REPORTS THE XIII GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SYMPOSIUM OF THE POLISH PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY The XIII General Assembly of The Polish Phytopathological Society was held in Wrocław on September 17th, 2008. It was attended by 53 delegates of eight Divisions. The Assembly awarded Professor Zofia Fiedorow from the Poznań Division with Honorary Member title (Phot. 1). Phot. 1. Professor Zofia Fiedorow awarded with Honorary Member title (from left to right: Prof. Z. Fiedorow, Prof. T. Kurowski, Prof. M. Mańka) (photo by W. Pusz) Phytopathologia 52: 51 55 The Polish Phytopathological Society, Poznań 2009 ISSN 2081-1756
52 Reports Phot. 2. Honorary badge of The Polish Phytopathological Society (Odznaka Honorowa PTFit) (photo by M. Mańka) The Board raised a motion to honour the meritorious members of the Society with a new honorary badge of The Polish Phytopathological Society (Odznaka Honorowa PTFit, Phot. 2). The Assembly decided to honour eight members with the badge: Prof. Maria Dorenda, Prof. Małgorzata Narkiewicz-Jodko, Prof. Jan Cimanowski, Prof. Selim Kryczyński, Prof. Tomasz Majewski, Prof. Bogdan Nowicki, Prof. Czesław Zamorski and Prof. Małgorzata Mańka. The decoration took place at the symposium plenary session, afternoon. The new Board, Board of Controllers and Arbitrary Committee for 2009 2011 were elected. According to the Statutes, the Board consists of Presidium, Board Members and Chairmen of Divisions. The honorary members of The Society and the chairmen of sections are invited to the Board meetings. From 2002 on chairman of the division hosting General Assembly and the chairman of the Division scheduled to host the next Assembly are vice-presidents. The Board Presidium Prof. Dr. hab. Małgorzata Mańka (President) Dr. Dorota Szopińska (Secretary) Prof. Dr. hab. Zbigniew Weber (Treasurer) Prof. Dr. hab. Maria Rataj-Guranowska (Deputy Secretary) Dr. Elżbieta Pląskowska (Vice-President) Prof. Dr. hab. Czesław Sadowski (Vice-President) Board Members Prof. Dr. hab. Antoni Filipowicz Prof. Dr. hab. Irena Kiecana Prof. Dr. hab. Maria Kowalik Prof. Dr. hab. Stefan Kowalski Prof. Dr. hab. Monika Kozłowska Prof. Dr. hab. Jan Kućmierz Prof. Dr. hab. Tomasz Kurowski Dr. hab. Hanna Kwaśna Dr. Krzysztof Matkowski Prof. Dr. hab. Piotr Sobiczewski
Reports 53 Honorary Members of The Polish Phytopathological Society Prof. Dr. hab. Zbigniew Borecki Prof. Dr. hab. Zofia Pokacka Prof. Dr. hab. Tadeusz Madej Prof. Dr. hab. Hanna Zarzycka Prof. Dr. hab. Stanisław Sadowski Prof. Dr. hab. Zofia Fiedorow Division Chairpersons Prof. Dr. hab. Czesław Sadowski (Bydgoszcz, Vice-President) Dr. hab. Hanna Stępniewska (Cracow) Prof. Dr. hab. Zofia Machowicz-Stefaniak (Lublin) Prof. Dr. hab. Barbara Majchrzak (Olsztyn) Prof. Dr. hab. Zbigniew Weber (Poznań, Treasurer) Prof. Dr. hab. Janusz Błaszkowski (Szczecin) Prof. Dr. hab. Piotr Sobiczewski (Warsaw) Dr. hab. Elżbieta Pląskowska (Wrocław, Vice-President) Board of Controllers Dr. Jacek Piszczek (Bydgoszcz, Chairman) Prof. Dr. hab. Anna Wagner (Lublin) Dr. Hanna Dorna (Poznań) Prof. Dr. hab. Halina Kurzawińska (Cracow) Dr. hab. Kinga Mazurkiewicz-Zapałowicz (Szczecin) Arbitrary Committee Prof. Dr. hab. Irena Kiecana (Lublin) Prof. Dr. hab. Zofia Machowicz-Stefaniak (Lublin) Prof. Dr. hab. Selim Kryczyński (Warsaw) Prof. Dr. hab. Zbigniew Weber (Poznań) Dr. hab. Jolanta Floryszak-Wieczorek (Poznań) Prof. Dr. hab. Barbara Gołębniak (Poznań) Doc. Dr. hab. Anna Jaczewska-Kalicka (Warsaw) Dr. Joanna Dłużniewska (Cracow) Chairmen of Sections Dr. hab. Małgorzata Schollenberger Nomenclature and Teaching Prof. Dr. hab. Czesław Sadowski Biological Control of Plant Diseases Dr. hab. Marek Szyndel Plant Virology Prof. Dr. hab. Krystyna Tylkowska Seed Pathology Prof. Dr. hab. Jerzy Chełkowski Mycology and Mycotoxins
54 Reports Phot. 3. Participants of the symposium Plant diseases versus climate change (photo by T. Lewandowski)
Reports 55 Prof. Dr. hab. Maria Rataj-Guranowska Biochemistry and Genetics of Plant Pathogens Prof. Dr. hab. Zbigniew Sierota Woody Plant Diseases Prof. Dr. hab. Piotr Sobiczewski Bacteriology Prof. Dr. hab. Leszek Orlikowski New Pathogens and Diseases Professor M. Mańka informed the delegates that the Board decided to establish a new section: Section of New Pathogens and Diseases. Prof. Leszek B. Orlikowski (Warsaw Division) was appointed chairman of the Section. The XIII General Assembly was followed by a symposium on Plant diseases versus climate change (Choroby roślin na tle zmian klimatycznych) on September 17 18, 2008 (Phot. 3). Plenary session with three lectures on the possible effect of climate change on diseases of plants took place on 17 th September afternoon. On 18 th September five sessions followed (cereal diseases, forest tree diseases, orchard diseases, virus diseases and beet diseases, diseases of various cultivated plants) with 30 oral presentations and 67 posters, presented by 130 participants. On September 19 th, the symposium tours were organized. One group of the participants visited the centre and old town of Wrocław and another group went to Sudety Mountains (Szczeliniec). The symposium presentations were published partly in Polish (with English summaries) in Zeszyty Problemowe Postępów Nauk Rolniczych (vol. 531, 2008; price 20 PLN = 5 USD) and partly in English in Phytopathologia Polonica (vols. 48 50, 2008, price 20 PLN = 5 USD; 10 PLN for members of The Polish Phytopathological Society), and the abstracts of all presentations (in Polish and English) in book of abstracts. Both Zeszyty Problemowe Postępów Nauk Rolniczych and Phytopathologia Polonica (www.up.poznan.pl/ptfit/phytopathologia_pl.html) are available from: The Polish Phytopathological Society 60-625 Poznań ul. Wojska Polskiego 71 C phone: 48 61 848 77 08 fax 48 61 848 77 11 e-mail: mmanka@up.poznan.pl Małgorzata Mańka