BIOTECHNOLOGY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Current Committee Chair: Robert R. Martin, martinrr@bcc.orst.edu
Immediate Past Chair: Brion K. Duffy, duffy@pw.usa.gov
Current Vice Chair: David Sands, DSANDS@montana.edu
Current Committee Members/Terms:
John H. Andrews 2002
Brion K. Duffy 2002
Vasanth Kumar 2003
Robert R. Martin 2003
David C. Sands 2003
Prem Warrior 2003
Yinong Yang 2003
Amy O. Charkowski 2004
Laszlo G. Kovacs 2004
Baozhong Meng 2004
Simon F. Shamoun 2004
Outgoing Committee Members: Benevieve J. Defago, Maria R. Finckh, David C. Thompson, John L. Norelli
Annual Report: The committee sponsored a Workshop at the national meeting in Salt Lake City titled, "Presenting Biotechnology to the Public". The session was held on Sunday, August 26 from 1:00 - 4:15 pm. The session was organized by Robert Martin and was attended by over 300 people. Speakers (with titles of their presentations) at the symposium included:
G.L. Schumann, Impact of Plant Diseases on Food and Fiber Production
J.L. Norelli, Application of Biotechnology to Plant Disease Control
T.L. Lomax, Public Perception and Concerns about Biotechnology
P.G. Lemuax, How to Present Biotechnology to the Public
G. P. Munkvold, Food Safety Issues related to Bt Corn and other GMO crops
P. C. Jepson, Environmental Issues Surrounding Biotechnology
The committee will sponsor a symposium at the 2002 APS national meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on "Plant Pathology Milestones that Helped Shape the Biotechnology Revolution". The session will be organized by David Sands.
The committee meeting was poorly attended at the Salt Lake Meetings, business will be carried out via e-mail before the next national meeting.
Committee Self-Evaluation: The session that the committee sponsored was well attended, however, the committee meeting was poorly attended at the Salt Lake Meetings. We will attempt to conduct committee business via e-mail before the Milwaukee meetings. The committee is undertaking a project on developing a CD that would be based on the session in Salt Lake on "Presenting Biotechnology to the Public", though it would include more examples of successful application of biotechnology in plant pathology. The committee needs to improve its communications with subject matter committees that are dealing with biotechnology and try to cover overarching issues that are important to all groups involved in this new science. The session at Salt Lake and the proposed session for Milwaukee try to fill this role for the committee as does the proposed CD project.
COLLECTIONS AND GERMPLASM
Current Committee Chair: Marvin Miller, m-miller@tamu.edu
Immediate Past Chair: John Rupe, jrupe@uark.edu
Current Vice Chair: Jeffery Wilson, jwilson@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu
Current Committee Members/Terms:
A. Graves Gillaspie, J. 2002
Branko Lovic 2002
Howard Schwartz 2002
John Rupe 2002
Martin Carson 2003
Eugene Milus 2003
Jeffrey Wilson 2003
Marvin Miller 2003
Daniel Phillips 2004
Raymond Schneider 2004
Outgoing Committee Members: John Hill, Steven Leath, Claude Thomas, Arnold Tschanz, Roland Line
Annual Report: The Collections and Germplasm committee met on 25 August 2001 at the APS annual meeting. There were eight members of the committee present at the meeting as well as four other APS members. The main topic of discussion was the development of a symposium for the 2002 meeting in Milwaukee, WI. After some discussion, it was agreed to sponsor a symposium entitled "The Challenge of Increasing Crop Biodiversity." Potential speakers will come from both the public and private sectors and include administrators as well as scientists directly involved in breeding. It was agreed that John Rupe should contact the Host Resistance Committee to see if they would be willing to co-sponsor the symposium. The host Resistance committee later agreed to this. We also discussed other ways that our committee could present information to other APS members about important topics concerning collections and germplasm. These included: articles in Phytopath News, a poster to be displayed at meetings, and letters to the editor of appropriate journals. We also discussed the "splash page" that APS is creating for each committee and whether or not we want to do more than that and create our own webpage. It was decided that the "splash page" was a good first step. We also discussed the need for a written history of the committee. Such a history would be very useful in directing the activities of the committee. Frank Dugan was elected Vice-Chair elect of the committee. The meeting was then adjourned.
