The Australasian Plant Pathology Society (APPS) is a scientific association whose members study

plant disease Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...

s. Its members are located in

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New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

and

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

, and also the Indian, Pacific and Asian regions. The society was founded in 1969. As part of their membership in APPS, members are also associate members of the

International Society for Plant Pathology The International Society for Plant Pathology is a global nonprofit institution dedicated to ''“promoting world-wide plant health and food security.”'' It was founded in 1968 and the first President of the society was the pioneer British ...

. The 2013 APPS conference was held in

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, New Zealand.

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Australasian Plant Pathology ''Australasian Plant Pathology'' is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and critical reviews on phytopathology in the Australasian region. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media in cooperation with t ...

Australasian Plant Disease Notes
The official journals of the society, ''Australasian Plant Pathology '' and ''Australasian Plant Disease Notes'', are published by

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