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June 1997, Volume 18 No. 2

Forthcoming Meetings

6-11 July 1997

21st Brazilian Congress of Weed Science - Caxambu, MG, Brazil

Contact: Dr Joao B. da Silva, EMBRAPA/CNPMS, Cx Postal
151 - 35.701-970, Sete Lagaos,
MG, Brazil
Tel: +031 773 2836

Fax: +031 771 0240

6-25 July 1997

Short Course in Integrated Pest Management - Michigan State University, Michigan, USA

Contact: Dr K. M. Maredia, Institute of International Agriculture,
416 Plant and Soil Science Bldg, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Email: kmaredia@msu.edu
Tel: +517 353 5262
Fax: +517 432 1982

20-25 July 1997

17th International Conference on Coffee Science (ASIC'97) - Nairobi, Kenya
Contact: Dr J. Mburu Njoroge, Secretary General, ASIC'97, PO Box 4 Ruiru, Kenya
Fax: +254 151 54133

31 July-2 August 1997

XVIII Congreso de la Asociacion Colombiana de Fitopatologia y Ciencias Afines - ASCOLFI - Palmira or Cali, Colombia
Contact: Comite Organizador, XVIII Congreso ASCOLFI, Calle 37A No. 27-33 Palmira, Valle, Colombia
Tel: +92 2712244 (2-6 pm)
Fax: +92 2750557

9-13 August 1997

American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting - Rochester, NY, USA
Contact: J. M. Schimml,
Meetings Co-ordinator, APS Headquarters, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St Paul, MN 55121, USA
Email: zzz6882@vz.cis.umn.edu
Tel: +1 612 454 7250
Fax: +1 612 454 0766

10-15 August 1997

Microbial Control of Pests in Sustainable Agriculture - Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact: Jorgen Eilenberg, Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bulowsvej 13, DK-1870 Frb.C., Denmark
Email: peda@kvl.dk
Fax: +45 35 28 26 70

18-21 August 1997

50th New Zealand Plant Protection Conference - Canterbury,
New Zealand
Contact: Don Crabb, Centre for Continuing Education, Lincoln University, PO Box 84, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand
Email: crabbd@lincoln.ac.nz
Fax: +64 3 325 3840

23-29 August 1997

2nd English Language International Nematology Symposium of the Russian Society of Nematologists - Moscow, Russia
Contact: Dr D. J. F. Brown, Scottish Crop Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK
Email: djf.brown@scri.sari.ac.uk
Tel: +44 01382 562731
Fax: +44 01382 562426
or Prof. Dr. V. V. Malakhov, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia
Email: vvm@ malakhov.bio.msu
Tel: +095 939 36 56
Fax: +0951879250

24-30 August 1997

30th Annual Meeting of the Society of Invertebrate Pathology, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Contact: Andrew Keddie, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada
Email: akeddie@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Fax: +1 403 492 1767
or Mark Goettel, Lethbridge Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge, AB T1J 4B1, Canada
Email: goettel@em.agr.ca
Fax: +403 382 3156
or Martin Erlandson, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon Research Centre, 107 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada
Email: erlandsonm@em.agr.ca
Fax: +306 956 7247

September 1997

16th Asian Pacific Weed Science Society Conference - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: Dr Baki Hj. Bakar, Organizing Secretary, 16th APWSS Conference, c/o Botany Department, Universiti Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Email: baki@botany.um.edu.my
Fax: +60 3 7594178

1-4 September 1997

2nd Turkish Weed Science Congress - Izmir, Turkey
Contact: Professor Dr Yildiz Nemli, E. U. Ziraat Fakultesi, Bitki Koruma Bolumu, Bornova/Izmir 35100, Turkey

10-12 September 1997

Entomology 97: `Insect Populations', including the 19th Symposium of the Royal Entomological Society: Insect Populations in Theory and Practice - Newcastle, UK
Contact: The Registrar, Royal Entomological Society, 41 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HR, UK
Email: reg@royensoc.demon.co.uk

