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NewsPresident’s Message/Mot duPrésident

As I write this note, it's early morning. I'msitting in my favourite chair in the livingroom, with a good cup of coffee at myelbow, drowsy, thoughtful, and content.It's quiet - a peaceful oasis before thestart of another chaotic day just prior tothe holidays. I realize how much I have tobe grateful for - job, family, and friends.

My job can be stressful and hectic, butafter all these years I still feel that it is aprivilege to work in science - anopportunity to make a difference (howeversmall) that is open to only a few. I want totake this opportunity to wish you andyours success and happiness in 2007, andto encourage each of you to seize thatopportunity and make a difference.

I’m pleased to report that the CPS Board istaking action to address the large annualbudget deficit that has been projected forthe next few years. First, the Treasurer(Dilantha Fernando) will work with ourauditors to improve our financial reportingsystem. These changes will improve ourability to track expenses by project - weneed to know what each major activity/project costs in order to plan effectively.Page charges for CJPP will increase by $5

Bruce GossenCPS-SCP President/

Président


per page in 2007, and the Board will bringa proposal for a modest increase inmembership fees to the annual meetingfor discussion and (hopefully) approval bythe membership. Several other smallchanges have been made or are underdiscussion that together should reducethis deficit in the coming years. Althoughwe are still in a deficit position, we’removing in a positive direction.

One of the items from the Strategic Planthat has generated a lot of comment iselectronic submission of manuscripts. Theeditorial board of CJPP is looking into anautomated manuscript processing system(likely expensive!). However, the SeniorEditor(ZamirPunja) hasasked me toremindeveryonethat authorscan savetime bysubmitting manuscripts electronically (seecurrent Instruction to Authors). One of themost important ways to speed upmanuscript publication is for each of youto agree to act as a reviewer when asked,and to return the reviewed manuscriptpromptly. As with the rest of our society,CJPP functions because CPS membersvolunteer and make it happen.

I have attended a number of CPS regionalmeetings this fall, and have enjoyedseeing the diversity of activities andresearch that is going on across thecountry. Through its Strategic Plan, CPS iscommitted to continuing to build on thesuccess of regional meetings. The Boardwants to encourage the development andgrowth of our regional groups by providingsupport for special events such as guestspeakers and symposia at regionalmeetings. Also, we hope that workshops toprovide training opportunities (e.g., aimedat members from industry) will become aregular feature at regional and national

meetings. I encourage the organizers ofupcoming meetings to contact theTreasurer with detailed requests forsupport of these functions.

To highlight the activities and successesof our regional groups, the CPS Board hasasked the webmaster (Lakkhdar Lamari)to develop a template for a web page(s) foreach regional group. The page shouldinclude meeting notices, minutes,proceedings, and pictures, but could alsoinclude notification of scholarships andbursaries, grant application forms anddeadlines, information about localizeddisease outbreaks, etc. I'm looking forwardto seeing several pages go up early in

2007, andhope thateachregionalgroup willhave theirown page bythe end ofthe year.

One of the positive characteristics ofalmost all of the meetings that I'veattended this year (national and regional)has been the active involvement ofgraduate students. As an example, twostudents from Guelph have brought aproposal to the Board to pull together astudent e-bulletin. They are currentlylooking for volunteer contributors andcollators (see the description in this issueof CPS-SCP News). This is a terrificinitiative, and I encourage students (andtheir supervisors) to get behind it andcontribute to its success.

Scanned versions of historic volumes ofthe Canadian Plant Disease Survey haverecently been made available on thewebsite. At present, volumes going back tothe 1960s have been uploaded, and morewill be added as scanning is completed.This material is available as the result ofco-operation between CPS and PMRA. Inaddition, Gayle Jesperson and Robin

“I have attended a number of CPS regional meet-ings this fall, and have enjoyed seeing the diver-sity of activities and research that is going on

across the country. ”


Morrall have almost completed a detailedtable of contents for CPDS that goes backto the 1940s. This will increase theaccessibility of the information in thesevolumes.

