n.

SESSION

Offered

Invited

Total

Number

SESSIONS

Offered

Invited

Total

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

15

61

4

65

18

Bioremediation

8

4

12

45

Biosecurity and quarantine

23

4

27

5

Climate Change and plant diseases

18

4

22

1+13

Concepts in Biological Control of plant pathogens (sessione doppia)

113

8

121

31+43

Concepts in chemical control (sessione doppia)

54

8

62

17 + 41

Crop biosecurity (sessione doppia )

11

10

21

28

Disease management in organic farming

18

4

22

8

Disease models, epidemiology

84

4

88

21+39

Diseases of Mediterranean crops (sessione doppia)

42

8

50

24

Disease of ornamentals and turfgrasses

33

4

37

36

8

4

12

23

Fastidious bacteria

3

4

7

10

Genomics and proteomics

43

4

47

48

Global seed health: concerns and solutions

14

4

18

37

Host-pathogen interactions

176

4

180

32

Induced resistance

56

4

60

34

Innovative disease control strategies

39

4

43

25

Knowledge transfer for plant pathology

16

4

20

16

Management of forest diseases

42

4

46

11

Microbial endophytes

20

4

24

7+19

Molecular diagnostic for plant pathology (sessione doppia)

92

8

100

33

Mycotoxin

59

4

63

27

Natural compounds and disease control

41

4

45

29

31

4

35

40

Plant breeding and resistance strategies

24

67

31

26

Plant pathogenic bacteria

54

4

58

50

Plant pathogens and microbial interactions in soil

19

4

23

46+51

Plant pathology in industrialized and developing countries (sessione doppia)

13

7

21

14

Plant virus epidemiology

58

4

62

3+9

Post harvest pathology (sessione doppia)

48

8

56

35

Precision agriculture and plant pathology

9

4

13

6

Scientific publications

0

5

5

22

Soil disinfestation

3

5

8

38

Soilborne plant diseases and their control

115

4

119

44

Taxonomy of plant pathogens

47

4

51

42

Teaching plant pathology

5

4

9

47

Transgenic plants

11

3

14

2

39

4

43

12

Urban plant pathology

4

4

8

4

Vascular plant pathogens

26

4

30

30

Wall-less, phloem-limited bacterial plant pathogens

27

4

31

49

What future for plant pathology ?

0

4

4

SUB TOTAL

1607

204

1813

KEYNOTE SESSIONS

K1

The role of plant pathology in food safety and food security

3

3

K2

Host-pathogen interactions and molecular plant pathology

3

3

K3

Diseases of Mediterranean crops and forests

3

3

K4

Recent developments in disease management

3

3

K5

Knowledge and technology transfer for plant pathology

3

3

SUB TOTAL

15

15

PLENARY SESSIONS

PS1

Congress Opening

1

1

PS2

Public Discussion Forum

5

5

PS3

In celebration of Phytopathological Society

5

5

PS4

Closing Session

SUB TOTAL

11

11