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West Africa: Stakeholder Meeting & Training Workshop

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Tuesday 5th September: Aims and Previous Experiences
9:00 Welcome to IITA-Bénin and Aims of Stakeholder Meeting and Training Workshop: Fen Beed, IITA Bénin
9.30 Bienvenue au Bénin: Ministre de L'Agriculture de l'Elevage et de la Pèche, Monsieur Gaston Kossi Dossouhui
9.45 U.S. National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN) and International Plant Diagnostic Network (IPDN): Sally Miller, Ohio State University, USA
10.30 Coffee
11:00 IPDN data and communication network: topics for outreach training methods including web demonstration: Pete Vergot, University of Florida
12:00 Links to other IPM-CRSP projects including West African Consortium of IPM Excellence: Bob Gilbertson, University of California Davis and Larry Vaughn, Virginia Tech, USA, Amadou Diarra, Institut du Sahel, Mali
12.30 Lunch
14.00 A means to an end: the Global Plant Clinic and primary plant healthcare: Eric Boa, CABI, UK
15.00 New diseases from everywhere: Rob Reeder, CABI, UK
15.30 Coffee
16.00 How do I know what I have and what does it matter if I know? Hannah Clarendon, FAO, Crop Protection, Regional Office for Africa, Ghana
16.30 Development of Pest Diagnostics and the Provision and Positioning of Technical Plant Health Services: Julian Smith, CSL, UK
   
Wednesday 6th September: Regional Requirements and Priorities

Participants from the following countries will present their diagnostic activities, capacities (both technical and human) and constraints. The aim is to summarise the requirements and priorities for a plant pathogen diagnostic network in West Africa.

  • Bénin
    Rachidatou Sikirou: LDC/ INRAB, Saliou Bello, Romuald Dosso: CRAN-INA, (Extension and research), Benoit Gnonlonfin: INRAB-post harvest/mycotoxins, Andre Fanou (Research), Leonard Afouda: Université de Parakou, Bonaventure Ahohouendo: Université d'Abomey Calavi (Academic & Training), Bouraima Yacouba / Grégoire Adanve: SPV (Government-Regulatory Authority) Plus others from all aspects of crop production-research-extension
  • Burkina Faso
    Hamidou Traore, Oumar Traore: INERA (Extension and research)
  • Cameroon
    Zachee Ngoko / Didier Begoude: IRAD (Extension and research)
  • Cote D'Ivoire
    Hortense Diallo: Université d'Abobo-Adjamé and GPC (Extension and research)
  • Ghana
    Emanuel Moses: CRI (Extension and research) Prosper Bissi and Takyi Sraha: Trade and Investment Program for a Competitive Export Economy (commerce)
  • Guinea
    Mahmoud Camara: IRAG (Extension and research)
  • Mali
    Ioussofou Kollo: AVRDC (Extension and Research) Amadou Diarra: Institut du Sahel (IPM CRSP: Extension and Research)
  • Niger
    Haougui Adamou: INRAN (Extension and Research)
  • Nigeria
    Afiniki B. Zarafi: University of Ahmadu Bello University (Research and Teaching) Ken Obasa: University of Agriculture, Ogun State (Research) Gabriel Adejare: Nigerian Plant Quarantine Service (Government-Regulatory Authority) IITA Nigeria staff and students of plant pathology.
  • Senegal:
    Abdou Aziz: ISRA (Extension and Research)
  • Sierra Leone:
    Dennis Taylor: Rice Research Station (Extension and Research)
  • Togo
    Djodji Adjata: Université de Lomé (Research and Teaching)
   
Thursday 7th - Friday 8th September: Training workshop

Combination of theoretical presentations, laboratory work and practical demonstrations will be used to provide training in plant pathogen diagnoses and the transfer of results.

Trainers
Maria Ayodele (IITA): seed pathology, phytosanitary and quarantine regulation
Fen Beed (IITA): general pathology
Eric Boa (CABI): diagnoses and extension
Ousmane Coulibaly (IITA): socio-economic impact assessment
Alana Den Breeyen (IITA & University of Florida): lab health
Robert Gilbertson (University of California, Davis): diagnoses of viruses
Josephine Hotegni (IITA): pathogen identification and storage
Baimey Hugues (IITA): nematology Rob Reeder (CABI): symptom diagnoses
Sally Miller (Ohio State): pathogen diagnoses
Babajide Odu (IITA): virology
Julian Smith (CSL): bacteriology Paul
Van Mele (ADRAO): technology transfer video: spotted seed means diseased seed
Pete Vergot (University of Florida): extension and technology transfer

Topics
Definition of symptoms (abiotic and biotic)
Definition of disease and types of causal organisms
Sample collection, preservation and field notes (environment / host / pathogen)
Infrastructure Standards for "ideal" Plant Disease Diagnostic Labs
Aseptic techniques and laboratory methods for media preparation
Pathogen isolation - culture - identification - storage
Pathogen inoculation: pathogenicity - virulence - host specificity
Diagnostic methodologies including bacterial streaming/flow test and test for Ralstonia and for detection of viruses

   
Dr. Sally Miller
Department of Plant Pathology
The Ohio State University – OARDC
1680 Madison Avenue Wooster, OH 44691
Ph: 330-263-3678 Fax: 330-263-3678
E-mail: miller.769@osu.edu