I have just received this very sad news that Giovanni Nicolotti passed away. The loss of a good friend and colleague Forest Pathologist is terribly sad news. Our condolences go out to all of his family.

Mike

The Italian Forest pathologists regret to announce the unexpected
death of Giovanni Nicolotti at the age of 48. Prof. Giovanni
Nicolotti, who was associate professor of forest pathology at the
University of Turin (Italy), suffered a major stroke last June 24th.

Paolo Capretti - University of Firenze
Paolo Gonthier - University of Torino ( paolo.gonthier@unito.it)

If possible we ask you to spread the announce trough forpath or other way

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Prof. Paolo Capretti
DiBA - Sez. Protezione delle piante
Piazzale delle Cascine, 28
50144 - Firenze - Italy

Tel. office +39 055 3288275
FAX tel. +39 055 32882753

Michael J. Wingfield (Ph.D., FRSAF, ASSAf)

Mondi Professor of Forest Protection

Director, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI);

Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) &

DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB)

University of Pretoria, PRETORIA 0002, South Africa

Phone (office): +27 12 420 3938

Fax (office): +27 12 420 3960