Committee Self-Evaluation: The committee is active and is in the process of planning events for future meetings on topics of importance to collections and germplasm.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Current Committee Chair: Camellia Moses Okpodu, Camellia.Okpodu@hamptonu.edu
Immediate Past Chair: Anne Dorrance, dorrance.1@osu.edu
Current Vice Chair: Randy Grayson, ragrayso@vt.edu
Current Committee Members/Terms:
Dilantha Fernando (03)
Terry Kirkpatrick (03)
Camellia Moses Okpodu (03)
Mani Skaria (03)
Randy Grayson (04)
Outgoing Committee Members: Bisham Singh (02), Palph von Qualen (02), Malikah Abdullah (02), Don Huber (02), Anne Dorrance (02)
Annual Report: The Cultural Diversity Committee originally wanted to offer a seminar entitled "Diversity in the Workplace." Dr. Okpodu tried to get sponsorship to bring in an expert in team organization and diversity. The original plan was to use this as an opportunity to strategize on how to bring Minorities into APS. However, with very little financial support, the Committee decided to forego the seminar and offer a desserts social instead. The objective of the social was to allow the memberships to interact and network.
At the previous meeting in New Orleans, the committee had decided to work on the establishment of a database for minority mentoring. This idea was to be discussed fully at the Salt Lake Meeting by Drs. Okpodu and Grayson. Unfortunately, they both were not able to attend the Salt Lake Meeting; therefore no report was given on the development of this database.
Committee Self-Evaluation: The committee voted by majority vote, to merge their efforts with that of one of the other committees in the Society. Although the Cultural Diversity Committee has been extremely active in previous years, its membership agreed that without financial support, either from a cooperate sponsor or from the general Society, to address real issues of diversity that the committee and the membership at-large, would be better served by joining the efforts of the Cultural Diversity Committee with another well-established committee in the Society.
EXTENSION
Current Committee Chair: Dan Legard, legard@ufl.edu
Immediate Past Chair: Martin Draper, draper.marty@ces.sdstate.edu
Current Vice Chair: Bill Turechek, WWT3@cornell.edu
Current Committee Members/Terms:
Martin Draper (2002)
Edward Brown II (2002)
Robert Forster (2002)
Laura Pottorff (2002)
Robert Schlub (2002)
Dan Legard (2003)
R. Michael Davis (2003)
Tom Isakeit (2003)
Steve Nameth (2003)
Melvin Newman (2003)
Bill Turechek (2004)
Erick DeWolff (2004)
Gary Bender (2004)
Outgoing Committee Members: Mike Ellis, Don Hershman, Stephen Koennig, Jana Lamboy
Annual Report: In 2001, the Extension Committee sponsored a Symposium entitled Extension.edu: Using technology effectively in Extension programming. The colloquium was organized by Peggy Sellers and chaired by Bill Turechek. The committee also co-sponsored, with the Diagnostics committee and the Office of Public Affairs and Education (OPAE), a Town Meeting entitled “Ask the Plant Doctor About Your Ornamental Plants”. There was excellent participation in the symposium. The Town Hall meeting was less successful that in 2000, but will be continued in 2002. The committee also sponsored the Extension Plant Pathologists Breakfast that was attended by over 100 members. Incoming APS president Dr. Noel Keen addressed the breakfast audience on recent developments in APS.
At the annual committee meeting in Salt Lake City, Bill Turechek was elected Vice-Chair (to serve as chair in 2003) and Dan Legard will assume the chairmanship duties at the close of the 2001 Annual Meeting. Nominations were accepted for new committee members. No nominations were received from the floor, but one had been received by e-mail before the meeting, Dean Malvick.
Mike Ellis (committee liaison to OPAE) discussed extension related activities with OPAE. He discussed the ornamental plants Town Hall Meeting that was held earlier in the day. Participation was much less than in New Orleans, but positive discussion followed on how to improve the event.
Discussion was directed to sponsoring a program for the 2002 meeting in Milwaukee. Marty Draper noted that the line dividing teaching and extension is growing hazy both in practice and in the eyes of administration. As such, he proposed a topic, “Plant Pathology: Extension and teaching from a distance.” Marty Draper offered to coordinate the session along with Lisa Riley from the co-sponsoring Teaching Committee.
A session was proposed for the 2003 annual meeting in North Carolina that will focus on the past, present and future of Extension and its developing role in Urban agriculture. Steve Nameth will coordinate this session.
The committee is also organizing another town meeting; “Ask the Plant Doctor” similar to the one held in New Orleans and Salt Lake City. This is an outreach activity co-sponsored by OPAE and is intended to reach an audience of approximately 100 Master Gardeners from the Salt Lake City area.
