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	North and Central America South America Europe Asia and Near East Australia and Pacific Africa North and Central America ===== 2008 ===== 26-31 July * AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Rd., St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA. Email PTrenda@scisoc.org. Fax: 1-612-454-0766. Phone: 1-651-994-3848. http://www.apsnet.org. 13-16 July * AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT SOCIETY 48TH ANNUAL MEETING, Charleston, SC, USA. Contact: Aquatic Plant Management Society, PO Box 821265, Vicksburg, MS 39182-1265, USA. Fax: 1-601-634-2430. http://www.apms.org. 15-27 June * INTERNATIONAL SHORT COURSE IN AGROECOLOGY, IPM, AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, East Lansing, MI, USA. Contact: D. Baributsa, 332 Natural Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48823, USA. Fax: 1-517-353-1888. Phone: 1-517-432-5525. http://www.iia.msu.edu/shortcourse-ipm.html. 23-26 June * 5TH INTERNATIONAL WEED SCIENCE CONGRESS, Vancouver, BC, CANADA. Contact: A.J. Fischer, IWSS, Weed Sci., Plant Sci. Dept., Univ. of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Email AJFischer@ucdavis.edu. Fax: 1-530-752-4604. Phone: 1-530-752-7386. http://tinyurl.com/y306p5. 27-30 May * WEEDS ACROSS BORDERS CONFERENCE, "View from the North," Banff, AB, CANADA. Contact: D. Schoepp, ACCA, #104, 5013 48th St., Stony Plain, AB T7Z 1L8, CANADA. Email DSchoepp@acca.coop. Phone: 1-780-963-3766. http://www.acca.coop/wab/. 23-25 April * 8TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, CUBA. Contact see: http://simposio.ibp.co.cu. 10-13 April * 2ND ANNUAL ARTHROPOD GENOMICS SYMPOSIUM, Kansas City, KS, USA. Contact: D. Merrill, 116 Ackert Hall, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS 66506-4901, USA. Email DMerrill@k-state.edu. Phone: 1-785-532-3482. http://www.k-state.edu/agc. 17-20 March * 23RD VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE, San Diego, CA, USA. Contact see: http://www.vpconference.org/VPC08.htm. 11-13 March * WESTERN SOCIETY OF WEED SCIENCE ANNUAL MEETING, Anaheim, CA, USA. Contact: WSWS, 205 W. Boutz, Bldg. 4, Ste. 5, Las Cruces, NM 88005, USA. Email wsws@marathonag.com. Phone: 1-575-527-1888. http://www.wsweedscience.org. 06-07 March * 4TH ANNUAL NATIONAL (U.S.) SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE CONFERENCE, Tampa, FL, USA. Contact: C. Dacus, APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Rd., St. Paul, MN 55121, USA. Email CDacus@scisoc.org. Fax: 1-651-454-0766. http://tinyurl.com/yqmdo5. 12-14 February * 4TH HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID SYMPOSIUM, Hartford, CT, USA. Contact: D. Souto, USDA FS, 271 Mast Rd., Durham, NH 03824, USA. Email DSouto@fs.fed.us. Fax: 1-603-868-7604. Phone: 1-603-868-7717. 10-13 February * INTERNATIONAL PLANT RESISTANCE TO INSECTS WORKSHOP, Ft. Collins, CO, USA. Contact: F.B. Peairs, 102 Insectary, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO 80523, USA. Email Frank.Peairs@colostate.edu. Phone: 1-970-491-5945. 04-07 February * WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, Chicago, IL, USA. Contact: WSSA, PO Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897, USA. Email wssa@allenpress.com. Fax: 1-785-843-1274. Phone: 1-785-843-1235. http://www.wssa.net. 03-05 February * 42ND ANNUAL AAIE MEETING AND ECOLOGICAL PEST MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA. Contact: B. Rothfuss, Director, Assn. of Applied IPM Ecologists, PO Box 12181, Fresno, CA 93776, USA. Email Bill@directoraaie.net. Phone: 1-559-907-4897. http://www.aaie.net. 28-31 January * SOUTHERN WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, Jacksonville, FL, USA. Contact: SWSS, 1508 W. University Ave., Champaign, IL 61821-3133, USA. Email Raschwssa@aol.com. Fax: 1-217-352-4241. Phone: 1-217-352-4212. http://www.swss.ws. 28-30 January * CALIFORNIA WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, "Everyone Benefits from Weed Control," Monterey, CA, USA. Contact: J. Letterman, PO Box 3073, Salinas, CA 93912-3073, USA. Email manager@cwss.org. Fax: 1-831-442-2351. Phone: 1-831-442-0883. http://cwss.org. 07-08 January * 66TH PACIFIC-NORTHWEST (USA) INSECT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Portland, OR, USA. Contact: D. Thomson, DJS Consulting Services, 3015 SW 109 St., Seattle, WA 98146, USA. Email DThomson@pobox.com. Phone: 1-206-444-5770. http://ipmnet.org/PNWIMC/2008_PNW_Conference_Info.pdf. ===== 2007 ===== 12-14 December * 2007 NATIONAL (U.S.) SOYBEAN RUST SYMPOSIUM, Louisville, KY, USA. Contact: R. Schneider, Dept. of Plant Pathology, 302 Life Sci., Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA. Contact: Email RSchneider@lsu.edu. http://www.apsnet.org/online/sbr/. 09-12 December * ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNUAL MEETING, San Diego, CA, USA. Contact: ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115, USA. Email meet@entsoc.org. Fax: 1-301-731-4538. http://www.entsoc.org. 03-04 December * 2007 NATIONAL FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT FORUM, Kansas City, MO, USA. Contact: S. Canty, USWBSI-NFO, 380 Plant-Soil Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824-1325, USA. Email scabusa@scabusa.org. Fax: 1-517-353-3955. Phone: 1-517-290-5023. http://www.scabusa.org/forum07.html. 27-30 November * 5TH CANADIAN WORKSHOP ON FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT, Winnipeg, MB, CANADA. Contact: Email AtekauZ@agr.gc.ca. 27-29 November * 1ST INTERNATIONAL PHYTOPHTHORA CAPSICI MEETING, Islamorada, FL, USA. Contact: H. Tyson. Email HTyson@doce.ufl.edu. Fax: 1-352-392-5437. Phone: 1-352-392-1701, x239. http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/pcap/. 