12:30-14:30 Registration of participants

14:30-15:00 Welcome drink

15.00-15:30 Opening ceremony

SESSION 1.    SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS: PEST AND DISEASE DETECTION AND MANAGMENT (Hall 6B)

Chairperson: Emon Kehoe (Ireland)

15:30-15:50 Botrytis fruit rot and mildew in strawberries: DSS, implementation, biological controls. J.G.N. Wander and B. Evenhuis (Netherlands)

15:50-16:10 The control of Botrytis cinerea on red currants: optimising fungicide action and reducing fungicide use by covering the shrub. P. Creemers and S. van Laer (Belgium)

16:10-16:30 Colletotrichum acutatum and Phytophthora cactorum: survival and detection from soil and plant debris. P. Parikka, A.Lilja, E. Pääskynkivi, J. Hantula, A. Lemmetty (Finland)

16:30-17:00 Coffee Break

17:00-17:20 Biofumigation of Verticillium infested soils. R. Steffek, A. Spornberger, J. Altenburger (Austria)

17:20-17:40 Mycosphaerella leaf spot – an important disease in organic production of black currants in Norway. A. Stensvand (Norway)

17:40-18:00 Predicted developments in cane and bush fruit pest and disease management in Europe, with special reference to high health planting stock, genomics and plant breeding. S.C. Gordon, A.N.E.  Birch, R. Brennan, J. Graham, H. Barker, A. Dolan, S.N. Jennings (United Kingdom)