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June 1, 2005 |
Volume 2, Number 6 |
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Mark your calendars! The 4th Annual Southern Plant Diagnostic Network Meeting
will be held October 27-28, 2005 in Atlanta, GA. More information will follow in the coming months.
Southern Plant
Diagnostic Network 1453 Fifield
Hall Phone: (352) 392-3631 ext
254 Fax: (352)
392-6532 E-mail: We’re on the
Web! Southern Plant Diagnostic Network (SPDN) All Rights Reserved
Editor: Carrie L. Harmon
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Offerings New Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Teleconference June 1 and 15, 2005. This free training opportunity is being coordinated by the North-Central IPM Center. Register and download the PowerPoint presentations ahead of time at http://www.ncipmc.org/phmb/. New Images of Asian soybean rust on hosts other than soybean available now, thanks to M. Bonde, USDA-ARS. Those images and descriptions can be found at http://www.usda.gov/soybeanrust/downloads/soybean_rust_symptoms.pdf. Also, there are new updates at the SPDN Asian soybean rust page. New The May issue of the North Central IPM Center "Connection" is available for viewing at http://ncipmc.org/Connection0505.pdf. You also may access the newsletter from their home page at www.ncipmc.org. New State Pest Management Newsletters, listed by individual southern state by the Southern Region IPM Center can be found at http://www.sripmc.org/Public/news.cfm?USDARegion=Southern&site=NewsAlerts. Training Opportunities Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Training by Teleconference New Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Teleconference June 1 and 15, 2005. This free training opportunity is being offered by the North-Central IPM Center. Download the PowerPoint presentations ahead of time at http://www.ncipmc.org/phmb/. Soybean Rust Identification Short Course New Presently postponed until July, this half-day hands-on workshop will focus on identification of the disease on the plant and scouting techniques for agricultural professionals across the country. Mid-July, 2005 Click here for more information. Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Workshop Pink Hibiscus Mealybug Workshop June 23-24, 2005 in Gainesville, FL. As this workshop is grant-funded, there is no registration fee. Furthermore, a limited number of travel funds for selected participants ($400/participant) are available. Multi-State Tomato Disease In-Service Training and Workshop Multi-State Tomato In-Service Training and Workshop Oct 18-19, 2005 in Quincy, FL. No registration fee for Land Grant Universities personnel and students. Please send your registration info (name, e-mail, business address) by e-mail to Laura Ritchie before October 1, 2005: LSRitchie@ifas.ufl.edu Registration fee is $20 for other participants. First Detector Educator Training Opportunity First Detector Educator training to be held during the National Association of County Agricultural Agents Annual meeting in Buffalo, NY on July 21, 2005. Click here for more information. Pest and Pathogen News
New Disease Reports from around the world available at http://www.bspp.org.uk/ndr/volume.asp. New Disease Reports is an international online journal of the British Society for Plant Pathology.
Annual American Phytopathological Society meeting July 30 - August 3, 2005. Hot issues update -- The Annual Update of Priority National Regulatory Issues symposium will offer the latest information on plant diseases that have had a significant public and environmental impact, including citrus canker, bacterial wilt, plum pox, soybean rust, and sudden oak death. A news conference based on this information will be held Monday, August 1. More information can be found at http://meeting.apsnet.org/default.cfm.
APS Soybean Rust Symposium November 15-16, 2005 in Nashville, TN For more information, click here. This will be a national forum of leaders in state and federal government, grower organizations, researchers, educators, crop consultants, agribusiness, food industry and others to review the U.S. soybean rust strategic plan and coordinated framework in light of knowledge acquired during the first crop season with Asian soybean rust in North America.
USDA Soybean Rust Website: One-stop shopping for tracking, forecasting, and more at http://www.usda.gov/soybeanrust/ |
