The team
Simon Heck
Director General at the International Potato Center (CIP)
CIP, International Center of Potato, Lima, Peru
Jianmin Xie
Director of CIP-CCCAP
CIP-CCCAP, International Center of Potato, China Center for Asia Pacific
Beijing, China
Philip Kear
China Liaison Scientist
CIP-CCCAP, International Center of Potato, China Center for Asia Pacific
Beijing, China
Jorge Andrade-Piedra
Plant Pathologist
CIP, International Center of Potato, Lima, Peru
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Pham Thi Thu Huong
Agricultural Researcher, Field Crops Research Institute
Hai Duong, Vietnam
Sanjoy Guha Roy
Professor, Department of Botany, West Bengal State University
Bārāsat, India
Tongle Hu
Professor Plant Pathology, Hebei Agricultural University (HEBAU)
Hebei, China
Seishi Akino
Professor Plant Pathology, Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Mohammad Rashidul Islam
Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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Jeomsoon Kim
Plant Pathologist, Highland Agriculture Research Institute, National Institute of Crop Science
Republic of Korea
Zurab Khidesheli
Head of Research, Department of Integrated Pest Management, Scientific Research Center of Agriculture
Tbilissi, Georgia
Sanjoy Guha Roy
Professor, Department of Botany, West Bengal State University
Bārāsat, India
Mohammad Rashidul Islam
Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Waqas Raza
Professor, University of Sargodha
Punjab Pakistan
Ani Widiastuti
Plant Pathologist, Dept. of Plant Protection, Fac. of Agriculture, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Xingbin Che
Plant Pathologist, Chongqing Plant Protection Institute
Chongqing, China
Ram Bahadur Khadka
Scientist – Plant Pathology, Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Pham Thi Thu Huong
Agricultural Researcher, Field Crops Research Institute
Hai Duong, Vietnam
Seishi Akino
Professor Plant Pathology, Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
Saltanat Mambetova
Assistant Professor, Dept. Earth and Environmental Science , University of Central Asia
Khorog, Tajikistan
Also representing Kyrgyzstan
Teresita Masangcay
NPRCRTC, Benguet State University
Benguet, Philippines
Mukhtabar Tashmatova
Tashkent State Agrarian University
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Vadim Khassanov
S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University
Astana, Kazakhstan
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William Earl Fry
Cornell University (Emeritus)
Ithaca, United States