Summaries of Papers and Posters Presented at the Ninth Hellenic Phytopathological Congress, Athens, Greece, 20-22 October 1998

Abstract

The Ninth National Phytopathological Congress, organised every two years by the Hellenic Phytopathological
Society (HPS), was held in Athens, Greece on October 20-22, 1998, and was attended by 400
participants. Thirty-seven oral presentations and 52 posters were presented at the meeting, dealing with
plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses and non-parasitic disorders, and with disease control.
Moreover, one round-table discussion was held on “Re-emerging diseases”. Abstracts of the papers and
posters of the congress are presented in this issue.