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