Committee Self-Evaluation: The Extension Committee is an active, thriving component of the society. The committee has identified objectives and goals for the future. In addition to developing and sponsoring special sessions at annual meetings, the committee sponsors an annual breakfast and has recently become very involved with OPAE activities. These activities, in addition to the annual committee meeting, provide a forum for developing and exchanging ideas, planning for the future, and promoting Extension Plant Pathology within and outside of the Society. The committee remains an active, vital component of the society and should be continued.
GRADUATE
STUDENT
Current Committee Chair: Ms. Lynn M. Sosnoskie, sosnoskie.1@osu.edu
Immediate Past Chair: Dr. Anthony E. Glenn, aglenn@saa.ars.usda.gov
Current Vice Chair: Mr. Zahi Kanaan-Atallah,
Current Committee Members:
Steven Scheurell (2002), Peter sforza (2002), Elizabeth Martin (2003),
Lisa Price (2003), Joseph Reddy (2003), Russell Bullock (2004), Jennifer
Clifford (2004), Lance Davidson (2004), Paul Esker (2004), Philip
Northover (2004), Mohini Patil (2004), Prasad Siddavatam (2004), Samantha
Thomas (2004), Lane Tredway (2004), Dimitrios Tsitsiginnis (2004)
Outgoing Committee Members: Merrilee Anderson, Lisa Hoffman, Claudia Riegel, Thomas Mitchell, Virginie
Aris (resigned)
Annual Report: The Graduate Student Committee welcomed to its ranks the
addition of eleven new members who will serve the society through the 2004
meeting. Five additional students volunteered to fill the positions
vacated in by members rotating off of the committee. Attendance at the
annual committee meeting remains strong and we look forward to the 2002
gathering in Milwaukee.
The committee, in the past year, has been involved in three major projects
within the society.
First, and foremost, is the APS Foundation Student Travel Awards.
Fifty-two students from 26 institutions located in the United States,
Canada and Korea submitted applications in 2001. Twenty-four $400 awards,
including 12 named awards presented in honor of distinguished plant
pathologists, were conferred for attendance at last summer's meeting in
Salt Lake City, Utah. A board of twelve members representing garduate
students, academia and extension were responsible for reviewing the
candidates. Board members included Drs. Russ Bullock, Steve Clough, Craig
Liddell, Cynthia Ocamb, Brenda Schroeder, Frank Wong and Jean
Williams-Woodward, and graduate students Paul Esker, Anthony Glenn, Mohini
Patil, Prasad Siddavatam and Lynn Sosnoskie.
Secondly, the committee has been involved with the APS Foundation in
instituting a "2-for-1" membership offer as an initiative for recruiting
first-time student members. Graduate and undergraduate students who have
never been members of APS are eligible to receive a two-year membership
for the price of one, as well as a free two-year subscription to the APS
on-line journal of their choosing. It is the hope of this committe, that,
by alleviating some financial expenses, we can work to increase the number
of student members joining our society. We expect that this program will
be in place and announced by early 2002.
Thirdly, a sub-committee, headed by Dr. Russ Bulluck, is exploring the
potential of implementing a new event at the annual APS meetings which
will showcase the creativity that abounds in our science. It is our desire
that the "Art in Plant Pathology Exhibit" which will become a regular
feature of our societal gathering and that graduate students will take
advantage of this medium to demonstrate their talents.
For the coming year this committe will again be involved with the
Foundation travel awards. We hope to implement a small-scale exhibit of
plant pathology inspired art at the 2002 meeting in Milwaukee and are
waiting to hear if our symposium, co-sponsored with the Office of
international Programs, entitled "International Service in APS:
Opportunities for Aspiring Plant Pathologists Abroad" has been selected
for funding.
Committee Self-Evaluation: The Graduate Student Committee provides the
youngest members of the American Phytopathological Society the opportunity
to become better acquainted with the functional undertakings of our
organization. We are working hard to facilitate increased grauate student
activity in the society and are looking forward to the coming years to
witness the implementation of our projects. We recommend that the Graduate
Student Committee continue in its service to APS.
