Biocontrol News and Information
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December 1997, Volume 18 No. 4

Forthcoming Meetings

1-5 January 1998
1st Brazilian meeting on boll weevil IPM, `Boll Weevil and Plant Protection in South America' - Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Contact: D. C. Costa Filho
Email: dcosta@pobox.com
Fax: +55 85 287 1115
Internet: http://pobox.com/~bicudo

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

17-26 February 1998
Microbial control of soil dwelling pests - Lincoln, New Zealand
Contact: Dr T. A. Jackson, AgResearch, P. O. Box 60, Lincoln, New Zealand
Email: jackson@agresearch.cri.nz
Tel: +64 3 3256900
Fax: +64 3 3252946

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: rmayer@ix.netcom.com
Tel: +1 407 897 7304
Fax: +1 407 897 7337

9-12 June 1998
Agricultural 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

13 July-7 August 1998
5th Annual IIBC International Training Course: Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and Weeds - Ascot, UK
Contact: Stephanie Williamson, Training and Information Officer, International Institute of Biological Control,
Silwood Park,
Buckhurst Road, Ascot,
Berks.
SL5 7TA, UK
Email: s.williamson@CABI.org
Tel: +44 1344 872999
Fax: +44 1344 875007

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://www.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

2-6 November 1998
CBN IV: Cassava Biotechnology Network 4th International Scientific Meeting - Salvador, Brazil
Contact: National Research Center for Cassava and Fruit Crops,
(CNPMF/EMBRAPA),
A. Vilarinhos,
CP 07, Cruz das Almas,
Bahia, Brazil
Email: vila@cnpmf.embrapa.br
Tel: +55 75 721 2120
Fax: +55 75 721 1118
or
National Research Center for Genetic Resources and Biotechnology (CENARGEN/EMBRAPA),
L. Carvalho,
CP 02372,
SAIN Parque Rural,
Brasilia-DF, Brazil
Email: carvalho@cenargen.embrapa.br
Tel: +55 61 340 3564
Fax: +55 61 340 3624
or
Cassava Biotechnology Network (CBN), A. Thro,
c/o CIAT,
Km 17 Recta Cali-Palmira,
AA 6713, Cali, Colombia
Email: a.thro@cgnet.com
Fax (via USA): +1 650 833 6626

8-12 November 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

9-12 November 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

25-30 July 1999
XIVth 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