Second Announcement
IOBC-WPRS Working Group “Integrated Plant Protection in Fruit Crops”
Sub Group “Pome Fruit Diseases”
12th International IOBC/WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases
15-18 June 2020
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Second Announcement
On behalf of the IOBC/WPRS Working group “Integrated Plant Protection in Fruit Crops” Sub Group “Pome Fruit Diseases”, you are cordially invited to the forthcoming 12th International IOBC/WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases that will take place from 15 to 18 June 2020 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
The workshop takes place every 3 years and aims to bring together the latest advances in research of pome fruit diseases, to provide an opportunity for exchange of information and ideas and to stimulate common research and collaboration.
The workshop program includes oral and poster sessions, plenary discussions, a meeting with growers and advisors and a one-day excursion.
Proposed topics
1. Diagnostic tools
2. Pathogen biology and epidemiology
3. Monitoring and forecasting infection risks
4. Host-plant resistance and biodiversity
5. Control methods (biocontrol, chemical, alternative, physical, sanitation)
6. Spray quality and disease control
7. Canker diseases
8. Postharvest diseases
9. Soil borne diseases
10. Replant disease
The official website is http://www.iobc-plovdiv2020.com
Special attention will be given to poster presentations in plenary discussions during the meeting. During the workshop there will be a special symposium on sustainable disease management where also growers and advisors from Bulgaria and neighboring countries will be invited to attend.
Prior to the 12th International IOBC-WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases, a 1-day meeting (Sunday 14 June) will be organized by the “Lenticel rot group”. This is an open discussion group with the main goal to discuss the latest research results related to storage diseases. For details, please contact Michel Giraud, e-mail: giraud@ctifl.fr. The program of that meeting will be available in the website of the 12th International IOBC-WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases.
Preliminary Program
| Saturday, 13 June 2020 | Arrival and check-in at the hotel. Evening registration. Welcome evening. |
| Sunday, 14 June 2020 | Arrival and check-in at the hotel. Lenticel rot group meeting. Evening registration for the 12th International IOBC-WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases. Welcome evening. |
| Monday, 15 June 2020 | Morning registration for the Workshop, opening. Scheduled oral and poster presentations. Meeting with the industry in the afternoon. |
| Tuesday, 16 June 2020 | Scheduled oral and poster presentations. Late afternoon: visit to Plovdiv Old Town, Roman Amphitheatre and City Center. Dinner. |
| Wednesday, 17 June 2020 | Full day excursion to apple and pears orchards. Visit of Rose oil distillery, The valley of the Thracian Kings and tombs near Kazanlak. |
| Thursday, 18 June 2020 | Scheduled oral and poster presentations. Workshop dinner. |
| Friday, 19 June 2020 (Optional!) | Out of the formal Program - Excursion to the Medieval Capital city of Bulgaria Veliko Tarnovo. Visit to Tsarevets Fortress, Old Town and market. There is no limit on the number of participants. Just another night in hotel in Plovdiv booked and preliminary confirmation are needed. |
Language
The official language will be English.
Abstracts
Abstracts must be sent to seminar local convenor zvezdomir_au@abv.bg by 30 March 2020. Abstracts will be reviewed for acceptance by a scientific committee, and authors will be notified by 21 April 2020 whether their abstract has been accepted. Submitted abstracts will be printed in the book of abstracts handed out to participants during the meeting.
Presentations
Authors may express their choice of oral or poster presentation; however, the scientific committee may invite the authors to change this choice.
Publications in IOBC-WPRS Bulletin
The authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to prepare and submit online a full manuscript or a two-page extended abstract, three months after the workshop (15 September 2020). After editing, the manuscripts or extended abstracts will be published in an IOBC-WPRS Bulletin. Delegates who are not members of IOBC-WPRS will have one year membership of IOBC on registration. The proceedings published in the IOBC-WPRS Bulletin will be available online only for IOBC-WPRS members. Instructions to authors for the Bulletin manuscripts are available on the IOBC-WPRS website at http://www.iobc-wprs.org/pub/instruction_authors.html.
Registration
All participants must complete the online registration form on the website http://www.iobc-plovdiv2020.com. Delegates having submitted an abstract for an oral or poster presentation must register before 30 March 2020 for their abstract to be included in the final program and abstract booklet.
The registration fee covers all sessions, workshop materials, IOBC-WPRS Bulletin (e-bulletin), welcome evening, coffee breaks, lunches, social activities, excursions and the workshop dinner.
All rates are in euro (EUR).
| WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FEES | EARLY REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT (Before 30 March 2020) | LATE REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT (After 30 March 2020 and before 30 May 2020) |
| IOBC-WPRS Member *IOBC-WPRS membership number is compulsory for registration | 350 | 390 |
| Non IOBC-WPRS Member | 450 | 500 |
| Participating Student *Official university letter confirming the full-time student status required | 270 | 300 |
| Optional Excursion day, on Friday | 90 | 90 |
| Lenticel rot group meeting | 40 | 40 |
Important Dates
| Closing date for submission of abstracts | 30 March 2020 |
| Closing date for early registration | 30 March 2020 |
| Closing date for late registration | 30 May 2020 |
| Submission of manuscript for IOBC-WPRS Bulletin | 15 September 2020 |
Venue
The meeting will be held at Agricultural University-Plovdiv, Plovdiv (http://www.visitplovdiv.com/en/how-to-get-to-plovdiv).
Address: 12 Mendeleev Blvd., Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria.
We have secured a number of rooms at Park Hotel Plovdiv . The hotel is within 5 min walk to the workshop venue and at a place with convenient city transport connections. There are discounts for workshop participants and the prices per night including breakfast, internet, parking and all fees are:
Single room White Edition: 40 EUR
Double room White Edition: 52 EUR
Standard single room: 35 EUR
Standard double room: 45 EUR
Contacts
| Working Group Convenor | Sub Group Convenor | Local Convenor |
| Claudio Ioriatti | Arne Stensvand | Zvezdomir Jelev |
| Center for Technology Transfer Fondazione Edmund Mach Via E. Mach 1 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy Tel.: +39-0461-615 514 Fax: +39-0461-615 500 E-mail: claudio.ioriatti@fmach.it | NIBIO, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research P.O. Box 115 1431 Ås, Norway Tel.: +47-91183430 Fax: +47-64946110 E-mail: arne.stensvand@nibio.no | Agricultural University-Plovdiv 12 Mendeleev Blvd. , Plovdiv, 4000, Bulgaria Tel. +359 32 654 234 Fax: +359 32 633157 E-mail: zvezdomir_au@abv.bg |
The scientific committee for the 12th International IOBC/WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases includes: Zvezdomir Jelev, Mariana Nakova, Maria Vitanova (Agricultural University-Plovdiv), Cheryl Lennox (Stellenbosch University, South Africa), Marcel Wenneker (Wageningen University & Research Centre, the Netherlands), and Arne Stensvand (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway)
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