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, Bertaccini_a@biblio.cib.unibo.it
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Prof. Shigetou Namba, University of Tokyo, Japan, namba@rapid.ocn.ne.jp
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Prof. Matt Dickinson, University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK,
Matthew.Dickinson@nottingham.ac.uk
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Ms Jennifer Hodgetts, University of Nottingham, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK,
sbxjh2@nottingham.ac.uk
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Dr Michael Kube, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63, 14195, Berlin, kube@molgen.mpg.de
Dr Mike Wilson, National Museum of Wales (NMW), Cardiff, UK. Michael.Wilson@museumwales.ac.uk
Dr James Turner, National Museum of Wales (NMW), Cardiff, UK. James.Turner@museumwales.ac.uk
Dr Gemma Assante, Istituto di Patologia Vegetale, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Milan, via Caloria, 2, 20133, Italy,
gemma.assante@unimi.it.
Dr Domenico Bosco, Entomologia e Zoologia applicate all’ambiente, Faculty of Agriculture University of Torino, via L. da Vinci, 44,
10095, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy, domenico.bosco@unito.it
Dr Cristina Marzachi, CNR, Istituto di virologia vegetale, Strada delle Cacce, 73, 10135 Torino. Italy, C.Marzachi@ivv.cnr.it
Dr Bojan Duduk, Banatska 31b, P.O. Box 163, 11080 Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia, duduk@net.yu
Dr Katis Nikolaos, Aristotile Univ. Tessaloniki, Univ. Campus, 54124, Tessaloniki, Greece, katis@agro.auth.gr
Dr Wayne Myrie, Coconut Industry Board, 18 Waterloo Rd, Kingston 10, Kingston, Jamaica, cocomax@cwjamaica.com
Dr Tomas Necas, Mendel Univ. Agriculture and Forestry, Valticka, 337, 69144, Lednice,República Checa, necast@zf.mendelu.cz.
Dr Norma Elena Leyva-López, CIIDIR-IPN, Unidad Sinaloa, Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes 250, Guasave, Sinaloa, México CP 81101,
neleyval@ipn.mx
María Elena Santos Cervantes, PhD student, CIIDIR-IPN, neleyval@ipn.mx
Cristino Baruch García Negroe, Ph D student, CIIDIR-IPN, neleyval@ipn.mx
Dr Reyna Rojas, Colpos, Mexico, rojas@colpos.mx
Dr Liliana Franco, Univ. Militar de Granada, Bogotá, Colombia, lfranco@umg.edu.co, lilfranco@gmail.com
Dr Nicola Fiore, Universidad de Chile, Avenida Santa Rosa, 11315 La Pintana, Santiago de Chile, Chile, nfiore@uchile.cl
Dr Helena Montano, Univ. Federal Rural do Río de Janeiro, Antiga Rotovia Río-Sao Paulo, km 47, CP74585, 23851-970, Seropedica (RJ),
Brazil, hmontano@bol.com.br; hmontano@ufrrj.br
Dr Luis Conci, INTA-IFFIVE, Córdoba, Argentina. lconci@correo.inta.gov.ar
Mr Phil Swarbrick, University of Nottingham, UK, Matthew.Dickinson@nottingham.ac.uk
Mr Roberto Michelutti, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Harrow, Ontario, Micheluttir@agr.gc.ca.
A. M. Al-SUBHI, Department of Crop Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al Khod 123, Sultanat of Oman,
alsubhia@squ.edu.om
N. A., Department of Crop Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al Khod 123, Sultanat of Oman, nadiya@squ.edu.om
Dr Khalid Alhudaib, King Faisal University, Alhassa, Saudi Arabia, alhudaib@hotmail.com
Lic Raixa Llauger, Tropical Fruit Research Institute, Havana, Cuba, rllauger68@yahoo.com
Lillian Otero, Tropical Fruit Research Institute, Havana, Cuba, lilianotero@iift.cu
Dr Martha Hidalgo Gato, Ecology and Systematic Institute, Havana, Cuba, hidalgogato@ecologia.cu
Rosanna Rodríguez-Leon Merino , Ecology and Systematic Institute, Havana, Cuba, merino@infomed.sld.cu
Dr Yaima Arocha Rosete, National Centre for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA) Havana, Cuba, arocharosete57@googlemail.com
Mr Karel Acosta Perez, Universioty of las Tunas, Cuba, karelap@ult.edu.cu