Congressi SIGA

Web Symposium on Plant Health
with a Young Scientist Web Workshop

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16^th
09:00 - 09:30	Opening of Symposium Chairpersons: Enrico Pe', SIGA President, Francesco Pennacchio, SEI President, Pierdomentico Perata, SIBV President, Massimo Reverberi, SIPAV Vice-President Introduction Mirko Montuori, FAO REFLECTIONS ON THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF PLANT HEALTH
09:30 - 10:15	Invited Lecture of Plant Biology Giulia De Lorenzo, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy UNDERSTANDING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM OF PLANTS TO PROTECT THEM FROM DISEASE
10:15 - 11:00	Invited Lecture of Agricultural Genetics Beat Keller, University of Zurich, Switzerland GENETIC AND GENOMIC APPROACHES TO IMPROVE DISEASE RESISTANCE IN CROP PLANTS
11:00 - 11:15	Break
11:15 - 12:00	Invited Lecture of Plant Pathology Bart Thomma, University of Cologne, Germany MICROBIOME MANIPULATION BY A FUNGAL PLANT PATHOGEN USING EFFECTOR PROTEINS
12:00 - 12:45	Invited Lecture of Entomology Francesco Pennacchio - University of Napoli Federico II, Italy INSECTS AS INTERACTING METAORGANISMS: NEW INSIGHTS FOR CROP PROTECTION
12:45 - 13:00	Plenary discussion
13:00	Presentation of the Satellite Web Meeting “Young Scientists for Plant Health” and closing of Symposium

Organised by:

Società Italiana di Biologia Vegetale