Another item that will be soon beavailable on the CPS website is anarchive of the Pest ManagementResearch Report. This publication wasnearly lost with the demise of CARC andthe Expert Committee System thatoccurred in 2006. As a result of promptaction from the Science PolicyCommittee, CARC transferred the PMRRarchives to CPS. The call letter for thePMRR was sent out in December 2006under the auspices of CPS. The mandateof this small publication has beenbroadened substantially in recent years. Iurge each member to submit an article tothe 2006 edition, to contribute to thesuccess of this publication.

Don't forget to mark your calendars forthe annual national CPS meeting, whichwill be held in conjunction with PlantCanada June 10 – 14, 2007 in Saskatoon.Details (registration fees, deadlines,formats, etc.) will be available on thePlant Canada website (accessed via a linkon the CPS website) early in January.

Although there are many more issuesbeing addressed and actions beingcontemplated, this particular missive hasgone on long enough. Once again, onbehalf of the Board, I wish you all thebest in 2007.

J’écris cette note à une heure matinale.Je suis assis dans mon fauteuil favori dansla salle de séjour, une bonne tasse de caféà mes côtés, somnolent, pensif et satisfait.C’est calme – une oasis paisible quiprécède le début d’une autre journée follejuste avant la période des Fêtes. Jeréalise à quel point je suis choyé – parmon emploi, ma famille et mes amis. Ilpeut arriver que mon travail soit stressantet mouvementé, mais, après toutes cesannées, je crois encore que c’est unprivilège de travailler en sciences – c’estl’occasion de changer des choses (mêmepetites); une chance que peu de gens ont.J’en profite pour vous souhaiter, ainsi qu’àvos proches, du succès et du bonheur en2007, et pour encourager chacun de vous àsaisir la chance de changer des choses.

Je suis heureux de vous informer que leConseil d’administration de la SCP a prisdes mesures pour s’attaquer à l’importantdéficit budgétaire qui a été annoncé pourles quelques prochaines années. D’abord,le trésorier (Dilantha Fernando) travaillerade concert avec nos vérificateurs pouraméliorer notre système de rapportsfinanciers. Ces changements faciliterontle suivi des dépenses par projet – nousavons besoin de savoir combien chaqueactivité ou projet coûte de façon à mieuxplanifier. Les frais de page du CJPP serontmajorés de 5 $ par page en 2007 et leConseil soumettra à l’assemblée annuelle,pour discussion et approbation (je l’espère)par les membres, une proposition pouraugmenter légèrement la cotisation.Plusieurs autres changements mineursont été faits ou font l’objet de discussionset devraient, ensemble, contribuer àréduire le déficit dans les années à venir.Même si nous sommes toujoursdéficitaires, nous allons dans la bonnedirection.

La soumission électronique desmanuscrits est un des éléments du Planstratégique qui a soulevé le plus decommentaires. Le comité de rédaction duCJPP examine un système de traitement


automatique des manuscrits(vraisemblablement dispendieux!).Cependant, le Directeur scientifique(Zamir Punja) m’a demandé de rappeler àchacun que les auteurs peuvent épargnerdu temps en soumettant leurs manuscritspar voie électronique (voir les actuellesRecommandations aux auteurs). Un des plusimportants moyens pour accélérer lapublication d’un manuscrit, c’estd’accepter d’examiner un manuscritlorsqu’on vous le demande et de leretourner sans tarder une fois révisé.Tout comme pour les autres activités denotre société, le CJPP fonctionne grâce auvolontariat des membres.

