Chairperson: Phathie Sibanda

Mesfin Gossa - The Deodar Weevil, Pissodes nemorensis (Germar) in South Africa: Identity and Diversity

Osmond Mlonyeni - In vitro culture characterization of phenotype variation linked to 'virulence' of Deladenus siricidicola

Collins Tanui - Phenotypic studies to elucidate transition from biotrophic to necrotrophic phase during disease development in Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliensis

Jan Nagel - Genomics of the Neofusicoccum parvum/Neofusicoccum ribis complex