INDUSTRY
Current Committee Chair: Kenneth W. Seebold, Jr., kseebold@tifton.cpes.peachnet.edu
Immediate Past Chair: Charles T. Schiller, cschiller@tomenagro.com
Current Vice Chair: Cristi Palmer, cristi_palmer@fmc.com
Current Committee Members/Terms:
Kenneth W. Seebold 8/13/2003
Cristi L. Palmer 7/26/2002
Charles T. Schiller 7/31/2002
Clayton S. Morton 7/26/2002
Danise T. Beadle 8/13/2004
Christopher M. Becker 8/13/2004
Laura M. Butler 8/13/2004
Patrick R. Haikal 8/13/2004
Gregory M. Kemmit 8/13/2004
Michael R. Schwarz 8/13/2004
Larry E. Zang 8/13/2004
J. Mike Bonman 8/2005
Monte R. Miles 8/2005
Ben Shi 8/2005
Rami Soufi 8/2005
Mike Tiffany 8/2005
Prem Warrior 8/2005
Outgoing Committee Members: N. Beth Carroll 8/24/2001, Stephen R. Foor 8/24/2001, Barry J. Jacobsen 8/24/2001, Jennifer L. Riggs 8/24/2001, Robin E. Ross 8/24/2001, Kiran K. Shetty 8/24/2001
Annual Report: Attendees of the Meeting: Chuck Schiller, Kenny Seebold, Cristi Palmer, Mike Bonman, Steve Foor, Chris Becker, Jennifer Riggs, Allison Tally, Rami Soufi, Charlie Walkinshaw, Eric Tedford, Danise Beadle, Randy Gold, Mike Schwarz, Barry Jacobsen, Larry Zang, Roger Kaiser, Vince Morton, Monte Miles, Prem Warrier, Ben Shi, Randy Scott, Mike Tiffany
I. Housekeeping
A. Introductions
1. Attendance sign in sheets
2. Review of agenda
3. Additions to agenda
4. Identification of guest speakers – Charlie Walkinshaw
II. Old Business
A. Review of 2000 meeting minutes - Minutes were reviewed by Chuck Schiller and accepted by the membership.
B. Update on the Office of Industry Relations - Chris Becker provided an update on the Office of Industry Relations (OIR). The Industry Advisory Committee recommended the formation of the OIR, which will serve as an umbrella organization for the Industry and Sustaining Associates Committees. A minimum of 7 board members would develop ideas to foster better communications between industry and the APS, with a goal of capturing opinions representing all aspects of the industry membership within the society. The OIR board will be chosen to reflect the diversity of industry, from large companies to private practitioners. The first meeting of the OIR was scheduled for 8/28/01 from 9-12 pm in the Ken Knight Board Room and was open to all.
C. Update on the Industry Committee web page; Chris Becker reported that the current web page is useable, but needs some fine-tuning. After discussion, it was recommended that meeting minutes, company links, new product information, newsletter information, and a new section be included or enhanced on the page. Patrick Haikal will serve as the administrator of the page for two years and will oversee continued development of the page, accept new submissions to the page, and act as a liaison to APS headquarters on web page related matters. Mike Schwartz will assist Patrick in these duties. A meeting will be set up with committee members to discuss what needs to be on the Industry web.
Suggested topics were the summaries of the New Products session presentations, Names addresses, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of committee members and a listing of the primary contacts for each company. In addition it was suggested to link this website to the Plant Health progress web site.
Also discussed were submissions to Plant Health Progress. Scientific data generated by companies, information on new products, label updates, use directions, and technical information sheets are being solicited for publication. Papers are accepted within 4 weeks of submission and will be posted for 6 weeks. Only members of the APS or employees of partner companies will be permitted to submit articles. Currently, Syngenta and PBI Gordon are industry partners.
III. New Business
A. Dates and times of industry-related sessions or events
Industry Committee Meeting: 5-6 pm, August 25th, Room 151D
APS Committee Web Page Guidelines Meeting: 8:30-9 am, August 26th Room 254C
APS Graduate Student Breakfast: 7-8 am, August 27th Room 254BC
New Products and Services Session: 1-5:30 pm, August 27th Ballroom A
Co-Sponsored Sessions 1:30 – 5:30 August 28th Ballroom B
NOTE: Cristi Palmer organized an excellent session featuring sixteen speakers who will present a range of interesting topics.
APS Office of Industry Relations Meeting: 9-12 pm, August 28th Knight Rm.
Industry/Extension Social: 6-10 pm, August 28th Off-site
NOTE: Kenny Seebold, Faye Labatt, and Chuck Schiller organized this event, to be held at the Gallivan Plaza. A total of 320 tickets were sold for the social, which will feature a Western barbecue and a performance by the cast of “Utah” in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City.
Thanks to those who organized the event and special thanks to Faye Labatt and her group for their hard work in making the event a success.
