IX International Peach Symposium
July 2-6, 2017
București - ROMANIA
FINAL PROGRAM
Sunday, 2nd of July
17:00-21:00 Welcome and Registration - Main Building A, Rectorate
19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception – Senat Hall – Main Building A, Rectorate
Monday, 3rd of July
08:00-09:00 Registration - Building A, Rectorate
08:00-09:00 Posters display - First floor, Building A, Rectorate
09:00-09:30 Opening ceremony – Aula Magna „Petre S. Aurelian” Buil4
ding A, Rectorate
09:30-10:00 Working sessions (Genetic Resources and Breeding)
- Florin Stănică - USAMV, Romania - Overview of Romanian peach breeding
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-13:00 Working session - Genetic Resources and Breeding
- Daniela Giovannini - CREA Forli, Italy - Evaluation of novel peach cultivars in the
European Union: the EUFRIN Peach and Apricot Working Group initiative
- Lirong Wang - Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute, China - Peach Genomics and Breeding
Programs at Zhengzhou
- Jesús Garcia Brunton - IMIDA, Spain - Selections of peach for low and very low chilling
conditions
- Margaret Worthington - University of Arkansas, SUA - Peach breeding at the University of
Arkansas
- Chunxian Chen – USDA-ARS, USA - Peach cultivar releases and fruit trait distribution in
the USDA-ARS Byron program
- Jesús Garcia Brunton – IMIDA, Spain - Origin and traits of traditional Spanish peach
varieties preserved in the BAGERIM
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:30 Working session - Genomics, Biotechnology and Physiology
- Pere Arús – IRTA, Spain - New whole genome-based strategies for peach breeding
- Thierry Pascal - INRA, France - Recent advances on resistance to pests and diseases, fruit
quality and ornamental traits resulting from INRA's peach breeding program
- Bénédicte Quilot-Turion, INRA, France - Deciphering regulation levels of sugar metabolism
during peach fruit development through metabolic, enzymatic, genetic analyses and kinetic
modeling
- Maria Luisa Badenes - Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones, Spain - Molecular,
physiology and histology studies on adaptability of peach to warm winters
- Yuepeng Han - Wuhan Botanical Garden, China - Identification of a negative MYB
regulator of anthocyanin biosynthesis in peach fruit
- Ksenija Gasic - Clemson University, USA - Resources in the genome database for Rosaceae
for peach research
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:00 Working session - Genomics, Biotechnology and Physiology
- Chunxian Chen – USDA-ARS, USA - Genotyping variability of computationally
categorized peach microsatellite markers
- Carolina Font i Forcada - Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Spain - Genotyping-bysequencing (GBS) for SNP-based linkage map construction for two Prunus rootstocks from a
peach rootstock breeding program
18:00-19:00 Visit of the University Orchard and Experimental Field
19:00 Dinner in Herăstrău Park
Tuesday, 4th of July
08:00-10:00 Working session - Rootstocks and Orchard management
- Ignasi Iglesias - IRTA, Lleida, Spain - Overview of peach industry in the European Union,
with special reference to Spain: from production to consumption
- Piet Stassen - South Africa - Rootstocks for peach and nectarine trees in different South
African soils
- Ayzin Küden - University of Cukurova, Turkey - Peach growing and future of peaches in
Turkey
- Bruce Topp - University of Queensland, Australia - Characterisation of a population of plum
x peach hybrids for use as low-chill rootstocks
- Melike Cetinbas - TAGEM Fruit Research Institute, Turkey - Graft compatibility between
peach cultivars and Rootpac series rootstocks
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
10:30-13:00 Working session - Rootstocks and Orchard management
- Cristos Xiloyannis - Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italy - Managing carbon fluxes
in a peach orchard
- Davide Neri - Università Politecnica Marche, Italy - Light spectrum modifications under
photo-selective hail-nets
- Ted M. DeJong - UC Davis, USA - Comparison of fruit set on proleptic and
epicormic/sylleptic shoots across four peach cultivars
- John Lopresti - DEDJTR AgriBio Centre, Australia - Effect of crop load, yield within