Cet automne, j’ai assisté à quelquesréunions régionales de la SCP, et c’estavec plaisirque j’aiconstaté ladiversité desactivités etdesrecherchesqui sedéroulent àtravers le pays. Par son Plan stratégique,la SCP s’est engagée à continuer àexploiter le succès des réunionsrégionales. Le Conseil désire encouragerle développement et la croissance de nosgroupes régionaux en leur fournissant unsoutien pour des évènements spéciauxlors de réunions régionales comme desprésentations par des conférenciersinvités et des colloques. De plus, nousespérons que des ateliers visant laformation pratique (p. ex., destinés auxmembres provenant de l’industrie)deviendront une caractéristique desréunions régionales et nationales.J’encourage les organisateurs desréunions à prendre contact avec letrésorier et à soumettre des propositionsdétaillées en vue d’un soutien pour cesactivités.

Afin de mettre en évidence les activités etles succès de nos groupes régionaux, le

Conseil de la SCP a demandé auwebmestre (Lakkhdar Lamari) dedévelopper un modèle pour une ou despages Web pour chaque groupe régional.La page devrait inclure les avis deréunion, les procès-verbaux, les comptesrendus et des photos, et pourrait aussiinclure des annonces de bourses d’études,des formulaires de demande desubvention et les dates limites, desinformations sur des épidémies locales,etc. J’espère que plusieurs pages verrontle jour tôt en 2007 et que chaque grouperégional aura sa propre page avant la finde l’année.

Un des bons côtés de presque toutes lesréunions auxquelles j’ai assisté cetteannée (nationale et régionales) fut

l’implicationdesétudiantsdiplômés.Par exemple,deuxétudiants deGuelph ontacheminé

une proposition au Conseil lui demandantde se joindre à eux pour mettre sur piedun e-bulletin étudiant. Ils sontactuellement à la recherche decollaborateurs volontaires (voir ladescription dans le présent numéro duCPS-SCP News). C’est une initiativeformidable; j’encourage les étudiants (etleurs superviseurs) à partager cette idéeet à contribuer à sa réussite.

Depuis peu, une version numérisée desanciens volumes de l’Inventaire desmaladies des plantes au Canada estdisponible sur notre site Web.Actuellement, les volumes allantjusqu’aux années 1960 ont été téléverséset d’autres seront ajoutés à mesure que lanumérisation sera complétée. Cematériel est disponible grâce à lacoopération entre la SCP et l’ARLA. Deplus, Gayle Jesperson et Robin Morrall ontpresque complété une table des matières

<<Cet automne, j’ai assisté à quelques réunionsrégionales de la SCP, et c’est avec plaisir quej’ai constaté la diversité des activités et des

recherches qui se déroulent à travers le pays.>>


détaillée du CPDS qui recule jusqu’auxannées 1940. Elle augmenteral’accessibilité de l’information contenuedans ces volumes.

Un autre produit sera bientôt disponiblesur le site de la SCP; ce sont les numérosarchivés du Pest Management ResearchReport. Cette publication fut presqueperdue à la suite de la fermeture, en2006, du CRAC et de son système decomités d’experts. Grâce à la réactionrapide du Comité de la politiquescientifique, le CRAC a transféré à la SCPles archives du PMRR. La lettre d’appelpour le PMRR fut envoyée en décembre2006 sous les auspices de la SCP. Lemandat de cette petite publication a étéconsidérablement élargi ces dernièresannées. J’exhorte chaque membre àsoumettre un article pour l’édition de2006, afin de contribuer au succès decette publication.

N’oubliez pas d’inscrire à votre agenda laréunion annuelle nationale de la SCP quisera tenue conjointement avec PlantCanada du 10 au 14 juin 2007 àSaskatoon. Les détails (fraisd’enregistrement, échéances, formats,etc.) seront disponibles sur le site Web dePlant Canada (accessible via un hyperliensur le site Web de la SCP) tôt en janvier.

Même s’il y a eu plusieurs autresquestions abordées et actions envisagées,la présente missive est suffisammentlongue et je m’arrête ici. Encore une fois,au nom du Conseil, je souhaite à tous unebonne année 2007.

