Annual progress report - Cost 873
Annual progress report - Cost 873
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Monitoring Progress Report – 2009<br />
COST <strong>873</strong> – Bacterial Diseases of Stone Fruits and Nuts<br />
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Scientific Exchanges beyond those funded in the COST STSM program:<br />
1. October – November 2006: Visit of Miss Katarina Gasic‟ from the University of Belgrade. The<br />
diagnosis of bacterial diseases for the implementation of the certification schemes. In collaboration<br />
with the Regional Plant Protection Service, Bologna, Italy.<br />
2. June 2007: Joint field surveys in Slovenia for the monitoring of bacterial diseases of Apricot,<br />
Plum, Peach and Walnut, followed by common work in the lab for the isolation and identification<br />
of bacteria. Italian Participants: Emilio Stefani, Davide Dallai, Davide Giovanardi. Slovenian<br />
participants: Maja Ravnikar, Tanja Dreo, Slovenian field inspectors and students. (See photo<br />
attached).<br />
3. July 2007: Visit to plum orchards in Central Serbia. Participants: Emilio Stefani, Aleksa<br />
Obradović, Katarina Gasić, Milan Ivanović, other Serbian Technicians and Students.<br />
4. April 2008: C. Moretti from the Dept. Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of<br />
Perugia was hosted for joint field inspections in walnut orchards of Romagna. Field surveys for<br />
the monitoring of the presence of Brenneria juglandis in walnut orchards. Hosting person: E.<br />
Stefani.<br />
5. May 2008: E. Stefani to a technical visit to the Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, Izmir,<br />
Turkey. Technical course given by the visiting COST<strong>873</strong> scientist at the Faculty on bacterial<br />
diseases of stone fruits. Joint field inspections in commercial peach orchards and nurseries in<br />
western Anatolia, to monitor the presence of bacterial diseases of stone fruits.<br />
6. June – July 2008: Joint orchards and nursery surveys in Serbia. Participants: Emilio Stefani,<br />
Davide Dallai, from Italy. Serbian participants: A. Obradovic‟, J. Balaz, K. Gasić, Serbian field<br />
inspectors, nurserymen and students. Bosnian participant: V. Trkulja, form the Agricultural<br />
Institute, Banja Luka.<br />
7. June – July 2008: Serbia. Training course given by E. Stefani. “Lab training for the detection,<br />
identification and characterisation of X. pruni in symptomatic plant material”. Location:<br />
University of Belgrade and University of Novi Sad. Hosting persons: A. Obradovic and J. Balaz.<br />
8. Student Sahika Butuner from Adnan Menderes University, Turkey was in-service training for 9<br />
weeks at unit of plant pathology of Latvian State Institute of Fruit-Growing.<br />
A new type of STSM designed to make the most of available COST<strong>873</strong> expertise was started in 2008<br />
and continued with great interest in 2009. The aim is to fund a small number of seasoned<br />
phytobacteriologists to travel for research exchanges but also to conduct field training schools. Field<br />
training schools enable local students and young scientists to access hands-on training for an expert in<br />
phytobacteriology, in surroundings they are comfortable with and with native-speakers available for<br />
translation. These schools also provide a unique opportunity for students to discuss the details of their<br />
projects and obtain feedback from an outside expert. Finally, these field schools enable students to<br />
conduct surveys and identify diseases in their own countries, thus developing the next generation of<br />
plant inspectors.<br />
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