ISTA Seed Health Workshop

Detection of Botrytis cinerea on Linum seeds and on sunflower seeds;
detection of Fusarium spp on wheat seeds

Dates: 2nd to 5th March 2010 (3 days and a half will be devoted to the 3 pathogens, registration will not be possible for only 1 or 2 pathogens)

The ISTA Seed Health Committee and Station Nationale d’Essais de Semences, GEVES is pleased to announce a workshop organized by Valerie Grimault (valerie.grimault@geves.fr) and Valerie Cockerell (Valerie.Cockerell@sasa.gsi.gov.uk), to be held in Angers France. The workshop will consist of lectures and demonstrations or training, with discussions on techniques.  

Language of the workshop is English.

Preliminary program:

Fusarium spp: Chaired by V Cockerell

Lectures:

• Introductory lecture on Fusarium spp of wheat: taxonomy, epidemiology and mycotoxins. Invited speaker.
• Technical lectures and discussions:
  - ISTA 7-022 Method. V Cockerell. - Morphological identification of Fusarium species. I Serandat.
  - Identification of Fusarium species by PCR. R Mathis. Ÿ

Demonstrations/Training: 

• Training on pure cultures and on contaminated seed lots: morphological identification of Fusarium species.
• Demonstration of PCR identification on pure cultures.

 
Botrytis: Chaired by V Grimault

Lectures:

• Introductory lecture on Botrytis cinerea: taxonomy, epidemiology. Invited speacker.
• Technical lectures and discussions:
  - ISTA proficiency test on ISTA 7-007 Method (Botrytis/sunflower). V Grimault.
  - ISTA 7-007 Method (Botrytis cinerea /Linum) and other fungi infecting Linum seeds. I Serandat.

Demonstrations/Training Botrytis cinerea /Linum:

• Training on pure cultures and on contaminated seed lots: morphological identification of Botrytis cinerea and other pathogens infecting Linum.

Demonstrations/Training Botrytis cinerea /sunflower:

• Training on pure cultures and on contaminated seed lots: morphological identification of Botrytis cinerea.

General demonstrations:
- Demonstration of deposit of seeds and incubation 

Perspectives, General Lecture:
- New molecular methods for multipathogen detection on seeds, the example of macroarray technique: P Simoneau (University of Angers).

Social events, Thursday 4th March:
- Visit mushroom caves
- Official dinner in a Troglodyte restaurant

Registration:

The workshop is planned for 20 participants.

Registration fees:
360€ for ISTA Members (ISTA laboratory member or Technical Committee Member)
530€ for Non-ISTA Members

Registration deadline:
January 8^th, 2010 (Please note that all registrations after this deadline will be on a waiting list.)

Accommodation and transportation:

Hotel de la Gare: charges for one night incl. breakfast: 83 € for a twin bedroom or 80 € for a single bedroom.
Hotel de France: charge for one night incl. breakfast: 125 € for a single or double bedroom.

A bus will transport participants from hotels to GEVES-SNES