Tercera Conferencia Internacional sobre Tizón Tardío

Gracias a la iniciativa conjunta del Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP), de la Iniciativa Global sobre el Tizón Tardío (GILB) y la Academia China de Agricultura y Ciencia (CAAS), tendrá lugar en Beijin, China,  la Tercera Conferencia Internacional sobre Tizón Tardío, del 3 al 6 de abril del 2008.

El Tizón Tardío continúa siendo una de las plagas más destructivas en papas, tomates y cultivos Solanum. Gracias a la capacidad de convocatoria que tiene las instituciones organizadoras, se ha reunido a un selecto grupo de especialistas de todo el mundo para poder discutir acerca de los últimos avances en estudio de plagas, manejo de enfermedades, biología patógena y dinámica, cultivos resistentes,  biología molecular en la interacción entre portador - agente patógeno y, por último, control químico.

El alto nivel académico de los investigadores convocados hace de esta, una oportunidad ideal para poder proponer mejoras e innovaciones para este problema que afecta a un gran sector de agricultores. Otro objetivo de la conferencia es la oportunidad de generar un espacio adecuado para la colaboración internacional. En la conferencia previa, en Hamburg, Alemania en el año 2002, se contó con la participación de más de 180 investigadores de 42 diferentes países.

El idioma oficial de la conferencia será el Inglés.
En el detalle de la infonota podrá encontrar información sobre el programa de la conferencia, actividades, y el comité académico (en Inglés).

Tentative program


The General theme of the Third International Late Blight Conference is: International Collaboration on Late Blight Research.


The conference will last 3 days with a two-day workshop before the meeting and a 3-day field visit after the meeting. Both the workshop and the field visit are optional. Costs and details are forthcoming.



Within the meeting, sessions will deal with six major topics, but special interest groups may also hold satellite meetings by arrangement with the organizers. The specific program will be developed as scientific contributions are received.




General program for Third International Conference on Late Blight and Related Activities





March 31


Workshop attendees arrive and register



April 1-2


Pre-conference workshop



April 2


LB Meeting attendees arrive and register (welcome dinner or cocktail in evening)



April 3-5


Full day meetings of conference (see program). Those who do not want to go to CPC or Sichuan are now done.



April 5


Second half of day people can begin Registering for CPC in the afternoon

April 6


Sightseeing in Beijing for these who want to go to Sichuan and departure for these who don’t go to Sichuan, not all the participants will go to Sichuan



April 7


Travel to Sichuan (Participants from CPC and from sightseeing)

April 8


Visit potato fields and (labs?).



April 9


Travel back to Beijing from Sichuan










April 2 Evening



All day


Arrival registration


19:00 21:00


Social (dinner?) to be defined.






April 3 - Day 1






Opening



8:00 8:15


Meeting opening, announcements


Dr. Kaiyun Xie



8:15 8:30


Invitation


Dr. Dongyu Qu (Vice President - CAAS)

8:30 8:45


Invitation


Dr. Pamela Anderson (Director General - CIP)











Pathogen biology and Host Pathogen Interactions



8:30 9:00


From a European to a global database of P. infestans genetic diversity: examining the nature and significance of population change


Dr. David Cooke



9:00 9:30


Historical and current population biology of late blight: from the Irish potato famine to SE Asia, Russia and China


Dr. Jean Ristaino



9:30 10:00


Unraveling the senses of Phytophthora; leads to novel control strategies?


Dr. Francine Govers



10:00 10:30


Coffee break






10:30 11:00


Late blight in the genomics era


Dr. Sophien Kamoun



11:00 11:30


Applying cisgenesis to enhance late blight resistance in potato”


Dr. Evert Jacobsen

Epidemiology, disease management and chemical control



11:30 12:00


Late blight management in China


Dr. Keqiang Cao, Dr. Wei He and Dr. Fengyi Wang



12:00 12:30


The role of oospores in the epidemiology of potato late blight


Dr. Bjorn Andersson and Dr. Jonathan Yuen



12:30 14:00


Lunch






14:00 17:00


Afternoon sessions –
2 parallel sessions




April 4 - Day 2



8:00 8:30


Alternative approaches to late blight management


Dr. Eduardo Mizubuti



8:30 9:00


Late blight simulation and forecasting: bells and whistles or real tools for researchers and farmers


Dr. William Fry



9:00 9:30


“Disease control strategies in Europe and the US”


