Summaries of Papers and Posters Presented at the Eighth Hellenic Phytopathological Congress, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, october 22-24, 1998

The 8th National Phytopathological Congress, organized every two years by the Hellenic Phytopathological Society (HPS), was held in Heraklion, Crete, October 22-24, 1998 and it was attended by 400 participants. At this meeting, 44 oral presentations and 55 posters were presented dealing with plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, non-parasitic disorders and disease control. Moreover, two round table discussions were held. The first was on “Modern Methods for Disease Diagnosis and Identification of Plant Pathogens” and the second on “New Groups of Fungicides. Advantages over Older Compounds”. Also, a special session was held for review and discussion about the poster presentations. Abstracts of the papers and posters of this congress are presented in this issue.