27-29 November * CANADIAN WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, Mont-Tremblant, QC, CANADA. Contact: D.L. Benoit, Ag/Agri-Food Canada, 430 Boul. Gouin, Saint-jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, CANADA. Email BenoitD@agr.gc.ca. Fax: 1-450-346-7740. Phone: 1-450-515-2010. http://www.cwss-scm.ca/2007_meeting.htm. 14-16 November * 28TH CONGRESO NACIONAL DE LA CIENCIA DE LA MALEZA, Sinaloa, Mazatlan, MEXICO. Contact: G.M. Diaz. Email GeraldMDz@inifap.gob.mx. 11-15 November * 30TH CONGRESO NACIONAL DE CONTROL BIOLOGICAL, "Control Biologico Sin Fronteras," y SIMPOSIO DEL IOBC, Merida, Yuc., MEXICO. Contact: V.A. Sandoval. Email smcb@colpos.mx. http://www.controlbiologico.org.mx. 12-13 November * 4TH SIMPOSIUM INTERNACIONAL DE MALEZA ACUATICA, Sinaloa, Mazatlan, MEXICO. Contact: F.L. Lugo. Email Lopez_Francisco@hotmail.com. 28 October-01 November * MAINTAINING WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ARTHROPOD AND NEMATODE REARING, multi-organizational meeting, Montreal, QUE, CANADA. Contact: M. Burt, 2230 Martin Dr., Tustin Ranch, CA 9278, USA. Email MaclayB2@aol.com. Fax: 1-714-544-8295. Phone: 1-714-544-8295. http://www.anbp.org/joint_meeting.htm. 28-31 October * 13TH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON METHYL BROMIDE ALTERNATIVES, San Diego, CA, USA. Contact: MBAO, 6556 N. Dolores Ave., Fresno, CA 93711-1366. Email GObenauf@agresearch.nu. Fax: 1-559-449-9037. http://www.mbao.org. 24-26 October * 22ND ANNUAL TOMATO DISEASE WORKSHOP, Williamsburg, VA, USA. Contact: C. Anders. Email Charlotte.Anders@vt.edu. Phone: 1-757-363-3930, ext. 303. http://www.cpe.vt.edu/tdw/. 29 September-03 October * 57TH ANNUAL MEETING-JOINT MEETING, ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETIES OF CANADA and SASKATCHEWAN, "Microscale Subjects for Megascale Insects," Saskatoon, SK, CANADA. Contact: D. Hegedus. Email HegedusD@agr.gc.ca. http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/science/ess/ESS-ESC/intro.html. 10-12 September * CONVERGENCE OF GENOMICS AND THE LAND GRANT MISSION: EMERGING TRENDS IN THE APPLICATION OF GENOMICS IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, West Lafayette, IN, USA. Contact: S. Yaninek. Email Yaninek@purdue.edu. http://www.entm.purdue.edu/conference/. 12-19 August * 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ROOT AND BUTT ROTS OF FOREST TREES, Berkeley, CA, USA. Contact: A. Smith, ESPM-ES, 137 Mulford Hall, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Email MSSmith@nature.berkeley.edu. Fax: 1-510-643-5436. http://nature.berkeley.edu/IUFRO2007/rootrot/. 06-09 August * INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADJUVANTS FOR AGROCHEMICALS, "Adjuvants in Our World," Columbus, OH, USA. Contact: J. Hazen. Email Jim.Hazen@akzonobel-chemicals.com. http://www.isaa-online.org/isaa2007.htm. 07-09 August * INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, MANAGING VERTEBRATE INVASIVE SPECIES, Fort Collins, CO, USA. Contact: K.A. Fagerstone. Email Kathleen.A.Fagerstone@aphis.usda.gov. Phone: 1-970-266-6000. http://tinyurl.com/2av6cd. 28 July-01 August * AMERICAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, San Diego, CA, USA. Contact: APS, 3340 Pilot Knob Rd., St. Paul, MN 55121-2097, USA. Email PTrenda@scisoc.org. Fax: 1-612-454-0766. Phone: 1-651-994-3848. http://www.apsnet.org. 15-18 July * 47TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (U.S.), Nashville, TN, USA. Contact: AQPMS, PO Box 821165, Vicksburg, MS 39182, USA. http://www.apms.org/2007/2007.htm. 17-29 June * INTERNATIONAL SHORT COURSE IN AGROECOLOGY, IPM, AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, East Lansing, MI, USA. Contact: K.M. Maredia, IIA, 416 Plant/Soil Sci. Bldg., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Email KMaredia@msu.edu. Fax: 1-517-432-1982. Phone: 1-517-353-5262. 24-29 June * FUSARIUM LABORATORY WORKSHOP, Manhattan, KS, USA. Contact: J.F. Leslie, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Kansas State Univ., Throckmorton Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-5502, USA. Email JFL@ksu.edu. Fax: 1-785-532-5692. Phone: 1-785-532-1335. http://www.plantpath.ksu.edu/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=623. 17-21 June * 7TH CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE ENTOMOLOGIA y 42ND CONGRESO NATIONAL DE LA SOCIEDAD MEXICANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Acapulco, MEXICO. Contact: C. Luna L. Email CLuna63@hotmail.com. http://www.iztacala.unam.mx/sme/congreso.html. 10-14 June * 2007 PLANT CANADA CONFERENCE, Saskatoon, Sas., CANADA. Includes sessions on plant pathology and weed science. Contact: K. Bailey, Agric./Ag-Food Canada, 107 Science Pl, Saskatoon, Sas. S7N 0X2, CANADA. Email BaileyK@agr.gc.ca. Fax: 1-306-956-7247. http://www.plantcanada.ca/2007.htm. 03-07 June * 9TH WORLD CONGRESS ON PARASITIC PLANTS, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Contact: J. Westwood, Plant Path., 401 Latham Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0331, USA. Email Westwood@vt.edu. Fax: 1-540-231-7477. Phone: 1-540-231-7519. http://www.cpe.vt.edu/wcopp/. 01-03 June * 25TH NATIONAL (US) PESTICIDE FORUM, "Changing Directions in a Changing Climate: Solutions for Health and the Environment," Chicago, IL, USA. Contact: Beyond Pesticides, 701 E St. SE, #200, Washington, DC 20003, USA. Email info@beyondpesticides.org. Fax: 1-202-543-4791. Phone: 1-202-543-5450. http://www.beyondpesticides.org/forum/. 07-09 May * INVASIVE ARTHROPOD WORKSHOP, Clemson, SC, USA. Contact: A. Hodges, Entomology/Nematology Dept., Univ. of Florida, PO Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611-0620, USA. Email ACHodges@ufl.edu. Fax: 1-352-392-0190. Phone: 1-352-392-1901, ext. 199. http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/arthropod/. 18-20 April * 7TH NATIONAL (U.S.) STORED PRODUCT IPM TRAINING CONFERENCE, Stillwater, OK, USA. Contact: T. Phillips, 127 Noble Resch. Ctr., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. Email Tom.Phillips@okstate.edu. Fax: 1-405-744-6039. http://www.ento.okstate.edu/spipm/. 