Concurrent Sessions

1. Recent advances in vegetable IPM
SRINIVARSAN RAMASAMY TAIWAN
2. Unlocking the potential of microbiomes for sustainable agriculture
Role Name Lecture title
Organizer - Speaker Altier Nora Final considerations: How do microbiomes contribute to the plant protection sciences and the concept of One Health?
Organizer Eduardo Abreo Microbiomes in agricultural settings: invisible partners revealed
Organizer - Speaker Linda Kinkel The microbiome as more than the sum of its populations: network structure as a key factor in managing the functional potential of plant microbiomes
Lead speaker Víctor Carrión Engineering Microbiomes for Sustainable Agriculture
Speaker Gabriele Berg Microbiome connections from farm to fork – a one and planetary health perspective
Speaker Rodrigo Mendes The rhizosphere microbiome as an extension of the plant defensive system
Speaker Doreen Babin Managing soil and plant-associated microbiomes in agroecosystems
Speaker Patricia Vaz The microbiomes of South American Pampa grasslands and their responses to common agricultural practices
NORA ALTIER URUGUAY
EDUARDO ABREO URUGUAY
LINDA KINKEL USA
3. Approaches to integrate soil and plant health assessments in IPM systems
DRIEKIE FOURIE SOUTH AFRICA
4. Advances with biopesticides to meet plant protection challenges
TREVOR JACKSON NEW ZEALAND
5. Tropical pest management – challenges in the post-Covid world
Role Name Lecture title
Speaker Rogelio Trabanino Biological control of insect pests in Hondurus
Speaker David Hughes The use of Artificial Intelligence for plant protection in Africa
Speaker Malvika Chaudhary Horizon scanning and pest risk analysis under climate change
Speaker Ramona Stephanie O’Connor Sulifoa An overview of priority pests and diseases from the Pacific region
Speaker Trevor Jackson An impending threat to the coconut palms
Speaker Alison Watson Bioprotection research alliance for Asia and the Pacific
Speaker Trevor Jackson Coconut rhinoceros beetle in the Pacific
SULAV PAUDEL USA
6. Challenges and opportunities in implementing IPM in Africa
Role Name Lecture title
Organizer Tamo Manuele TO BE ANNOUNCED
Organizer Souleymane Nacro TO BE ANNOUNCED
Lead speaker Sunday Ekesi TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Henri Tonnang Advancements in Insect Science for Transboundary Resource Management and Resilience - (2) Multi-way dynamics between insect pests and crops to estimate yield losses in a changing climate
Speaker Saliou Nyassi Indigenous methods for sustainable management of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) in Africa
Speaker Hilaire Kpongbe Clavigralla pheromones for the control of legume pests
Speaker Sévilor Kekeunou Shade trees help to control subterranean pest termites in cocoa agroforestry systems in Central Cameroon
Speaker Estelle Loko Integrated Pest Management of the yam chip beetle Dinoderus porcellus Lesne (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)
Speaker Srinivasan Ramasamy Challenges and opportunities in implementing Vegetable IPM in Africa
Speaker Eveline Compaore Behavior and attitude toward Integrated Pest Management in Burkina Faso: A gender length perspective in the cascade region
Speaker Ana Lopez Llandres Intercropping cotton and soybean in organic production systems to favor pest control management
Speaker Nehal Djaouga Distribution of Fusarium wilt of cotton and plant-parasitic nematodes associated with in Benin
Speaker Antoine Sanon Integrated management of Spodoptera frugiperda in Burkina Faso: Contribution and potential of indigenous beneficial agents
EMMANUEl ΤΑΜΟ BENIN
7. Herbicide resistant weeds – A global perspective
BARUCH RUBIN ISRAEL
8. Understanding pathogen-vector-host interactions in globally important pathosystems
Role Name Lecture title
Organizer Shaonpius Mondal TO BE ANNOUNCED
Co-Organizer Elizabeth Cieniewich TO BE ANNOUNCED
Alberto Fereres TO BE ANNOUNCED
Murad Ghanim TO BE ANNOUNCED
William Wintermantel TO BE ANNOUNCED
Lava Kumar TO BE ANNOUNCED
Michelle Heck TO BE ANNOUNCED
Prof. Anna Whitfield TO BE ANNOUNCED
Varvara Maliogka TO BE ANNOUNCED
SHAONPIUS MONDAL USA
ELIZABETH JEANNETTE CIENIEWICZ USA
9. Improving resistance – key to meet future challenges - Plant Breeding
Role Name Lecture title
Organizer - Lead speaker Prof. Frank Ordon
Speaker Thomas Miedaner Genetic improvement of the resistance of cereal cultivars in relation to the population dynamics of the fungal pathogens
