Workshop Brasov 2015

Welcome by Huub Schepers /EuroBlight
Welcome by Sorin Claudian Chiru / National Institute for Research and Development for Potato and Sugar Beet

Epidemics and control of late blight and early blight in 2013 and 2014 in Europe/ Jens. G. Hansen and Hans Hausladen.  

Update on European P. infestans populations; new tools, new insights /David Cooke et al.

The potato blight population in Northern Ireland/Louise Cooke

Link between genotype and phenotype and IMP2.0 / Geert Kessel et al.

Recent developments concerning the population biology and control strategies of Phytophthora infestans in USA / William E. Fry

Recent developments concerning the population biology and control strategies of Phytophthora infestans in Latin America/ Ivette Acuña  

Recent developments concerning the population biology and control strategies of Phytophthora infestans in Asia and Africa / Greg Forbes

The Solanum late blight R-moury / Jack Vossen

Added value of stacked R genes for the Potato Late Blight control strategy / Trudy van den Bosch

Assessment of genetic hotspots for Phytophthora resistance and their use as molecular markers in potato breeding / Karen Sieber

Field performance of defence inducers against late blight depends on cultivars, not on resistance / Didier Andrivon

Adaptation patterns to temperature in the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans / Nicolas Mariette, A. Androdias, R. Mabon, R. Corbière, B. Marquer, J. Montarry and D. Andrivon

Evaluating the Smith Period criteria used for late blight management in the UK / Siobhan Roisin Dancey

Late Blight Prediction in Maine / Steve Johnson

DuPont TM Zorvec TM (oxathiapiprolin): the first member of a novel class of Oomycete fungicides /Jan-Dries Luijks

Impact of oils tank mixed with late blight fungicides on leaf blight control in three growing seasons / Ruairidh Bain

Update on the regulatory frame work in the EU for Crop Protection - Review of current status and implications for late blight control an ECPA view /Albert Schirring

Strategies for the control of early blight (Alternaria solani) in Denmark / Bent J. Nielsen

Study of the epidemiology of A. alternata on potato / Birgit Adolf

Evidence of strobilurine resistant isolates of A. solani and A. alternata in Germany / Hans Hausladen, Birgit Adolf and Jürgen Leiminger

Fungicide strategies against early blight and presence of F129L in Sweden / Erland Liljeroth             

Efficacy of some fungicides in control of Alternaria species under laboratory and field conditions / J. Kapsa, J. Osowski and H. Gawinska-Urbanowicz

Development and experiences with Banjo Forte / Olaf van Campen

Stabilized silver nanoparticles - new fungicides to control potato foliar diseases / Sergey Elansky          

Mancozeb, an essential tool for sustainable protection of potato against late blight and Alternaria / Serge Duvauchelle

Late blight control strategies in Romania: grower practices and new experiences with Infinito and Consento / Marius Dines

Integrated deployment of host resistance and fungicides to sustain effective late blight management / Alison Lees et al.

Can infected tubers contribute to potato late blight epidemics in Sweden? /Lina Sjöholm

Inoculum sources and potato late blight forecasting in Norway / Ragnhild Nærstad

Early blight, towards a decimal rating / Bert Evenhuis et al.           

Update of the EuroBlight table / B. Evenhuis, R. Bain and Huub Schepers                 

Population genetics of Phytophthora infestans in the USA / William E. Fry

Characterization of Phytophthora infestans isolates from Turkey / Tahsin Ay, Hale Gunacti, & Canan Can                

Diversity of Phytophthora infestans in Poland in selected regions / Marta Brylinska

Comparison of different methods for the infection with A. solani on potatoes in the field / Hans Hausladen

Alternarias in vegetable crops: brassicas and tomatoes. Opening the bottlenecks for resistance breeding / Marcin Nowicki, M. Nowakowska, M. Wrzesinska, P. Kaminski, E. U. Kozik

Alternaria pathogens of potato: variability and resistance to fungicides / Lyudmila Kokaeva                 

Monitoring early blight in Flanders / Pieter Vanhaverbeke and Sofie Landschoot                 

Efforts towards a harmonized EB detection, results of the first Alternaria ring test / Bert Evenhuis, Jan Spoelder and Jürgen Leiminger

Report from the subgroup, Alternaria / Hans Hausladen           

Closing of the workshop / Huub Schepers, Alison Lees and Jens G. Hansen