B. 2001 Budget Update
Income: Beginning Balance for 2001: $6,093.28. Kenny Seebold raised $10,700.00 in contributions from our supporters in industry. A total of 320 tickets were sold for the Industry/Extension Social, generating $7,560.00 in revenue. The total balance for 2001 was $24,353.28
Expenses: Industry/Extension Social: $21,172.38
Graduate Student Breakfast: $1,831.00
Total Expenses: $23,003.38
Balance forward for 2002: $1,349.90 (NOTE: Additional funds for 2001 have been promised from industry members and will be sent in after the meeting.)
Increasing revenue for the committee was deemed a priority for 2002, and several ideas were proposed to generate additional funds. Industry members suggested that initial letters for fundraising for the 2002 meeting should be sent prior to December 2001 so that funds could be budgeted for this purpose. The committee voted to increase the price of tickets for the Industry/Extension Social by $5 for both regular and student members. Other suggestions included, increasing the “suggested minimum contribution”, contacting smaller, non-traditional ag-related companies and university extension departments. Primary contacts for each contributing company will be identified and compiled in a list for future reference. This list should appear on the Industry website. Several company representatives also requested that invoices be sent along with verbal commitments of support, as invoices move more easily through corporate accounting systems.
C. Election of New Members: Six new members were nominated to replace those rotating off the committee in 2001.
1. J. Mike Bonman, Dupont, 302-366-5381 j-mike.bonman@USA.Dupont.com
2. Monte R. Miles, Mycogen/Dow, 217-373-5600 mrmiles@Dow.com
3. Ben Shi, Syngenta, 919-765-5052 zhixin.shi@Syngenta.com
4. Rami Soufi, Uniroyal, 203-393-2163 rami_soufi@Cromptoncorp.com
5. Mike Tiffany, Agdia, 219-264-2014 miket@Agdia.com
6. Prem Warrier, Valent, 847-968-4901 prem.warrior@Valent.com
D. Election of Officers: Chair Kenny Seebold will serve as chair of the committee for 2002 Vice-Chair Cristi Palmer was elected as vice-chair of the committee. Her responsibilities will include planning the Industry/Extension Social for the 2002 meeting in Milwaukee, as well as soliciting contributions from industry. Assistant Vice-Chair Rami Soufi was elected for this position and will be responsible for organizing the New Products and Services Session at the 2002 meeting. Web Master Patrick Haikal was elected to this new position and will oversee the committee web page for 2 years (Patrick will be assisted by Mike Schwarz).
E. Special Sessions for 2002
1. New Products and Services -the committee voted to sponsor the New Products and Services session in 2002. A minimum of 4 hours will be requested for the session. The session historically has been well attended and is valued by industry and university personnel alike. To handle the standing-room only crowds, seating for 250 and a LCD projector will be requested.
2. Management of Fungicide Resistance
3. Business Opportunities for Plant Pathologists
4. Thanks to Our Farm Industry: Dr. Charlie Walkinshaw solicited support from the Industry committee (co-sponsorship and participation) for a special session entitled “Thanks to Our Farm Industry” This purpose of the session would be to thank growers for their interest and help given to APS members over the years. Invitations would be sent to 100-200 growers to attend the meeting and discuss issue with APS members in attendance. Following discussion by the committee, this session was not deemed a priority and thus will not be pursued for 2002.
F. Other New Business
1. Graduate Student Breakfast: Jennifer Riggs volunteered to organize a program for the 2002 meeting. She plans to enlist members of industry to speak at the breakfast for 5-10 minutes each about how they entered industry, followed by discussion.
2. Common Names of Plant Diseases List: after discussion, it was recommended that this list should be used to develop any new fungicide labels so that there is consistency across labels in the use of common names for plant diseases. Research Plot Rating Workshop: Dr. Vince Morton proposed that the committee sponsor a workshop on rating research plots at the 2003 meeting. Attendees at the meeting showed significant support for this initiative.
3. Fungicide and Nematicide Tests: the committee resolved to send a letter to the editors of the Fungicide and Nematicide tests regarding the tardiness with which results have been published in recent years.
Committee Self-Evaluation: The Industry Committee is a strong and viable entity within the APS, and as such plans to continue as chartered. The committee provides important services to the industry members of the society, and helps to maintain awareness of industry-related issues within APS. With the creation of the Office of Industry Relations, the committee is a part of a stronger group that represents the diverse interests of those members who are a part of the crop protection and agricultural research industries.
