|
FIRST GENOME SEQUENCE OF A PLANT PATHOGEN IN AFRICA |
|
Prof. Teresa Coutinho
Dept of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)
University of Pretoria
Contact information:
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Pantoea ananatis is the causal agent of bacterial blight and die-back of young eucalypts in South Africa. This bacterium causes spots on the leaves which often coalesce to form larger lesions. Shoot tip die-back may also occur. The disease is particularly problematic in nurseries and mainly on E. grandis x E. nitens clones. |
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Registration for the 2009 conference is now open. Click here for the call and the registration form. The 46th congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP) will be held at Villa Via Hotel, Gordons Bay, South Africa from the 25th to the 28th of January 2009. The 6th congress of the African Mycology Association (AMA) will be a joint meeting with the SASPP congress. A full 3-day congress is expected with the AMA meeting as a session within the SASPP congress. An AMA Workshop is also planned for Saterday, 24 January at the University of Stellenbosch. Details of the workshop will be made available in November.
Besides a stimulating scientific programme, the congress programme will make ample provision for delegates to have informal interaction and for commercial enterprises to participate.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for abstract submission : 15 October 2008
Final registration and full payment : 14 November 2008
Late registration : After 14 November 2008
|
|
|
Home 
