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Contact: blueberry2018@fmach.it

Convenors: Lara Giongo (Fondazione Edmund Mach), Luca Lovatti (Consorzio Innovazione Frutta), Gianluca Savini (Sant'Orsola)

Grand Hotel Trento - Piazza Dante, 20, Trento

Blueberry2018 | Scientific Program

   

Scientific Program

 

Monday 12th

Opening

   
17:00 – 17:30 Participants registration
17:30 – 19:00 Welcome drink
   

Tuesday 13th

“SCIENTIFIC DAY”

   
8:00 - 9:00 Participants registration
9:00 – 9:30 Opening of the Conference

Breeding and horticulture

FIRST SESSION - chairperson: Chad Finn

9:30 - 10:00 Chad Finn (USDA ARS, Usa)
Breeding of northern and southern highbush blueberry
10:00 – 10:20 Rolf Nestby (NIBIO, Norway)
The possibility of better exploiting the wild European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.)
10:20 – 10:40

David Charles Percival (DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, Canada)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle use for Phenotype and plant growth and development assessment in wild blueberry production

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:20 Pedro Bràs de Oliveira (INIAV, Portugal)
Early and late highbush blueberry production in substrate
11:20 – 11:40 Felix Koschnick (NIEDERSACHEN, Germany)
Blueberry growing in Europe, remarks on the northern season 2018, what will happen in the future, where are the opportunities
11:40 - 12:00 Angela Koort (ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES, Estonia)
Comparison of bioactive coumpound content of new half-highbush blueberry cultivar ’Are’ with selected blueberry clones
Genetics & genomics
SECOND SESSION - chairperson: Massimo Iorizzo
12:00 – 12:30 Massimo Iorizzo (NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Usa)
Genome and genomic tools in northern and southern blueberry
12:30 - 12:50 Francesco Emanuelli (FEM, Italy)
Blueberry genetics: germplasm evaluation and QTL mapping
12:50 – 13:10 Luca Bianco (FEM, Italy)
From genomes to genomic tools: bioinformatics at FEM
Question time
13:20 – 14:00 Lunch 

Blueberry fruit quality and postharvest

THIRD SESSION - chairperson: Lara Giongo

14:00 – 14:30 Lara Giongo (FEM, Italy)
A glance on blueberry fruit quality
14:30 – 14:50 Nenad Magazin (UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD, Serbia)
6-benzyladenine affects chemical composition of nothern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) fruits
14:50 – 15:10 Cinzia Mannozzi (UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, Italy)
Effects of different polysaccharides-based coatings on quality of fresh Blueberries during storage
15:10 - 15:30

Rosalba Lanciotti (UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA, Italy)

Innovative strategies to increase safety, quality and sustainabilities of Berry productions

15:30 – 15:50 Brian Farneti (FEM, Italy)
Tailored storage management can positively affect blueberry fruit quality
16:10 – 16:45 Posters short presentation (five minutes talk)

Pests and diseases of blueberry

FOURTH SESSION - chairperson: Gianfranco Anfora 

16:45 - 17:15 Gianfranco Anfora (FEM, Italy)
Current status of Drosophila suzukii management in Trentino, research achievements and perspectives for sustainable control
17:15 – 17:35 Dalphy Harteveld (WAGENIGEN UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH, The Netherlands)
Diseases of blueberry in the Netherlands
17:35 – 17:55 Alberto Grassi (FEM, Italy)
The experience of Spotted Wing Drosophila management in Trentino on berry fruits
17:55 - 18:15 Daniele Prodorutti (FEM, Italy)
Overview of blueberry diseases in Trentino
18:15 – 18:20 Day closures
20:00 – 23:00 Social Dinner at Muse
   

Wednesday, 14th

TECHNICAL COMMERCIAL DAY

   
08:00 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:30

Authorities’ opening

Luca Lovatti (CIF, Italy)

09:30 – 09:45 Global overview and market summary of blueberry
Chairperson: Mike Knowles (FRUITNET, United Kingdom)
09:45 – 10:00 Blueberry business development
Adrian Wallbridge (FALL CREEK FARM AND NURSERY, Spain)
European overview of the blueberry business, consumption and main differences among main areas
10:00 – 10:15 Nursery and Certification
Frans Claassen (NAKTUINBOUW, The Netherlands)
Blueberry nursery pipeline and plant quality
10:15 – 10:30 Pierluigi Lucchi, Marco Cardoni, Luigi Catalano (CIVI, Italy)
CIVI Italia role within plant propagation material certification scheme: proposal for soft fruits
10:30 – 10:45 Substrates
Joris Böinck (LEGRO, The Netherlands)
Soil to substrate
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:30 Production
Gianluca Savini (SANT’ORSOLA, Italy)
Italian blueberry production and market
11:30 - 11:45 Post -harvest
Luca Montanari (UNITEC, Italy)
Sorting and optical selection
11:45 - 12:00 Supermarkets
Sabina Wyant (TESCO, United Kingdom)
The status quo and what the future holds
12:00 - 12:30 Resume of the 13th scientific session
Lara Giongo (FEM, Italy),  Chad Finn (USDA ARS, Usa)
12:30 - 13:00 Discussion
moderated by Mike Knowles
13:00 - 13:15 Authorities’ closing
Sergio Menapace (FEM, Italy)
13:15 - 15:00 Lunch and Networking
15:00 - 18:00 Tour to Sant’Orsola and Fondazione Edmund Mach

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