EuroBlight Plenum 11-12 May

11 May

Reporting from EuroBlight

• Welcome & programme / Jens, Alison and Geert

• EuroBlight physical workshop in 2022 / Karen and Tomke

Reporting from USABlight, Tizon Latino Blight and AsiaBlight

Chair: Jens G. Hansen. Moderator Alison Lees

• Report from USABlight / Jean Ristaino

• Report from Tizon Latino Blight / Ivette and Florenzia

• Report from AsiaBlight / Jorge Andrade

• Discussion about regional and global issues / all

Reporting from subgroup: European P. infestans monitoring initiative - Results from 2020 and campaign in 2021

Chair: David Cooke, JHI. Moderator: Geert Kessel, WUR

• Report from subgroup meeting 16 March & Insights from EuroBlight 2013-2020 P. infestans populations / David Cooke

• EuroBlight monitoring 2021 sampling strategy and use of the Blightracker App and associated dashboard / David Cooke and Jens G. Hansen

Reporting from subgroup: New control strategies in the context of the EU Green deal - Farm to Fork strategy

Chair: Geert Kessel, WUR. Moderator: David Cooke, JHI.

• Report from subgroup meeting 23 March / Geert Kessel

• P. infestans in resistant potato cultivars, genotyping and phenotyping  / Geert Kessel

• Introduction to ECOSOL / Alison Lees

12 May

Reporting from subgroup: Alternaria subgroup meeting

Chair: Hans Hausladen, TUM. Moderator: Pieter Vanhaverbeke, PCA

• Report from subgroup meeting 13 April / Hans Hausladen

• Challenges in controlling Early blight / Nicole Metz

• Future activities / Hans Hausladen

Reporting from subgroup: Fungicides and biologicals

Chair: Bert Evenhuis, WUR. Moderator: Karen Sullam, Agroscope

• Report from subgroup meeting 30 April / Bert Evenhuis

• Protocol for Bio EuroBlight in an ICM context / Bert Evenhuis

EuroBlight statement and future prospects

Chair: Jens G. Hansen, AU. Moderator: Didier Andrivon, INRAE

• Presentation of the draft EuroBlight statement 2021 / Didier Andrivon

• Wrap up / major conclusions / agreements / initiatives / what is next / Jens, Alison and Geert