Ville-Petri Friman from University of Helsinki giving an opening lecture on "Ecology and evolution of phage-bacteria interactions in the rhizosphere: consequences for microbiome functioning and control of plant disease outbreaks"
Marco Dalla Rizza from INIA giving a closing lecture before lunch on "Effect of the EFR gene on potato-bacterial wilt interaction and first evaluation of agronomic behavior"
Ana Maria Bocsanczy, University of Florida, gives a talk on "Discovery of functional R-genes in resistant rabbiteye blueberry against Ralstonia solanacearum
Huaiyong Luo from Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences gives an excellent presentation on "Identification of molecular markers for resistance to bacterial wilt in peanut".
Paola Gaiero is talking right now about adding value to our genetic resources: characterization and evaluation of potato wild relatives from Uruguay for bacterial wilt resistance and other traits of interest for breeding