Kenny, Cristi and I appreciate the input of all persons who have helped the Industry committee program grow and bring industry awareness to the APS Association. Their continued financial and intellectual inputs will provide guidance to and the awareness of the importance of the joint effort needed to solve the problems of our Industry and organization.
REGULATORY PLANT PATHOLOGY
Current Committee Chair: Susan D. Cohen, susan.d.cohen@aphis.usda.gov
Immediate Past Chair: Lawrence G. Brown, lawrence.g.brown@aphis.usda.gov
Current Vice Chair: Kathleen Kosta, kkosta@cdfa.ca.gov
Current Committee Members/Terms:
Kathleen L. Kosta 7/26/2002
Gene M. Milbrath 7/26/2002
Arnold Tschanz 7/26/2002
Theodore N. Boratynski 8/8/2003
Lawrence G. Brown 7/29/2003
Susan D. Cohen 8/13/2003
Cynthia M. Ocamb 8/8/2003
S. Anwar Rizvi 8/8/2003
Anthony J. Caesar 8/13/2004
Tim R. Gottwald 8/13/2004
Gareth Hughes 8/13/2004
Paul I. Lewis 8/13/2004
Dan C. Opgenorth 8/13/2004
Gary L. Peterson 8/13/2004
Steven R. Shafer 8/13/2004
Outgoing Committee Members: Alemu Mengistu 8/24/2001, Anne Bird Sindermann 8/24/2001, Xiao-Bing Yang 8/24/2001, Ronald E. Ykema 8/29/2001
Annual Report: Annual Report: The Regulatory Plant Pathology Committee held their annual meeting on Saturday, August 25, 2001 at the Salt Lake Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Twenty-four people attended the regulatory plant pathology meeting. Fourteen appointed members were in attendance and included Ted Boratynski, Larry Brown, Anthony Caesar, Sue Cohen, Tim Gottwald, Gareth Hughes, Kathleen Kosta, Paul Lewis, Gene Milbrath, Cynthia Ocamb, Gary Peterson, Anwar Rizvi, Arnold Tschanz, and Ron Ykema.
Larry Brown called the meeting to order and the committee approved the minutes of the 2000 annual meeting. Larry Brown called for nominations of new committee members and indicated the nominees go through an approval process at APS headquarters prior to notification. Nominees were then requested for vice-chair of the regulatory committee. The committee voted and approved Kathleen Kosta, CDFA, as the next vice-chair. Topics for 2002 and 2003 sessions were discussed. The Plant Disease Loss Committee will propose a session on managing disease risks in order to minimize crop loss for the APS 2002 meeting and request that regulatory plant pathology committee co-sponsor the session. The Forest Pathology Committee will propose a discussion session on Sudden Oak Death for 2002 and have also asked the Regulatory Plant Pathology committee to co-sponsor a session. The Regulatory Plant Pathology committee agreed to sponsor both sessions and will likely sponsor a symposium for 2003 or 2004 on changes in quarantine 319.37, importation of nursery stock. A follow-up session on mitigating the risks of movement of solid wood packing materials may also be considered for 2003.
Presentations of regulatory interest then followed after the discussion of topics for the 2002-2003 APS annual meetings. NSHS Technical Chair, Greg Lamka, Pioneer Hybrid, described the need for standardized testing methods in the seed industry. Sue Cohen updated the committee on the society's policy on committee web pages. The Regulatory Plant Pathology committee will initially establish a single splash page on the APS web site and then decide in the future if an active page hosted at an off-site location is needed for committee activities.
Sue Cohen updated the committee on her efforts to recognize contributions of regulatory scientists through nominations for the APS Fellow award and establishment of a new APS award called Excellence in Regulatory Plant Pathology. Dr. Robert Kahn was again nominated for fellow this year and will be considered for next year. A letter will be sent to the awards committee and the APS President requesting a new APS award be considered for 2002.
Regulatory Updates: Tim Gottwald discussed the Citrus Canker survey and the scientific basis for treating the Asian strain of Citrus Canker differently than other cosmetic citrus diseases. Larry Brown discussed the recently negotiated agreement between the USA and Canada, which allowed the safe movement of potatoes from Canada to the USA. Nancy Richwine described the recent Plum Pox Virus finds outside the regulated area and the resulting impacts that occur when expanding the regulated area. Sue Cohen updated the committee on the new hosts, new confirmed disease locations, and state regulations for Sudden Oak Death. In addition, Sue Cohen reported on the status of the pest risk assessment, risk reduction analysis and international standards for treatment of solid wood packing material.