15-19 April * 2ND INTERNATIONAL LYGUS BUG SYMPOSIUM, Pacific Grove, CA, USA. Contact: P.B. Goodell, KAC, 9240 Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648, USA. Email IPMpbg@uckac.edu. Fax: 1-559-646-6593. Phone: 1-559-646-6515. http://conferences.ucdavis.edu/lygussymposium. South America ===== 2008 ===== 24-29 August * 22ND CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE ENTOMOLOGIA, Uberlandia, MG, BRAZIL. Contact: Minasplan Ltda., Rua Frederico Nogueira 130, Grajau 30430-640, Belo Horizonte, MG, BRASIL. Email entomologia@minasplan.com.br. Phone: 55-31-3371-3377. http://www.entomologia2008.com.br. 11-22 August * CURSO TALLER INTERNACIONAL SOBRE MANEJO DE PLAGAS DEL CAFÉ CON ENFASIS EN LA BROCA DEL CAFÉ, Chinchina, COLOMBIA. Contact: A.E. Bustillo. Email Alexe.Bustillo@cafedecolombia.com. 16-18 July * 35TH CONGRESO SOCOLEN, Cali, COLOMBIA. Contact: Email congresosocolen2008@gmail.com. http://www.socolen.org.co. 04-08 MAY * 26TH CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DA CIENCIA DAS PLANTAS DANINHAS, and 18TH CONGRESO DE LA ASOCIACION LATINOAMERICANA DE MALEZAS, Belo Horizonte, MG, BRAZIL. Contact: Secretaria Executiva, Central de Eventos e Promocoes, Av. dos Andradas 2787, Bairro Floresta, 30120-010 Belo Horizonte, MG, BRAZIL. Email contato@fariavasconcelos.com.br. ===== 2007 ===== 13-16 November * 20TH CONGRESO VENEZOLANA DE FITOPATOLOGIA, Yaracuy, VENEZUELA. Contact see: http://www.sovefit.org. 01-06 October * 28TH CONGRESO, ASOCIACION COLOMBIANA DE FITOPATOLOGIA Y CIENCIAS ALFINES, Cali, Palmira, COLOMBIA. Contact: Direccion Oficinas, Calle 37A, No. 27-33, Palmira, Valle, COLOMBIA. Email ascolfi@telesat.com.co. Fax: 57-092-275-0557. http://www.telesat.com.co/ascolfi/. 01-04 October * V ENCONTRO BRASILEIRO DE ECOLOGIA QUIMICA, Londrina, PR, BRAZIL. Contact see: http://www.cnpso.embrapa.br/ebeq/evento_p.php. 24-28 September * WORKSHOP, "BIOSAFETY OF GM CROPS AND THE EVOLUTION OF REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES, Belo Horizonte, MG, BRAZIL. Contact: L. Oda, ANBio, Nilo Pecanha 50, Grupo 2114-Edificio De Paoli, Centro, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20044-900, BRAZIL. Email LOda@uol.com.br. Fax: 55-21-221-48580. http://www.icgeb.org/MEETINGS/CRS07/BRASept07.pdf. 25-27 July * 34TH CONGRESO SOCOLEN (SOCIEDAD COLOMBIANA DE ENTOMOLOGIA), Cartagena, COLOMBIA. Contact: J.Hernandez D. Email John.HernandezDoria@gmail.com. http://www.socolen.org.co/congreso/congreso.php. 30 June-04 July * 10TH SICONBIOL, SIMPOSIO DE CONTROLE BIOLOGICO, "Inovar para Preservar a Vida," Brasilia, BRAZIL. Contact: Siconbiol, Caixa Postal 02372, Brasilia DF 70770-900, BRAZIL. Email siconbiol@cenargen.embrapa.br. Fax: 61-3340-3624. Phone: 61-3448-4700. http://siconbiol.cenargen.embrapa.br. Europe ===== 2008 ===== 03-05 September * ENTO 08, ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY NATIONAL MEETING, Plymouth, Devon, UK. Contact: P. Smithers, School of Biol. Sci., Univ. of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Devon PL4 8AA, UK. 01-03 September * 6TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON GRAPEVINE TRUNK DISEASES, Florence, ITALY. Contact: L. Mugnai, Depto. di Biotech. Agrairie, P.le delle Cascine 28, 50144 Firenze, ITALY. Email Laura.Mugnai@unifi.it. http://tinyurl.com/6x38qn. 30 August-02 September * 10TH INTERNATIONAL _Fusarium_ WORKSHOP, and _Fusarium_ GENOMICS WORKSHOP, Alghero, Sardinia, ITALY. Contact: INBB Fusarium Workshop Office. Email fusarium2008@inbb.it. Phone: 39-0-635-340153. http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?dpcod=9850. 24-29 August * 9TH CONGRESS, INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR PLANT PATHOLOGY, Torino, ITALY. Contact: ACTA, Via Caboto, 44, 10129 Torino, ITALY. Email info@icpp2008.org. Fax: 39-011-590833. Phone: 39-011-591871. 23-24 August * 3RD INTERNATIONAL _Phytophthora_ AND _Pythium_WORKSHOP, Turin, ITALY. Contact: J.L. Phillips, Dept. of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695-7616, USA. Email JLPhill2@ncsu.edu. Fax: 1-919-515-7716. Phone: 1-919-462-9288. http://tinyurl.com/yvqLbv. 20-22 August * 4TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RHIZOCTONIA, Berlin, GERMANY. Contact see: http://rhizoctonia.org/. 03-07 August * 41ST ANNUAL MEETING, SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY (SIP), and 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON _Bacillus thuringiensis_, Coventry, UK. Contact: SIP, 8904 Straw Flower Dr., Knoxville, TN 37922, USA. Email sip@sipweb.org. Fax: 1-865-690-8231. Phone: 1-865-690-8231. http://www.ent.iastate.edu/sip/2008. 21-25 July * 6TH SYMPOSIUM OF EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ACAROLOGISTS (EURAAC2008), Montpellier, FRANCE. Contact: Email euraac2008@supagro.inra.fr. http://www.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/Montpellier2008. 21-25 July * 6TH SYMPOSIUM OF EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ACAROLOGISTS, Montpellier, FRANCE. Contact: S. Kreiter, Organizing Committee, UMR 1062 CBGP, Montpellier SupAgro, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, FRANCE. Email euraac2008@supagro.inra.fr. Fax: 33-0-49-961-2900. http://www.montpellier.inra.fr/CBGP/Montpellier2008/index.php. 07-08 July * 10TH INTERNATIONAL FRESENINUS AGRO CONFERENCE, BEHAVIOR OF PESTICIDES IN AIR, SOIL AND WATER, Mainz, GERMANY. Contact: U.-S. von Schumann, Die Akiademie Fresenius, Alter Hellweg 46, 44379 Dortmund, GERMANY. Email USVSchumann@akademie-fresenius.de. Fax: 49-231-75896-53. Phone: 49-231-75896-81. http://www.akademie-fresenius.de/agro. 02-06 July * PLANT-MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS 2008, Krakow, POLAND. Contact: K. Turnau. Email pmi2008@eko.uj.edu.pl. http://www.pmi2008.org. 12-14 June * 12TH INTERNATIONAL CONSORTIUM ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CONFERENCE, "The Future of Agricultural Biotechnology: Creative Destruction, Adoption, or Irrelevance?," Ravello, ITALY. Contact: S. Savastano. Email Sara.Savastano@uniroma2.it. Phone: 39-06-7259-5928. http://tinyurl.com/6gwrd2. 