Dr. Huub Schepers and Dr. Walt Stevenson



9:30 10:00


Past, present and future of chemical control of late blight


Ir. Albert Schirring



10:00 10:30


Coffee break



10:30 11:00


Breeding for Field Resistance, based on the last 18 years of experience at SCRI


Dr. John Bradshaw



11:00 11:30


Elements of strategy for resistance breeding against P. infestans


Dr. Ewa Zimnoch-Guzowska



11:30 12:00


The human element - training


Dr. Jorge Andrade



12:30 14:00


Lunch






14:00 17:00


Afternoon sessions

2 parallel sessions








April 5 - Day 3




Morning sessions

2 parallel sessions



12:30 14:00


Lunch







Coordination and future research



14:00 14:20


Dutch umbrella project


Dr. Piet Boonekamp



14:20 14:40


Norphyt


Dr. Jonathan Yuen



14:40 15:00


Euroblight


Dr. Allison Lees, Dr. Jens Hansen



15:00 15:20


African LB group


Dr. Peter Gildemacher



15:20 15:45


Coffee break






15:45 16:00


GILB


Dr. Greg Forbes



16:00 16:30


General discussion



16:30


Closing











Coordinating institutions:

The Global Initiative on Late Blight (GILB)

The International Potato Center (CIP)

The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)



Honorary Chairpersons:

Huqu Zhai (President - CAAS)

Pamela Anderson (Director General - CIP)



Coordinating committee:

Presidents:

Dongyu Qu (China), dyqu@mail.caas.net.cn

Vice President, Chairman of Chinese Potato Association, CAAS, China



Greg Forbes (CIP), g.forbes@cgiar.org

Pathologist, Integrated Crop Mangement Division, CIP, Peru



Bud Platt (GILB), platth@agr.gc.ca
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, PEI, Canada





Vice President:



Fernando Ezeta (CIP), f.ezeta@cgiar.org

Regional Leader, CIP-ESEAP, Jakarta, Indonesia



Youliang Peng (China) , pengyl@public3.bta.net.cn
Prof, Chairman of Chinese Pathology Association, China Agricultural University CAU, China



Conghua Xie (China), xiech@mail.hzau.edu.cn

Vice president, Huazhong Agricultural University, China



Kaiyun Xie (CIP), k.xie@cgiar.org

Liaison Scientist, CIP-China or CIP-ESEAP, Beijing, China





Logistical Support



Martha Huanes (CIP), m.huanes@cgiar.org

Conference and Events Officer, CIP, Peru



Dongxin Feng (China), fengdx@mail.caas.net.cn

Division Head,CAAS, China



Guangshu Liu (China) , liugsh@caas.net.cn

Division Head, IVF-CAAS, China



Science committee members:

Epidemiology:



J. Yuen, Jonathan.Yuen@mykopat.slu.se

Professor in Plant Pathology Dept. of Forest Mycology and Pathology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden



Keqiang Cao, ckq@hebau.edu.cn

Prof. Dean of College of Plant Protection, Hebei HAU, China





Pathogen biology and dynamics:



David Cooke, David.Cooke@scri.ac.uk

Plant Pathology, SCRI, UK

Jean Ristaino, jean_ristaino@ncsu.edu

Plant Pathologist, North Carolina State University, USA





Resistance breeding:



Marcelo Huarte, huarte@balcarce.inta.gov.ar


INTA, Balcarce, Argentina





Ewa Zimnoch-Guzowska, e.zimnoch-guzowska@ihar.edu.pl


Plant Breeding & Acclimatization Institute, Mlochów, Poland



Liping Jin, jinlp@mail.caas.net.cn

Prof. Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, CAAS, China

Fengyi Wang f.wang@cgiar.org

Prof. Project Coordinator, CIP-ESEAP, China





Disease Management:

 E. Mizubuti, mizubuti@ufv.br

Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil.



Bill Fry, wef1@cornell.edu

Professor of Plant Pathology and Senior Associate Dean College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, USA



Wei He, hew@mail.sc.cninfo.net
Prof. Crop Research Institute, Sichuan SAAS , China



Molecular Biology of Host Pathogen Interactions:



F. Govers, Francine.Govers@wur.nl

Laboratory of Phytopathology, UR Wageningen University, NL

Sophien Kamoun, sophien.kamoun@tsl.ac.uk

Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK



Sanwen Huang, huangsanwen@caas.net.cn

Prof. Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, CAAS, China





Chemical control:



H. Schepers, Huub.Schepers@wur.nl

Applied Plant Research, WUR, Lelystad, NL

W.

Stevenson, wrs@plantpath.wisc.edu


Plant Pathology University of Wisconsin Madison, USA