LON-CAPA Departments, Asia - Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book (PPIGB)

Asia:
China	Israel	Japan
Malysia	Phillipines	Taiwan
Thailand	Turkey

China:

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China. Research groups: Phytopathology, Enotomology (Insect ecology & biological control; Insect physiology, biochemistry & pharmacology; Insecticide toxicology & resistance management; Insect pest management; Applied systematics of insects and mites). Available: Faculty (including details on research interests of department members), Education, Research and information on programs.

Institute of Plant Protection (IPP), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), China. The institute includes three Departments: Department of Plant Diseases, Department of Agricultural Insect Pest and Department of Pesticide.

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Department of Entomology, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, the Volcani Center, Bet-Dagan, Israel. Main research areas: (1) Integrated Pest Management and Arthropod Ecology, (2) Environment-friendly Control Measures, (3) Chemical Control, Insecticide Biochemistry and Toxicology, (4) Insect Physiology and Biochemistry, and (5) Taxonomy and Faunistic Surveys. Available information: activities, staff including details on research interests and publications.

Department of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University. Go to the staff directory or use the search function for details on research. Plant Pathology (Prof. Cohen): Elicitors of induced-resistance against fungal plant pathogens, Breeding cantaloupes for resistance against mildews, Fusarium wilt Management, control of fungicide-resistant Phytophthora infestans.

Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Israel. Information on Staff and their Research Interests, including The Volcani Center, Neve Ya'ar Experimental Station and Gilat Experimental Station. Research includes Plant pathogenic bacteria, Soilborne pathogens, integrated pest management, molecular basis of host-pathogen interaction, epidemiology, induced resistance and more.

Gilat-Besor Experiment Station, Molcho Center, Gilat-Besor Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Negev, Israel. Eleven research units, three in the field of plant protection (entomology, nematology, phytopathology). Each research units presents details on their research activities. Further available: general information, news, Gilat-Besor (with research deatils), Molcho Center (plans, aims...), links, site map, contact. Site in English and Hebrew.

Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement (ICCI), Department of Botany, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Research activities (selected): Virulence structure of fungal pathogens inciting foliar diseases, Elucidation of the epidemiological and genetical basis of protection, Breeding for disease resistance, Cereal biotechnology...

Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Organization, Bet-Dagan, Israel. The institute comprises five Departments of Entomology, Plant Pathology, Virology, Weed Research and Nematology. On this page you will find information on their research areas and links to single Department pages.

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Department of Agrobiology and Bioresources, Hokkaido University, Japan. Research Areas: Crop Science, Plant Genetics & Evolution, Horticulture, Crop Physiology, Plant Pathology, Plant Virology & Mycology, Applied Zoology, Systematic Entomology.

Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan. Laboratories (selected): Crops Science, Plant Pathology (Viruses, molecular biology, transgenic planst), Applied Entomology, among others.

National Institute of Fruit Tree Science (NIFTS), Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries MAFF), Tsukuba, Japan. Several departments and of Plant Protection. Research (selected): Biological Control of fruit pests (chestnut gall wasp, longicorn beetle)by natural enemies (Drysococomus kuriphilus, Beauveria brongniartii, Post-harvest technology, Plant Pathology at Tsukuba. Here you will also find the MAFF research sites.

Research Institute for Bioresources (RIB), Okayama University. Research Divisions: Genetics, Functional Biology, Environmental Biology. Barley Germplasm Center. The Plant Pathology Lab is located in the division of Environmental Biology. Research Fields: Plant Viruses: odontoglossum ringspot virus(ORSV), cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Xanthomonas campestris pathovar oryzae.

Tohoku National Agricultural Experiment Station (TNAES), Department of Lowland Farming, Omagari, Japan. Laboratories: Rice Breeding, Crop Eco-Physiology, Weed Control, Disease & Pest Control, Lowland Soils, and Farming Technology. Further Information about: What's New, Field Guide, Ministry of Agriculture, Cold Summer Damage Alert, other servers in Japan.

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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor D.E., Malaysia. Available Information: Introduction, Staff, Post Graduate, departmental News, Links. Research Acivities (selected): Biology, epidemiology and management of diseases of oil palm, rubber, cocoa and horticultural crops. Seed Pathology. Postharvest Pathology. Turf grass pest and diseases management. Manipulation of ants, predators, parasitoids, nematodes and microbes for biological control. Pesticide screening, application technology, toxicology and resistance...and more.

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Phillipines:

Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Ba�os (UPLB). Research Areas: Phytobacteriology, Mycology, Nematology, Plant Virology, Epidemiology, Disease Resistance, Postharvest Pathology, Biological Control, Fungal Physiology, Seed Pathology and Extension Plant Pathology. Further available: courses in Plant Pathology, PhD Program, Faculty. At the bottom of the website you will find the backlinks to the university.

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Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), Shanhua, Taiwan. AVRDCs goal is to develop environmentally safe and sustainable production technologies that can be adapted by national agricultural research systems (NARS). Available: regional centers & networks, research & development, germplasm collection, links. Information on biotechnology, IPM and peri-urban production. Also available are library, jobs or books.

College of Agriculture, National Chung Hsing University, (NCHU), Taiwan. Thirteen departments and sixteen graduate institutes, including Departments of Plant Pathology, Entomology. The departments present some general information on their work.

Department and Graduate Institute of Plant Pathology & Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. The bilingual homepage briefly introduces the history, teaching and research activities, and future perspectives of the Department. In addition, one may find information in Chinese on the faculty, icons of common plant diseases and pests, as well as links to local relavant WWW sites.

Taiwan Agricultural Chemicals and Toxic Substances Research Institute (TACTRI), WuFeng, Taichung Hsien, Taiwan. Departments: Residue Control (including risk assessment, environmental protection), Pesticide Chemistry (synthesis of pesticide compounds, pesticide stability), Applied Toxicology (e.g. insect resistance to chemicals), Plant Toxicology (weed control, phytotoxicity, air pollution), Bio-Pesticide (e. g. Bacillus thuringiensis, mass trapping with sex pheromones), Pesticide Application (intgrated pest control).

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Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University (Bangkhen Campus, Bangkok and Kamphaengsaen Campus, Nakhon Pathom), Thailand. Research: Bacteria, Fungus, Virus & Mycoplasma, Nematode, Mycology, and Seed Pathology. Information about Teaching, Research, Extension, contact, and lecturer.

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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara. Departemental subdivisions for Entomology and Phytopathology.

Department of Plant Protection, Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Bornova Izmir. Available: Research Staff, projects, departemental units (turkish), e-mail addresses and links.

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