Regional Meetings

CPS British Columbia Regional MeetingReport 2006

The BC regional meeting was held atAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s PacificAgriculture Research Centre,Summerland on October 23-24. Therewere over 50 attendees with a total of 20talks and eight posters covering topics ongenomics, varietal resistance, bio-control,chemical control, fungi, viruses, yeast andnematodes. We had a very competitivestudent paper competition, with awardsgoing to Geoff M. White, Faculty of Landand Food Systems, University of BritishColumbia (supervisor Dr. D. Rochon), forfor his talk entitled, “Does 14-3-3 assist inthe infection cycle of cucumber necrosisvirus?” (3rd place = $50); SyamaChatterton, Dept. of Biological Sciences,Simon Fraser University (supervisor Dr. Z.Punja), for her talk entitled, “Mechanismsof biological control of Fusarium root andstem rot on greenhouse cucumber byGliocladium catenulatum.”(2nd place = $75);and Guangzhi Zhang, Dept. of Botany,University of British Columbia (supervisorDr. H. Sanfaçon) for his talk entitled,“Evidence that the X2 protein of tomatoringspot virus is a membrane anchor forthe viral replication complex.” (1st place =$100). Awards were made possible by a$150 contribution from the CanadianPhytopathological Society, supplementedby $75 from attendees’ registration fees.

We were fortunate to have exceptionaltalks presented by our two guest speakers,on modelling systems for global climatechange (Dr. Denise Neilsen) and newtechniques in tree fruit pathology (Dr. BobSpotts). For those who attended thebanquet and heard Bob Spotts’s talk onAlaskan grizzlies in Katmai National Park,don’t forget to book your adventurevacation this year!


Many thanks to Dan O’Gorman, whochaired the Summerland organizingcommittee. Dan would like to thankeveryone who helped in putting themeeting together, with very special thanksto Sarah Stokes and Paula Haag who keptthings moving along smoothly.

At the business meeting on Oct. 23, wewere delighted to welcome Dr. BruceGossen, CPS President, who explained thechallenges and opportunities facing oursociety in the coming years, including thereason for minor increases in publicationand membership fees. Dr. Gossen outlinedthe goals of the new 5-Year StrategicPlan, including development of a Canadian“Plant Health Network”. Discussion of theuse of BC CPS Regional investment fundswas tabled until the 2007 meeting whenmore members are expected to be present.A “2010 Committee” chaired by Tom Forge,with assistance from Karen Bedford andGayle Jesperson was struck to beginplanning for the National CPS Meeting inBC in 2010.

Dr. Zamir Punja could not be present butconveyed an invitation to host the next

2006 Annual Meeting of the PlantPathology Society of Alberta

The 27th Annual Meeting of the PlantPathology Society of Alberta (PPSA) washeld from November 7-9, 2006 at theLister Conference Centre, University ofAlberta, in Edmonton. A total of 53research, industry and extensionpersonnel from throughout Albertaregistered for the meeting, as did severalout-of-province plant pathologists,including Dr. Mary Ruth McDonald(University of Guelph, Guelph, ON) andDr. Bruce Gossen (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK). In additionto presenting a research poster, Dr.Gossen attended the meeting in hiscapacity as President/Président of theCanadian Phytopathological Society/LaSociété Canadienne de Phytopathologie,and provided an update on CPS/SCPactivities during the plenary session.

The registered participants received in-depth information on the latest researchand disease survey findings through 16oral presentations and 16 posters. A totalof 6 oral papers and 7 posters werepresented by students from the Universityof Alberta, the University of Lethbridge,and Winston Churchill High School/AAFCLethbridge. These were judged by a panelconsisting of Mary Ruth McDonald, BruceGossen and Mike Harding in order tochoose winners of the Best Student OralPresentation and Best Student PosterAwards. The Best Oral PresentationAward was won by Ms. Kelley Dunfield, for

Guangzhi Zhang, Dept. of Botany,University of British Columbia, 1st place

student paper competition, CPS BCregional meeting

regional meeting at Simon FraserUniversity in Burnaby in October, 2007,which was unanimously accepted.

