PREFACE 1
PROGRAMME 1
ABSTRACTS OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS 19
SPECIAL LECTURES 21
The value of seed health testing in preventing introduction and spread of bacterial diseases of plants 23
Improved PCR-based assays for the detection of plant pathogenic Xanthomonas 28
The role of Foundation Plant Services in the creation of Clean Plant stock 30
Review on plant quarantine on seeds and seedlings in China 35
SESSION 1 Economic Significance of Seed-borne Diseases 37
Seed health status of farmers saved rice 39
Seed health and its implications 40
Health status of TLS(Truthfully Labeled Seeds)in the markets of Bangladesh 41
Development of seed treatments for control of loose smut in barley and wheat(U.nuda,U.tritici)in organic agriculture 42
SESSION 2 Management of Seed-borne Diseases 43
Detection and management of bacterial canker disease of tomatoes during and after hybrid seed production 45
The control of seed-borne pathogens of sorghum with two aqueous extracts made from Yucca schidigera 46
Increase in rice yield through clean seed technology,a farmer's participatory approach 47
The effect of plant extracts and essential oils on the control of brown spot disease of rice 55
The effect of plant extracts as seed treatments on the control of bacterial leaf spot of tomato 56
Ecofriendly seed treatment strategy for the management of important vegetable seed-borne diseases in India 57
Seed sanitation under new physical methods with special reference to electron treatment 58
Isolation,identification,pathogenicity and genetic diversity of the black rot pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris in Brassica seed and crops from Mozambique 59
Effect of cultivar,foliar fungicide,and harvest on seed infection of soybean in Arkansas,USA 60
Utilization of wheat genotypes resistant to spot blotch,Karnal bunt and loose smut in breeding for disease resistance in India 61
Possibilities for control of seed-borne Phoma spp.,Curvularia spp.and Colletotrichum graminicola in sorghum(Sorghum bicolor),using aqueous extracts of Acacia gourmaensis,Balanites aegyptiaca and Eclipta alba 63
Chemical analysis and mammalian toxicity of four aqueous plant extracts used for seed treatment 64
Histology of infection mode of Acidovorax avenae subsp.citrulli,the causal agent of fruit blotch of watermelon 65
SESSION 3 Diagnosis Technology on Seed-borne Diseases 67
Molecular detection and multiplexing of some important seed-borne pathogens 69
Characterization of bacterial leaf spot causing Xanthomonas of sweet pepper in Tanzania by PCR,pathogenicity and race determination 70
Molecular identification and genetic diversity of Lasidiplodia theobroma,the causal agent of Jatropha curcus collar rot disease 71
SEM study on speed and process of seed-borne infection of Fusarium moniliforme on soybean seed 72
SESSION 4 Quarantine and Certification of Seeds and Vegetatively Propagated Plant Materials 77
Quarantine,certification and eradication:a U.S.perspective to viral disease management in fruits crops 79
New emerging grapevine viruses and prevention in the Midwest of USA 81
ABSTRACTS OF POSTERS 83
Biocontrol of kernel smut of sorghum and detection of the causal organism,Sporisorium sorghi,in plant tissue 85
2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol producing Pseudomonas fluorescens mediated disease resistance against early blight of tomato 86
A PCR-based diagnostic assay for the detection of Alternaria padwickii in rice seeds 87
Preventive control of seed borne anthracnose in lupine 88
The effects of seed treatment on Ascochyta blight infection progress in pea in different agro ecosystems 89
Improvement of seed quality in organic herb and medicinal plant farming 90
Activity of SYP-Z048 Z-,E-isomers on plant pathogenic fungi 91
Determination of SYP-Z048 in soil with dispersive solid phase extraction and high performance liquid chromatography 92
Study on the testing of seed associated fungi from Populus euphratica and P.pruinosa 93
The first report of viable but non-culturable(VBNC)state of Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.nichiganensis 95
Testing of seed-associated fungi and disinfecting effect of six fungicides on rice seeds from 35 varieties 96
Seed health testing and chemical treatment effect on watermelon seeds in Beijing region 97
Study on control of seed and seedling diseases of Panax quinquefolium by seed-coating formulations 99
Control efficacy of 0.8％ myclobutanil-tebuconazole SCF on take-all of wheat 101
The antifungal activity and the mode of uptake and transportation of several QoI fungicides 103
The detection method research for Clavibacter michiganensis subsp.nebraskensis 104
Research of detection technique of two important pathogens in Burkholderia genus 105
Detection of live and dead cell of Pantoea stewartii subsp.stewartii in polymerase chain reaction assay using a DNA binding dye 106
Detection of Cucumber Green Mottle Mosaic Virus on seeds 107
Detection of Acidovorax citrulli in watermelon leaves by polymerase chain reaction with co-amplification of host DNA 108
Evaluation of biocontrol preparation "Shu De Kang" with different application methods of pepper in the field 109
ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS 111
The establishment of rapid detection method for the pathogen of crucifer bacterial black spot 113
Seed-borne fungi of Onobrychis viciaefolia 114
Seed-borne fungi of Sorghum sudanense and its pathogenicity 115
Effects of Neotyphodium endophytes on seed germination of three grass species under different pH conditions 116
Effects of Neotyphodium endophyte on germination of Hordeum brevisubulatum under temperature and water stress conditions 117
Effects of pathogenic fungus Embellisia astragali on the germination of Astragalus adsurgens 118
Cloning and analysis of NBS type resistance gene analogs in citrus 119
Rapid detection of Acidovorax avenae subsp.citrulli using protein macroarray 120
Agriculture engineering and agricultural magagement 121
Present situation and developing strategy of seed health testing in China 122
Potato verticillium wilt was founded in Urumqi,Xinjiang 131
Quality analysis of seed potato produced in Yunnan province 132
Registration current situation and development of crop seed treatment fungicide in China 134
One-step multiplex RT-PCR for simultaneous detection of four potato viruses 136
Detection of Pantoea agglomerans,causal agent of dry stalk rot,in maize seeds and its seed-borne characterization 137
Detection of pathogens causing common blight in dry bean seeds 138
Detection of Acidovorax avenae subsp.citrulli in exported seeds 139
Study on harmless treatment technology of import watermelon seeds 144
Detection of Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus using MNP Real-time RT-PCR method 145
Development of a real-time fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR method for the detection of Plum pox virus 153
Identification of viruses infecting Capsicum annuum in Hexi area of Gansu province 155
Detection of three quarantine virus and endogenous genes of soybean seeds by single-tube multiplex PCR 156
APPENDIX 157
Danish Seed Health Centre 159
Asian Seed Health Centre 161
African Seed Health Centre 163
Seed Health Centre of China Agricultural University 165
List of Participants 166
POSTSCRIPT 179