{"id":13467,"date":"2026-06-20T12:27:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-shines-at-the-international-congress-of-plant-pathology\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:38:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:38:50","slug":"iita-shines-at-the-international-congress-of-plant-pathology","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-shines-at-the-international-congress-of-plant-pathology\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA shines at the International Congress of Plant Pathology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senior Scientist Ranajit B andyopadhyay<\/a> was one of several keynote speakers at the 11th International Congress of Plant Pathology<\/a> (ICPP) held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, held 29 July to 3 August. He gave a presentation titled \u2018A multipronged approach for aflatoxin mitigation in Africa centered on biological control\u2019<\/em> under the keynote session on \u2018The Role of Plant Pathology in Food Safety,\u2019 highlighting mycotoxins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ranajit B andyopadhyay giving a keynote address on mycotoxins at the ICPP 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranajit led the IITA contingent that included Leena Tripathi<\/a>, Alej andro Ortega-Beltran<\/a>, Titilayo Falade<\/a>, and Everlyne Wosula<\/a>. Falade and Wosula both won a bursary award from the Congress\u2019 organization to attend. ICPP is held every five years, and was hosted by the American Phytopathological Society<\/a> (APS). The theme of ICPP 2018 was Plant Health in a Global Economy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranajit\u2019s talk analyzed key challenges in implementing various recommendations for reducing aflatoxin and proposed elements of technological, institutional and policy options that can be combined into aflatoxin management systems in developing country agriculture. The presentation was well-received: several scientists searched out Ranajit afterwards to congratulate him and acknowledged the importance of IITA\u2019s work to address aflatoxin contamination of maize and groundnut in sub-Saharan Africa. Many others made very supportive comments via Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ortega-Beltran co-chaired the Mycotoxicology Committee meeting where special sessions on mycotoxins for next year\u2019s APS annual meeting were discussed and planned. IITA\u2019s work was highlighted through invited presentations, posters, and discussion sessions. In addition, IITA\u2019s collaborative work with the Agricultural Research Service<\/a> of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA- ARS) was presented by several PhD students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aflatoxin-contaminated maize.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ranajit was also invited to make a second presentation in the symposium on \u2018Frontline of fungal secondary metabolite and mycotoxin research to mitigate threats to food security\u2019<\/em>. Co-authored with IITA colleagues and collaborators, Ranajit\u2019s presentation was on \u2018Development outcomes and impact of scaling-up of aflatoxin biocontrol in Africa\u2019<\/em>. This presentation summarized the benefits of Aflasafe in improving food and feed safety, trade, and income as well as current efforts and future projections in scaling up Aflasafe in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tripathi delivered a talk on \u2018Biotechnological strategies for control of Banana Xanthomonas Wilt Disease\u2019 in the symposium \u2018Advancing disease resistance traits from lab to field\u2019<\/em>. This presentation summarized IITA\u2019s advances and prospects in developing transgenic banana resistant to Xanthomas wilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IITA\u2019s pathology and biotechnology research received considerable exposure and was appreciated in the Congress.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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