Report submitted by: J. Elmhirst, CPS BCRegional Representative and D.O’Gorman, 2006 BC Regional MeetingChair


her oral paper entitled Characterization ofPR 10.4 transgenic Brassica napus(supervisor: Dr. N. Kav, University ofAlberta). The winner of the Best PosterAward was Mr. Yue Liang, for his posterentitled Proteome-level changes in Brassicanapus infected by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum(supervisors: Drs. N. Kav and S.E.Strelkov, University of Alberta). Anhonourable mention was given to Mr.Brent Puchalski, for his poster Fungalproteins involved in the interaction betweenwheat and the snow mold fungus (supervisor:Dr. A. Laroche, AAFC Lethbridge). Inaddition, Mr. Yong Min Kim was awardedthe PPSA Graduate Student Scholarship inrecognition of academic excellence at theUniversity of Alberta. These awards werepresented at the annual meeting banquet.

A highlight of the business meetingincluded the selection of Denise Orr,Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,Lacombe, as an honorary life member ofthe PPSA, based on her long-standingservice to the Society since its inception.The 2007 annual meeting will be held inLethbridge and the new officers of theSociety will be: Denis Gaudet - President;Jian Yang - Vice-President; Andre Laroche- Secretary/Treasurer; Julie Bernier -Director, Northern Region; ShaunaKotschorek - Director, Central Region,and Mike Harding - Director SouthernRegion.

Submitted by: Steve Strelkov (Past-President)

CPS - Saskatchewan Regional Meeting

The Canadian Phytopathological Society-Saskatchewan Regional Meeting was heldon December 4, 2006 from 1-5pm. Therewere approximately 50 people inattendance. We had 12 oral and 8 posterpresentations. In addition, the currentCPS President (Dr. Bruce Gossen) gave a10 min presentation about issues relatedto the Society in general. Five studentsentered the Best Student OralCompetition and three students competedfor Best Student Poster. Ms. Faye Dokkenreceived the award for Best Student Oralpresentation. Faye is just completing herMSc degree in the Department of AppliedMicrobiology at the University ofSaskatchewan under the supervison of Dr.Louise Nelson and co-supervised by Dr.Garry Peng of AAFC, Saskatoon ResearchCenter. The title of her presentation was“Occurrence of Ascochyta pisi on field peain Saskatchewan: by F.L. Dokken, S.Banniza, T. Warkentin, and R.A.A.Morrall.” The Best Student Poster wasgiven to Ms. Sally Vail, a PhD student inthe Department of Plant Sciences at theUniversity of Saskatchewan under thesupervison of Dr. Bert Vandenberg. Sally’sposter was titled “Development of a clonalpropagation method to screen forresistance to Colletotrichum truncatum inLens species: by S. Vail, S. Banniza and A.Vandenberg”.

We look forward to another promisingyear!

Submitted by

Godfrey ChongoCPS-Saskatchewan RegionalRepresentative


Manitoba CPS regional meeting minutes(December 04, 2006)

The 2006 Manitoba Regional Meeting ofthe Canadian Phytopathological Societywas held on December 04, 2006, at theCereal Research Centre (Agriculture andAgri-Food Canada), Winnipeg Manitoba.Thirty-four people attended the event.

The meeting started at 9:00am withregistration, coffee and donuts.

In this meeting, scientists first provideddisease updates in Manitoba as follows:

- Brent McCallum: Leaf and strip rusts.- Tom Fetch: Wheat/barley stem rust,- Jeannie Gilbert: Fusarium head blightand leaf spot- Jeannie Gilbert on behalf of AndyTekauz: Winter wheat, oat, barley,- James Chong: Crown rusts,- Steve Haber: Viral diseases,- Khalid Rashid: Flax and sunflower

Then the program proceeded with 13 oralpresentations, of which 8 were presentedby graduate students.

