The BSPPs Presidential Meeting in December 1996 was Unlocking the Future: information Technology in Plant Pathology, the President at the time being Dr Peter Scott. The meeting was held with the Systematics Association (President: Stephen Blackmore) at the University of Kent and included computer based species identification to mark the 21st Anniversary of the 1975 Symposium on Biological Identification with Computers. Highlights included an open forum 'Biology and Information Technology - the Road Ahead' with Professor Sir Robert May and Professor Peter Cochrane. The book of the conference Plenary session 1 Presidential Address: The incredible pace of change:
Information
Technology in support of plant pathology
Systematics Association keynote paper: Development of computer-based systems in
systematics Plenary session 2 - Handling facts to produce information Handling the information explosion: the challenge of data
management The biological reference system: specifying, keeping track and accessing data on
organisms Keeping pathogens in their place: international plant
quarantine
databases Informatic and experimental approaches to the elucidation
of novel
gene functions Where from here? Parallel session 3A: Support for decision making PC-Plant Protection - a need-based
decision
support system for crop protection in Denmark The use of IT in marker-assisted disease resistance breeding Developing a model of expertise for a
taxonomic expert system
Where from here? Parallel session 3B: Computer-based species identification: Applications I Computer-based keys for botanical
identification Identification of yeasts through computer-based
systems Probabilistic identification systems for bacteria A general structure for biological databases Plenary session 4:
Computer-based species identification Systems for computer-based multi-access keys Archiving biodiversity Images as a basis for identification Garrett Memorial Lecture: Building models of epidemics to help take
decisions A plant virus notebook for IBM-compatible computers Automated ribotyping creates a European article numbering system for
microorganisms Dade Microscan 2.5hr system Investigations into the classification of rhododendron powdery mildew
using molecular biology and scanning electron microscopy MORPH, an integrated forecasting model launcher Species 2000: indexing the world's known species LegumeWeb: access to the world database of legumes APPLESCAB: pest management game Colour analysis of Lepidoptera for species identification DELTA and INTKEY A computerized identification system for poisonous plants and fungi VIDEdB DAINet: an extensive information system for food, agriculture and forestry
on the Internet Identification of trees in Borneo Making books interactive: an electronic experiment The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book The German Phytomedical Society on the Internet - DPG Online Image capture, analysis and archiving as an aid to fungal diagnosis Environmental Management in Agriculture The pictorial computerized identification system BIKEY as a part of the
DIALOBIS biological encyclopaedias on CD-ROM GENCOMEX, a computerized key to identify the genera of Asteraceae of
Mexico Multi-media tools for diagnosing and managing pest and disease problems Computer-based keys for botanical identification GENSTAT for Windows Pl@nteInfo - A WWW-based platform for the dissemination of up-to-date crop
protection information The Crop Protection Compendium ADEM - an integrated disease warning system for apple Parallel session 5A: Passing on information in
education and training Electronic teaching aids for students and practitioners Making books interactive: an electronic experiment Crop protection: information technology and ecosystem health Computer games and other tricks to train field pathologists Where from here? Parallel session 5B: Computer-based species identification:
Applications II Computerized insect identification: a comparison of differing approaches
and problems Modelling taxonomic descriptions for identification GENCOMEX, a computerized key to identify the genera of Asteraceae of
Mexico The BEG Expert System - A multimedia identification system for arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi Session 6: P.H. Gregory paper-reading competition for young
researchers The genetics and pathogenicity of pigment mutants of the take-all fungus Gaeumannomyces
graminis Identification of species of Pestalotiopsis using artificial neural
networks based on spore morphometric data Cloning a gene which encodes a glycoprotein present at the fungal-plant
interface formed in the Colletotrichum - bean interaction Effect of cultivar resistance and metalaxyl treatment on oospore formation
in potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) Stem tip dieback of cassava: identification and virulence of the causal
organism Plenary session 7 Knowledge dissemination Multi-media tools for diagnosing and managing pest and disease problems CD-ROM as a dissemination medium in practice: crop protection case studies
in Africa Networked communications in extension Modern communication needs in agriculture for developing countries Electronic publishing in plant pathology: predicting the unpredictable Parallel session 8A: Interpreting information to produce
knowledge Making sense of variation: taxonomic information systems Building an information system to interpret diversity in Colletotrichum Keeping track of where pathogens are: Geographic Information Systems Integrated information management: a multimedia system for crop protection Where from here? Parallel session 8B: Computer-based species identification:
Novel developments Development of neural networks for identification Automated analysis of insect sounds using TESPAR and expert systems - a
new method for species identification Mixing elements from different identification systems The role of the user in computer-based species identification OPEN FORUM: BIOLOGY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: THE ROAD AHEAD The IT revolution: how it may support or disturb biology Practical and tutorial sessions Everything you always wanted to know about IT but were afraid to
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