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2010-06-30
Scientific Summary No. 71, 2010
Rust fungi (Basidiomycota, Uredinales) are the largest group of fungal plant pathogens, containing more than 7000 species that infect trees and other plants in virtually all important families worldwide. More than 40 tree rust specialists convened in beautiful Florence for the Fourth International Rusts of Forest Trees Conference held by IUFRO Working Party 7.02.05 on May 3-6, 2010 to talk about a broad array of topics, including phylogeny, distribution, biology, epidemiology, genomics, genetic resistance, and management.
Download the full IUFRO Scientific Summary:
Rusts of Forest Trees – A Threat to Ecology and Economy
By Richard C. Hamelin, Coordinator of IUFRO 7.02.05
LATEST NEWS
2010-08-28
On Saturday, 28 August, the last day of the IUFRO World Congress, the winners of IUFRO's Best Poster Award were announced.
2010-08-27
Current Executive Director Peter Mayer has been appointed Director of the Austrian BFW. Now IUFRO is seeking to fill the position based on secondment or a specific donor grant as of 1 November 2010.
2010-08-26
FORNESSA's Information Service (FORNIS) organizes and presents forest-related scientific information from Africa; thus, it will strengthen information exchange and African forestry research.
2010-08-23
The final draft of the IUFRO Strategy 2010-2014 is now open for comments!
2010-08-10
Edición especial con todos los artículos relacionados con los temas del XXIII Congreso Mundial IUFRO publicados entre Octubre 2009 y Julio 2010.