Speaker Kostya Kanyuaka Dissecting wheat-Septoria interactions
Speaker Janine König Identification of new sources of resistance in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) and pea (Pisum sativum) and what is important for successful resistance breeding
Speaker Shuxian Li Soybean Protection: pathogen charaterization, germplasm evaluation, and host resistance
Speaker Henryk Flachowsky Status, difficulties and prospects for improving resistance against diseases in apple from a German perspective
Speaker Oliver Trapp New disease-resistant grapevine varieties for a more sustainable viticulture
FRANK ORDON GERMANY
10. Biological Plant Protection
JOHANNES JEHLE GERMANY
11. Advances in biosecurity measures for emerging and invasive pests
RAJAN SHARMA INDIA
LAVA KUMAR INDIA
12. Impact and control of transboundary/invasive pests
Role Name Lecture title
Organizer - Lead speaker Moriyama Hiromitsu Potentialities of mycoviruses found in lower eucaryotic organisms including fungi as well as plants and insects as biocontrol agents
Co-Organizer Tsutomu Arie
Speaker Kazuki Fujiwara Challenges and Prospects for Control of Citrus Greening Disease in Japan
Speaker Youichi Kobori Development of sustainable management techniques against transboundary pests and diseases based on the environmental characteristics of newly invaded areas
Speaker Kazuhiko Matsuda TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Yoshihiko Shimono The role of weed seed contamination in grain commodities as propagule pressure
Speaker Kyoko Watanabe Challenge to Fusarium wilt of banana and pod rot of cacao in the Philippines
Speaker Liliana Maria Aragon Caballero Diseases and Pests Occurring in Banana Cultivation in Peru and Their Control
Speaker Nga Nguyen Thi Thu Important bacterial diseases on rice , vegetables and fruits in Viet nam and their management
Speaker Le Phuoc Thanh Phytophthora and Pythium associated with citrus in the Mekong delta of Vietnam
Speaker Le Van Vang Sex pheromones: an effective tool for sustainable management of agricultural harmful insect pests in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam
Speaker Dionisio Alvindia Status of banana and cacao industry in the Philippines
Speaker Ioly Kotta-Loizou A mycovirus induces systemic resistance in oilseed rape against phoma stem canker
HIROMITSU MORIYAMA JAPAN
TSUTOMU ARIE JAPAN
13. Recent advances in plant virology
Role Name Lecture title
Organizer Xueping Zhou TO BE ANNOUNCED
Lead speaker Rosa Lozano-Durán TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Jesús Navas-Castillo TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Andreas Voloudakis TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Supriya Chakraborty TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Xiuling Yang TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Xiaorong Tao TO BE ANNOUNCED
XUEPING ZHOU CHINA
14. Novel concepts and approaches in managment of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)
NICK PAPADOPOULOS GREECE
SOULEYMANE NACRO
15. Sustainable Management of Transboundary Pests
BUYUNG HADI FAO
SHOKI AL DOBAI FAO
16. Vascular wilts 
VARDIS NTOUKAKIS WARWICK UK
MURRAY GRANT WARWICK UK
17. Precision agriculture and remote sensing for future weed management
SPYROS FOUNTAS GREECE
GERASIMOS PETEINATOS GREECE
18. Precision agriculture and remote sensing for future plant disease management
SPYROS FOUNTAS GREECE
19. Fungicide/antibiotic resistance
IOANNIS STERGIOPOULOS USA
20. Canker disease of fruit, nut and vine crops
Role Name Lecture title
Speaker Florent Trouillas Epidemiology and management of fungal canker diseases of sweet cherry in California
Speaker Vladimiro Guarnaccia Fungal pathogens causing trunk diseases in Northern Italy, species diversity and temperature interaction
Speaker Akif Eskalen Current Etiology of Aspergillus Vine Canker and Sour Rot of Table Grapes in California
Speaker Josep Armengol Fungal trunk and canker diseases of fruit, nut and vine crops in Spain: Causes and solutions
Speaker Giorgio Gusella Status of citrus canker disease in Sicily and first results of sustainable management approach
Speaker Juan Moral Moral From branch canker to “Escudete” olive diseases caused by Botryosphaeriaceae
Speaker Carlos Agusti Brisach Biological Control and Bioprotection Strategies Against Pest and Plant Diseases in Agricultural Crops
Speaker David Gramaje Recent advances in the management of grapevine trunk diseases