In the student presentation competition:

- Mr. X.W. GUO (supervisor: Dr. D.Fernando, Dept. Plant Science, Universityof Manitoba) won the first prize. He got afree CPS membership and a $50 check.His presentation was: ChemotypeDiversity of Fusarium graminearum Isolatesin Manitoba.

- Ms. Kate BERGEN (supervisor: Dr. NeilHoliday, Dept. Entomology, University ofManitoba) won the second place. She got afree CPS membership and a copy of“Diseases of Field Crops in Canada”. Herpresentation was titled: Effects of InducedSystemic Resistance on Insect Pests ofCanola.

- Ms. Carrie SELIN (supervisor Dr. T. deKievit, Dept. of Microbiology, University of

Manitoba) won the third place. She got afree CPS membership. The title of herpresentation was: Pseudomonaschlororaphis PA23 biocontrol is dependentupon a novel transcriptional regulatorcalled PtrA.

At the business meeting, afterpresentation of the financial report,discussion was initiated on items includedin the CPS strategic plan, in order to seehow these could be approached. Theseitems included:

- Meeting with other societies or CPSsections: next year, the MB section willtry to meet with the MB society ofBiologists, and in a few years with theWestern Forum on Pest Management andassociated Western Committee on PlantDisease.

- Website for the regional section. Dr.Steve Haber was nominated to take thelead on website arrangements.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:00pm.Special thanks to the CPS for their annualcontribution, The Cereal Research Centrefor allowing the access to the meetingfacilities, Dr. Tom Fetch for room andaudiovisual arrangements, and Mr. LorneAdam, Dr. A. El Hadrami, Mrs. MariaAntonia Henriquez, and Mrs. HassnaAlkher for helping with the registration,food and coffee arrangements.

Respectfully submitted,

Dr. Fouad DaayfCPS MB Regional Representative


International Meetings

First International Ascochyta Workshopon Grain LegumesJuly 2-6, 2006, Le Tronchet, France

The first international Ascochyta workshopon grain legumes took place July 2-6, 2006in Le Tronchet, France, a village betweenRennes and Saint Malo on the easternedge of Brittany. It was held atL’Hostellerie Abbatiale, a picturesqueconvertedmonasterynow used asa hotel andlocation tohold retreats.Theconversionsinclude aswimmingpool, en-suitebathroomsand anextremelywell serviceddining room,but not airconditioning!Brittany hasnottraditionallybeen thoughtof as a placewhere air conditioning is needed, so thedaily 30o+ temperatures remindedworkshop participants that global warmingis taking place.

Just over 60 scientists from 18 countriesattended the workshop, which includedoral sessions and posters on pathogenbiology, host resistance, epidemiology andintegrated disease management. Eachoral session was initiated by a keynoteaddress in which the speaker gave a wide-ranging comparative review of legumeAscochyta spp. These reviews, plus a fewother oral presentations, will be published

in the European Journal of Plant Pathologylater in 2007, thus providing a very usefulservice to people working on Ascochyta.

Canada was well represented at theworkshop with eight participants, anumber exceeded only by France (16) andAustralia (11). All eight from Canada(Sabine Banniza, Lone Buchwaldt, BruceGossen, Randy Kutcher, Robin Morrall,Bunyamin Tar’an, Abebe Tullu and TomWarkentin) were from Saskatchewan.This is no surprise since Saskatchewanhas about 85% of all pulse crop acres in

the country and isalso the world’slargest exporter oflentils!

Kudos to ourhosts, the localorganizingcommittee (AlainBaranger,Christophe LeMay, CarolineOnfroy, AnneSchneider,AlexandraSchoeny andBernard Tivoli), forthe fabulous jobthey did inarranging theworkshop. Theychose a location

isolated from the bright lights of the cityto make sure that we concentrated on ourwork, but they did not neglect the socialand gastronomic side. The workshopincluded a half day excursion to the MontSt. Michel and Saint Malo, three splendidmeals a day, a seemingly unending supplyof wines and cider, and a wind-up banquetwith a group of traditional Bretonmusicians and folk dancers.

