12^th International IOBC/WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases

13-16 June 2022

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

First 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 12^th International IOBC/WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases that will take place from 13 to 16 June 2022 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

• Diagnostic tools
• Pathogen biology and epidemiology
• Monitoring and forecasting infection risks
• Host-plant resistance and biodiversity
• Control methods (biocontrol, chemical, alternative, physical, sanitation)
• Spray quality and disease control
• Canker diseases
• Postharvest diseases
• Soil borne diseases
• Replant disease

The official website is https://iobc-plovdiv2020.com/

Special attention will be given to poster presentations in plenary discussions during the meeting. There will be a special symposium on sustainable disease management where growers and advisors from Bulgaria and neighboring countries will be invited to attend.

Prior to the 12^th International IOBC-WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases, a 1-day meeting (Sunday 12 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 12^th International IOBC-WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases.

Preliminary Program

Language

The official language is English.

Abstracts

Abstracts must be sent to the local convenor Zvezdomir Jelev (zvezdomir_au@abv.bg) by 30 March 2022. Abstracts will be reviewed for acceptance by the scientific committee, and authors will be notified by 21 April 2022 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 2022). 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 from time of 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 https://iobc-plovdiv2020.com/. Delegates having submitted an abstract for an oral or poster presentation must register before 30 March 2022 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).

Fees for extra program

1-day meeting in the lenticel rot group, Sunday 12 June: 40 Euro

Spouse excursions, 13, 14, and 16 June (lunches not included): 100 Euro

Post conference excursion, Friday 17 June: 90 Euro (60 Euro for students)

Important Dates

Second announcement, call for papers and posters                              15 January 2022

Closing date for submission of abstracts                                   30 March 2022

Closing date for early registration                                             30 March 2022

Closing date for late registration                                               30 May 2022

Submission of manuscript for IOBC-WPRS Bulletin                 15 September 2022

Venue

The meeting will be held at Agricultural University-Plovdiv (https://www.au-plovdiv.bg/en/) in Plovdiv (http://www.visitplovdiv.com/en/how-to-get-to-plovdiv). Address: 12 Mendeleev blvd., Plovdiv 4000, Bulgaria.

A number of rooms are reserved at Park Hotel Plovdiv (https://www.parkhotelplovdiv.com/en) for the meeting participants. 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:

Standard single room: 30 EUR

Standard double room: 44 EUR

Spouse activities

Separate activities/excursions will be organized for spouses during the workshop.

The total fee for the spouse excursions 13, 14 and 16 June will be 100 Euro; lunches are not included.

For no extra charge, spouses are welcome to participate in the visit to Plovdiv Old Town and the Roman Amphitheatre Tuesday 14 June, the workshop excursion Wednesday 15 June and the farewell dinner Thursday 16 June.

 Contacts

The scientific committee for the 12^th 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)