Workshops

Cordoba, Argentina. 18-19 April, 2005.
MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIES OF STRAMINIPILES AND FUNGI OF AGRICULTURAL IMPORTANCE: PHYTOPHTHORA, PYTHIUM, FUSARIUM, RHIZOCTONIA Y COLLETOTRICHUM. (In Spanish).
Organized by the Latin American Phytopathological Society (ALF) and the Argentinian Phytopathological Society (AAF) as one of the activities of the XIII ALF biannual meeting. http://www.aafitopatologos.com.ar/congreso.html.

INSTRUCTORS: Gloria Abad1 and Jorge Abad, 1Plant Pathogen Identification Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North
Carolina, USA. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty five scientists from Latin American countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, and Uruguay.

Lima-Peru. 18-29 October del 2004.
ADVANCED METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSITC AND IDENTIFICATION OF PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGI, STRAMINIPILES AND BACTERIA. (In Spanish).
Organized by the National Service of Animal and Plant Health (SENASA) Agrarian Ministry -Peru (Equivalent to USDA/APHIS/PPQ).

INSTRUCTORS: Gloria Abad1 and Jorge Abad, 1Plant Pathogen Identification Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North
Carolina, USA. PARTICIPANTS: Twelve Peruvian scientists from different SENASA laboratories around the country including Plant Pathologists, Entomologists, and Veterinarian.

Raleigh, USA. 23-27 July, 2004.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF THE STRAMENOPILES: PHYTOPHTHORA AND PYTHIUM. Organized and hosted by Gloria Abad and staff at the Plant Pathogen Identification Laboratory (PPIL), Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU. http://www.cals.ncsu.edu:8050/plantpath/activities/societies/stramen/news.htm

INSTRUCTORS:Gloria Abad, Mike Benson, and Tom Creswell, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University.
David Cooke, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Scotland.
Mark Spencer, The Royal Natural History Museum, United Kingdom.
Mike Coffey, 'World Phytophthora collection' University of California
Manon Gallegly, West Virginia University.
Frank Martin, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Salinas, California.
Paul Tooley, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland.

PARTICIPANTS: Forty-seven scientists from the USA, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Guam, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Scotland and United Kingdom.

Minisymposium: ESTABLISHING THE BASIS FOR A SURVEY OF THE OOMYCETES PHYTOPHTHORA AND PYTHIUM IN THE AMERICAS. July 28, 2004. Organized and hosted by Gloria Abad.

PARTICIPANTS: Nine scientists from Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and the USA attended to this event and five of them were partially sponsored to participate at the 1st Int. workshop and minisymposium by the Office of George Wilson, Vice Provost for International Affairs-NCSU, and the Office of Larry Nelson, Assistant Dean for International Programs/CALS-NCSU.

Texcoco- Mexico. August 26-30, 2002.
FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON IDENTIFICATION OF FUNGI AND STRAMINIPILES TRANSMITTED BY SEEDS. Organized by Ernestina Valadez "Universidad Autonoma de Chapingo" and Hilda Silva "Colegio de Postgraduados". Sponsored by the Mexican Academy of Sciences and the Science Foundation Mexico-USA. http://www.apsnet.org/members/phyto/2003/03/2003March.pdf

INSTRUCTORS: Gloria Abad1 and Jorge Abad, 1Plant Pathogen Identification Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North
Carolina, USA. Ernestina Valadez and Hilda Silva. PARTICIPANTS: Forty four scientists from Mexico, Cuba and Peru.

Future Workshops

Raleigh, USA. May 21-27, 2006.
SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR THE MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF THE STRAMENOPILES: PHYTOPHTHORA AND PYTHIUM. Organized and hosted by Gloria Abad and staff at the PPIL, Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU. Minisymposium: "Establishing the basis for a survey of Oomycetes in the Americas"

Turin-Italy 2008. August 24-29, 2008.
MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF THE OOMYCETES PHYTOPHTHORA AND PYTHIUM associated with the 9th International Congress of Plant Pathology to be held in Torino during August 24-29, 2008 http://www.icpp2008.org/. Workshop organized by Gloria Abad PPIL, Department of Plant Pathology, NCSU-USA.