02-04 June * EPPO/CoE WORKSHOP - HOW TO MANAGE INVASIVE PLANTS? THE CASE STUDIES OF _Eichhornia crassipes_ AND_Eichhornia azurea_, Merida, SPAIN. Contact: S. Brunel, EPPO/OEPP, 1, rue le Notre, 75016 Paris, FRANCE. Email Brunel@eppo.fr. Fax: 33-1-4224-8943. Phone: 33-1-4520-7794. http://tinyurl.com/yv3Lkf. 25-29 May * HARMONISE THE STRATEGIES FOR FIGHTING _Diabrotica virgifera virgifera_, Gottingen, GERMANY. Contact: S. Vidal. Email info@diabr-act.de. Fax: 49-0-551-391-2105. Phone: 49-0-551-393-730. http://www.diabr-act.de. 21-23 May * 38TH CONGRES DUE GROUPE FRANCAIS DES PESTICIDES, Brest, FRANCE. Contact: G. Durand. Email congres.gfp@idhesa.fr. http://www.gfpesticides.org. 20 May * 60TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CROP PROTECTION, Ghent, BELGIUM. Contact: Fac. of Bioscience Engrg., Ghent Univ., Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, BELGIUM. Email iscp@ugent.be. Fax: 32-0-9-264-6249. Phone: 32-0-9-264-6009. http://www.iscp.ugent.be. 06-10 May * THIRD EUROPEAN WHITEFLY SYMPOSIUM, Almeria, SPAIN. Contact: L. Robertson, EWSN Office, c/o John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. Email events@whitefly.org. Fax: 44-0-1603-450045. Phone: 44-0-1603-450000. http://www.whitefly.org/EWSIII_2007/EWSIII.asp. 21-25 April * IOBC WORKING GROUP MEETING, "Integrated Control in Glasshouses and Outdoor Nursery Stocks," Sint Michielsgestel, NETHERLANDS. Contact: G. Messelink, Wageningen UR Greenhouse Hort., PO Box 20, 2265 ZG Bleiswijk, NETHERLANDS. Email Gerben.Messelink@wur.nl. Fax: 31-174-636-835. Phone: 31-174-636-875. http://www.iobcgreenhouse2008.com. 20-24 April * 12TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VIRUS DISEASES OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, Haarlem, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: E.T. Meekes, Naktuinbouw, PO Box 40, 2370 AA Roelofarendsveen, THE NETHERLANDS. Email isvdop12@wur.nl. http://www.plantenvirologie.nl/isvdop12/. 05-08 April * 9TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON FUNGAL GENETICS, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Contact: Fungal Genetics Ltd., St. Matthew's House, 6 Sherwood Rise, Nottingham NG7 6JF, UK. http://www.ecfg.info. 07-08 April * 1ST MEETING, TEPHRITID WORKERS OF EUROPE, AFRICA, AND THE MIDDLE EAST, "Current Advances in the Ecology of Fruit Flies of Europe, Africa and the Middle East," Palma/Mallorca, SPAIN. Contact: M.A.M. Chueca, Lab. of Zoology, Univ. de les Illes Balears, Cra.de Valldemossa, km 7.5 Palma, Illes Balears, SPAIN. Email Ma.Miranda@uib.es. Phone: 34-97-117-3351. 26-27 February * CROP PROTECTION IN NORTHERN BRITAIN 2008, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Contact: T.D. Heilbronn, 74a Errol Rd., Invergowie, Dundee DD2 5AF, UK. Email Tim@cpnb.org. Phone: 44-0-138-256-2517. http://www.cpnb.org. 18-20 February * 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE AND PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN ORGANIC FRUIT-GROWING, Weinsberg, GERMANY. Contact: J. Kienzle, FOO, Apfelbluetenweg 28, D-71394 Kernen, GERMANY. Email Kienzle@ecofruit.net. Fax: 49-7151-270-0481. Phone: 49-7151-270-0480. http://www.ecofruit.net. 09-11 January * INTERNATIONAL ADVANCES IN PESTICIDE APPLICATION 2008, Cambridge, UK. Contact: Carol, Assn. of Applied Biologists, Warwick, HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK. Email Carol@aab.org.uk. Fax: 44-0-1789-470234. Phone: 44-0-1789-472020. http://www.aab.org.uk. ===== 2007 ===== 11-12 December * 20TH CONFERENCE DU COLUMA Dijon, FRANCE. Contact: AFPP, 42, rue Raymond Jaclard, F-94140 Alfordville, FRANCE. Email afpp@afpp.net. Fax: 33-1-43-44-2919. Phone: 33-1-43-44-8964. http://www.afpp.net. 03-07 December * GLOBAL MINOR USE SUMMIT & TRAINING, Rome, ITALY. Contact: H. Chen. Email HChen@aesop.rutgers.edu. Phone: 1-732-932-9575, ext. 4627. http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/AGPP/Pesticid/JMPR/MinorUseSummit.pdf. 05-06 December * THEORETICAL POPULATION ECOLOGY & PRACTICAL BIOCONTROL - BRIDGING THE GAP, Warwickshire, UK. Contact: Carol, Assn. of Applied Biologists, Warwick, HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK. Email Carol@aab.org.uk. Fax: 44-0-1789-470234. Phone: 44-0-1789-472020. http://www.aab.org.uk. 22-24 November * 9TH CONGRESSO NAZIONALE SOCIETA' ITALIANA NEMATOLOGIA, Florence, ITALY. Contact see: http://www.isza.it. 15-16 November * COLLOQUE SUR LA REDUCTION DES TRANSFERTS DE PRODUITS PHYTOSANITAIRES DAN LES EAUX DE SURFACE, Paris, FRANCE. Contact: AFPP, 42, rue Raymond Jaclard, F-94140 Alfordville, FRANCE. Email afpp@afpp.net. Fax: 33-1-43-44-2919. Phone: 33-1-43-44-8964. http://www.afpp.net. 12-15 November * 1ST MEETING, INTERNATIONAL PHYTOPLASMOLOGIST WORKING GROUP, Bologna, ITALY. Contact: A. Bertaccini, Fac. of Agric., Univ. of Bologna, Viale G. Fanin 44-46, 40147 Bologna, ITALY. Email Bertaccini_A@biblio.cib.unibo.it. Fax: 39-051-209-6723. http://www.mpunion.com. 07-09 November * 11TH CONGRESO SEMh, "La Malherbologia en los Nuevos Sistemas de Produccion Agraria," Albacete, SPAIN. Contact: J.A. Lette, Univ. de Zaragoza, Dept. Agric. y Econ. Agraria, Ctra. Cuarte s/n, 22071 Huesca, SPAIN. Email JAibar@posta.unizar.es. Fax: 34-974-23-9302. Phone: 34-974-23-9417. http://www.semh.net. 05-07 November * IOBC/WPRS WORKING GROUP, "INTEGRATED CONTROL IN CITRUS FRUIT CROPS, Catania, Sicily, ITALY. Contact: G. Siscaro. Email GSiscaro@unict.it. Fax: 39-095-714-7284. http://www.iobc-wprs-citruswg.net. 25-27 October * IOBC/WPRS WORKING GROUP, "INTEGRATED CONTROL IN