Our hosts are also to be thanked andcongratulated for seeing the workshop tocompletion under very trying conditions.Sadly one participant, Bob Henson fromNorth Dakota State University, died of a

Enjoying the First International AscochytaWorkshop on Grain Legumes. Around the table,

from left to right: Alain Baranger, Anne Constance,Randy Kutcher, Robin Morrall, Barb Morrall, Susan

Gossen, Bruce Gossen


Announcements

Société de protection des plantes duQuébec

CONGRÈS 2007

La Société de protection des plantes duQuébec (SPPQ) tiendra son prochaincongrès annuel les 31 mai et 1er juin 2007à Rivière-du-Loup. Le thème dusymposium est « Du laboratoire àl’application, du rêve à la réalité / Fromthe laboratory to marketing, when thedream becomes a reality » Pourinformation voir le site http://www.sppq.qc.ca/congres.htm oucommuniquez à l’adresse suivante :[email protected]

Call for Student Newsletter Volunteers

We are currently attempting to establish astudent network within CPS-SCP and arerecruiting volunteers for participation inthe development of a student e-bulletin.The e-bulletin will consist of a newsletter,which will be e-mailed to CPS-SCPstudents in pdf format on a quarterlybasis. The goal of this project is toencourage conversation amongst studentmembers of the society by providing amore student-friendly forum to do so. Thenewsletter will also contain quarterlyupdates on hot topics in plant pathology,information regarding scholarship,graduate, and job opportunities, andinformation on upcoming events.

If you are interested in volunteering orhave ideas for the newsletter, pleasecontact Angela Orshinsky [email protected] or Alyson Prokop [email protected].

CPS takes on hosting the PestManagement Research Reports

The Pest Management Research Report(PMRR) is a periodical published tofacilitate the rapid exchange ofinformation on Integrated PestManagement (IPM), among those involvedin research and advisory services on IPM,of plant diseases and insect pests in theagri-food sector of Canada. The PMRRrepresents all aspects of pestmanagement, including cultivar reaction,management responses, and pesticideefficacy. They are often used to supportthe registration of pest control methodsand products.

In the past, the reports were focusedprimarily on pesticides, but the aim is nowbroader based. In the coming year we willwork to encourage a broader base ofreports on IPM, especially submissions onnon-pesticide aspects of IPM. We willalso investigate the potential of addingsections of interest to the forestry sector.With the assistance of the CPSmembership, this publication can becomean even more useful resource.

heart attack during the very firstpresentation on July 3. Needless to say,dealing with the formalities of such anevent and maintaining the momentum ofthe workshop placed a huge additionalburden on our hosts and requiredconsiderable fortitude.

Robin Morrall


The PMRR was originally published byAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada andthen the Canadian Agricultural ResearchCouncil’s Expert Committee on PestManagement. With the recent closure ofCARC, the CPS has taken up thepublication of the PMRR, in conjunctionwith the Entomological Society of Canada.The PMRR will continue to be publishedannually, in electronic format, withreports in either English or French,according to author preferrence.

The Pest Management Research Reports,since 1991, can be downloaded through anew addition to the publication section ofCPS website ( http://www.cps-scp.ca/publications.htm ).

If you have not received the call letter forthe 2006 PMRR please contact the Editorin Chief of the PMRR, Andrea Labaj [email protected] or the CPS editor for thePMRR, Richard Martin [email protected]. The deadline forsubmission to the PMRR section editors isJanuary 25th, 2007. For this year theformat will be as in past years. However,we will investigate refinements to theformat to reflect the broad nature of IPMstudies that the reports should represent.

Information on the occurrence andseverity of plant disease in Canada and onthe assessment of losses from diseaseswill continue to be published in theCanadian Plant Disease Survey, withRobin Morrall as the national coordinator.There is however a section in the PMRRrelating to surveys and outbreaks ofinsects and mites to fill the historicalinformation gap left by the loss of theCanadian Agricultural Insect Pest Review.

