The 7th International Mycosphaerella and Stagonospora Symposium

Monte Verita Conference Centre, Ascona, Switzerland August 18-22, 2008

Organized as a satellite meeting to the 2008 International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP), the 7th International Mycosphaerella and Stagonospora Symposium will focus mainly on the Mycosphaerella and Stagonospora pathogen communities infecting cereals and bananas. The symposium will bring together major researchers in the field with the goal of stimulating multidisciplinary approaches to control these globally important diseases. The program will include sessions focussed on pathogen biology and genetics, genomics, resistance breeding, population genetics and evolutionary biology, and disease management. All sessions will include contributed papers by invited speakers. Ample opportunities will be provided to present posters and to meet with colleagues. The program will also include panel discussions and a field excursion. The venue will be the Monte Verita Conference Centre (http://www.csf.ethz.ch/) in beautiful Ascona, Switzerland, just a few hours away from Torino.