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Friday, April 21st

SESSION WG2.  QUALITY OF BERRY STARTING MATERIALS  (Faculty Council Room)

Chairperson: Bert van Duijn (Netherlands)

8:30-8:50 Strawberry architecture: non-invasive determination via X-ray imaging. S. van Bergen, R. van der Meulen, B. van Duijn (Netherlands)

8:50-9:10 Strawberry architecture model of tray plants (cv Elsanta) in different nursery condition. G. Savini, D. Neri, P. Martinatti (Italy)

9:10-9:30 Monitoring strawberry plant quality: carbohydrate content of crown and roots. S.T. Karhu (Finland)

9:30-9:50 The effects of environment and nutrition on strawberry tray plant quality. E. Kehoe (Ireland)

9:50-10:20 Coffee Break

10:20-10:40 Effects of strawberry runner plants obtained from mother plants produced by tissue culture and grown under Erzurum ecological conditions. N. Kaska (Turkey)

10:40-11:00 Plant  regeneration via adventitious organogenesis – an efficient propagation system in Vaccinium corymbosum L. and Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. A. Gajdosova, M.G. Ostrolucka, E. Ondruskova, G. Libiakova (Slovakia)

11:00-11:20 Micropropagation as means of rapid multiplication of newly developed blackberry and black currant cultivars. D. Ruzic and T. Lazic (Serbia and Montenegro)

11:20-11:40 Graft transmission of full blossom disease in currants. J. Špak, J. Přibylová,  D. Kubelková, V. Špaková (Czech Republic)

11:40-12:40 Discussion

SESSION WG3.  ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION STRATEGIES TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY (Hall 6B)

Chairperson: Monique Bodson (Belgium)

8:30-8:50 Hot water dipping of black currant cuttings controlling gall mites and increase plant growth. H. L. Pedersen, K. Paaske, L. Sørensen and K. Kampuss (Denmark & Latvia)

8:50-9:10 Alternative, non-pesticidal methods of control of strawberry tarsonemid mite. G. van Kruistum , M. Vlaswinkel and P. Spoorenberg (Netherlands)

9:10-9:30 Testing of early ripening strawberry varieties tolerant to soil-borne pathogens as alternative to Elsanta. A. Spornberger, R. Steffek, J. Altenburger (Austria)

9:30-9:50 Combining cultural methods to control soil borne diseases of berry crops. V.V. Michel, A. Ançay, C. Carlen (Switzerland)

9:50-10:20 Coffee Break

10:20-10:40 Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on defence responses to Verticillium dahliae in strawberry plants. I. Sowik, B. Borkowska (Poland)

10:40-11:00 Soilless production and physiology. M.N. Demene and J.P. Bosc (France)

11:00-11:20 Temperature and day length effects on dormancy and flowering of ‘Korona’ and ‘Elsanta’ strawberry. A. Sønsteby and O. M. Heide (Norway)

11:20-11:40 Flower initiation and dormancy in summer fruiting red raspberry. N. Heiberg (Norway)

11:40-12:40 Discussion

12:45-14:00 Lunch

12:45-14:00

14:00-16:00 University - technical tour

14:00-19:00 MC meeting (Faculty Council Room; only for members of MC)

20:30 Gala Dinner
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