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Background:
Potatoes
and field-grown tomatoes are very important crops in Europe. The
most threatening disease, potato late blight, is caused by the
fungus Phytophthora infestans. The disease occurs worldwide and
causes serious economic losses in potatoes and tomatoes, due to
lower yields and quality. The control of late blight is dependant
on frequent applications of synthetic fungicides. In EU Member
States every year approximately 13,000 tons of active ingredient
is used to control potato late blight, at a total cost of about
140 million ECU. Since 1980, the population of P. Infestans has
gradually changed to a more aggressive population with A1 and
A2 mating types and sexual reproduction. In many European countries,
research is being carried out on Integrated Control Strategies
for potato blight in potatoes and tomatoes.
Objectives:
The
objective of this action is to establish a network for communication
between scientists and research groups in ten European countries
who are working on the development of Integrated Control Strategies
for control of potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans), and
to avoid duplication of efforts through coordinated research between
Member States. This network will result in a complete data package
with information on Integrated Control of Late Blight. This information
can than be used to develop a decision support system.
Description:
Workshops
will be organised once a year. The workshops will be open to all
participants and all people on the mailing list, including the
makers of fungicides. In the first workshop, a survey will be
presented of all operational forecasting systems and integrated
control strategies in Europe. The development of a European Integrated
Control Strategy, in which all available knowledge is included,
will be initiated. Priorities for research will be discussed.
Results will be discussed in a 2nd workshop of research and development.
In the second year, validation experiments with the Integrated
Control Strategies will be carried out and presented in a third
workshop. Implementation at the farm level will take place in
the third year and the results will be presented in a last workshop.
Current
situation/results:
The
Concerted Action ended on 1 March 2000. Workshops were organised
in Lelystad, The Netherlands (1996), Carlow, Ireland (1997), Uppsala,
Sweden (1998) and Oostende, Belgium (1999), in which state of
the art on control of Phytophthora infestans, epidemics
in 1996, 1997, 1998 & 1999 and recent research was presented
and discussed. Sub-groups on epidemiology, fungicides and Decision
Support Systems discussed gaps in information and priorities for
research. Proceedings of the Workshops, including all oral and
poster presentations and discussions, were published as:
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PAV-Special Report No. 1, January 1997, 147 pp.
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PAV-Special Report No. 3, January 1998, 240 pp.
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PAV-Special Report No. 5, January 1999, 289 pp.
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PAV-Special Report No. 6, February 2000, 296 pp.
During
the Concerted Action, eight Newsletters were published with information
on research groups in Europe working on control of Phytophthora
infestans, and recent results. The Newsletters and Proceedings
of the Workshops were sent to approximately 200 persons/groups
in Europe, North & South America/Canada and to other potato
producing countries interested in this information. All the Newsletters
are also available on the PAV Homepage on Internet;
Website:
http://www.agro.nl/pav/pavintp2.htm
Coordinator
Huub
SCHEPERS
Research
Station for Arable Farming and Field Production of Vegetables
Edelhertweg
1
P.O.
BOX 430
NL-8200
AK Lelystad
Tel.:
+31 320 29 11 11
Fax:
+31 320 23 04 79
E-mail:
h.t.a.m.schepers@pav.agro.nl
Partners
- Henk SCHOUTEN
Plant Research International
P.O. BOX 16
NL-6700 AA Wageningen
Tel.: +31 317 47 68 17
Fax: +31 317 41 65 13
E-mail: H.J.Schouten@plant.wag-ur.nl
- Nick BRADSHAW
Agricultural Developmentand Advisory Service
Henstaff Court Business Centre, Groesfan
UK-CF72 8NG Cardiff
Tel.: +44 2920 89 91 10
Fax: +44 2920 89 00 54
E-mail: Nick_Bradshaw@adas.co.uk
- J.L. ROLOT
Ministère de l'Agriculture
Rue du Serpont 100
B-6800 Libramont
Tel.: +32 61 23 10 10
Fax: +32 61 23 10 28
E-mail: rolot@cragx.fgov.be
- E. SCHIESSENDOPPLER
Bundesamt und Forschungszentrum Fuer Landwirtschaft
Spargelfeldstraße 191
A-1226 Vienna
Tel.: +43 1 723 16 52 05
Fax: +43 1 723 16 51 94
E-mail: elke.rauscher@relay.bfl.gv.at
- Ruaridh BAIN
Scottish Agricultural College
Plant Biology Department
UK-KA6 5 HW Auchincruive - AYR
Tel.: +44 1292 52 52 83
Fax: +44 1292 52 53 14
E-mail: R.Bain@au.sac.ac.uk
- Leslie DOWLEY
Oak Park Research Center
IRL-Carlow
Tel.: +353 50 37 02 50
Fax: +353 50 34 24 23
E-mail: ldowley@oakpark.teagasc.ie
- Serge DUVAUCHELLE
Service Régional de la Protection de Végétaux
Rue Bernard Palissy 81
P.O. BOX 47
F-62750 Loos-en-Gohelle
Tel.: +33 3 21 08 62 70
Fax: +33 3 21 43 97 72
E-mail: serge.duvauchelle@agriculture.gouv.fr
- Frank NIEPOLD
BBA - Biologische Bundesanstalt Fuer Land- und Forstwirtschaft
Messeweg 11-12
D-38104 Braunschweig
Tel.: +49 531 299 45 15
Fax: +49 531 299 30 08
- Johann HABERMAYER
Technische Universität München
Hohe bachern straße
D-85350 Freising - Weihenstephan
Tel.: +49 816 171 50 42
Fax: +49 816 171 51 04
E-mail: Habermeyer@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
- Louise COOKE
Queen's University of Belfast
New Forge Lane
UK-BT9 5PX Belfast
Tel.: +44 2890 25 52 56
Fax: +44 2890 66 83 75
E-mail: louise.cooke@dani.gov.uk
- Jens HANSEN
Danish Institute of Plant and Soil Science
P.O. BOX 23
DK-8830 Tjele
Tel.: +45 89 99 18 06
Fax: +45 89 99 12 00
E-mail: JensG.Hansen@agrsci.dk
- Gilbert AMPE
Provinciaal Onderzoek en Voorlichtingscentrum voor Land-en Tuinbouw
Leperseweg 87
B-8800 Rumbeke
Tel.: +32 51 26 14 00
Fax: +32 51 24 0020
E-mail: gilbert.ampe.povlt@west-vlaanderen.be
- Roland SIGNALD
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
P.O.Box 7044
S-75007 Uppsala
Tel.: +46 18 67 23 66
Fax: +46 18 67 28 90
E-mail: Roland.Sigvald@tvs.slu.se
- Didier ANDRIVON
I.N.R.A.
P.O. BOX 29
F-35650 Le Rheu
Tel.: +33 2 99 28 51 79
Fax: +33 2 99 28 51 80
E-mail: andrivon@rennes.inra.fr
- Ricardo BUGIANI
Osservatorio per la Malattie delle Piante
Via di Corticalla 133
I-40129 Bologna
Tel.: +39 051 37 24 98
Fax: +39 051 37 22 22
E-mail: omp3@regione.emilia-romagna.it
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