Cindy Ash, APS, presented information on the Plant Health Progress journal and invited regulatory workers to view the journal on-line and submit articles.
Committee Self-Evaluation: The committee continues to be active in disseminating regulatory information to the APS society through innovative teaching and web-based training opportunities such as the pest risk analysis teaching workshop and the APS international on-line workshop on risks of exotic forest pests and impacts on their trade. The committee has broadened its membership to include academia and international members and is interested in developing projects with the International Society of Plant Pathology. Members continue to work on issues such as risks associated with introduction of exotic plant diseases, re-emerging diseases in the USA and management of invasive plant diseases with academia and scientific societies.
TEACHING
Current Committee Chair: Michael Sulzinski, sulzinskim1@UofS.edu
Immediate Past Chair: Melissa B. Riley, mbriley@clemson.edu
Current Vice Chair: Marie Langham, MARIE_LANGHAM@SDSTATE.EDU
Current Committee Members/Terms:
James C. Locke (2002)
Paul Vincelli (2002)
Melissa B. Riley (2002)
Antonius B. Baudoin (2003)
Edward J. Braun (2003)
Michael J. Clements (2003)
Kathy S. McLean (2003)
Craig S. Rothrock (2003)
Michael A. Sulzinski (2003)
Lilian Z. DeLuna (2004)
Marie A. Langham (2004)
Outgoing Committee Members: David N. Appel (2001), Robert B. Carroll (2001), Charles R. Curtis (2001), Kimberly D. Gwinn (2001), Adib Saad (2001), Thomas Evans (2001)
Annual Report: During the 2000-2001 year the Teaching Committee worked with the Mycology Committee in a workshop on ‘Strategies and Exercises for Developing Mycology Courses' for the annual meeting. This was well attending and there was a lot of interest both from APS but also MSA members attending the meeting. The overall consensus is that there have been fewer resources allocated to teaching and this has resulted in many colleges and universities combining courses so that in many institutions there are combined graduate courses of ‘Mycology and Bacteriology' and ‘Virology and Nematology'. There is also less emphasis on the morphological aspects for the identification of fungi and more emphasis on the molecular biology and genetics.
A planned workshop on the use of Problem Based Learning for Teaching Plant Pathology was not presented at the meeting due to the lack of funding (outside APS funding) for the presentation of this workshop in the originally planned format. The committee is currently looking at other options for the presentation of this material.
Several members of APS have contacted the chair of the Teaching committee this year asking questions as to where posters related to teaching issues should be presented. There is no real place to present information related to teaching techniques in the current APS Poster sections subject format. At present posters related to teaching are presented in sections according to the subject area presented. Members of the teaching committee are asked to make note of such posters that are being presented so that other members of the committee interested in teaching issues can view these posters when they are presented.
Web page work for the committee has been accomplished by Michael Sulzinski in the past. APS is currently developing a standardized format for web pages for committees. The outgoing chairman (Melissa Riley) has been sending out information related to teaching plant pathology and other activities to committee members plus to other APS members. This information could possibly be put on the web site for the committee in the future so more people would be contacted.
Minutes of the teaching committee meeting on August 25, 2001 at the APS meeting were compiled by Marie Langham and are summarized below: Attendees Ravi Bhat, University of California Davis, rgbhat@ucdavis.edu, Ed Braun, Iowa State University, ebraun@iastate.edu, John Cawly, University of Missouri at Columbia, jdc3d9@mizzou.edu, Tom Evans, University of Delaware, tomevans@udel.edu , Rose Gergerich, University of Arkansas, gergeric@uark.edu, Marie Langham, South Dakota State University, marie_langham@sdstate.edu, Gary Lawrence, Mississippi State University, glawrence@entomology.msstate.edu, Melissa B. Riley, Clemson University, mbriley@clemson.edu, Raymond Schneider, Louisiana State University, rschnei@lsu.edu, Carol Stiles, University of Florida, cstiles@ufl.edu,
Due to policy changes at the Vice Chair Michael Sulzinski's institution he was unable to attend the meeting and will probably be unable to attend the APS meeting next year. After a discussion of this matter a motion to have Michael continue as the Chair next year with the assistance of the current chair was offered, seconded and approved by general acclamation.
Carol Stiles outlined the plans for the "Strategies for Teaching Mycology in the Plant Pathology Curriculum" workshop to be held on August 29.
The web page of the committee was discussed and many positive comments were offered and suggestions were made concerning information that could be included on the web page.
