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Knowledge and Technology Transfer for Plant Pathology

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Editors:
  1. Nigel Hardwick

    1. Central Science Laboratory, York, United Kingdom

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  2. Maria Lodovica Gullino

    1. Centro di Competenza per, Università di Torino, Grugliasco, Italy

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Part of the book series: Plant Pathology in the 21st Century (ICPP, volume 4)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Plant Healthcare for Poor Farmers Around the World: Gathering Demand and Innovative Responses

    • E. Boa
    Pages 1-16

  3. Participatory Approaches and Plant Diseases in Less Developed Countries

    • J. G. M. Vos, S. L. J. Page, U. Krauss
    Pages 17-31

  4. Technology Adoption: Classroom in the Cocoa Block

    • D. I. Guest, R. Daniel, Y. Namaliu, J. K. Konam
    Pages 33-44

  5. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Projects in Plant Pathology

    • D. M. Eastburn, C. J. D’Arcy
    Pages 45-53

  6. Technology Transfer in Extension: Experience in the United States of America

    • P. Vincelli
    Pages 55-58

  7. Diagnostic Networks for Plant Biosecurity

    • J. P. Stack
    Pages 59-74

  8. Plant Clinics and Phytopathology Training

    • H. Maraite, C. Bragard, A. Legrève
    Pages 75-90

  9. Training in Plant Pathology from an Industry Perspective

    • U. Gisi
    Pages 91-100

  10. Sustainable Crop Protection and Environment Protection: Eight Years of Technology Transfer Between China and Italy

    • M. L. Gullino, M. Pugliese, N. Capodagli, A. Garibaldi
    Pages 101-118

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 119-123
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About this book

This book contains fuller versions of the papers and posters presented in the Knowledge and Technology Transfer and Teaching Plant Pathology sessions at the 9th International Congress of Plant Pathology held in Turin, Italy in 2008. Communication is an essential area for plant pathologists and it is not just the publication of results in the scientific press that is important. In a world where there is a major shortage of food and where a significant amount of it is destroyed by pests and diseases before it ever reaches the consumer, it is important to provide support to those who produce the food in order to reduce the losses. Reducing crop losses not only has an impact on health, but also wealth and, therefore, the ability to survive. With an ever-increasing demand on food supplies due to increases in population, and changes in life-style associated with rising incomes in certain parts of the world, plant pathologists have a pivotal role to play in contributing to global food security. Aspects of crop protection have lost favour with the general public because of concerns about environmental pollution and genetic modification of crops. This has had a ‘knock on’ effect in the recruitment and training of crop protectionist in g- eral and a concomitant impact on courses available at universities. However, it has never been more important to train people with good communication skills and an ability to solve problems to tackle the complexities of pathogen and plant interactions.

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“Volume 4 … with only 9 papers, addresses Knowledge and Technology Transfer for Plant Pathology. … They bring together a summary of work across the whole field of plant pathology … . They thus enable specialists to see their specialism as part of an integrated whole, and for students and those at the start of their careers they provide an invaluable summary of what is going on, who the key players are and where the knowledge lacunae lie.” (David Ingram, Food Security, Vol. 3, 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Central Science Laboratory, York, United Kingdom

    Nigel Hardwick

  • Centro di Competenza per, Università di Torino, Grugliasco, Italy

    Maria Lodovica Gullino

About the editors

Dr Hardwick gained a PhD from Imperial College, London. He worked for government as an advisory plant pathologist and researcher on diseases of arable crop plants in Zambia and the UK. He's a past president of the British Society for Plant Pathology. Maria Lodovica Gullino is a professor of plant pathology at the University of Torino and President of the International Society for Plant Pathology. She has long term experience in plant disease management.

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