Dear Delegates

   We have received some exciting and interesting abstracts for the 14th International Botrytis Symposium that will be held in Cape Town from 21 to 26 October 2007.  Prominent roleplayers in Botrytis research have confirmed their participation as Keynote speakers at the Symposium.

PROGRAMME

Session 1: Botrytis Identification and Detection
Dr MOLLY DEWEY (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, ENGLAND and Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California at Davis, USA)

Session 2: Biology and Genetics of Botrytis
Dr MATTHIAS HAHN (Department of Phytopathology TU Kaiserslautern, GERMANY)

Session 3: Host-pathogen Interactions
Dr JAN VAN KAN (Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University,
NETHERLANDS)
Prof PAUL TUDZYNSKI (Institut f黵 Botanik, Westf鋖ische Wilhelms-Universit鋞, M黱ster, GERMANY)

Session 4: Botrytis "-Omics"
Dr SABINE FILLINGER (INRA Versailles, Versailles cedex, FRANCE)

Session 5: Ecology and Epidemiology
Dr YIGAL ELAD (Department of Plant Pathology, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan,
ISRAEL)

Session 6: Disease Management
Dr MAARTEN DE WAARD (Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University,
NETHERLANDS)
Dr PHILIP ELMER (HortResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton , NEW
ZEALAND)

Session 7: Botrytis, Industry and the Food Chain
Prof PHILIPPE DARRIET (Fac. d'Oenologie, UMR Oenologie-Amp閘ologie, Talence,
FRANCE)
Prof PETER SCHREIER (Bayer Cropscience AG and Dept. of Genetics, University of Cologne, GERMANY)

IMPORTANT
The deadline to submit abstracts for this Symposium is 16 July 2007. Details regarding the submission is available on the website http://academic.sun.ac.za/botrytis2007/index.html
For more information please contact the Secretariat:  Tel:  27 21 886 4496,
Fax:  27 21 883 8177 and e-mail deidre@iafrica.com

Special rates for registered Symposium delegates have been negotiated at various hotels within the city of Cape Town.  Accommodation details are available on the Symposium website. Please note these discounted rates will only be valid for bookings received prior to 20 August 2007.

REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION FORMS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

We look forward to welcoming you to Cape Town, South Africa - the country selected for the 2010 Soccer World Cup!