Subject: On-line Karnal bunt symposium

From: Steve Deger <[email-masked]>
Date: 21 Jun 1996 17:03:22 GMT

>From  June 24 to August 2, 1996, The American Phytopathological Society 
(APS) will host a free, interactive, on-line symposium on Karnal 
bunt---an emerging plant disease affecting wheat, durum wheat, and 
triticale.

Karnal bunt was discovered in 1931 in India near the city of Karnal. 
Since then, the disease has been found in the primary wheat-growing areas 
of India, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Mexico. In March 1996, 
scientists confirmed the presence of Karnal bunt in Arizona in certified 
durum wheat seed, the first known occurrence of this disease in the U.S. 
It has since been found in several counties in adjacent areas of Texas, 
New Mexico, and California. Future U.S. Karnal bunt-related crop losses 
may not be drastic, but the disease does have quarantine significance and 
therefore could affect domestic grain exports.

APS' free on-line symposium will feature papers from noted Karnal bunt 
experts, as well as from other wheat scientists. Participants in this 
interactive symposium will be able to pose questions and comments to 
these experts or to other attendees via electronic mail. An APS moderator 
will open and close the symposium, and will ensure that discussions stay 
on track. The symposium will also contain links to other Internet sites 
of interest, and will include a folder of press clippings about the 
ongoing status of the disease and its management.

The on-line Karnal bunt symposium will serve as a prelude to the 1996 APS 
Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, where, among other things, additional 
technical sessions will be held on the subject of Karnal bunt.

For more information about this on-line symposium, or on the Annual 
Meeting it precedes, visit the APSnet WorldWideWeb home page at:  
http://www.scisoc.org/

We look forward to your participation in this exciting electronic event, 
and appreciate any help you can provide in spreading the word about this 
symposium throughout your department.

Cynthia L. Ash
Director of Scientific Services
The American Phytopathological Society
(mesage sent by Steve Deger <[email-masked]>)

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From: [email-masked] (Janet & John Wintermute)
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 13:43:37 GMT

>therefore could affect domestic grain exports.

[snipping the rest for brevity's sake]

Thanks, Steve and Cynthia, for sharing this interesting info.

Readers who would like to keep up with what USDA's Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service is doing about Karnal bunt may want to point
their Web browser to

http://www.aphis.usda.gov

and under "What's HOT in APHIS?" select the Karnal bunt hotlink.

USDA's Agricultural Research Service made the definitive tests that
prove Karnal bunt is in this country; APHIS is the outfit charged with
eradicating it.

--Janet Wintermute
USDA APHIS Legislative and Public Affairs
Riverdale, MD