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Monitoring Progress Report – 2009 COST 873 – Bacterial Diseases of Stone Fruits and Nuts _________________________________________________________________________________ Scientific Exchanges beyond those funded in the COST STSM program: 1. October – November 2006: Visit of Miss Katarina Gasic‟ from the University of Belgrade. The diagnosis of bacterial diseases for the implementation of the certification schemes. In collaboration with the Regional Plant Protection Service, Bologna, Italy. 2. June 2007: Joint field surveys in Slovenia for the monitoring of bacterial diseases of Apricot, Plum, Peach and Walnut, followed by common work in the lab for the isolation and identification of bacteria. Italian Participants: Emilio Stefani, Davide Dallai, Davide Giovanardi. Slovenian participants: Maja Ravnikar, Tanja Dreo, Slovenian field inspectors and students. (See photo attached). 3. July 2007: Visit to plum orchards in Central Serbia. Participants: Emilio Stefani, Aleksa Obradović, Katarina Gasić, Milan Ivanović, other Serbian Technicians and Students. 4. April 2008: C. Moretti from the Dept. Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Perugia was hosted for joint field inspections in walnut orchards of Romagna. Field surveys for the monitoring of the presence of Brenneria juglandis in walnut orchards. Hosting person: E. Stefani. 5. May 2008: E. Stefani to a technical visit to the Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey. Technical course given by the visiting COST873 scientist at the Faculty on bacterial diseases of stone fruits. Joint field inspections in commercial peach orchards and nurseries in western Anatolia, to monitor the presence of bacterial diseases of stone fruits. 6. June – July 2008: Joint orchards and nursery surveys in Serbia. Participants: Emilio Stefani, Davide Dallai, from Italy. Serbian participants: A. Obradovic‟, J. Balaz, K. Gasić, Serbian field inspectors, nurserymen and students. Bosnian participant: V. Trkulja, form the Agricultural Institute, Banja Luka. 7. June – July 2008: Serbia. Training course given by E. Stefani. “Lab training for the detection, identification and characterisation of X. pruni in symptomatic plant material”. Location: University of Belgrade and University of Novi Sad. Hosting persons: A. Obradovic and J. Balaz. 8. Student Sahika Butuner from Adnan Menderes University, Turkey was in-service training for 9 weeks at unit of plant pathology of Latvian State Institute of Fruit-Growing. A new type of STSM designed to make the most of available COST873 expertise was started in 2008 and continued with great interest in 2009. The aim is to fund a small number of seasoned phytobacteriologists to travel for research exchanges but also to conduct field training schools. Field training schools enable local students and young scientists to access hands-on training for an expert in phytobacteriology, in surroundings they are comfortable with and with native-speakers available for translation. These schools also provide a unique opportunity for students to discuss the details of their projects and obtain feedback from an outside expert. Finally, these field schools enable students to conduct surveys and identify diseases in their own countries, thus developing the next generation of plant inspectors. 34
Monitoring Progress Report – 2009 COST 873 – Bacterial Diseases of Stone Fruits and Nuts _________________________________________________________________________________ IIB-11: Contacts in ERA EU Commission and OECD Contacts with regulators: the registration of biological agents (MBCAs) considered as alternative to chemical fungicides requests registration at both the EU and the national levels. Several contacts have been made at the EU level in order to facilitate the EU registration of the antagonists which are considered in the frame of the project. Contact with DG SANCO (Wolfgang Reinert), DG Environment (Anne Cecile Cotillon) and MEPs (Ch. Klass, H. Breyer etc.). Protocols for bactericide evaluation were prepared at governmental request in France for regulatory reevaluation of copper products under EC 91/414. A proposal will be made in the frame of the EU Network of Excellence ENDURE for the adaptation of the Pesticides Regulation, presently under discussion (2 nd reading) in the EU Parliament. The same question is being evaluated in the frame of the OECD Biopesticides Steering Group (BPSG) which provides regulatory guidance to the OECD member states. In July 2009, B. Duffy (Chair) and B. Blum (CoP Lead) participated in the steering group meeting in Paris. COST873 research advances regarding Pantoea biosafety were presented. OECD agreed to co-organise a joint international conference with COST873 in 2010 (Paris). This is a major advancement of COST873 initiative to pave the way for European regulatory acceptance of Pantoea biocontrol products. FP7 KBBE program Two KBBE research projects (Q-BOL & Q-Detect) were approved with COST873 partners playing significant roles in research on bacterial barcoding and phytosanitary monitoring technology, and as Work Package leaders. Joint meetings between Q-Detect and COST873 are planned for 2011, and if possible 2010. EUPHRESCO (www.euphresco.org) Phytosanitary ERA-NET was contacted and coordinated activities were conducted in 2008 and 2009. In 03.2008, a Training Workshop for Students was held at CSL with participation of EUPHRESCO, and a pilot call for collaborative research projects funded through the ERA-Net was proposed for Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni. This proposal was not finally accepted by EUPHRESCO. In 2009, a pilot project was accepted for single-locus sequencing for rapid diagnostics and is lead by the COST873 UK representative J. Elphinstone. Opportunities for joint meetings in 2009 and beyond have been vigorously explored but not yet taken up by the ERA-Net. EPPO Bacteriology Panel Official contact between EPPO and the COST873 Chair and expression of interest in collaborating, particularly on harmonization of diagnostic/monitoring protocols and European meetings was made. In addition, COST873 promotional material was presented at the Bacteriology Panel meeting in Tunis (Feb 2007), and will be presented at the joint EPPO/EAP meeting scheduled for 02.2009 in Izmir. A joint COST873 - EPPO Diagnostic meeting was held in May 2009 (York, UK). 35
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