VITICULTURE," Marsala, Sicily, ITALY. Contact: S. Ragusa. Email Ragusa@iobc-wg-viticulture.org. httP://www.iobc-wg-viticulture.org. 22-23 October * ANNUAL BIOCONTROL INDUSTRY MEETING, Lucerne, SWITZERLAND. Contact: IBMA, M. Guillon, 1 rue de Buckingham, F-64000 Pau, FRANCE. Email mg.pres.ibma@club-internet.fr. http://www.ibma.ch. 16-20 October * 3RD EUROPEAN WHITEFLY SYMPOSIUM, Almeria, SPAIN. Contact: L. Robertson, IWSN/EWSN, John Innes Ctr., Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK. Email events@whitefly.org. Fax: 44-0-1603-450350. Phone: 44-0-1603-450296. http://www.whitefly.org. 15-18 October * 16TH INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONGRESS, Glasgow, UK. Contact: C. Todd, BCPC, 7 Omni Biz. Ctr., Omega Park, Alton, Hampshire GU34 2QD, UK. Email md@bcpc.org. Fax: 44-0-1420-593209. Phone: 44-0-1420-593200. http://www.bcpc.org. 16 October * SCI CONFERENCE, "Crop Protection Technology: The Way Forward for Poverty Reduction in Less Developed Countries?," Glasgow, UK. Contact: L. Copping. Email LCopping@globalnet.co.uk. Phone: 44-0-1799-521369. http://tinyurl.com/n899x. 08-12 October * COURSE, "EVALUATION OF RISK ASSESSMENT DOSSIERS FOR THE DELIBERATE RELEASE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS," Ca'Tron di Roncade, ITALY. Contact: M. Tepfer, ICGEB, Conferences and Meetings, Padriciano 99, I-34012 Trieste, ITALY. Email courses@icgeb.org. Fax: 39-04-022-6555. Phone: 39-040-375-7333. http://www.icgeb.org/MEETINGS/CRS07/BSF2_8_12_October.pdf. 10-12 October * 2ND CONFERENCE ON PRECISION CROP PROTECTION, Bonn, GERMANY. Contact: E-C. Oerke, Nussallee 8, D-53115 Bonn, GERMANY. Email EC-Oerke@uni-bonn.de. Fax: 49-0-228-73-2442. Phone: 49-0-228-73-3341. http://www.bspp.org.uk/meetings/pcp2007.pdf. 10-12 October * IOBC/WPRS WORKING GROUP, "PESTICIDES AND BENEFICIAL ORGANISMS," Berlin, GERMANY. Contact: H. Vogt, BBA, Schwabenheimer Str. 101, D-69221 Dossenheim, GERMANY. Email H.Vogt@bba.de. Fax: 49-0-6221-868-0515. Phone: 49-0-6221-868-0530. 08-10 October * AGRICULTURAL FIELD TRIALS TODAY AND TOMORROW, INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, Stuttgart, GERMANY. Contact: H. Bleiholder. Email H.Bleiholder@t-online.de. 08-10 October * INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, AGRICULTURAL FIELD TRIALS - TODAY AND TOMORROW, Stuttgart, GERMANY. Contact: A. Rapp, Univ. Hohenheim, Inst. for Crop Prod. and Grass. Rsch., Fruwithstrasse 23, 70599 Stuttgart, GERMANY. Email RappA@uni-hohenheim.de. Fax: 49-0711-459 24345. Phone: 49-0711-459-23833. http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/bioinformatik/. 23-28 September * IOBC/WPRS WORKING GROUP, "INTEGRATED PROTECTION OF FIELD VEGETABLES," Oporto, PORTUGAL. Contact: R. Collier, Warwick HRI, Univ. of Warwick, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK. Email Rosemary.Collier@warwick.ac.uk. Fax: 44-24-7657-4500. Phone: 44-24-7657-5066. http://iobc-oportomeeting.up.pt. 24-27 September * 11TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SCALE INSECT STUDIES, Oeiras, PORTUGAL. Contact: M. Branco, Dep. Eng. Florestal, Instituto Sup. de Agronomia, 1349-017 Lisbon, PORTUGAL. Email issis2007@isa.utl.pt. Fax: 351-2-136-45000. Phone: 351-2-136-53382. http://www.isa.utl.pt/dppf/issis/index2.htm. 24-27 September * IOBC WORKING GROUP "INTEGRATED PLANT PROTECTION IN FRUIT CROPS," Sub-Group "Soft Fruits," East Malling, Kent, UK. Contact: J. Cross, East Malling Research, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6BJ, UK. Email Jerry.Cross@emr.ac.uk. Phone: 44-0-1732-843-833. http://www.iobc-wprs.org/events/index.html. 16-21 September * 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARTHROPODS--CHEMICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, Bialka Tatrzanska/Zakopane, POLAND. Contact: D. Konopiska, Fac. of Chemistry, Univ. of Wroclaw, Ul. F.joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wroclaw, POLAND. Email DK@wchuwr.chem.uni.wroc.pl. 20-21 September * FINAL CONFERENCE ON THE _REBECA_ ACTION (Regulation of Biological Control Agents), Brussels, BELGIUM. Contact: R-U. Ehlers, Christian-Albrechts-Univ. of Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald-Str. 9, 24118 Kiel, GERMANY. Email Ehlers@biotec.uni-kiel.de. Fax: 49-431-880-1583. Phone: 49-431-880-4864. http://www.rebeca-net.de/?p=900. 10-14 September * BIODIVERSITY SUPPORTING CROP PROTECTION, Summer School for PhD Students, Volterra, ITALY. Contact: P. Barberi, Land Lab, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Piazza Martiri della Liberta 33, 56127 Pisa, ITALY. Email Barberi@sssup.it. Fax: 39-050-883-512. Phone: 39-050-883-525. http://tinyurl.com/29v7hx. 12-14 September * 9TH WORKSHOP ON SUSTAINABLE PLANT PROTECTION TECHNIQUES IN FRUIT GROWING, Alnarp, SWEDEN. Contact: SuProFruit07, Box 66, 23053 Alnarp, SWEDEN. Email suprofruit07@ltj.slu.se. Fax: 46-40-46-4085. Phone: 46-40-41-4150. http://tinyurl.com/36jkwo. 11-13 September * PLANT NEMATOLOGY WORKSHOP, Belfast, N. IRELAND. Contact: C. Millman, AAB, Warwick HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK. Email Carol@aab.org.uk. Fax: 44-0-1789-470234. Phone: 44-0-1789-472020. http://www.aab.org.uk. 11-12 September * ADVANCES IN VIROLOGY, Greenwich, Kent, UK. Contact: Carol, Assn. of Applied Biologists, Warwick, HRI, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK. Email Carol@aab.org.uk. Fax: 44-0-1789-470234. Phone: 44-0-1789-472020. http://www.aab.org.uk. 05-10 September * INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE RESEARCH INTO BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF APHIDOPHAGOUS INSECTS, "Ecology of Aphidophaga 10," Athens, GREECE. Contact: N.G. Kavallieratos, Lab. of Agric. Entomology, Benaki Phytopath. Institute, 8 Stefanou Delta, 14561, Kifissia, Attica, GREECE. Email Nick_Kaval@hotmail.com. http://www.aphidophaga10.com. 03-05 September * EPPO WORKSHOP ON INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE OF Meligethes spp. (Pollen Beetle) ON OILSEED RAPE, Berlin, GERMANY. Contact: EPPO/OEPP, 1 rue Le Notre, 75016 Paris, FRANCE. Email hq@eppo.fr. Fax: 33-1-4224-8943. Phone: 33-1-4520-7794. http://tinyurl.com/yuy7sy. 29 July-02 August * 13TH SYMPOSIUM ON INSECT-PLANT RELATIONSHIPS, Uppsala, SWEDEN. Contact: Academic Conferences, PO Box 7059, SE-750 07 Uppsala, SWEDEN. Contact: Academic Conferences, PO Box 7059, SE-750 07 Uppsala, SWEDEN. Email sip13@slu.se. Fax: 46-1867-3530. Phone: 46-1867-2084. http://www-conference.slu.se/sip13/index.htm. 21-27 July * 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS, Sorrento, ITALY. Contact see: http://www.mpmi2007.org. 16-18 July * ENTO '07, ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY NATIONAL MEETING and SYMPOSIUM ON AQUATIC INSECTS, Edinburgh, UK. Contact: RES, 41 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HR, UK. Fax: 44-0-20-758-18505. Phone: 44-0-20-758-48361. http://www.ento07.org.uk. 02-06 July * NEW AND OLD POTATO DISEASES IN CHANGING CLIMATE, Hattula, FINLAND. Contact: A. Hannukkala, MTT Agrifood Resch. Finland, Field Crop Prot./Agroeco., R-Bldg., Jokioinen FI 31600, FINLAND. Email Asko.Hannukkala@mtt.fi. Fax: 358-3-4188-2584. Phone: 358-3-4188-2550. 17-21 June * Bacillus -- ACT 2007, (B. anthracis, B. cereus, and B. thuringiensis) Oslo, NORWAY. Contact: A-B. Kolsto, Biosci., Univ. of Oslo, PO Box 1068 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, NORWAY. Email AnneBKo@biotek.uio.no. Phone: 47-2-285-6923. http://bacillus-act07.uio.no/act07/. 18-21 June * 14TH EUROPEAN WEED RESEARCH SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM, Hamar, NORWAY. Contact: P. Barberi, SSSUP, Piazza Martiri della Liberta 33, IT-56127 Pisa, ITALY. Email Barberi@sssup.it. Fax: 39-050-883-215. Phone: 39-050-883-449. http://tinyurl.com/yehxyv. 04-15 June * INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON PESTICIDES AND FOOD SAFETY IN IPM, Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: H.A.I. Stoetzer, Wageningen International, PO Box 88, NL 6701 AB Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Email Huub.Stoetzer@wur.nl. Fax: 31-317-495-395. Phone: 31-317-495-353. http://tinyurl.com/yykrf4. 21 May-01 June * INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON IPM POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL INNOVATIONS, Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Contact: H.A.I. Stoetzer, Wageningen International, PO Box 88, NL 6701 AB Wageningen, THE NETHERLANDS. Email Huub.Stoetzer@wur.nl. Fax: 31-317-495-395. Phone: 31-317-495-353. http://tinyurl.com/yykrf4. 23-25 May * IOBC/WPRS WORKING GROUP 'GMOs IN INTEGRATED PLANT PRODUCTION,' "Ecological Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms," Warsaw, POLAND. Contact: J. Romeis, ART, Reckenholzstr. 191, 8046 Zurich, SWITZERLAND. Email Joerg.Romeis@art.admin.ch. Fax: 41-0-44-377-7201. Phone: 41-0-44-377-7299. 22 May * 59TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CROP PROTECTION, Ghent, BELGIUM. Contact: P. Spanoghe, Secretary ISCP, Fac. of Agric. & Appld. Biol. Sci., Ghent Univ., Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, BELGIUM. Email iscp@ugent.be. Fax: 32-9-264-6249. Phone: 32-9-264-6009. http://www.iscp.ugent.be. 14-18 May * WORKSHOP "INTRODUCTION TO RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE DELIBERATE RELEASE OF GMOs: ASSISTING DECISION-MAKING IN A BIOSAFETY FRAMEWORK", Ca' Tron di Roncade, ITALY. Contact: ICGEB, Conferences and Meetings, Padriciano 99, I-34012 Trieste, ITALY. Email icgeb@icgeb.org. Fax: 39-04-022-6555. http://www.icgeb.org/MEETINGS/CRS07/BSF1_14_18_May.pdf. 10-12 May * BEST PRACTICE IN DISEASE, PEST AND WEED MANAGEMENT--STATE OF THE ART, Berlin, GERMANY. Contact: DPG, Messeweg 11/12, D-38104 Braunschweig, GERMANY. Email geschaeftsstelle@dpg.phytomeizin.org. Fax: 49-531-299-3019. Phone: 49-531-299-3213. http://dpg-bcpc-symposium.de. 06-10 May * 15TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MODERN FUNGICIDES AND ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS, Friedrichroda, GERMANY. Contact see: http://www.foto-webdesign.de/nina/index.html. 09-10 May * REGISTRATION OF AGROCHEMICALS IN EUROPE 2007, Brussels BELGIUM. Contact see: http://tinyurl.com/2ncwtz. 22-27 April * 12TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS, Montpellier, FRANCE. Contact: Email Andy.Sheppard@csiro-europe.org. http://www.cilba.agropolis.fr/welcome.html. 16-18 April * RESISTANCE 2007: AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Harpenden, Herts., UK. Contact: Resistance 2007 Conference Secretariat, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 2JQ, UK. Email res.2007@bbsrc.ac.uk. Fax: 44-0-1582-760981. http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/Research/Resistance2007.html. 12-14 March * 7TH WORKSHOP, EUROPEAN WEED RESEARCH SOCIETY, PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL WEED CONTROL, Waren/Muritz, GERMANY. Contact: B. Gerowitt. Email Baerbel.Gerowitt@uni-rostock.de. http://www.ewrs.org/pwc/upcoming_7th_meeting.htm. 01-03 March * MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO STUDY TROPHIC INTERACTIONS: CURRENT PROGRESS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA. Contact: Institute of Ecology, Univ. of Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, AUSTRIA. Email mtisymposium@uibk.ac.at. http://www.entomologentagung2007.at/symposium.php. Asia and Near East ===== 2008 ===== 19-21 May * IPM-COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM WORKSHOP, Manila, PHILIPPINES. Contact: IPM-CRSP, IAO Bldg., Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA 24061-0378, USA. Email ipm-dir@vt.edu. Fax: 1-540-231-3519. Phone: 1-540-231-3516. 03-06 April * 3RD INTERNATIONAL LATE BLIGHT CONFERENCE, Beijing, CHINA. Contact see: http://research.cip.cgiar.org/typo3/web/index.php?id=1925. 