Transcript II International Phytoplasma Workshop

Organizers
Dr Yaima Arocha Rosete, Cuba
Prof. Assunta Bertaccini, Italy
Celebrated at the
Convention Palace, next to
Palco Hotel, in Havana,
Cuba, the II International
Phytoplasma Workshop
was officially attended for
more than 30 participants
from 16 countries from
Europe, Asia, and Latin
America and the
Caribbean.
A total of 19 oral
presentations and 17
posters were presented
from Italy, United
Kingdom, Greece,
Germany, Czech Republic,
Serbia, Oman, Saudi
Arabia, Japan, Canada,
Jamaica, Mexico,
Colombia, Chile,
Argentina, Brazil, and
Cuba.
A number of topics were discussed
related to phytoplasma diseases and
climate change, phytoplasma-plantvector interactions, comparative
genomics, phytoplasma plant
resistance, seed transmission,
development of new molecular
diagnostics, phytoplasma vectors, and
an updating on phytoplasma situation
of different countries worldwide,
combined with field trips and visits to
Cuban plant research institutions. In
addition the Latin American and
Caribbean Phytoplasma Network was
officially launched and conformed,
linked to IPWG.
Participants (oral presentations and posters) and Contact details
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Prof. Assunta Bertaccini, University of Bologna, Italy, [email protected]
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Prof. Shigetou Namba, University of Tokyo, Japan, [email protected]
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Prof. Matt Dickinson, University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK,
[email protected]
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Ms Jennifer Hodgetts, University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK,
[email protected]
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Dr Michael Kube, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63, 14195, Berlin, [email protected]
Dr Mike Wilson, National Museum of Wales (NMW), Cardiff, UK. [email protected]
Dr James Turner, National Museum of Wales (NMW), Cardiff, UK. [email protected]
Dr Gemma Assante, Istituto di Patologia Vegetale, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Milan, via Caloria, 2, 20133, Italy,
[email protected].
Dr Domenico Bosco, Entomologia e Zoologia applicate all’ambiente, Faculty of Agriculture University of Torino, via L. da Vinci, 44,
10095, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy, [email protected]
Dr Cristina Marzachi, CNR, Istituto di virologia vegetale, Strada delle Cacce, 73, 10135 Torino. Italy, [email protected]
Dr Bojan Duduk, Banatska 31b, P.O. Box 163, 11080 Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia, [email protected]
Dr Katis Nikolaos, Aristotile Univ. Tessaloniki, Univ. Campus, 54124, Tessaloniki, Greece, [email protected]
Dr Wayne Myrie, Coconut Industry Board, 18 Waterloo Rd, Kingston 10, Kingston, Jamaica, [email protected]
Dr Tomas Necas, Mendel Univ. Agriculture and Forestry, Valticka, 337, 69144, Lednice,República Checa, [email protected].
Dr Norma Elena Leyva-López, CIIDIR-IPN, Unidad Sinaloa, Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes 250, Guasave, Sinaloa, México CP 81101,
[email protected]
María Elena Santos Cervantes, PhD student, CIIDIR-IPN, [email protected]
Cristino Baruch García Negroe, Ph D student, CIIDIR-IPN, [email protected]
Dr Reyna Rojas, Colpos, Mexico, [email protected]
Dr Liliana Franco, Univ. Militar de Granada, Bogotá, Colombia, [email protected], [email protected]
Dr Nicola Fiore, Universidad de Chile, Avenida Santa Rosa, 11315 La Pintana, Santiago de Chile, Chile, [email protected]
Dr Helena Montano, Univ. Federal Rural do Río de Janeiro, Antiga Rotovia Río-Sao Paulo, km 47, CP74585, 23851-970, Seropedica (RJ),
Brazil, [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr Luis Conci, INTA-IFFIVE, Córdoba, Argentina. [email protected]
Mr Phil Swarbrick, University of Nottingham, UK, [email protected]
Mr Roberto Michelutti, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Harrow, Ontario, [email protected].
A. M. Al-SUBHI, Department of Crop Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al Khod 123, Sultanat of Oman,
[email protected]
N. A., Department of Crop Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al Khod 123, Sultanat of Oman, [email protected]
Dr Khalid Alhudaib, King Faisal University, Alhassa, Saudi Arabia, [email protected]
Lic Raixa Llauger, Tropical Fruit Research Institute, Havana, Cuba, [email protected]
Lillian Otero, Tropical Fruit Research Institute, Havana, Cuba, [email protected]
Dr Martha Hidalgo Gato, Ecology and Systematic Institute, Havana, Cuba, [email protected]
Rosanna Rodríguez-Leon Merino , Ecology and Systematic Institute, Havana, Cuba, [email protected]
Dr Yaima Arocha Rosete, National Centre for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA) Havana, Cuba, [email protected]
Mr Karel Acosta Perez, Universioty of las Tunas, Cuba, [email protected]