22-24 September 1997

II International Open Meeting, Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologiques, Section Regionale Ouest Paleartique, Groupe de Travail `Mouches des Fruits d'Importance Economique' [Fruit Flies of Economic Importance] - Lisbon, Portugal
Contact: M. Isabel Guardado, Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, C. Z. - Divisao de Luta Biologica, Rua da Junqueira 14, 1300 Lisbon, Portugal
Tel: 363 7055 or 4782
Fax: 362 2626

28 September-4 October 1997

12th Meeting of the International Council for the Study of Viruses and Virus-like disease of the Grapevine (ICVG) - Lisbon, Portugal
Contact: Estacao Agronomica Nacional, INIA, 2780, Oeiras, Portugal
Tel: +351 1 4416855/6
Fax: +351 1 4416011

29 September - 3 October 1997

11th Biennial Conference of the Australian Plant Pathology Society - Perth, Australia
Contact: Secretary, APPS Conference, Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture, Baron-Hay Court, South Perth, WA 6151 Australia
Email: apps97@agric.wa.gov.au
Fax: +61 9 367 2625
or
Dr Robert Loughman at above address
Email: roblo@agric.wa.gov.au

12-17 October 1997

9th Latin American Congress of Phytopathology - Montevideo, Uruguay
Contact: Ing. Agr. Carlos Perea, Congress Secretariat, Av. Milan 4703, Montevideo, CP 12900, Uruguay
Tel: +598 2 39 6508
Fax: +598 2 39 6508

13-22 October 1997

11th World Forestry Congress: Forestry for Sustainable Development towards the 21st Century -
Antalya, Turkey
Contact: 11th WFC Organising Committee, Orman Bakanligi, Ataturk Bulvari, No. 153 Bakanliklar, 06100 Ankara, Turkey
Email: abdi-f@servis.net.tr
Tel: 90 312 417 77 24
Fax: 90 312 417 91 60
or
11th WFC Organising Committee, FAO Forestry Department, Via delle Treme de Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy
Email: luis.botero@fao.org
Tel: 39 6 522 550 88
Fax: 39 6 522 551 37
Internet: http://www.FAO.ORG/WAICENT/FAOINFO/FORESTRY/WYFORCONG

20-24 October 1997

21st Annual NAPPO (North American Plant Protection Organisation) Meeting - Seattle,
WA, USA
Contact: Marshall Kirby
Email: mkirby@aphis.usda.gov
Tel: +1 301 734 5261
Fax: +1 301 734 7639

27-31 October 1997

6th Arab Congress of Plant Protection - Beirut, Lebanon
Contact: Dr Wafa Khoury, Arab Society for Plant Protection,
PO Box 113-6057, Beirut, Lebanon
Fax: +961 1 819064

10-13 November 1997

International Symposium on Banana in the Subtropics - Tenerife, Spain
Email: bansubstr@icia.rcanaria.es
Tel: +34 22 476322
Fax: +34 22 476303

17-20 Novemeber 1997

Brighton Crop Protection Conference 1997 - Brighton, UK
Contact: D. V. Alford, ADAS, Brooklands Avenue,
Cambridge CB2 2BL, UK
Tel: +44 1223 455857
Fax: +44 1223 455624

24-26 November 1997

6th National Congress on the Control of Weeds in Integrated Production Systems - Valencia, Spain
Contact: Dr Diego Gómez de Barreda, Departamento de Recursos Naturales del IVIA, Apartado Oficial, 46113 Moncada, Valencia, Spain
Email:
Fax: +34 6 139 0204

13-18 December 1997

Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting - Nashville, TN, USA
Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Suite 300, Lanham, MD 20706, USA Email: pubinfo@entsoc.org
Tel: +1 301 731 4535
Fax: +1 301 731 4538

March 1998

Symposium on Trichogramma and other egg parasitoids - Cali, Colombia
Contact: Dr S. A. Hassan, Institute for Biological Pest Control, BBA, Heinrichstr. 243, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Email: biocontrol.bba@t-online.de
Fax: +49 6151 40790

