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Biocontrol News and Information
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December 2000, Volume 21 No. 4
Announcements
Are you producing a newsletter, holding a meeting, running
an organization or rearing a natural enemy that you want other biocontrol
workers to know about? Send us the details and we will announce it in BNI.
Pilot in the Caribbean
CAB International in collaboration with the Caribbean
Agricultural Research and Development Institute's (CARDI) Caribbean Agricultural
Information Service and PROCICARIBE'S Caribbean IPM Network have set up a pilot
Knowledge Network for IPM experts in the region. The primary target group is
invited scientists and agriculturists in the Caribbean region, but key resource
people from other geographic regions are also invited to participate to widen
the knowledge base. The information on the network will be largely based on
communications posted by the group's members. The network will solicit and
disseminate the following four types of information:
- Short `keynote' papers on specific subjects, posted with
the objective of stimulating discussion among group members.
- Summary papers of member contributions for each topic
area.
- A `current awareness service' including contents and
abstracts from international and national bibliographic databases, supported
by provision of full text of key documents (copyright permitting) in either
hardcopy or electronic format.
- Announcements of relevant regional/international meetings,
workshops, and courses.
The Internet provides new opportunities for agricultural
research organizations to share and disseminate information. While not everyone
in the Caribbean region yet has Internet access, even rurally-based scientists
are beginning to be connected to email. The demand is growing, and most
governments, recognising its potential, are investing in new information
technology even in a period of economic austerity. Soon, many more scientists
and farmers will be able to access and use email to participate in this kind of
knowledge network. The pilot will therefore be evaluated, and from this
recommendations on the structure and composition of future Knowledge Networks in
the region will be formulated. It is anticipated that the IPM Knowledge Network
will continue in some form, as discussed and agreed among the members.
Contact: Moses Kairo,
CABI Caribbean and Latin American Centre, Gordon Street, Curepe,
Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.
Email: m.kairo@cabi.org
Fax: +1 868 663 2859
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Knapweed Symposium
An international knapweed symposium will be held in Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, USA on 15-16 March 2001, in conjunction with the annual Western
Society of Weed Science meeting. The purpose of the Symposium is to present new
information on the biology, ecology, and management of Centaurea (sensu latu)
species (including spotted knapweed, diffuse knapweed, squarrose knapweed,
Russian knapweed and yellow starthistle). The symposium is sponsored by the
Western Society of Weed Science, in cooperation with the US Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management, USDA Agriculture Research Service, University of
Idaho, Western Weed Coordinating Committee, the Idaho Department of Agriculture,
and DowAgrosciences. For further information see the website at: http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/knapweed/
Contact: Lincoln Smith,
USDA-ARS-WRRC-EIW,
800 Buchanan Street, Albany,
CA 94710, USA
Email: lsmith@pw.usda.gov
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Cuba Hosts Plant Health Seminar
The IVth International Scientific Seminar of Plant Health will
take place in Varadero, Cuba on 11-15 June 2001. The following scientific
meetings will take place:
- IV International Scientific Seminar of Plant Health
- X Latin American Workshop of Whiteflies-Geminiviruses
- 33rd Annual Meeting of the Organization of Nematologists
of Tropical America (ONTA 2001)
- 41st Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological
Society, Caribbean Division (APS-CD 2001)
- VII Symposium of Ant Pests
- II Latin American Congress of the Neotropical Regional
Section of the International Organization for Biological Control
- Workshop for scientific information on plant protection
- International workshop on pests and diseases in banana:
current situation and challenges for the new century (INISAV-CENSA-PROMUSA)
Contact: Dra. Ileana Sandoval,
Calle 110 # 514 e/5ta B y 5ta F. Playa,
CP 11600, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
Email: isandoval@inisav.cu
/ inisav@ceniai.inf.cu
Fax: +53 7 240535
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Practising Biological Control
A conference entitled `The Practice of Biological Control:
Importation and Management of Natural Enemies and Agents will be held on 2-5
August 2001 at Montana State University in Bozeman, USA. Conference details
are given on the website at:
http://opal.msu.montana.edu/conf_services/biocontrol/index.htm
Registration is limited to the first 250 to register.
The symposium is intended for practitioners in all
disciplines of biological control, including entomology, insect pathology,
nematology, plant pathology, and weed science, and is co-sponsored by the
International Organization for Biological Control, Nearctic Regional Section
(IOBC-NRS), the Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy (ESCOP-BCWG)
and the National Biological Control Institute (UDSD-APHIS-PPQ-CPHST-NBCI).
Contact Tim Kring, University of Arkansas - Entomology,
Cralley-Warren Research Laboratories, 2601 N. Young Avenue, Fayetteville,
AR 72704, USA
Email: tkring@comp.uark.edu
Fax: +1 501 575 3348
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Fertility Control
The 5th International Symposium on Fertility Control in
Wildlife will be held on 19-22 August 2001 at the Kruger National Park,
South Africa. Topics covered will include current field applications,
on-going field trials (including those in zoos or sanctuaries), research in
progress (which will form the heart of the symposium), ethical, social,
cultural and political aspects of population control, and regulatory issues.
Contact: 5th International Symposium on Fertility Control in
Wildlife,
c/o Prof Henk Bertschinger,
Department of Reproduction,
University of Pretoria,
Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort 0110, Republic of South Africa
Email: henkbert@op.up.ac.za
Fax: +27 12 529 8314
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Combating Invasive Plants
The 6th International Conference on the Ecology and
Management of Alien Plant Invasions (EMAPi) will be held on 12-15 September
2001 at Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK. The organizers are
circulating a short questionnaire for intending participants to ensure that
the conference will reflect the current interests of alien plant invasion
research.
Contact: Lois Child, Centre Co-ordinator, Centre for
Environmental Studies,
Loughborough University,
Loughborough,
Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK
Email: L.E.Child@lboro.ac.uk
Fax: +44 1509 222558
Internet: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/cens/
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Africa Online
African Journals Online (AJOL 2000) is a website offering
on-line access to the tables of contents and abstracts of articles from some
50 journals in agricultural sciences, science and technology, health and
social sciences, published in Africa.
Internet: http://www.inasp.org.uk/ajol/
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