scaffold limbs, and fruit height on variation in SSC and fruit size of early-season Rose Bright
nectarine
- Pasquale Losciale - CREA Bari, Italy - Managing orchard floor for saving water in peach:
physiological and yield responses of a late ripening cultivar
- Jun Liu - The University of Georgia, USA - The effect of fertilization and irrigation
treatments on cold hardiness of young peach plants
- Bruno Casamali - The University of Georgia, USA - Sub-optimal irrigation conditions and
excessive fertilization decreases growth of young peach plants
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:30 Working session – Eco Physiology, Pests and Diseases
- Gregory L. Reighard – Clemson University, USA - Peach cultivar growing degree day
requirements to reach fruit maturity in South Carolina
- Elina Coneva - Auburn University, USA - Effect of PGRs on yield, fruit quality and
morphology of `Fireprince´ peaches
- Maria Jose Rubio Cabetas – Unidad de Fruticultura, CITA-DGA, Spain - Response of peach
cultivars throughout drought and re-watering period in a warm and arid region
- Ioannis Minas - Colorado State University, USA - Understanding the environmental bases
for cold hardiness and cold damage in peach floral buds using differential thermal analysis
- Jun Liu - The University of Georgia, USA - Low temperature damage of peach floral buds
as assessed by vital staining
- Louise Larissa May De Mio - Brazil - Peach rust progress and its interference with
vegetative plant growth and yield in two production systems in Brazil
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:00 Working session – Eco Physiology, Pests and Diseases
- Gregory L. Reighard - Clemson University, USA - What we know and do not know about a
peach skin bronzing disorder
- Silvia Scariotto - Brazil - Genetic parameters estimates for brown rot resistance in Prunus
persica
- Henri Duval - INRA GAFL, France - Advances in pyramiding resistance genes to root-knot
nematodes in Prunus rootstocks
18:00-19:30 Prunus Breeders Working Group Meeting
18:00-19:30 Fruit Exhibition – Senate Hall, Building A, Rectorate
19:30 Romanian Traditional Dinner – Pietroasa Wines Tasting – Ceres Restaurant
Wednesday, 5th of July
08:30-12:30 Technical excursion - Research Institute for Fruit Growing Pitești-Mărăcineni
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Prunus Breeders Working Group Meeting. Fruit Exhibition.
16.30 - Visit to Curtea de Argeș Monastery. Royal Burial Church.
18.00 - Dinner at Curtea de Argeș
19:30 - Return to București
Thursday, 6th of July
08:30 - 10:30 Working session - Fruit quality, Postharvest and Marketing
- George Manganaris - Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus - Chilling related disorders
in peach and nectarine fruit: recent progress on its biological basis and control strategies
- Ioannis Minas - Colorado State University, USA - Non-destructive assessment of the effect
of crop load and canopy position on peach fruit harvest maturity and internal quality using near
infrared spectroscopy
- Pietro Tonutti - Institute of Life Sciences, Pisa - Common and divergent metabolic responses
of peach fruit stored at low temperatures
- Dario Chavez - The University of Georgia, USA - Understanding the variation in volatile
compounds among commercial peach varieties
- Chiedza Tsvakirai - Mafikeng, South Africa - An innovation market approach to analyzing
the impact of policy changes to South Africa's peach cultivar market
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-13:00 Posters session
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:30 Round table: Carlos H. Crisosto – UC Davis, USA - Creation of an online
peach production training program
15:30-17:00 ISHS business meeting and closure
17:00-17:30 Coffee break
17:30-19:00 Visit of the Village Museum
20:00 – Symposium gala dinner - Ceres Restaurant
Friday, 7th – Monday 10th of July
Post Symposium tours:
1. Technical excursion in Dobrogea Region. Constanța Fruit Research and Development Station.
Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve - UNESCO Heritage. Comly Însurăței.
2. Excursion in Carpathian Mountains. Peleș Castel – Sinaia, Bran Castle, Brașov, Sighișoara UNESCO Heritage, Făgaraș, Transfăgărășan Road.