Crete, Greece

The IOBC/WPRS Working Group for Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Mediterranean Climate will be meeting at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh), on the Greek island of Crete.

Tours, France

The 9th International Conference on Plant Diseases will be held in Tours in France's Loire Valley on December 8 and 9, 2009.

Fuzhou, China

The First International Congress on Biological Invasions is to be held in November 2009 in Fuzhou, south-east China and will address the theme of 'Managing biological invasions under global change'.

The ENDURE Network of Excellence will be playing a central part in a major European seminar being held in Paris later this month under the French presidency of the European Union.

Montpellier, France

Organised as part of the French Presidency of the European Union, Biodiversity and Agricultures will be held in Montpellier, France.

If you could not make it to Diversifying Crop Protection, ENDURE's first international conference, or were there and want a reminder of what happened, more news and photos are now online.

Monterey, California, USA

The second international Farming Systems Design symposium will be held in California, USA, in August 2009, and follows the first meeting held in Sicily in 2007.

The range of guides available for advisers and extension services is expanding, with the addition of one guide examining integrated weed management for maize and another focusing on using cultivar resistance for reducing fungicide input for wheat.

ENDURE's third internal mobility plan has been launched, offering candidates from ENDURE partners the opportunity to spend up to six months conducting research at other organisations.

Abstracts for all 128 presentations, both oral and poster sessions, for ENDURE's International Conference can now be consulted online.