of Pheromone Components," Cork, A., et al. BULL. OF ENTOM. RESCH., 88(2), 109-116, April 1998. "Tritrophic Analysis of the Coffee (Coffee arabica) Coffee Berry Borer [Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari)] Parasitoid System," Gutierrez, A.P., et al. ANNS. OF THE ENTOM. SOC. OF BRAZIL, 27(3), 357-386, September 1998. Phytopathology "Efficacy of Fungicide Treatments for Control of Common Rust and Northern Leaf Spot in
Hybrid Corn Seed Production," Wegulo, S.N. PLANT DIS., 82(5), 547-554, May 1998. "Transmission Biology of Maize Bushy Stunt Phytoplasma by the Corn Leafhopper (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)," Moya-Raygoza, G., and L.R. Nault. ANNS. OF THE ENTOM. SOC. OF AMER., 91(5), 668-676, September 1998. Weed Management "A Comparison of Auxotrophic and Wild Strains of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Used as a Mycoherbicide Against Californian thistle [sic] (Cirsium arvense), Harvey, I.C., et al. BIOCON. SCI. AND TECH., 8(1), 73-82, March 1998. "A Review of Spectral Properties of Plants and their Potential Use for Crop/Weed Discrimination in Row-crops," Zwiggelaar, R. CROP PROT., 17(3), 189-206, May 1998. "Economic Importance of Managing Spatially Heterogeneous Weed Populations," Lindquist, J.L., et al. WEED TECH., 12(1), 7-13, January-March 1998. "Effects of Pest and Soil Management Systems on Weed Dynamics in Potato," Gallandt, E.R., et al. WEED SCI., 46(2), 238-248, March-April 1998. "The Effects of Intercropping with Beans on Yield and Suppression of Redroot Pigweed Under High Altitude Conditions in Kenya," Itulya, F.M., and J.N. Aguyoh. EXP. AGRIC., 34(2), 171-176, April 1998. Entomology "Bionomics, Host Plant Resistance, and Management of the Legume Pod Borer, Maruca vitrata - a Review," Sharma, H.C. CROP PROT., 17(5), 373-386, July 1998. "Development and Validation of a Fixed-precision Sampling Plan for Estimating Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Density in Cucurbits," Burkness, E.C., and W.D. Hutchison. ENVIRO. ENTOM., 27(2), 178-183, April 1998. "Effect of Insect Predators and a Pyrethroid Insecticide on Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, Population Density," Kidd, P.W., and D.R. Rummel. SOUTHWEST. ENTOM., 22(4), 381-394, December 1997. "Field Efficacy of Botanical Extracts for Controlling Major Insect Pests of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)," Adiroubane, D., and S. Letchoumanane. IND. JRNL. OF AGRIC. SCI., 68(3), 168-170, March 1998. "Influence of Spray Volume and Oil Concentration on the Efficacy of Petroleum Spray Oil Against Myzus persicae (Sulzer)(Hemiptera: Aphididae), Herron, G.A., et al. AUSTRLN. JRNL. OF ENTOMO., 37(1), 70-73, April 1998. "Laboratory Assessment of the Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis on Native Lepidoptera," Peacock, J.W., et al. ENVIRO. ENTOM., 27(2), 450-457, April 1998. "Multiple Stored-product Insect Pheromone Use in Pitfall Traps," Dowdy, A.K., and M.A. Mullen. JRNL. OF STORED PROD. RESCH., 34(1), 75-81, January 1998.
