Concurrent Sessions
Xylella fastidiosa in the Euro-Mediterranean countries: Disclosing new genetic diversity and innovations in diagnostics and disease management
Chairs:
Blanca B. Landa, Institute of Sustainable Agriculture (IAS)-Spanish National Research Council, Cordoba, Spain
Maria Saponari, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)-Italian National Research Council, Bari, Italy
Franco Valentini, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
Keynotes
Insect vectors of Xylella fastidiosa in the European Union: an overview
Clara Lago Blasco, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain
Current status of Xylella in the Mediterranean with a focus on the evolution in Puglia
Donato Boscia, Istituzione: CNR – Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection
BIOVEXO: Can we find solutions to protect plants against Xylella?
Stephane Compant, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Phytophthora – prominent, emerging threats to crops and forest ecosystems
Chairs:
Olga Santa Cacciola, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Italy
Ana M. Pérez Sierra, Centro de Protección Vegetal y Biotecnología, IVIA, Moncada, Spain
Keynotes
Phytophthora in Different Ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Natural Environments, and Emerging Phytophthora Threats from Other Regions
Ana Perez Sierra, Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Moncada, Spain
Phytophthora in public gardens- risks and their mitigation (Phyto-gard EUPHRESCO project)
Fryni Drizou, Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, Terma Alkmanos, Athens, Greece
Early detection of Phytophthora in EU and third country nurseries and traded plants (ID-PHYT)
Dimosthenis Kizis, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens, Greece
Plant Viruses and Phytoplasma diseases in a Changing
Chairs:
Nihal Buzkan, Plant Protection Faculty-Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Turkey
Toufic Elbeaino, CIHEAM Bari, Italy
Asma Najar, Plant Protection Laboratory- National Institute of Agricultural Research of Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia
Keynotes
Impact of Climate Change on the Dynamics of Plant Viruses and Phytoplasma Pathogenesis
Xavier Foissac, INRAE & Université de Bordeaux, France
Success and Challenges: the New Diagnostic Era Using High Throughput Sequencing
Maher Al Rwahnih, UC Davis Plant Pathology department, USA
Huanglongbing of citrus and bacterial plant diseases
Chairs:
Cellier Gilles, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Réunion
Emilio Stefani, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Keynote
Sustainable control of bacterial diseases: Current advances and safety concerns
Emilio Stefani, Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
The role of pathogens in forest tree mortality in times of global change
Chairs:
Iva Franic, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Luisa Ghelardini, University of Florence, Italy
Keynotes
Climate acts as an environmental filter to forest pathogens
Maria Caballol, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain
Forest Pathogens in the Era of Global Change: Disrupting the Holobiont and Reshaping Ecosystems
Carmen Morales Rodriguez, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
The rise of emerging pathogens in a changing world: the case of Cryptostroma corticale
Rebekka Schloesser, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Italian National Research Council, Florence, Italy
Nematodes of crops and forestry
Chairs:
Sergio Molinari, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)-Italian National Research Council, Bari, Italy
Isabel Abrantes, NEMATO-lab Centre for Functional Ecology Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Keynotes
Microbiome-Assisted Agriculture for the management of nematode pests in vegetable crops.
