Biocontrol News and Information

September 1997, Volume 18 No. 3

• Editorial
• General News
• Biorational
• Company News
• Internet Round-Up
• Announcements
• New Books
• Conference Reports
• Forthcoming Meetings

Forthcoming Meetings

6-8 October 1997

First International Conference on Parthenium Management - Karnataka, India

Contact: Dr V.C. Patil, Organising Secretary, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad - 580 005, India Tel: +836 348321 ext. 265

Fax: +836 348349

7-11 October 1997

7th International Verticillium Symposium - Cape Sounion, Greece
Contact: R.C. Rowe, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, USA
Email: Rowe.4@osu.edu
Fax: +1 216 263 3841

10-15 October 1997

Microbial Control of Pests in Sustainable Agriculture - Copenhagen, Denmark

Contact: J. Eilenberg, Dept. of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Thorvaldsensvej 40,
DK-1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Email: Per Damgaard@ecol.kvl.dk Tel: +45 35 282660
Fax: +45 35 282670

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

15-17 October 1997

6th Mexican Mycological Conference - Chiapas, Mexico
Contact: Jose E. Sanchez Vasquez, ECOSUR-Tapachula, Apdo Postal 36, Tapachula, Chiapas 30700, Mexico

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

21-23 October 1997

1st Brazilian Meeting on Alternatives to Methyl Bromide in Agricultural Ecosystems - Florianopolis, Brazil
Contact: Dr Juarez Muller (EPAGRI) Tel: +47 346 5244
Fax: +47 346 5255
or Dr Maria Regina Vilarinho de Oliveira (EMBRAPA/Cenargen)
Tel: +61 340 3530
Fax: +61 340 3524

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

3-5 November 1997

Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reduction - San Diego, California, USA
Contact: Methyl Bromide Alternatives Out-reach, PO Box 5377, Fresno, CA 93755, USA
Tel: +1 209 244 4710

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 November 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: diego.gomez.barreda@ivia.es Fax: +34 6 139 0204

3-5 December 1997

5th ANNP (Association Nationale de Protection des Plantes) International Conference on Plant Diseases - Tours, France
Contact: Secretariat de l'ANPP,
6 Boulevard de la Bastille, 75012 Paris, France
Tel: 01 43 44 89 64
Fax: 01 43 44 29 19

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@entsocorg
Tel: +1 301 731 4535
Fax: +1 301 731 4538

9-12 February 1998

Weed Science Society of America Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinois, USA
Contact: WSSA, 1508 W. University Ave., Champaign, IL 61821-3133, USA
Tel: +1 217 352 4212

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

10-12 March 1998

19th German Conference on Weed Biology and Weed Control - Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany
Contact: H.U. Hass, Inst. of Phytomedicine (360), D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany
Email: haashu@uni-hohenheim.de Fax: +49 711 459 2408

7-12 June 1998

2nd International Workshop on Bemisia and geminiviral diseases - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Contact: D. Guy, USDA-ARS,
2120 Camden Road, Orlando,
FL 32803-1419, USA
Email: mailto:rmayer@ix.netcom.com
Tel: +1 407 897 7304
Fax: +1 407 897 7337

9-12 June 1998

Agricultral Biotechnology (Agbiotech) International Conference: The Science of Success - Saskatoon, Canada
Contact: ABIC '98, c/o The Signature Group, 608 Duchess Street, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7K 0R1
Email: signature@eagle.wbm.ca

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, UK
Contact: ICPP98 Congress Secretariat, c/o Meeting Makers, 50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1QE, UK
Email: icpp98@meetingmakers.co.uk
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

6-13 September 1998

4th International Congress of Dipterology - Oxford, UK
Contact: Oxford International, ICD4, Summertown Pavilion, Middle Way, Oxford OX2 7LG, UK
Email: 101475.1765@compuserv.com Fax: +44 1865 511570

29 September - 2 October 1998

6th Australian Applied Entomology Research Conference - Brisbane, Australia
Contact: S. Brown, ICTE Conferences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld. 4072, Australia
Email: sally.brown@mailbox.uq.edu.au
Tel: +61 7 3365 6360
Internet: http://www.ctpm.uq.edu.au

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

9-12 Novemebr 1998

Brighton Crop Protection Conference 1998, Pests and Diseases - Brighton, UK
Contact: The Event Organization,
8 Cotswold Mews, Battersea Square, London SW11 3RA, UK
Email: eventorg@event-org.com
Tel: +44 171 228 8034
Fax: +44 171 924 1790
Internet: http://www.BCPC.org

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

25-30 July 1999

International Plant Protection Congress - Plant Protection Towards the Third Millenium: When Chemistry Meets Ecology - Jerusalem, Israel
Contact: Congress Secretariat, PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel
Email: ippc@kenes.com
Tel: +972 3 514 0000
Fax: +972 3 514 0077 or 517 5674
Internet: http://www.kenes.co.il.IPPC

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

18-22 October 1999

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

7-12 August 2000

The XXI IUFRO World Congress - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contact: Dr Abdul Rahim Nik, Chairman, The XXI IUFRO Congress Organising Committee, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia, Kepong, 52109 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Email: iufroxxi@frim.gov.my
Fax: +603 6367753

20-26 August 2000

21st International Congress of Entomology - Iguassu Falls, Brazil
Contact: D.L. Gazzoni
Email: francovi@sercomtel.com.br
or ice.webmaster@cnpso.embrapa.br Tel: +55 43 3716213
Fax: +55 43 3716100
Internet: http://www.embrapa.br/ice