2-5 March 1998

18th Vertebrate Pest Conference - Costa Mesa, California, USA
Contact: Rex O. Baker, Dept. of Horticulture/Plant and Soil Science, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 W. Temple Ave., Pomona, CA 91768, USA
or
Paul Gorenzel, DANR - North Region, University of California, Davis,
CA 95616-8575, USA
Email:wpgorenzel@ucdavis.edu
or
Desley Whisson, Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis,
CA 95616, USA
Email: dawhisson@ucdavis.edu
Internet: http://www.davis.com/~vpc/welcome.html

4 July 1998

Asia Pacific Conference on Agricultural Technology - Darwin, Australia
Contact: Dr Phil Larkin, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, PO Box 1600 Canberra, A. C. T. 2601, Australia
Email: p.larkin@pi.csiro.au
Tel: +61 6 246 5060
Fax: +61 6 246 5000

19-25 July 1998

INTECOL - 7th International Congress of Ecology - Florence, Italy.
Contact: Almo Farina, Vice-President INTECOL, Secretariat VII International Congress of Ecology, Lunigiana Museum of Natural History, Fortezza della Brunella, 54011 Aulla, Italy
Email:afarina@tamnet.it
Fax: +39 187 420727

2-7 August 1998

25th International Horticultural Congress - Brussels, Belgium
Contact: H. Wilcox,
Dept. of Horticulture,
Ministry of Agriculture,
Bolwerklaan 21, 14th Floor,
B-1210 Brussels, Belgium
Fax: +32 2 211 7209

9-16 August 1998

7th International Congress of Plant Pathology - Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Contact: ICPP98 Congress Secretariat, c/o Meeting Makers, 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QE, UK
Email:
Tel: +44 0 141553 1930
Fax: +44 0 141552 0511
Internet: http://www.bspp.org.uk/icpp98

23-28 August 1998

6th International Mycological Congress - Jerusalem, Israel
Contact: Secretariat, 6th International Mycological Congress, PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61599, Israel
Email: mycol@keynes,eemail.compuserv.com
Tel: +972 3 5140014
Fax: +972 3 5175674/5140077
Internet: http://Isb380.pibio.lsu.edu/ima/index.html

19-23 October 1998

22nd Annual NAPPO (North American Plant Protection Organisation) Meeting - Nova Scotia, Canada
Contact: Ian McDonell
Email:imcdonell@em.agr.ca.
Tel: +613 952 8000
Fax: +613 943 2482

6-10 December 1998

Joint Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society and the Entomological Society of America - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Contact: J. M. Schimml, Meetings Co-ordinator, APS Headquarters, 3340 Pilot Knob Road, St Paul, MN 55121, USA
Email: zzz6882@vz.cis.umn.edu
Tel: +1 612 454 7250
Fax: +1 612 454 0766

6-12 August 1999

Joint Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society and the Canadian Phytopathological Society - Montreal, Canada
Contact: J. M. Schimml, Meetings Co-ordinator, APS Headquarters,
3340 Pilot Knob Road, St Paul,
MN 55121, USA
Email: zzz6882@vz.cis.umn.edu
Tel: +1 612 454 7250
Fax: +1 612 454 0766

25-30 August 1999

International Plant Protection Congress - Plant Protection towards the Third Millenium: When Chemistry Meets Ecology - Jerusalem, Israel.
Contact: Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, PO Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Fax: +972 8 9466768

18-22 October 1999

23rd Annual NAPPO (North American Plant Protection Organisation) Meeting - Guanajuato, Mexoco
Contact: Luis Alberto Aguirre Uribe
Email: preinsor@mail.internet.com.mx
Fax: +52 5 658 0696

20-26 August 2000

21st International Congress of Entomology - Iguassu Falls, Brazil
Contact: D. L. Gazzoni
Email:francovi@sercomtel.com.br Internet: http://www.embrapa.br/ice