18-19 January * 3RD ANNUAL WORKSHOP ON PLANT PROTECTION RELATED ISSUES, Kathmandu, NEPAL. Contact: S.P. Marahatta. Email SharadParasar@yahoo.com. Fax: 977-9841-318-631. Phone: 977-1-552-1359. 08-11 January * 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGROCHEMICALS PROTECTING CROP, HEALTH AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, New Delhi, INDIA. Contact: J. Kumar, Div. of Agric. Chemicals, IARI, New Delhi-110012, INDIA. Email JitendraKumar7@yahoo.com. Fax: 91-11-258-43272. Phone: 91-11-258-43190, ext. 212. http://www.apchne2008.com. ===== 2007 ===== 18-21 December * II ASIAN CONGRESS OF MYCOLOGY AND PLANT PATHOLOGY, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA. Contact: G. Bagyanarayana, Dept. of Botany, Osmania Univ., Hyderabad 500 007, AP, INDIA. Email GBagyan@rediffmail.com. Phone: 91-40-276-82244. 28-30 November * BIOPESTICIDE CONFERENCE, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. Contact: K. Sahayaraj, Org. Secty., Dept. of Adv. Zool. and Biotech., St. Xavier's Coll., Palayamkottai 627 002, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. Email ttn_ksraj@sancharnet.in. Fax: 91-0462-256-1765. Phone: 91-0462-256-0744. 12-23 November * COURSE, "INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS: APPLICATION AND REGULATORY ISSUES," New Delhi, INDIA. Contact: H.S. Narayanan, ICGEB, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi - 110067, INDIA. Email shubha@icgeb.res.in. Fax: 91-11-261-62316. Phone: 91-11-261-67356. http://www.icgeb.org/MEETINGS/CRS07/ND_12_23_November.pdf. 19-21 November * 3RD INTERNATIONAL PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, Lahore, PAKISTAN. Contact: R. Bajwa, Dept. of Mycology/Plant Path., Univ. of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, PAKISTAN. Email chairperson@mpp.pu.edu.pk. Fax: 92-42-923-1187. Phone: 92-42-923-1848-7. http://www.pu.edu.pk/conference/mppl-conference-07.asp. 15-19 October * new information * 10TH INTERNATIONAL PLANT VIRUS EPIDEMIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, "Controlling Epidemics of Emerging and Established Plant Virus Diseases--the Way Forward," Patancheru, INDIA. Contact: P.L. Kumar, ICRISAT, Patancheru 502324, Hyderabad, AP, INDIA. Email admin@ipve2007.net. Fax: 91-40-307-13074. Phone: 91-40-307-13380. http://www.ipve2007.net. 07-12 October * INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NOVEL AND SUSTAINABLE WEED MANAGEMENT IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS, Rehovot, ISRAEL. Contact: Email wgarid@agri.huji.ac.il. http://www.agri.huji.ac.il/aridconference. 02-06 October * 21ST ASIAN PACIFIC WEED SCIENCE SOCIETY CONFERENCE, Colombo, SRI LANKA. Contact: Conference Secretary, Office of the Dean, Fac. of Agric., Univ. of Peradeniya, 20400 Peradeniya, SRI LANKA. Email apwss21@yahoo.com. Fax: 94-812-388041. Phone: 94-812-395100. http://www.apwss21.lk/. 17-19 September * 1ST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CHILI ANTHRACNOSE, Seoul, KOREA. Contact: P. Gniffke, or D-G. Oh. Email anthracnose@k-giz.net. http://www.avrdc.org/anthracnose/index.html. 19-24 August * INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF INSECT BIOTECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY, Daegu, KOREA. Contact: S. Ahn, Congress Manager. Fax: 82-2-3476-8800. Phone: 82-2-3476-7700. http://www.icibi2007.com. 20-24 August * 3RD ASIAN CONFERENCE ON PLANT PATHOLOGY, 'The Role of Plant Pathology in Rapidly Globalizing Economies of Asia,' Yogyakarta, INDONESIA. Contact: Lab. of Plant Bacteriology, Fac. of Agric., Gadjah Mada Univ., Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta-55281, INDONESIA. Email acpp07@yahoo.com. Fax: 62-274-523926. Phone: 62-274-523926. http://www.3rdacpp.com. 07-09 April * INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WEED SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SAFETY, Nanjing, CHINA. Contact: S. Xiaoling, Weed Resch. Lab., Nanjing Agric. Univ., Nanjing 210095, CHINA. Email SXL@njau.edu.cn. Fax: 86-25-843-95117. 21-23 March * 8TH CHINA INTERNATIONAL AGROCHEMICAL AND CROP PROTECTION EXHIBITION, Shanghai, CHINA. Contact: Email shy@agrochemshow.com. http://www.agrochemshow.com. Australia and Pacific ===== 2008 ===== 11-14 August * NEW ZEALAND PLANT PROTECTION SOCIETY CONFERENCE, Paihia, NEW ZEALAND. Contact: K. Froud. Email Karyn.Froud@maf.govt.nz. http://www.nzpps.org/conference.php. 13-18 July * 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF NEMATOLOGY, Brisbane, QLD., AUSTRALIA. Contact: M. Hodda, CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, AUSTRALIA. Email Mike.Hodda@csiro.au. Fax: 61-2-6246-4000. Phone: 61-2-6246-4371. http://www.csiro.au/events/pe4z.html. 10-13 June * 14TH AUSTRALIAN VERTEBRATE PESTS CONFERENCE, Darwin, NT, AUSTRALIA. Contact: On Q Conference Support, PO Box 3711, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, AUSTRALIA. Email info@onqconferences.com.au. Fax: 61-2-6161-4719. Phone: 61-2-6288-3998. http://www.abcon.biz/vertebrate.html. 01-05 June * 4TH PAN PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON PESTICIDE SCIENCE, Honolulu, HI, USA. Contact: V. Beatty. Phone: 1-202-872-4398. http://tinyurl.com/yp9vj4. 18-22 May * 16TH AUSTRALIAN WEEDS CONFERENCE, "Weed Management 2008 - Hot Topics in the Tropics," Cairns, QLD, AUSTRALIA. Contact: 16th AWC Secretariat, PO Box 3873, South Brisbane, QLD 4101, AUSTRALIA. Fax: 61-07-3334-4499. Phone: 61-07-3334-4460. http://www.16awc.com.au. 27-29 March * INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOTIC PLANT INTERACTIONS, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA. Contact: P. Schenk. Email P.Schenk1@uq.edu.au. http://www.uq.edu.au/plants/icbpi/. 