THEMIS MICHAILIDIS USA
21. Plant protection products
CHRISTOS ZAMIOUDIS GREECE
22. Microbiomes and their role in plant pathology
CORNE PIETERSE THE NETHERLANDS
IOANNIS STRINGLIS GREECE
23. Recent progress in our understanding of the basic biology of Verticillium dahliae
KRISNA SUBBARAO USA
24. The epidemiology and management Verticillium dahliae.
KRISNA SUBBARAO USA
25. Emerging pest with relation plant biosecurity and food safety
Role Name Lecture title
Organizer Prof. Abraham Gamliel Risk management of emerging pests with relevance to effective response and recovery plan
Organizer - Lead speaker Professor James Stack Plant Health in the more inclusive One Health Concept: Implications for biosecurity and food security
Speaker Professor Simon Mckirdy Developing an effective biosecurity system to address introduction of emerging pests
Speaker Professor Michael Jeger Risk assessment, pest alerts and emergence: what determines the timelines?
Speaker Doctor Sigal Brown Emerging of new plant parasitic nematodes as a complex with parasitic fungus
ABRAHAM GAMLIEL ISRAEL
JAMES P. STACK USA
26. Responses of plant genotypes to pathogens and development of novel techniques for improvement of crop resistance to diseases
Role Name Lecture title
Speaker Timothy Murray Screening wheat and its wild relatives for resistance to the eyespot pathogens Oculimacula yallundae and O. acuformis
Speaker Karina Van Der Lind EImpact of global warming on susceptibility of European maize cultivars to corn smut infections
Speaker Van Schepler-Luu Improving rice resistance against major and emerging diseases in Asia
Speaker XXX Phenotypic or physilogical responses to pathogens – to be announced
Speaker Qijian Song Development of high-throughput genotyping assays for genetic mapping of disease resistant genes and accelerating soybean and bean breeding for disease resistance
Speaker Rosemarie W. Hammond Strategies using virus-induced gene silencing and CRISPR tools to improve plant defense signaling pathways against viroid pathogens
Speaker Maeli Melotto CRIPR/Cas9-assisted engineering for disease resistance
SHUXIAN LI USA
27. Environmental interactions and management of soilborne pathogens
ANDREAS VON TIEDEMANN GERMANY
28. Networking Tools to Manage Transboundary Pests
Role Name Lecture title
Co-Organizer - Speaker Laura Iles Networking for Effective Integrated Pest Management: Spotlight on Working Groups in the Regional IPM Centers
Co-Organizer - Speaker Daren Mueller Enhancing Crop Protection: The Collaborative Impact of the Crop Protection Network (CPN)
Speaker Lynnae Jess Pest Management Strategic Plans and Crop Profiles: Bridging the Gap in IPM Data Collection for Enhanced Pest Management Practices
Speaker Emily Unglesbee Integrated Weed Management with GROW: Getting Rid of Weeds
Speaker Joe LaForest Developing Tools to Empower Stakeholders for Effective Pest Management and Ecosystem Health
Speaker Marty Draper TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Teresa Meadows TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Sam Markell TO BE ANNOUNCED
