BSPP Presidential Meeting 2005

Plant Pathology with a Purpose


MONDAY 19th DECEMBER

10.00 – 11.30

REGISTRATION

   

11.30 – 12.30

Garrett Memorial Lecture
Professor John Whipps, Warwick-HRI, Wellesbourne, UK
‘Biological control of soil-borne pathogens’

   

12.30 – 13.30

LUNCH

PH Gregory Competition
(Chair – Matt Dickinson)

13.30 - 13.45

A Coriander conundrum – what is the cause of oedema?
Nathalie King, University of Birmingham

13.45 - 14.00

Strobilurin resistance in Septoria tritici
Faron Jordan, University of Nottingham

14.00 – 14.15

Control of Maize Grey Leaf Spot Disease in Africa
Biswanath Das, Imperial College, London

14.15 – 14.30

Plant-nematode interactions; Implications for the Plant Metabolome
Tim Miller, Scottish Crop Research Institute

14.30 – 14.45

Preliminary investigations into the concept of seed transmission of Coconut Lethal Yellowing Disease phytoplasma
J. Owusu Nipah, University of Nottingham

14.45 – 15.00

Complementation of a bipartite begomovirus movement functions by a DNA β satellite
Muhammad Saeed, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia

15.00 – 15.15

The role of salicylic acid and octadecanoids for pathogen defense in potato
V. A. Halim, Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle/Saale

15.15 – 15.30

A comparison of the mitochondrial and the nuclear genetic structure of field populations of the wheat pathogen Stagonospora nodorum
Rubik J. Sommerhalder, Institute of Integrative Biology, Zürich

   

15.30 – 16.00

TEA / COFFEE

   

SESSION 1 - Fungi, Oomycetes, Population Genetics and Systematics
(Chairs: John Lucas and Dez Barbara)

16.00 – 16.15

Chemical warfare at the Host/Pathogen interface: A fungal perspective
David P. Overy, Technical University of Denmark

16.15 – 16.30

Tracking infection incidence of Phytophthora kernoviae and P. ramorum in woodlands and gardens in south-western England
Sandra Denman, Forest Research Agency, Surrey

16.30 – 16.45

Molecular approaches to understand sclerotial mycoparasitism by Coniothyrium minitans
S. Sreenivasaprasad, Warwick HRI

16.45 – 17.00

Selection for increased cyproconazole tolerance in Mycosphaerella graminicola through local adaptation and in response to host resistance
Jiasui Zhan, Scottish Crop Research Institute

17.00 – 17.15

Epidemiology of Verticillium albo-atrum on tomato nurseries
Vinodh Krishnamurthy, University of Nottingham

17.15 – 17.30

Hopeful Monsters
Emily Clewes, Warwick-HRI

17.30 – 18.00

DISCUSSION

   

TUESDAY 20th DECEMBER

09.00 – 10.00

Presidential Address
Phil E Russell
‘A Commercial Miscellany’

 

10.00 – 10.30

TEA / COFFEE

   

SESSION 2 - Viruses, Phytoplasmas, Bacteria and Nematodes
(Chairs: Nicola Spence and Dawn Arnold)

10.30 – 10.45

Synthesis of genomic and subgenomic RNAs by a membrane-bound RNA-dependent RNA polymerase isolated from oat plants infected with Cereal yellow dwarf virus
R. H. A. Coutts, Imperial College London

10.45 – 11.00

Cloning, Sequencing and Analysis of Coat Protein Gene of Papaya Ringspot Virus in South India
Abdulmunaf Byadgi, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, India

11.00 – 11.15

Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) project in Eastern Africa
C. M. Herron, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Tanzania

11.15 – 11.30

Zero Grazing + Zero Fodder = Zero Dairy
Phil Jones, Global Plant Clinic, Rothamsted Research

11.30 – 11.45

Application of PCR-based detection to aphid borne viruses of strawberries
G.J. Down, East Malling Research

11.45 – 12.00

Dawn Arnold, University of West of England

12.00 – 12.30

DISCUSSION

   

12.30 – 13.30

LUNCH

   

SESSION 3 - Diagnostics, Forecasting, Decision Support and Epidemiology
(Chairs: Ian Barker and Bruce Fitt)

13.30 – 13.45

The diagnosis of plant viruses: it’s an art and a science
Rick Mumford, Central Science Laboratory, York

13.45 – 14.00

Generic system for detection of statutory potato pathogens
Jade Stinson, The University of Manchester

14.00 – 14.15

Forecasting Sclerotinia disease in field grown lettuce
J.P. Clarkson, Warwick HRI

14.15 – 14.30

Prediction of head blight & mycotoxin contamination
P Jennings, Central Science Laboratory, York

14.30 – 14.45

Factors associated with the race compositions of Rhynchosporium secalis in United Kingdom: meta-analyses from historic surveys
Jiasui Zhan, Scottish Crop Research Institute

14.45 – 15.00

Blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea populations on finger millet and rice in Africa reveal contrasting patterns
S. Sreenivasaprasad, Warwick HRI

15.00 – 15.30

DISCUSSION

   

15.30 – 16.00

TEA / COFFEE

   

SESSION 4 – Disease Control (Resistance Breeding, Chemical, Biological and Integrated), and Technology Transfer
(Chairs: Richard Summers, Anne Schmitt and Bill Clark)

16.00 – 16.15

Breeding for resistance to lettuce downy mildew – an alternative approach
D A C Pink, Warwick HRI

16.15 – 16.30

The use of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) extracts singly and in combination with Brevibacillus brevis for biological control of cucumber powdery mildew
E.J. Allan, University of Aberdeen

16.30 – 16.45

Integration of soil pasteurisation and the application of Coniothyrium minitans to control Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Amanda J. Bennett, Warwick HRI

16.45 – 17.00

The extent of natural biocontrol of powdery mildews by hyperparasites
E Topalidou, The University of Reading

17.00 – 17.15

How Trichoderma affect soil microbial diversity
Dr Jose Pascual, Campus Espinardo Murcia Spain

17.15 – 17.30

Slow sand filter bacterial populations associated with removal of oomycete plant pathogens from irrigation water
Paul Hunter, Warwick- HRI

17.30 – 17.45

Informing Crop Health Decisions – a flexible & responsive approach
JA Turner, Central Science Laboratory, York

17.45 – 18.00

DISCUSSION

   

19.00

RECEPTION AND PRESIDENTIAL DINNER

   

WEDNESDAY 21st DECEMBER

   

9.00 - 10.00

POSTERS

   

10.00 – 10.45

Plenary Lecture 1
Professor Graham Jellis, Home Grown Cereals Authority, UK
‘Plant pathology with a purpose’

   

10.45 – 11.15

TEA / COFFEE

   

11.15 – 12.00

Plenary Lecture 2
Dr Wendy Matthews, Food Standards Agency, UK
‘Title to be confirmed’

   

12.00 – 12.30

BSPP Annual General Meeting

   

12.30–14.00

LUNCH AND DEPARTURE