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Programme

Keynotes that will be given during the meeting :
 

  • Didier Andrivon, INRAE/France: Potato health globally : current status and upcoming challenges

  • Ueli Merz, retired from ETH Zurich/Switzerland: 'Spongospora subterranea f.sp. subterranea: A pathogen you should never ignore !

  • James Price, The James Hutton Institute, Dundee/Scotland: 'Potato cyst nematodes and the future of potato production in Scotland’.

  • Yves Le Hingrat, inov3PT/France: Sustainable management of wireworms in potato production: on-going research towards a comprehensive approach.

  • Mout de VRIEZE, University of Fribourg/ Switzerland: Challenging plants to find effective biocontrol agents: investigating late blight induced shifts in the potato microbiome.

03/09

  • Arrival and registration (5 p.m.)

  • ​Welcome Reception (7 p.m. to 10 p.m.)

Hôtel 'Le Mercure' in Arras

04/09

  • Registration and poster set-up (8 a.m.)

  • Welcome and Opening Address (9 a.m.)

'Université des Compagnons' in Arras

  • Session 1_Late blight and early blight (9:40 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.)

  • Session 2_Soil-borne diseases (1:20 p.m. to 3:10 p.m.)

  • Session 3_Bacterial diseases (3:35 p.m. to 5:05 p.m.)

  • EAPR Pathology and Pests Section Meeting (5:35 p.m.)

  • Free evening 

05/09

  • Session 4_Potato Cyst Nematodes (8 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.)

  • Session 5_Integrative approaches (9:15 a.m. to 11:40 a.m.)

'Université des Compagnons' in Arras

  • ​Visits (1 p.m. to 6 p.m.)

Comité Nord in Achicourt and the city of Arras

  • Conference diner (8 p.m.) 

Hôtel de l'Univers in Arras

06/09

  • Session 6_Pests Insects (8:30 a.m. to 12 a.m.)

  • Session 7_Biocontrol (1:15 p.m. to 4:40 p.m.)

  • Conclusion and closing remarks (4:50 p.m. to 5 p.m.)

  • End of EAPR section meeting Pathology and Pests

'Université des Compagnons' in Arras

  • Free evening 

07/09

  • Potato Europe (optional, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Kain, Belgium

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