The International Society for Plant Pathology
The International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP)[edit]
The International Society for Plant Pathology (funded in 1968) promotes the world-wide development of plant pathology and the dissemination of knowledge about plant diseases and plant health management.
About the Society[edit]
The Society sponsors the International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) at regular intervals and other international meetings on plant pathology and closely related subjects. The Society establishes committees to consider and report on special fields or problems in plant pathology. The Society organizes other activities including the publication of journals and newsletters, websites, as approved by the Executive Committee.
Activities[edit]
The general objective of the ISPP is being achieved by:
- Sponsoring an International Congress of Plant Pathology, at intervals of 5 years, and sponsoring other international meetings on plant pathology and related subjects
- Initiating and maintaining international cooperation; establishing committees to consider and report on special fields or problems in plant pathology; using other means as approved by Council
International Newsletter on Plant Pathology[edit]
An official publication of the Society, to inform members of the Society, and others, of the activities of the Society and of related matters. An archive of the Newsletter covering issues published from February 1998 are available on this website.
History[edit]
«My intent in documenting the history of ISPP is to capture its formation and evolution from the contentious beginnings and exemplary first Congress in London in 1968 to the 10th Congress to be held in Beijing in 2013. Therefore, it is organized chronologically around each of the 5-year meetings and includes some interim events. Although not an exhaustively complete collection, it is based on interviews, archive records, and recollections of some of the most important, esteemed, thoughtful, and handsome members of our society (see photos).
I am grateful to those who contributed to this History. The first President of ISPP, Professor R. K. S. Wood, sent me letters describing the origins of the 1st Congress; and Dr. Greg Johnson, the newly elected President of ISPP, has provided valuable resources that he researched. The reports and personal comments by Dr. Peter Scott, President of the 7th Congress in 1998 and leader of the Task Force on Global Food Security, represent a major contribution to ISPP and to this History. Drs. Thor Kommedahl and Brian Deveral, longtime Editors of the Newsletter, also contributed valuable personal comments and archived material. And finally, special thanks to Dr. Jim Cook, who attended all nine of the Congresses and was President of ISPP in 1988, for providing his personal files and comments that are essential to this organization's history». Charlie Delp, ISPP Historian, August 2013.
In 2013 Charlie Delp published the History of the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP)[1], as open and expandable report of the activities from the first ICPP to nowadays.
Objectives and Structure[edit]
Affiliations[edit]
The ISPP is a member of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS), the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), in liaison with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Constituent bodies of the ISPP[edit]
- a General Assembly, convened at each Congress
- a Council
- an Executive Committee
- a Secretariat
- Subject-Matter Committees
Council[edit]
Consists of the Executive Committee and Councillors nominated by Associated Societies (or by nominating bodies in countries with no society of plant pathology) in proportion to the size of their membership.
ISPP Executive Committee (2018 - 2023)[edit]
President[edit]
Professor Jan Leach
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177
Past President[edit]
Dr Greg I Johnson
PO Box 412, Jamison, ACT 2612 Australia
Vice President (Congress):[edit]
Professor Nathalie Poussereau
Claude Bernard University Lyon, Villeurbanne France
Vice President (SMC's)[edit]
Dr Khaled Makkouk
CNRS-Lebanon Beirut, Beyrouth, Lebanon
Secretary[edit]
Professor Brenda Wingfield
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
Treasurer[edit]
Associate Professor Mathews L. Paret
University of Florida USA
ISPP Secretariat 2018 - 2023[edit]
Business Manager[edit]
Andrea Masino
Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
Newsletter Editor[edit]
Dr Daniel Hüberli
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development , Western Australia
Editor in Chief-Food Security[edit]
Dr Serge Savary
Universite Toulouse, INPT, UMR AGIR, F-31029 Toulouse, France
Food Security Task Force Chair[edit]
Professor M. Lodovica Gullino
Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
Web Manager[edit]
Dr Peter Williamson
PO Box 4674, Toowoomba East, QLD, 4350, Australia
ISPP Fellows[edit]
Elected by Council on 20 August 1988 in Kyoto[edit]
- Arthur Kelman dec.
- RKS Wood 1919-2017
Elected by Council on 14 August 1998 in Edinburgh[edit]
- Johannes Dekker dec.
- Chiu Wei Fan dec.
Elected by Council on 26 August 2008 in Torino[edit]
- Chuji Hiruki
- Wenhua Tang
- Peter Scott
- Brian Deverall dec.
- James Cook
- Charles Delp
Elected by Council on 27 August 2013 in Beijing[edit]
- Richard Falloon
- Richard Strange
- Yaacov Katan
Elected by Council on 31 July 2018 in Boston[edit]
- Gloria Abad
- Thomas Evans
- M. Lodovica Gullino
- Michele Heath
- You Liang Peng
- Dov Prusky
- Mauritz Ramstedt
- Paul Teng
- Shinji Tsuyumu
- Peter Williamson
References[edit]
- ↑ Delp, Charlie (2013). "History of the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP)" (PDF). The International Society for Plant Pathology.
External links[edit]
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