"Performance of a Lepidopteran Pest Complex (Langosta)(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Sorghum, Maize, and Noncrop Vegetation in Honduras," Portillo, H.E., et al. ENVIRON. ENTOM., 27(1), 70-79, February 1998. Nematology "Effects of Temperature and Nitrogen Source on Tomato Genotypes Response to Meloidogyne incognita Infection," Melakeberhan, H. FUND. AND APPL. NEMA., 21(1), 25-32, January-February 1998. "Effect of the Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Steinernema feltiae and S. carpocapsae, on the Potato Cyst Nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, in Pot Trials," Perry, R.N.,et al. BIOCON. SCI. AND TECH., 8(1), 175-180, March 1998. Vertebrates "Efficacy of Brodifacoum to Control House Mice, Mus domesticus, in Wheat Crops in Southern Australia," Brown, P.R., and G.R. Singleton. CROP PROT., 17(4), 345-352, 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 was collected from, and supplied by, various sources; IPMnet expresses appreciation to all. NOTE: this issue of the NEWS contains both Calendar 1, (events new to the Calendar, or containing revised information) and Calendar 2 (Previously Listed Events). Additional information can be found at the website: www.IPMnet.org. New and Revised listings Previously Listed events, for 1999 only See also AgNIC's Agricultural Conferences, Meetings, Seminars Calendar
IPMnet Calendar 1. NEW=(N), or REVISED=(R) entries only
In 1998 0 In 1999 (N) 15-18 March 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PLANT PROTECTION IN
THE TROPICS, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. Contact: I. Hashim, c/o C.I.P.U., RRIM Exp. Station, 47000 Sg. Buloh Selangor, MALAYSIA E-mail: drismail@lgm.gov.my Fax: 60-3-6576745 (N) 16 March MANAGING BENEFICIAL ORGANISMS IN PRACTICAL INTEGRATED CROP MANAGEMENT, London, UK. Will review the use, management and acceptance by growers, food processors, and supermarkets of beneficials in practical systems. Contact: SCI, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8PS, UK Fax: 44-171-235-7743 E-mail: conferences@chemind.demon.co.uk Phone: 44-171-598-1563 (N) 22-27 March INTEGRATED PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN PROTECTED CULTIVATION, International Postgraduate Course, Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: International Training Centre, WAU, POB 8130, 6700 EW Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS Fax: 31-317-426547 E-mail: gerald.a.fonteijn@secr.phlo.wau.nl Phone: 31-317-484092 (N) 6-7 April IPM IN OREGON: ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS, Corvallis, OR, USA. Includes two U.S. national IPM leaders: H. Coble, weed scientist and former National U.S. IPM Coordinator M. Fitzner, National U.S. IPM Program Leader. Contact: Integrated Plant Protection Center, Oregon State Univ., 2040 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA E-mail: shenkm@bcc.orst.edu Fax: 1-541-737-5080 Phone: 1-541-737-3541 (N) 12-16 April 7TH SYMPOSIUM ON PLANT VIRUS EPIDEMIOLOGY, Aguadulce, Almeria, SPAIN. Contact: A. Fereres, CCMA-CSIC, Serrano 115 dpdo, 28006 Madrid, SPAIN E-mail: ebvaf22@fresno.csic.es Website: www.staff.uiuc.edu/~afereres/epicong.html Fax: 34-1-564-0800 (N) 25-29 October SPRAY OILS BEYOND 2000: SUSTAINABLE PEST & DISEASE MANAGEMENT, Sydney, AUSTRALIA. Contact: A. Frost, Hawkesbury Technologies, UWS Hawkesbury, PO box 415, Richmond, NSW 2753, AUSTRALIA E-mail: a.frost@uws.edu.au Fax: 61-02-4570-1520 Website: www.hawkesbury.uws.edu.au/events/sprayoils Phone: 61-02-4570-1690 (N) 12-16 December ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, Atlanta, GA, USA. Contact: Z.B. Mayo, Dept. of Entomology, 202 Plant Industry Bldg., PO Box 830816, Lincoln, NE 68583-0816, USA E-mail: zmayo1@unl.edu Fax: 1-402-472-4687 Phone: 1-402-472-8703 In 2000 0
IPMnet Calendar 2. PREVIOUSLY LISTED entries for 1998, 1999 and 2000 Current as of
November 1998 1998 11 November NATIONAL IPM NETWORK (USA), Las Vegas, NV, USA. Contact: R.E. Stinner, NSF Center for IPM, 1017 Main Campus Dr., Suite 1100, North Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA E-mail: CIPM@ncsu.edu Fax: 1-919-513-1114 Phone: 1-919-515-1648 Website: ipmwww.ncsu.edu/cipm/ 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 9-11 December 17TH COLUMA INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON WEED CONTROL, Dijon, FRANCE. Contact: C. Duboscq, ANPP, 6 Boulevard de la Bastille, F.75012 Paris, FRANCE E-mail: anpp@anpp.asso.fr Fax: 33-1-43-44-29-19 Phone: 33-1-43-44-89-64 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 15-18 February 1ST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WEED RISK ASSESSMENT, Adelaide SA, AUSTRALIA. Contact: J. Virtue, GPO Box 1671, Adelaide SA 5001, AUSTRALIA Fax: 61-08-8303-9559 E-mail: virtue.john@pi.sa.gov.au Phone: 61-08-8303-9502 Website: www.pir .sa.gov.au/about_pisa/weedwatchPR.shtml 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/ 19-23 July INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASO. Combined: 1st Meeting of the Entomological Society of Burkina Faso, and 13th Meeting of the African Association of Insect Scientists. Contact: D. Traore, Station de Farako-ba, 01 BP 910 Bobo-Dioulasso 01, BURKINA FASO E-mail: dtraore@fasonet.bf Fax: 226-97-09-60 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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