The meeting then shifted to new items of business. Ideas for developing public policy are being solicited and these ideas should be submitted to O. W. Barnett, North Carolina State.
Possible future symposia, discussion groups and workshops for future APS meetings were discussed. The planning for these sessions is on a two-year cycle and in the future the number of these sessions will probably be reduced and the committee should consider sessions that could be cosponsored with other committees. APS funding for session is very limited and developing outside funding should be considered. One idea for future consideration was problem-based learning.
Rose Gergerich suggested that the committee could submit ideas for the Melhus Student Symposium. This activity is based on student organization and presentation. Tom Evans suggested that this might be a good opportunity for teaching assistants to exchange information. Carol Stiles added that until now the subject matters had typically dealt with epidemiology. Rose Gergerich added that the subject matter was going to be more diversified in the future. Chair Riley stated that this could be a good opportunity to cooperate with the Graduate Student Committee.
Several remarks were made about the difficulty of this years meeting time overlapping with the start of classes and that in the future, meetings would not be scheduled in August later than August 15.
Chair Riley mentioned that Vice Chair Sulzinski had suggested a symposium concerning Introductory Plant Pathology, but she would prefer to discuss this when Michael could be present.
An inquiry was made if examples of syllabi could be posted in the web page. Rose Gergerich reminded everyone at the meeting of the Web page guidelines. This issue of copyright was discussed, and links from the Web page was suggested as one way to get around this. Tom Evans suggested that distance delivery might be an appropriate topic for a symposium. The Extension Committee approached the Teaching Committee about this as a possible symposium. Discussion about Web-based courses included Jim Partridge's course at Nebraska, the presentation at the North Central division meetings on the use of Internet 2, and the problems with tuition for Internet courses. Tom Evans suggested that Internet 2 was a good future topic and that we should bring in authorities to discuss this subject. Chair Riley mentioned an Internet course on plant medicine that had 12 instructors which is handled through Texas A & M. Chair Riley also mentioned that we needed to be discussing ideas for 2003. Rose Gergerich suggested a discussion group on professionalism classes. Instructors who are already offering these courses rely heavily on networking. These are well-received courses with strong student involvement. Chair Riley stated that this had been discussed several times previously and would be a good resource. Rose Gergerich suggested that this might be broadened to other specialized courses and innovative ideas. A suggestion was made that this could be a paper session. Chair Riley suggested the name "Innovative Ideas in Teaching Plant Pathology"
Marie Langham was nominated and elected to be the new Vice Chair.
Committee Self-Evaluation: The Teaching Committee for APS has a small group of people associated with it but it is felt that it is a very vital component and necessary committee for APS. It is the only committee that is extensively involved in the teaching activities associated with various members of APS. Teaching activities are not often viewed as the most important activities that we do as scientists but if there are going to be new persons to fill our places then teaching is a vital component of what we do. The advent of the APS Net Educational Center and the cooperation between the committee and the managers of this center can help advance the science and teaching of plant pathology.
WOMEN IN PLANT PATHOLOGY
Current Committee Chair: Pamela Adams, PAdams@ushrl.ars.usda.gov
Immediate Past Chair: Linda Hanson, lehanson@lamar.colostate.edu
Current Vice Chair:
Current Committee Members/Terms:
Linda Hanson (02)
Nina Zidack (02)
Malikah Abdullah (02)
Loretta Ortiz-Ribbing (02)
Pamela Adams (03)
Mary Hausbeck (03)
Cerinda Loschinkohl (03)
Erin Rosskopf (03)
Susan Bissonette (04)
Susan Butterworth (04)
Sigrid Carle (04)
Margaret Smither-Kopperl (04)
Outgoing Committee Members: Daniela Lopes, Nancy Burelle,
Annual Report: The Women in Plant Pathology (WIPP) Committee focused efforts in 2000-2001 on responding to the results of the 2000 survey of APS membership. The possibility of combining with another committee, such as the Cultural Diversity Committee was proposed and will be discussed with membership.
A successful social was held in Salt Lake City with 121 tickets sold. The results of the 2000 survey were discussed. In addition, at this social, members were encouraged to sign up as potential mentors, mentees or both for a proposed web site to search for mentoring partners. This project was initiated in response to multiple requests from the survey, and to committee members, for an increased role of WIPP in mentoring. Proposal to cosponsor a discussion session on careers beyond academia was made.
Committee Self-Evaluation: The committee continues to be active and is currently refocusing on mentoring and other areas of career development. We recommend continuation of the committee.