Preliminary programme

The preliminary programme for the XVI IOBC-WPRS meeting of the Working Group ‘Biological and integrated control of plant pathogens’ looks as follows: 

Day-to-day programme

Tuesday 6 June

15:00-17:00 Registration 

17:00-19:00 Opening keynote and oral session 

19:00-21:00 Welcome reception 

Wednesday 7 June

08:30-18:00 Oral and poster sessions 

Thursday 8 June

08:30-13:00 Oral and poster sessions 

13:00-19:00 Field trip to Lelystad: technical tour and dialogue session 

Friday 9 June

08:30-17:00 Oral and poster sessions 

17:00-18:00 Awards and WG Organisation 

18:30-22:00 Conference dinner 

Saturday 10 June

Departure

Topics to be addressed

1. Role of biocontrol in novel resilient cropping systems.
2. Biocontrol in climate change.
3. Harnessing microbial diversity and shaping microbiomes for resilient crop production.
4. Strain evolution and breeding for better biocontrol agents.
5. Microbial ecology and population dynamics of biocontrol agents.
6. Mechanisms behind plant-microbe interactions and microbial connectivity.
7. Product development.
8. Integrated use of biocontrol in disease management.
9. Future biocontrol solutions: Economics risk assessment, acceptance and use by farmers.

10. Free topic for any other contributions on biological control of plant pathogens.