11th Meeting of the Panel on Bacterial Diseases
Vienna, 2004-05-04/05
The Panel on Bacterial Diseases met at the Institute for Plant Health in Vienna, at the kind invitation of Mrs Keck. Thanks are due to her and Mr Bedlan, Deputy Head, for their warm hospitality and for the visit organized to the famous ‘Heuringen’ (vine tavern) at the foothills of the Vienna Woods.
The Panel continued its work on the preparation of diagnostic protocols for regulated bacteria. There are altogether 25 bacteria from EPPO A1 and A2 lists. Five protocols on the following bacteria will be published in Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 34(2) Erwinia amylovora (PM 7/20), Ralstonia solanacearum (PM 7/21), Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. dieffenbachiae (PM 7/22), Xanthomonas arboricola pv. corylina (PM 7/23) and Xylella fastidiosa (PM 7/24). Protocols on Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis, Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri were finalized by the Panel. They will be presented to the Working Party on Phytosanitary Regulations for approval.
At this meeting, considerable progress was made in studying the draft protocols on Burkholderia caryophylli, Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. insidiosus, Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. flaccumfaciens, Pantoea stewartii ssp. stewartii, X. fragariae, Xylophilus ampelinus and, Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vesicatoria and Xanthomonas vesicatoria. Two of them (Burkholderia caryophylli and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vesicatoria and Xanthomonas vesicatoria) will now be sent to EPPO member governments for their critical comments. Protocol on Xanthomonas oryzae, which includes two pathovars oryzae and oryzicola, was seen by the Panel for the first time. The Panel also discussed management of the programme and, format and content of a diagnostic protocol.
The Panel will next meet in Oslo, on 2005-02-08/09, at the kind invitation of Mr Sletten.
Participants
D. CAFFIER
LNPV unité bactériologie, 8bis rue Le Nôtre, 49044 ANGERS CEDEX 01 (FR)
33/241723241 – 33/241482285 – david.caffier@agriculture.gouv.fr
O. CAZELLES
Agroscope RAC Changins, 1260 NYON (CH)
41/223634360 – 41/22 3634394 – olivier.cazelles@rac.admin.ch
H. DJOUADI (Ms)
Bacteriological Laboratory, INPV, BP 80, EL HARRACH/ALGER (DZ)
213/21521251 – 213/21525863 – inpv@wissal.dz
T. DREO (Ms)
National Institute of Biology, Dept of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Vecna pot 11, 1000 LJUBLJANA (SI)
386/1 4233388 ext 411 – 386/1 2573847 – tanja.dreo@nib.si
A. DRUZKOVSKA (Ms)
Central Controlling and Testing Institute of Agriculture, Dept of Diagnostics, Hanulova 9/A, 844 29 BRATISLAVA (SK)
421/2 64462089 – 421/2 64462089 – diagnostika@uksup.sk
J. HORKY
State Phytosanitary Administration, Division of Diagnostics, Šlechtitelu 11, 783 71 OLOMOUC (CZ)
420/585207299 – 420/585227790 – jaroslav.horky@srs.cz
J.D. JANSE
Plant Protection Service, P.O. Box 9102, 6700 HC WAGENINGEN (NL)
31/317 496810 – 31/317 421701
J. VAN VAERENBERGH
CLO-DGB, van Gansberghelaan 96, 9820 MERELBEKE (BE)
32/9 2722476 – 32/9 2722429 – j.van.vaerenbergh@clo.fgov.be
B. LAYANI
DPVCTRF, BP 1308, RABAT (MA)
211/37297543 – 212/37297544 – lahyanib@yahoo.fr
M.M. LOPEZ (Ms)
IVIA, Moncada, 46113 VALENCIA (ES)
34/96344000 – 34/963424001 – mlopez.ivia.es
P. MÜLLER (Mrs)
BBA, Stahnsdorfer Damm 81, 14532 KLEINMACHNOW (DE)
49/3320348377 – 49/3320348385 – p.mueller@bba.de
J. NÉMETH
Plant Protection and Soil Conservation Service, P.O. Box 15, PÈCS (HU)
36/72552246 – 36/72255940 – nemethpl@axelero.hu
M. RAVNIKAR (Ms)
National Institute of Biology, Dept of Plant Physiology and Biotechnology, Vecna pot 11, 1000 LJUBLJANA (SI)
386/1 4233388 ext 411 – 386/1 2573847 – maja.ravnikar@nib.si
W. RUPPITSCH
AGES, Molecular Plant Diagnostics, Spargeldfeldstr. 191, 1226 VIENNA (AT)
43/1 73216 5147 – 43/1 73216 5169 – werner.ruppitsch@ages.at
A. SLETTEN
Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Plant Protection Centre, Høgskoleveien 7, 1432 Aas (NO)
47/64949258 – 47/64949226 – arild.sletten@planteforsk.no
E.M. STEFANI
DiSTA, Universitat di Bologna, Via Filippo Re 8, 40126 BOLOGNA (IT)
39/051 2091430 – 39/051 2091446 – estefani@agrsci.unibo.it
D. STEAD
Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, YORK YO41 1LZ (GB)
44/1904 462336 – 44/1904 462250 –d.stead@csl.gov.uk