FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 10th BIENNIAL MEETING OF THE FLORIDA PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
The Florida Phytopathological Society was formed in 1989 to maintain and renew contacts, exchange news, views and information with other plant pathologists in the state on a regular basis regarding issues and concerns that are relevant and often unique to Florida agriculture. Once again, it is time for the next installment of the Biennial Florida Phytopathological Society (FPS) Meeting , May 6-8, 2007!
This year's meeting will be held at the North Florida Research and Education Center , Quincy. NFREC (http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/) is an excellent meeting and research facility, and Quincy is a nice area of the state for a visit. There are two hotels located just across I-10 from the center, a new “Hampton Inn Quincy, FL” (recommended) and a “Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites QUINCY I-10.” Rooms are being held at the Hampton Inn under “FPS” confirmation number 82625304. The rate is $79 a night. Make your reservations early!
Hampton Inn Quincy, FL, 165 Spooner Road , Quincy , Florida , 32351
Tel: 1-850-627-7555 Fax: +1-850-627-7554
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, Quincy I-10, 101 Spooner RD , Quincy , FL , 32351
Tel: 1-850-875-2500 Fax: 1-850-875-1065
We have an exciting meeting planned and hope that you will be able to attend. The key-note speaker will be Dr. Joji Muramoto from the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, UC Santa Cruz. His talk will be titled "Maintaining Agroecosystem Health in an Organic Strawberry/Vegetable Rotation System: A Five Year On-Farm Experiment on Central Coastal California.” We are very excited to have Dr. Muramoto attend our meeting.
The event, as always, will be kicked off by a social on Sunday evening, May 6th. There will be a full day of sessions on Monday followed by an evening of good food and entertainment. We will then have a half-day of sessions again on Tuesday, followed by the business meeting.
Meeting registration will be $65 and will include the Sunday (May 6 th ) night social, and lunch and dinner at the NFREC on Monday (May 7 th ).
We invite you to present your research results during the concurrent sessions. Please contact the organizer of the session in which you would like to present with title and author information.
Monday Session Organizers
Contact session organizers directly with presentation titles and author information.
Session Organizer Contact Information
Graduate Students
Carol Stiles 352-392-3631 ext 382
cstiles@ufl.edu
Bacterial Diseases
Jeff Jones 352-392-3631 ext 348
jbjones@ufl.edu
Fungal Diseases
Natalia Peres 813-633-4133
nperes@ufl.edu
Virus & Virus-like Diseases
Scott Adkins 772-462-5885
sadkins@ushrl.ars.usda.gov
Epidemiology
Bill Turechek 772-462-5857
wturechek@ushrl.ars.usda.gov
A printable registration form can be found here. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the form. You can get Adobe Acrobat Reader from www.adobe.com
Please follow the link below to pay your meeting registration of $65 online via credit card. Thank you for your support. Please contact Phil Harmon if you have problems at pfharmon@ufl.edu
Contact session organizers directly with presentation titles and author information.
The final date to send this information will be 10 April 2007.
An agenda for the Meeting can be downloaded here:
Agenda: Microsoft Word
Agenda: Adobe PDF
If you have any questions or concerns contact: Lawrence Datnoff, President of FPS, 352-392-3631 ext. 383, email: ledatnoff@ifas.ufl.edu
Erin Rosskopf, Vice President of FPS, 772-462-5887, email: erosskopf@ushrl.ars.usda.gov
Phil Harmon, Secretary of FPS, 352 392 3631 ext. 340, email: pfharmon@ufl.edu