The International Society for Plant Pathology is a global nonprofit institution dedicated to ''“promoting world-wide plant health and food security.”'' It was founded in 1968 and the first President of the society was the pioneer British plant pathologist, Ronald Karslake Starr Wood. The International Society for Plant Pathology is a member of the

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History

The aim of its founders in 1968 was to disseminate knowledge about plant development and plant diseases and their management. The ISPP also organises the International Congress of Plant Pathology every half-decade which is sponsored by its executive committee. The constituent bodies of the ISPP include a general assembly that convenes every five years during the congress, a council, an executive committee, a secretariat and subject matter committees. At a meeting in Lancaster, UK, in 1994, it was decided to establish the "Glenn Anderson Lecture" at the congress to cover global topics like agriculture and sustainability in the developing world. The society also maintains the ''World Directory of Plant Pathologists'', an initiative of Fran Fisher (

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). Directories were published in 1973 and 1980.

Publications

Since November 1970, the Society has published the ''International Newsletter on Plant Pathology''. In March 2009 established a quarterly journal, ''Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Foo''d, to address global food security in low-income regions.

Congress

International Congress of Plant Pathology has been held in different cities around the world.

Presidents

The following individuals have served as President of the ISPP:

Awards and prizes

Jakob Eriksson Prize

Established in 1923, the '' Jakob Eriksson Prize for Plant Pathology'' is awarded at every Congress to a plant scientist who has demonstrated the ''“creative study of plant pathogens and the processes of disease development in plants.”''

Fran E. Fisher Award

Established in 2018 by the ISPP, this award recognises "''individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to both the science of plant pathology and society through dedicating their lives to connecting plant pathologists around the globe so as to improve plant health."''

External links

ISPP History

Food Security Journal

References

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