DAREN MUELLER USA
LAURA ILES USA
29. Plant Health-Phytiatry
RAFAEL JIMENES DIAZ SPAIN
AMANDA HODGES USA
JEFF BRADSHAW USA
30. Grapevine Trunk Diseases
EPAMINONDAS PAPLOMATAS GREECE
LAURA MUGNAI ITALY
31. Sustainable mycotoxin management in a climate change future.
DIMITRIOS TSITSIGIANNIS GREECE
PAOLA BATTILANI ITALY
32. Eco-epidemiological and pathobiome perspectives on diseases caused by mycotoxigenic fungi
ANTONIO MORETTI ITALY
33. Xylella fastidiosa
ANNA MARIA D' ONGHIA ITALY
MARIA HOLEVA GREECE
34. Interdisciplinary education
DIMITRIS TSALTAS CYPRUS
35. Fungicide Resistance: Diagnosis, risk assessment and management, Integrated Pest Management
GEORGE KARAOGLANIDIS GREECE
36. Plant Virology in the Age of High-Throughput-Sequencing
KRITON KALANDIDIS GREECE
37. Management of Biological Invasions in a changing world
NICK PAPADOPOULOS GREECE
38. Biological control of insect crop pests
DIONYSIS PERDIKIS GREECE
MICHELE RICUPERO ITALY
SAMIRA MOHAMED KENYA
39. Frost damage mitigation strategies for crops
DIMITRIS GEORGAKOPOULOS GREECE
40. Research and development advances in entomopathogenic Nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria
THOMAIS DUARTE IRELAND
DRITSOULAS ALEXANDROS GREECE
41. Νovel trends in the management of plant parasitic nematodes
GIANNIS GIANNAKOU GREECE
42. Biological control of invasive insect pests
PANOS MILONAS GREECE
43. Functional biodiversity and Conservation biological control
FILITSA KARAMAOUNA GREECE
PANOS MILONAS GREECE
44. Chemical ecology and biological control
ANTONINO CUSUMANO ITALY
PANOS MILONAS GREECE
45. Environmental Fate, Ecotoxicology, Risk Assessment, and Remediation of Pesticide Residues
ZISIS VRYZAS GREECE
PIETER SPANOGHE BELGIUM
LAURA MCCONNELL USA
46. Mites
GEORGE BROUFAS GREECE
47. Post-harvest pest and disease management
SAMIR DROBY ISRAEL
CHRISTOS ATHANASIOU GREECE
48. Pesticides and effects on bees
FANI HATJINA GREECE
NOA SIMON-DELSO BELGIUM
ANTONIOS TSAGKARAKIS GREECE
49. Insect pollination services, benefits and challenges (Interactions between plant protection and pollination)
JESSICA KNAPP IRELAND
FANI HATJINA GREECE
ANTONIOS TSAGKARAKIS GREECE
50. Integrated weed management- IWM in conventional and organic farming
ILIAS TRAVLOS GREECE
MARCO FONTANELLI GREECE
51. Stress Tolerance to Abiotic Stress in The Context of Climate Change
PENELOPE BEBELI GREECE
52. Biopesticides and Biofertilizers
SOTIRIOS TJAMOS GREECE
PANAGIOTIS SARRIS GREECE
53. Beyond pest control: topics for the improvement of IPM and IRM of lepidopteran pests associated with row crops
Role Name Lecture title
Organizer - Lead speaker Silvana Paula-Moraes Components of IRM programs in an IPM framework: introduction of the session, concepts, and objectives of the discussion
Speaker Francis Peter Fortnum Reay-Jones Ecological components of IRM programs in an IPM framework
Speaker Johnnie Van Den Berg Managing the changing Lepidoptera maize pest complex in Africa: short and long-term strategies
Speaker Adeney Bueno Components of IPM program in high input systems of soybean in Brazil
Speaker Katelyn A. Kesheimer Extension as a tool in IPM programs
Speaker Dominic Reisig Farmers perspectives on information sources and IRM practices
Speaker Sally Taylor Supporting IPM/IRM for cost effective and environmentally acceptable practices in cotton production in the U.S.
SILVANA PAULA-MORAES  USA
54. Challenges in sustainable plant disease management in a changing climate
Role Name Lecture title
Organizer Markellou Emilia TO BE ANNOUNCED
Organizer Jay Ram Lamichhane TO BE ANNOUNCED
Lead Speaker Stephen Wegulo TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Vittorio Rossi TO BE ANNOUNCED
Speaker Martin J. Barbetti TO BE ANNOUNCED
speaker Daniel Bebber TO BE ANNOUNCED
JAY RAM LAMICHHANE FRANCE
EMILIA MARKELLOU GREECE
55. New advances and technologies for postharvest diseases control
SAMIR DROBY ISRAEL
56. Impact and management of invasive and parasitic Weeds
DEMOSTHENIS CHACHALIS GREECE
MAURIZIO VURRO ISRAEL
ISABEL M CALHA PORTUGAL
57. Plant Health research coordination: an international endeavour
Baldissera GIOVANI
58. Diseases in tree crops and forests
EVANGELOS VELLIOS GREECE
59. Incorporating indigenous and local knowledge in plant protection strategy
FEDERICO TOMASETTO NEW ZEALAND
NICK ROSKRUGE
REVOR JACKSON
60. Microbial interactions in ecosystems: negative or positive consequences on plant health
Role Name Lecture title
Lead Speaker Stéphane Compant Bacterial-fungal interactions and impacts on plant growth and health
Speaker Rana Haidar Bacteria associated with wood tissues in grapevines: functional diversity and synergy with Fomitiporia mediterranea to degrade wood components
Speaker Ouiza Mesguida Antagonistic mode of actions of grapevine wood-bacteria to biocontrol Fomi-poria mediterranea
speaker Alessio Mengoni When biodiversity preservation meets biotechnology: the challenge of developing synthetic microbiota and the case of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria
speaker Ken-ichi Yoshida Coinoculation of Bacillus velezensis strain S141 and Bradyrhizobium strains promotes nodule growth and nitrogen fixation
PATRICE REY FRANCE
STEPHANE COMPANT AUSTRIA