WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE 2023
Detailed Programme
| 08:45 – 10:21 | SESSION III: PRODUCTION, HARVEST, FRUIT QUALITY AND MARKETING |
| 08:45 – 09:30 |
Keynote Lecture (KL3) : Trends in food consumption, particularly fruit and vegetables, since the health crisis (2020) and in the face of climate change: perception of supply, expectations, purchasing and consumption behavior Catherine Barros (CTIFL, France) |
| 09:30 – 10:15 | Oral presentations |
| 09:30 |
(OC21) : Towards the geographical traceability of the Italian walnut: a case study based on stable isotopes signatures (δ(2H), δ(18O), δ(13C), δ(15N), δ(34S)) and elemental fingerprinting Erica A. Di Pierro (Centro Ricerca e Innovazione, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy) |
| 09:45 |
(OC22) : The effect of cultivar, pressing temperature and kernel quality on the yield of walnut oil and its phenolic content Dr. Anita Solar, Assoc. Prof. Ana Slatnar, Prof. Dr. Franci Stampar, Prof. Dr. Metka Hudina, Prof. Dr. Robert Veberic (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
| 10:00 |
(OC23) : The influence of the harvest time and duration of drying on the quality of walnuts Dr. Anita Solar, Prof. Dr. Rajko Vidrih, Aljaz Medic, Prof. Dr. Robert Veberic, Prof. Dr. Metka Hudina (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
| 10:15 – 10:21 | Poster presentations (see list below) |
| 10:21 – 10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50 – 12:20 | SESSION IV: PLANT PRODUCTION,ORCHARD MANAGEMENT, DEFENSE |
| 10:50 – 11:35 |
Keynote Lecture (KL4) : Organic Agriculture, Agroforestry, Other Productions Daniel Wipf (INRAE, France) |
| 11:35 – 12:20 | Oral presentations |
| 11:35 |
(OC24) : Pecan cultivation in Puglia region, Southeastern Italy: fruits and truffle production Assoc. Prof. Giuseppe Ferrara, Prof. Dr. Leonardo Lombardini, Dr. Andrea Mazzeo, Dr. Giovanni Luigi Bruno (Università di Bari, Italy) |
| 11:50 |
(OC25) : French Pecan project – Adaptation of arboriculture to climate change through agroforestry pecan cultivation in France Mr. Fabien BALAGUER, Mr. Mathieu DUFLOS (Association Française d’Agroforesterie, France) |
| 12:05 |
(OC26) : Performance of micropropagated walnut orchards trained to central leader in Emilia-Romagna, Italy Dr. Daniela Giovannini, Dr. Federica Brandi, Mr. Sandro Sirri, Dr. Francesca Massetani, Dr. Eugenio Cozzolino, Prof. Dr. Davide Neri (CREA, Italy) |
| 12:20 – 12:50 | Industry Session : UNITEC |
| 12:50 – 14:05 | Lunch break |
| 14:05 – 16:05 | SESSION IV: PLANT PRODUCTION,ORCHARD MANAGEMENT, DEFENSE |
| 14:05 – 16:05 | Oral Presentations |
| 14:05 |
(OC27) : Walnut rootstocks mycorrhization: when microorganisms help micro-propagated plants to adapt Dr. Laurent Jouve, Marianne Sinquin, Dr. Céline Allewaert, Dr. Sharhiar Hessami, Thomas Brun (TARNAGAS, France) |
| 14:20 |
(OC28) : Financial and design aspects of walnut agroforestry in the UK Prof. Dr. Steve M. Newman, Mr. Tom Tame (BioDiversity International Ltd, United Kingdom) |
| 14:35 |
(OC29) : Effects of crop covers in walnut orchards Delphine Sneedse, Eloïse TRANCHAND (SENURA, France) |
| 14:50 |
(OC30) : Use of Mechanical Hedge Pruning to Transition Southeastern U.S. Pecan Production to a More Profitable and Sustainable System Lenny Wells (University of Georgia, USA) |
| 15:05 |
(OC31) : high density walnut management Mr. Gustavo Mendoza (Nogaltec, Chile) |
| 15:20 |
(OC32) : Characteristics of spray coverage from large pecan orchard air-blast sprayers Dr. Clive Bock, Dr. Ted Cottrell, Dr. Michael Hotchkiss (United States Department of Agriculture, USA) |
| 15:35 |
(OC33) : Improving pecan nut yield by applying Kelpak® during flowering Pedro Larrain, Dr. Heino Papenfus (KELPAK, Chile) |
| 15:50 |
(OC34) : Surveying fungal diversity in pecan orchards of the Southwestern USA McKenzie Stock, Dr. Richard J. Heerema, Dr. Jennifer J. Randall, Dr. Nicole Pietrasiak (New Mexico State University, USA) |
| 16:05 – 16:35 | Coffee break |
| 16:35 – 17:35 | SESSION IV: PLANT PRODUCTION,ORCHARD MANAGEMENT, DEFENSE |
| 16:35 – 17:35 | Oral Presentations |
| 16:35 |
(OC35) : SysNoix, a French innovative project to answer tomorrow’s needs Marine Barbedette, Marianne Ms. Naudin (SENURA, France) |
| 16:50 |
(OC36) : Ecklonia maxima seaweed extract improves nut set and nut size of ‘Chandler’ walnuts trees Pedro Larrain, Alejandro Ochagavia, Hector Tabilo (KELPAK, Chile) |
| 17:05 |
(OC37) : Mitigation of salinity stress in ‘Chandler’ walnuts by the soil application of Ascophyllum nodosum extracts: effects on growth, yield and its impact on physical and biological soil properties Prof. Victor Beyá-Marshall, Mr. Francisco Quintanilla, Prof.Dr. Thomas Fichet (University of Chile, Chile) |
| 17:20 |
(OC38) : Evaluation of different training techniques in walnut orchard Veronica Giorgi, Marco Vanacore, Samuele Crescenzi, Matteo Zucchini, Eugenio Cozzolino, Prof. Dr. Davide Neri, Dr. Daniela Giovannini (CREA, Italy) |
SESSION III: PODUCTION, HARVEST, FRUIT QUALITY AND MARKETING
These posters will be presented on June 14 from 10:15 – 10:21
- (P10) : Pruning strategy depending on the variety (Franquette, Fernor, Lara)
Ms. Delphine SNEEDSE (SENURA, France)
- (P11) : Microbiome observations of fully-watered and deficit-watered micropropagated rootstock pecan trees
Dr. Kimberly Cervantes (New Mexico State University, USA)
- (P12) : Exploring the molecular basis of the scarlet pellicle trait in English walnut (Juglans regia ‘Robert Livermore’)
Noah G. Feinberg (University of California, USA)
- (P13) : Fruit effect of exogenous application of calcium chloride in Chandler commercial walnut orchards
Assist. Prof. Helen Kalorizou (University of Patras, Greece)
- (P14) : Effects of Modified Atmosphere Packaging on in-shell stored fresh walnuts
Dr. Miltiadis Christopoulos (Hellenic Agricultural Organizatoin – Demeter, Greece)
