Summaries of Invited Lectures, Oral and Poster Presentations Given at the Eleventh Hellenic Phytopathological Congress Preveza, Greece, October 1-4, 2002

Abstract

The 11th National Phytopathological Congress, organised every two years by the Hellenic Phytopathological Society (HPS), was held in Preveza, Greece on October 1–4, 2002, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the HPS. This meeting was attended by more than 400 participants, and 60 oral presentations, 51 posters and 5 invited speeches were presented dealing with plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, and non-parasitic disorders and with disease control. In addition, one round-table discussion was held on “Applied plant pathology: long-lasting problems and possible solutions”. Abstracts of the oral presentations, the invited papers and the posters of the congress are presented in this issue.