II INTERNATIONAL PHYTOPLASMA WORKSHOP

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II INTERNATIONAL PHYTOPLASMA WORKSHOP HAVANA,
CUBA, 22-26th, 2008
Organizers Dr Yaima Arocha Rosete, Cuba Prof.
Assunta Bertaccini, Italy
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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.
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A number of topics were discussed related to
phytoplasma diseases and climate change,
phytoplasma-plant-vector 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.
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• Participants (oral presentations and posters) and
  Contact details
• Prof. Assunta Bertaccini, University of Bologna,
  Italy, Bertaccini_a_at_biblio.cib.unibo.it
• Prof. Shigetou Namba, University of Tokyo, Japan,
  namba_at_rapid.ocn.ne.jp
• Prof. Matt Dickinson, University of Nottingham,
  School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus,
  Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK, Matthew.Dickinson_at_notti
  ngham.ac.uk
• Ms Jennifer Hodgetts, University of Nottingham,
  School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus,
  Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK, sbxjh2_at_nottingham.ac.uk
  
• Dr Michael Kube, Max Planck Institute for
  Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63, 14195, Berlin,
  kube_at_molgen.mpg.de
• Dr Mike Wilson, National Museum of Wales (NMW),
  Cardiff, UK. Michael.Wilson_at_museumwales.ac.uk
• Dr James Turner, National Museum of Wales (NMW),
  Cardiff, UK. James.Turner_at_museumwales.ac.uk
• Dr Gemma Assante, Istituto di Patologia Vegetale,
  Faculty of Agriculture, University of Milan, via
  Caloria, 2, 20133, Italy, gemma.assante_at_unimi.it.
• Dr Domenico Bosco, Entomologia e Zoologia
  applicate allambiente, Faculty of Agriculture
  University of Torino, via L. da Vinci, 44, 10095,
  Grugliasco, Torino, Italy, domenico.bosco_at_unito.it
  
• Dr Cristina Marzachi, CNR, Istituto di virologia
  vegetale, Strada delle Cacce, 73, 10135 Torino.
  Italy, C.Marzachi_at_ivv.cnr.it
• Dr Bojan Duduk, Banatska 31b, P.O. Box 163, 11080
  Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia, duduk_at_net.yu
• Dr Katis Nikolaos, Aristotile Univ. Tessaloniki,
  Univ. Campus, 54124, Tessaloniki, Greece,
  katis_at_agro.auth.gr
• Dr Wayne Myrie, Coconut Industry Board, 18
  Waterloo Rd, Kingston 10, Kingston, Jamaica,
  cocomax_at_cwjamaica.com
• Dr Tomas Necas, Mendel Univ. Agriculture and
  Forestry, Valticka, 337, 69144, Lednice,República
  Checa, necast_at_zf.mendelu.cz.
• Dr Norma Elena Leyva-López, CIIDIR-IPN, Unidad
  Sinaloa, Juan de Dios Bátiz Paredes 250, Guasave,
  Sinaloa, México CP 81101, neleyval_at_ipn.mx
• María Elena Santos Cervantes, PhD student,
  CIIDIR-IPN, neleyval_at_ipn.mx
• Cristino Baruch García Negroe, Ph D student,
  CIIDIR-IPN, neleyval_at_ipn.mx
• Dr Reyna Rojas, Colpos, Mexico, rojas_at_colpos.mx

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