There is increasing interest in the development of fungi for the control of pests, weeds and diseases. Fungal biocontrol is an exciting and rapidly developing research area with implications for plant productivity, animal and human health, and food production. Research laboratories continue to build a critically important knowledge base and the first products of real utility are now appearing in the marketplace. This area pulls together a number of important disciplines such as pathology, ecology, genetics, physiology, mass production, formulation and application strategies.
A directory of specialists involved in the development of fungi as biocontrol agents of pests, weeds and diseases is being compiled by Tariq Butt and Mark Goettel, in association with the British Mycological Society and the Society for Invertebrate Pathology. It is hoped that sponsors will be found that would enable distribution of the Directory at minimal cost. The Directory will also be available on the internet. Contributors should note that submission of data is taken as approval that the information can be distributed free and in its entirety at the discretion of the editors.
The directory should benefit all persons interested in the fundamental and applied aspects of fungal biocontrol, including:
People/companies wishing to be included in the directory should provide the following information:
- Surname: __________________________________________________________
- First Name(s): ____________________________________________________
- Title: (Prof, Dr, Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms) (circle 1)
- Organisation: _____________________________________________________
- Street Address: ___________________________________________________
- City: _____________________________________________________________
- State/Prov: _______________________________________________________
- Country: __________________________________________________________
- Postal Code: ______________________________________________________
- Telephone: ________________________________________________________
- Fax: ______________________________________________________________
- E-mail address: ___________________________________________________
- WWW page address: _________________________________________________ Use additional sheets if required for the following questions:
- Membership of professional societies.
- Fungal BCAs (common and Latin names, phylum)
- Target host (common and Latin names, phylum)
- Crop or Habitat
- Research Field (systematics, ecology, pathogenesis, laboratory and field assays, mass production, formulation, application, physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics). (Circle appropriate fields)
- Experience or interests. (e.g. current projects, special skills, consultancy, technical or work experience relevant to the development of fungal BCAs)
- Patents or products registered (provide patent number and brief details of active ingredient, formulation, method of application, target hosts)
- Keywords. List seven words which identify the fungi you work with and their target host(s) and describe your expertise and/or areas of interest.
Please return completed form(s) by e-mail and a signed hard copy by 30th September, 1998 to:
Dr. Tariq M. Butttel
IACR-Rothamsted
Harpenden,
Hertfordshire,
AL5 2JQ. UK
tel: +44 (0)1582 763133 ext 2431
fax: +44 (0) 1582 760981
e-mail: Tariq.Butt@bbsrc.ac.uk
Last updated on 2000-OCT-05 by frf