Dear colleagues and friends,

We would like to inform you about the upcoming “5^th Phytophthora, Pythium and related genera workshop” that will take place in Beijing, China on 24-25 August 2013, immediately prior to the International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP; 25-30 August, 2013).

This is a two-day pre-congress workshop that will provide an additional platform to bring together scientists working on Oomycetes. The objective of the first day is to introduce the methodology for studying Oomycetes, in particular, Phytophthora and Pythium species (from isolation to characterization using morphological and molecular tools). The second day will cover contemporary research topics presented by invited and contributed speakers (see webpage for range of topics).  During the evening there will be a poster session where all participants can present their work (these posters can be the same that will be presented during the ICPP)

Abstract Submission: Workshop deadline (to be considered for oral presentation) is April 1^st 2013 and for the ICPP 28 February 2013.

For abstract submission, registration and detailed information on the workshop, please visit the congress website: http://www.icppbj2013.org/file/workshop/5thInternationalWorkshop.asp

If you are interested in contributing to the sessions (oral papers and posters), please inform the session organizers while submitting your abstracts online using the ICPP web page. Final selections for oral presentations will be made after registration has been completed.

Sessions for the second day are:

Session 1 Genomics and Oomycetes. Opportunities in comparative genomics.

Session 2 Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Oomycetes

Session 3: Emerging diseases, new technologies and management of Oomycete diseases in agricultural and natural settings

Session 4 Population biology, gene flow and hybridization.

The members of scientific committee are Drs. Yilmaz Balci (ybalci@umd.edu); David Cooke (david.cooke@hutton.ac.uk); Frank Martin (Frank.Martin@ARS.USDA.GOV) and Zhao Wenxia (zhaowenxia@caf.ac.cn) for all local arrangements.