Peach Webinars - June 1-4 2021

A series of 4 HortDialogues webinars on peach 'Current trends and challenges on peach fruit production' hosted by Prof. Dr. George Manganaris, convener of the 10th ISHS International Peach Symposium.

For further information about the ISHS HortDialogues service check https://www.ishs.org/hortdialogues

The date of each live-webinar coincided with the initial date of the symposium on 1-4 June 2021, before the symposium had to be rescheduled to 2022 due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

The recorded video content (nearly 12 hours in total) is available for on-demand watching, anywhere-anytime and is part of the ISHS HortDialogues series.

• More information is available in the X Peach Symposium web page:
  https://www.fruitsciences.eu/peach2021/webinar.html
• Download the webinar brochure with a short introduction of the topics and panelists
  (pdf format - link will open in a new window)
• Download the Peach webinar key findings report with the main highlights of each topic.
  (pdf format - link will open in a new window)

Save the date and participate in the 10th ISHS International Peach Symposium in 2022!

Session 1, June 1 2021 - moderated by Theodore DeJong

• 16:30 - 17:00 Welcome remarks
• 17:00 - 17:30 Maria Jose Aranzana "The impact of somatic mutations in peach breeding"
• 17:30 - 18:00 Ksenija Gasic "Advances in cultivar and rootstock breeding: A case study in peach"
• 18:00 - 18:30 Davide Neri "Current trends in training systems"
• 18:30 - 19:00 Ioannis S. Minas "Revealing the true impact of preharvest factors on peach fruit quality development and metabolism"
• 19:00 - 19:30 "Questions & Answers"

Session 2, June 2 2021 - moderated by Gregory Reighard

• 17:00 - 17:30 María Fabiana Drincovich "The metabolic diversity of peach fruit and its usage as phytochemicals resources with roles in human nutrition and health "
• 17:30 - 18:00 Juan Carlos Melgar "Leading the peach industry to sustainable orchard fertilization"
• 18:00 - 18:30 Bo Zhang "Regulation of peach fruit flavor-related volatiles"
• 18:30 - 19:00 Ignasi Iglesias "Towards enhanced peach fruit quality and reduction of production cost: a proposal of efficient training systems for future orchards"
• 19:00 - 19:30 "Questions & Answers"

Session 3, June 3 2021 - moderated by Jim Adaskaveg

• 17:00 - 17:30 Benedicte Quilot-Turion "Recent advances on peach-brown rot interactions: searching solutions to fight in a sustainable manner"
• 17:30 - 18:00 Jordi Giné-Bordonaba "Ethylene and ROS-scavengers in peach: are these key players determining the fruit resistance to biotic stress?"
• 18:00 - 18:30 Carla Casals "Brown rot on stone fruits: from epidemiology studies to the development of effective control strategies"
• 18:30 - 19:00 Guido Schnabel "Biology, epidemiology and management of diseases of peach driving the spray program in the southeastern United States"
• 19:00 - 19:30 "Questions & Answers"

Session 4, June 4 2021 - moderated by Florin Stanica

• 16:45 - 17:00 Francois Laurens "XXXI International Horticultural Congress: IHC2022"
• 17:00 - 17:30 Laura Rossini "Design and realization of the multi-site PeachRefPop collection: an international research and breeding tool for fruit trees "
• 17:30 - 18:00 Nikos Papadopoulos "Invasive pest threatens the sustainable peach production"
• 18:00 - 18:30 Thomas M. Gradziel "Breeding peaches for processing: challenges and opportunities"
• 18:30 - 19:00 Guglielmo Costa "Peach chemical fruit thinning: where we are, where we can go"
• 19:00 - 19:30 "Questions & Answers"