EPPO Global Database

EPPO Reporting Service no. 02 - 2017 Num. article: 2017/029

15th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union: ‘Plant Health sustaining Mediterranean Ecosystems’ (Cordoba, ES, 2017-06-20/23)


The 15th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union on ‘Plant Health sustaining Mediterranean Ecosystems’ will be held in Cordoba, Spain, from the 20th to the 23rd of June 2017. Plenary, concurrent and poster sessions will be held on the following key topics:

  • Invasive pathogens and new emerging plant disease
  • Genome analysis: applications to plant health
  • Integrated disease management
  • New tools in plant disease diagnosis and management
  • Plant pathology and food safety
  • Molecular pathogen-host interactions
  • Climate change: impact on Mediterranean plant pathology
  • Biocontrol, natural compounds and plant defense stimulants
  • Epidemiology and modelling
  • Microbiomes and their role in plant health
  • New bio-inspired treatments derived from microbiome and metabolome study

The deadline for submitting abstracts is the 15th of April 2017
For more information: http://mpucordoba.mpunion.eu/


Sources

EPPO Secretariat (2017-02).