1. Presidential address

   • Ron Close

   EditorialNotes Pages: 17 - 20

2. Daniel McAlpine Memorial Lecture

   • D. M. Griffin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 23

3. Chemical control of root-knot nematode, meloidogyne javanica, in processing tomatoes

   • R. H. Brown
   • P. L. Turner

   Technical notes Pages: 23 - 24

4. Decline of cabernet grapevines

   • M. J. Barbetti
   • P. M. Wood

   BriefCommunication Pages: 24 - 25

5. “Biology and Pathology of Macrophimina phaseolina

   • O. D. Dhingra
   • J. B. Sinclair

   New publications Pages: 25 - 25

6. “An annoted bibliography of chickpea diseases 191 5-1 976”

   • Y. L. Nene
   • A. Mengitsu
   • D. J. Royse

   New publications Pages: 25 - 26

7. Conferences

   • Gretna Weste

   Announcement Pages: 26 - 26

8. News from the executive

   • Tony Holland

   News Pages: 26 - 27