Sergio Molinari, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP)-Italian National Research Council, Bari, Italy
The pinewood nematode-a nightmare for Europe
Isabel Abrantes, NEMATO-lab Centre for Functional Ecology Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Major diseases that affect economic crops in the Arab and Mediterranean countries
Chair:
Safaa Kumari, President of the Arab Society of Plant Protection; The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Lebanon
Keynotes
Prevalence of emerging vascular diseases of stone fruit trees in Arab countries and progress in control strategies
Elia Choueiri, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI), Lebanon
Safaa Kumari, International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Lebanon
Recent and future developments in plant pathogen diagnostics
Chairs:
Gonçalo Silva, Natural Resources Institute-University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
Maria Holeva, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifisiá, Greece
Keynotes
Using High Throughput Sequencing to resolve cases of mistaken identity
Aimee Fowkes, Fera Science Ltd, UK
The evolution of diagnostics for graft-transmissible diseases of citrus from a citrus germplasm quarantine program perspective
Georgios Vidalakis, UC Riverside CA, USA
Emerging and re-emerging wood and vascular diseases of grapevine
Chairs:
Florence Fontaine, Faculty of Exact and natural Sciences-Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, France
Elia Choueiri, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute (LARI), Lebanon
Keynotes
Wood and vascular diseases of grapevine: emerging and re-emerging problems
Laura Martin Bianco, CICYTEX, Instituto de Investigaciones Agrarias Finca La Orden, Guadajira, Badajoz, Spain
Grapevine Flavescence dorée: an update
Elisa Angelini, CREA Viticulture and Enology, Conegliano (TV), Italy
Integrated pest management: from plant resistance to chemical control
Chairs:
George Karaoglanidis, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment-Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Silvia Toffolatti, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (DiSAA) – University of Milan
Keynotes
A key to sustainable management of the grapevine downy mildew pathogen
François Delmotte, the French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Bordeaux, France
Diversity-Driven Strategies to Enhance Wheat Resistance to major Fungal Diseases in Tunisia
Sarrah Ben M’Barek, Regional Field Crops Research Center of Beja, Tunisia
Postharvest – new control tools
Chairs:
Pervin Kinay, President of the Turkish Phytopathology Society; Plant Protection Dept.- Ege University, İzmir, Turkey
Leonardo Schena, Dipartimento di Agraria, Patologia vegetale, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Keynote
Biological control of post-harvest diseases: from single microorganisms to synthetic microbial communities (SynComs)
Leonardo Schena, Department of Agriculture, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy
Mycotoxins and climate change: management strategies to mitigate their impact on food safety
Chairs:
Antonio Moretti, Institute of sciences of food production (ISPA) – Italian National Research Council, Bari, Italy
Samia Gargouri, Plant Protection Laboratory- National Institute of Agricultural Research of Tunisia, Tunis, Tunisia
Keynotes
Epidemiology and Biodiversity of mycotoxigenic fungi: a constantly evolving world
Antonio Moretti, ISPA, CNR Bari, Italy
Biological detoxification of mycotoxins
Giuseppe Meca De Caro, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia, Spain
Innovation in alternatives to synthetic fungicides
Chairs:
Gianfranco Romanazzi, President of the Italian Plant Protection Association; DSAA-Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
Marisa Tello, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA-CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Keynote
Use of basic substances as alternative to synthetic pesticides for the management of plant diseases
Gianfranco Romanazzi, DSAA-Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
Biocontrol of plant pathogens: recent advances and future challenges
Chairs:
Ali Siah, BioEcoAgro-University of Lille, France
Emilia Markellou, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Kifisiá, Greece
Abdelhamid Foughalia, Scientific and Technical Research Center on Arid Regions (CRSTRA), Biskra, Algeria
Keynotes
Developing microbial biocontrol agents: a long road full of question and exclamation marks
Gerardo Puopolo, Center Agriculture Food Environment (C3A) , University of Trento, San Michele all’Adige, Italy
Biological induced resistance in plants against pathogens : recent advances and future trends
Ali Siah, Junia-UMRt BioEcoAgro, Lille, France
Advances in understanding and managing canker diseases of fruit, nut, and forest trees
Chairs:
Themis J. Michailides, Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center, Parlier, USA
Giorgio Gusella, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, Italy
Keynotes
Fungal Trunk Diseases of fruit crops in the Mediterranean Basin: advancing knowledge to tackle a huge diversity of pathogens
Vladimiro Guarnaccia, Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin
Neoscytalidium dimidiatum, a last century’s fungal tree pathogen has become this century’s menace to fruit and nut tree crops in California
Themis J. Michailides, University of California, Davis; Kearney Agric. Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA
Smart innovations in plant pathology: the digital Era
Chairs:
Tito Caffi, Department of Sustainable Crop Production (DiProVeS) – University of Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy
Nedeljko Latinovic, Biotechnical Faculty-University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
Keynote
Decision Support Systems for tactical management of plant diseases
Vittorio Rossi, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza-Italy
EUPHRESCO III: strenghtening plant health research community
Chair:
Baldissera Giovani, European Phytosanitary Research Coordination Network (EUPHRESCO)