ISPP Subject Matter Committee: Seed Pathology

 

Chair Address, Phone/Mobile, Email	Gianfranco Romanazzi Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy  e-mail g.romanazzi@univpm.it
Co-chair Address, Phone/Mobile, Email	Lindsey du Toit Washington State University, USA  e-mail dutoit@wsu.edu
Secretary Address, Phone/Mobile, Email	Marwa Moumni National Institute of Agronomy, Tunisia  e-mail moumni_marwa@yahoo.fr
Established:	2014
Objectives/Focus issues of the SMC
About the SMC	The ISPP Seed Pathology Committee meets regularly to discuss about activities involving seedborne pathogens ad potential seedborne pathogens and organises opportunities for interactions with other bodies involved in the field.
Past events	From March 2021 to August 2023, eight online Committee meeting were organized on 16 March 2021, 15 June 2021, 5 November 2021, 28 January 2022 15 March 2022, 7 June 2022, 29 September 2022, 3 February 2023.
Committee Activities	The Committee updated the ISPP Seed Pathology Committee website and opened social networks (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube) to communicate the activities of the Committee and the news about seedborne pathogens. The Committee collaborated with International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) and International Seed Federation (ISF). All the members were invited to participate in ISTA SHC Online Training on 18 and 25 February 2022. The interim Chair of ISPP Seed Pathology Committee shared information on the Euphresco Network for Phytosanitary Research Coordination and Funding. The goal is to develop an infrastructure for sharing infested seed lots for test development and validation. The member Valerie was involved in with several others at her institution and some other members of ISPP seed pathology were involved in this project. The Committee organized two webinars online (one webinar/year): On April 29, 2022, entitled "Highlights on seedborne pathogens" organised in collaboration with Euphresco network and ISTA. On April 21, 2023, entitled "Chemical treatments to manage seedborne pathogens", organised in cooperation with ISF, ISTA, and Italian Association for Plant Protection (Associazione Italiana per la Protezione delle Piante, AIPP).
Reports
CURRENT Committee Members	Guro Brodal, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway Quenton Kritzinger, University of Pretoria, South Africa Jose da Cruz Machado, Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Marie-Agnes Jacques, INRAE, France Gary Munkvold, Iowa State University, USA Dorota Szopinska, Polish Phytopathological Society, Poland Shuxian Li, United States Department of Agriculture, USA Gerbert Hiddink, Enza Zaden Seed Operations, The Netherlands Ron Walcott, University of Georgia, USA Valerie Grimault, GEVES, France
Publications	Publications Following invitation to the ISPP Seed Pathology Committee of the Subject Committee Coordinator Khaled Makkouk, three volunteer members Marwa Moumni, Guro Brodal and Gianfranco Romanazzi, wrote an invited review for Food Security entitled "Recent innovative seed treatment methods in the management of seedborne pathogens", link