International plant protection meeting marks milestone for Apple, Stinner
Lawrence Apple
A distinguished group of agricultural leaders from around the world gathered at N.C. State University in September to carry forward the work of the International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences.
With members from 55 nations, the organization seeks to stimulate the development and exchange of plant protection information among researchers, extension specialists, growers, policy makers, administrators, crop protection consultants, and environmental and other interested groups.
The meeting of the IAPPS governing board marked a significant milestone in the career of Dr. J. Lawrence Apple, an N.C. State University professor emeritus of plant pathology. Apple stepped down as founding secretary-general, a post he has held since 1999.
Apple conceived of IAPPS as an umbrella for research and extension organizations, private industries, societies and congresses with a stake in plant protection. Each year, pests destroy an estimated 42 percent of the potential of the world's principal crops, Apple said. IAPPS is designed to help scientists communicate and collaborate on important problems and new discoveries related to managing pests and reducing the damage they cause to food and fiber crops.
In May, during the International Plant Protection Congress in Beijing, China, which is sponsored by IAPPS, Apple received the Special Award of Distinction honoring his leadership in integrated pest management (IPM), IAPPS and the quadrennial plant protection congresses. More than 2,000 people attended the four-day event.
Succeeding Apple as IAPPS secretary-general will be Dr. E.A. "Short" Heinrichs, a research professor of entomology at the University of Nebraska. A major portion of Heinrichs' professional career has been in international agricultural research in the tropics where he has worked in India, South America, Asia and Africa. His research emphasis has been on plant resistance to rice insects.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will continue to have a presence among the organization's leadership as Dr. Ronald E. Stinner steps into the position of IAPPS regional coordinator for North America. Stinner is director of the Center for Integrated Pest Management and a professor of entomology and biomathematics at N.C. State.
- Dee Shore
With members from 55 nations, the organization seeks to stimulate the development and exchange of plant protection information among researchers, extension specialists, growers, policy makers, administrators, crop protection consultants, and environmental and other interested groups.
The meeting of the IAPPS governing board marked a significant milestone in the career of Dr. J. Lawrence Apple, an N.C. State University professor emeritus of plant pathology. Apple stepped down as founding secretary-general, a post he has held since 1999.
Apple conceived of IAPPS as an umbrella for research and extension organizations, private industries, societies and congresses with a stake in plant protection. Each year, pests destroy an estimated 42 percent of the potential of the world's principal crops, Apple said. IAPPS is designed to help scientists communicate and collaborate on important problems and new discoveries related to managing pests and reducing the damage they cause to food and fiber crops.
In May, during the International Plant Protection Congress in Beijing, China, which is sponsored by IAPPS, Apple received the Special Award of Distinction honoring his leadership in integrated pest management (IPM), IAPPS and the quadrennial plant protection congresses. More than 2,000 people attended the four-day event.
Succeeding Apple as IAPPS secretary-general will be Dr. E.A. "Short" Heinrichs, a research professor of entomology at the University of Nebraska. A major portion of Heinrichs' professional career has been in international agricultural research in the tropics where he has worked in India, South America, Asia and Africa. His research emphasis has been on plant resistance to rice insects.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will continue to have a presence among the organization's leadership as Dr. Ronald E. Stinner steps into the position of IAPPS regional coordinator for North America. Stinner is director of the Center for Integrated Pest Management and a professor of entomology and biomathematics at N.C. State.
- Dee Shore