Forthcoming meetings
Workshop on alternatives to methyl bromide: the 24th NAPPO Annual Meeting at San Diego (US) will include a one-day workshop (on 2000-10-19) exploring alternative phytosanitary treatments to methyl bromide. Contact narcy.g.klag@usda.gov .
European whitefly symposium: the first European whitefly symposium, organized by the European Whitefly Study Network (EWSN), will be held at Ragusa (IT) on 2001-02-27/03-03. It will encompass: taxonomy and systematics, ecology and population dynamics, whitefly-transmitted viruses, natural enemies, plant protection. Contact network.ew
sn@bbsrc.ac.uk for general information, l.bascietto@tin.it for local information, or whitefly.symposium@mbox.unict.it for submission of papers. General contact address: EWSN Office, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH (GB).
Symposium on parasitic Hymenoptera: an international symposium on "Parasitic Hymenoptera: taxonomy and biological control" will be held on 2001-05-14/17 in Kőszeg (HU). Contact chalcini@savaria.hu or Systematic Parasitoid Laboratory, PO Box 34, Kelcz-Adelffy u. 6, 9730 Kőszeg (Hungary).