10-13 February * AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BIOCONTROL CONFERENCE 2008, "Biocontrol at Work in Australia and New Zealand," Sydney, AUSTRALIA. Contact: L. Pilkington. Email Leigh.Pilkington@dpi.nsw.gov.au. Phone: 61-2-4348-1953. http://www.anzbc2008.org. ===== 2007 ===== 05-07 November * BORERS AND ROTS IN EUCALYPTS, Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA. Contact: Promaco, PO Box 890, Canning Bridge, WA 6153, AUSTRALIA. Email promaco@promaco.com.au. Fax: 61-08-933-22911. Phone: 61-08-933-22900. http://www.promaco.com.au/2007/borers. 03-04 October * 3RD BIENNIAL VICTORIAN WEEDS CONFERENCE, "Earth Wind Fire Water & Weeds," Bendigo, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Contact: Secretary, WSVic, PO Box 987, Frankston, VIC 3199, AUSTRALIA. Email secwssv@surf.net.au. Fax: 61-03-9576-2949. Phone: 61-03-9576-2949. http://www.wsvic.org.au. 24-27 September * 16TH BIENNIAL AUSTRALASIAN PLANT PATHOLOGY SOCIETY CONFERENCE, "Back to Basics: Managing Plant Disease," Adelaide, SA, AUSTRALIA. Contact see: http://www.australasianplantpathologysociety.org.au. 25-27 September * 14TH BIENNIAL NSW WEEDS CONFERENCE 2007, Wollongong, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Contact: Weeds 2007 Secretariat, c/o ICE Australia, 183 Albion St., Sydney, NSW 2010, AUSTRALIA. Email weeds2007@iceaustralia.com. Fax: 61-2-9368-1500. Phone: 61-2-9368-1200. http://www.iceaustralia.com/weeds2007/. 25-27 September * 14TH BIENNIAL NSW WEEDS CONFERENCE, "Weeds, People and Partnerships," Wollongong, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Contact: ICE Australia. Phone: weeds2007@iceaustralia.com. http://www.weeds2007.com.au. 17-21 September * 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF ALIEN PLANT INVASIONS, Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA. Contact: L. Bradley, Conf. Mgr., Congress West Pty., 12 Leura St., Nedlands, WA 6009, AUSTRALIA. Email conwest@congresswest.com.au. Fax: Fax: 61-8-9389-1234. Phone: Phone: 61-8-9389-6906. http://www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/. 14-15 September * 2ND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WEED RISK ASSESSMENT, Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA. Contact see: http://www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/. 10-13 September * 2ND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INVASIVE PLANTS OF MEDITERRANEAN TYPE ECOSYSTEMS, Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA. Contact see: http://www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/. 13-16 August * 60TH NEW ZEALAND PLANT PROTECTION CONFERENCE, Napier, NEW ZEALAND. Contact: S. Reid, Secretariat NZPPS, PO Box 11 094, Hastings, NEW ZEALAND. Email secretary@nzpps.org. http://www.nzpps.org. Africa ===== 2008 ===== 06-11 July * INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ENTOMOLOGY, "Celebrating Entomology: Contributions to Modern Science," Durban, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: G.L. Prinsloo, ARC-PRI, Pri. Bag X134, Queenswood, Pretoria 0121, SOUTH AFRICA. Email PrinslooGL@arc.agric.za. Fax: 27-12-325-6998. Phone: 27-12-304-9560. http://www.ice2008.org.za. 01-03 July * BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR LOCUST CONTROL SYMPOSIUM, Rabat, MOROCCO. Contact: M. Chouibani. Email MChouibani@gmail.com. Phone: 212-61-30-91-04. http://tinyurl.com/3k5ha9. 05-06 April * 2ND CONFERENCE ON VIROLOGY, "Emerging and Exotic Viral Infection--Challenging Threats of Human, Animal and Plant Health," El-Ain, El-Sokhna, Red Sea, EGYPT. Contact: A.E. Aboulata, Plant Path. Resch. Inst., ARC, PO Box 12619, Giza, EGYPT. Email Aboulata_Nady@hotmail.com. Fax: 202-572-8099. Phone: 202-012-806-1577. ===== 2007 ===== 08-11 December * 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY, "Insect Pests and their Impact on National Economy," Cairo, EGYPT. Contact: Entomological Society of Egypt, PO Box 430, Cairo, EGYPT. Email egyentomol@yahoo.com. Fax: 20-2-576-6683. Phone: 20-2-575-0979. http://www.ees.eg.net. 21-26 October * 14TH INTERNATIONAL Botrytis SYMPOSIUM, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: Conferences et al, PO Box 452, Stellenbosch 7599, SOUTH AFRICA. Email Deidre@iafrica.com. Fax: 27-21-883-8177. Phone: 27-21-886-4496. http://academic.sun.ac.za/botrytis2007/index.htm. 22-26 October * 4TH AFRICAN ACAROLOGY SYMPOSIUM / SYMPOSIUM AFRICAIN ACAROLOGIE, Hammamet, TUNISIA. Contact: K.G. Lebdi, INAT, 43 Ave. Charles Nicolle, 1082 Tunis, TUNISIA. Email LebdiGrissa.Kaouther@inat.agrinet.tn. Fax: 261-71-799-391. Phone: 261-71-289-431. http://www.iresa.agrinet.tn/aas/aas.htm. 18-20 September * 17TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE SOILBORNE PLANT DISEASES INTEREST GROUP, Stellenbosh, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: A. Schoeman, ARC-PPRI, Private Bag X5017, Stellenbosch 7599, SOUTH AFRICA. Email SchoemanA@arc.agric.za. Fax: 27-021-887-5096. Phone: 27-021-887-4690. 10-14 September * SYMPOSIUM, RECENT ADVANCES IN BANANA CROP PROTECTION FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS, White River, SOUTH AFRICA. Contact: I. Van den Bergh, Parc Sci. Agropolis II, 34397 Montpellier Cedex 5, FRANCE. Email I.VandenBergh@cgiar.org. Fax: ++33-4-67-610334. Phone: 33-4-67-611302. http://tinyurl.com/26z4as. 13-17 August * "QuECHErS" WORKSHOP (for pesticide residue analysis), Bamako, MALI. Contact: H. Traore, ETQCL, BP 2295, Bamako, MALI. Email HalimatouTraore@yahoo.fr. Phone: 223-224-3344. http://www.wapp.biochem.vt.edu/en/09c-workshops-chem.html. 06 July-05 August * 2ND REGIONAL NEMATOLOGY TRAINING COURSE, Nairobi, KENYA, (Nematology Initiative for Eastern and Southern Africa). Contact: Z. Sibanda. Email MSibanda@ecoweb.co.zw. http://www.africancrops.net/Training/nematology.htm. 11-15 June * 17EME REUNION ET CONFERENCE SCIENTIFIQUE DE L'ASSOCIATION AFRICAINE DES ENTOMOLOGISTES, Dakar, SENEGAL. Contact: Sec. Gen, AAIS, K. Diarra, Univ. C.A. Diop de Dakar, BP 5005, Dakar-Fann, SENEGAL. Email Diarra2812@yahoo.fr.