SubmittedRichard Martin

CPS Membership Renewal and fees aredue by January 31, 2007. Letters with membership renewal formswere mailed to all present members inmid November. The forms are alsoavailable at the CPS website: http://www.cps-scp.ca/membershipapplication.htm. Pleaserenew your membership for 2007 promptlyby filling the renewal form and send yourcheque or money order payable toCanadian Phytopathological Society, orinclude your credit card type and numberon the form. This will ensure that we getyour current address and information, andthat you receive the CPS Newsletter andCJPP journal on time. Renewal afterJanuary 31, 2007 will be assessed a latefee of $15.00. Please encourage yourcolleagues and students to renew theirmembership or apply for new membership. Emeritus Members please send the formwith your current address to ensure thatyou continue receiving the CPS-SCPnewsletter. Khalid Y. Rashid, Ph.D.CPS Membership SecretaryAgriculture and Agri-Food CanadaMorden Research StationUnit 100 - 101 Route 100Morden, ManitobaCanada R6M 1Y5Telephone: 204-822-7220Facsimile: [email protected]


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Accommodations Deadline: BY APRIL 30, 2007

The conference website with detailed information will be posted in mid January 2007 onwww.plantcanada.ca.

Conference planning is well in hand. The scientific program is now finalized and hassome great topics and excellent speakers. In addition, the social program is sure todelight.

Be sure to check out the meeting!

FINANCIAL & ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT FOR PLANT CANADA 2007


People and Travel

Jack R. Sutherland

Jack R. Sutherland, retired forestnursery pathologist with the CanadianForestry Service,Victoria, was recentlyrecognized for his long-standingwork with the International ForestResearch Organization (IUFRO) bybeing awarded with their DistinguishedService Award. Jack will acceptthe award at an IUFRO meeting in 2007.

Dilantha Fernando

Dr. Dilantha Fernando, Professor,Department of Plant Science University ofManitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba is therecipient of two major awards recently.Dilantha was awarded a 2006 Universityof Manitoba Outreach Award onNovember 27th, for his scholarly andexemplary contributions to the broadercommunity. The university recognized hisdedicated service to mentoring high schoolstudents, extension work with thegrowers, commodity groups, industry andgovernment, contributions to growerorganized workshops and professionalsocieties such as CPS and APS. This is thefirst time a plant pathologist has won thisaward at the University of Manitoba.

Dilantha was also the recipient of theUSA/Sri Lanka Foundation 2006 LifetimeAchievement Award for his exceptionalscientific contributions to the world ofscience, the highest honor given to ascientist by the Foundation, based in LosAngeles, California. Dilantha washonored with this award on November 11th

in Los Angeles, California. This is the firsttime an agricultural scientist has wonthis award.

Submission Deadline for the March issueof CPS - SCP News

PLEASE NOTE: The submission deadlinefor the March issue of CPS - SCP News isFebruary 16, 2007. Please have yourreports and submissions to the Editor bythis date. If you send photographs forpublication in the CPS-SCP News pleaseensure that you indicate that allindividuals appearing in the photographshave given permission for theirphotographs to appear in the newsletter.Photographs will not be published ifpermission has not been obtained fromthe individuals involved.

Contact the Editors

Kelly Turkington, EditorAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agricul-ture et Agroalimentaire Canada6000 C&E Trail/6000 C&E TrailLacombe, Alberta/Lacombe (Alberta)T4L 1W1Telephone/Téléphone: 403-782-8138Facsimile/Télécopieur: [email protected]

Jim Menzies, Associate EditorAgriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agricul-ture et Agroalimentaire Canada195 Dafoe Road/195 Dafoe RoadWinnipeg, Manitoba/ Winnipeg (Manitoba)R3T 2M9Telephone/Téléphone: 204-983-5714Facsimile/Télécopieur: [email protected]

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