The on-Line sessions (see On-line Program tab) will hold extra short lectures and oral communications. Participants will be able to interact via the web.
Opening session: Sustainable Agriculture
9:00-9:30 | Opening ceremony |
9:30-10:30 | Opening (plenary) lecture |
Dr Alexander Schätz, R&D Leader (Formulations) in Syngenta SA (Switzerland) | |
Sustainability in Agrochemical Product Design - beyond active ingredients | |
10:30-11:00 | MAC Projects Presentation session |
Coffee Break
Precision Agriculture
11:30-12:10 | Invited short lecture |
Prof. José Enrique Fernández Luque, IRNAS-CSIC (Sevilla, España) | |
Approaches to meet the coming challenges in irrigation | |
12:10-12:45 | Invited short lecture |
Prof. José Francisco López, IUMA-ULPGC (Gran Canaria, Spain) | |
Technology carriers for precision agriculture: a practical view with pros and cons | |
12:45-13:20 | Invited short lecture |
Dr. Nuria de Diego, Palacky University (Olomuc, Czech Republic) | |
Accelerating stress tolerance studies using biological translation from model plants to crops |
Sustainable and Precision Agriculture
15:00-15:45 | Round table: Agro and Food Sustainability | |
15:45-16:20 | Invited short lecture | |
Prof. Manuel Pérez Ruiz, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain) | ||
Engineering Technology for crop disease identification and management | ||
16:20-17:00 | Invited short lecture | |
Dr. Marino Expósito, Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge University, UK | ||
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Coffee break and Meetings with agrocompanies
Agrobusiness display, and joint short meetings companies-research groups.
Welcome Cocktail
Biostimulants as active compounds to face abiotic stresses
9:00-9:40 | Invited short lecture |
Prof. Pedro L. Rodríguez, IBMP-CSIC-UPV (Valencia, Spain) | |
Biotechnological approaches to increase drought tolerance based on abscisic acid receptors | |
9:40-10:20 | Invited short lecture |
Prof. Lukas Spíchal, Univ Palacky, Olomuc, Czech Republic | |
Plant phenotyping approaches in biostimulant research and development | |
10:20-11:00 | Invited short lecture |
Prof. Jorge M.L. Marques da Silva, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal) | |
Assessing plant vitality with optical techniques |
Coffee Break
Food Safety
Round Table “Food Safety”.
Each participant will make a 15-min oral introduction to the subject (first hour).
Moderator: Carmen Rubio Armendáriz (Research Group in Food and Environmental Toxicology, Universidad de La Laguna-ULL, Spain)
Participants:
Isabel Peña-Rey Executive Director of Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (AESAN)
José Asterio Guerra García, Responsable Área Agriculura GMR Canarias SAU
Antonio V Herrera Herrera, Departament of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, ULL
Ricardo Díaz Díaz, Head of the Department of Environmental Analysis, Research and Technological Development Section, Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias
Agroecology, a tool for the future
15:00-15:45 | Invited lecture |
Dra. Jana Alonso and Dra. Mercedes Hernández, IPNA-CSIC / Laboratorio de Agrobiología-Cabildo de La Palma (Tenerife, Spain) | |
How agroecological crops managing results in soil regeneration: Will be possible in the presence of volcanic ashes? | |
15:45-16:00 | Short talk |
Angie Marcela Pedraza Torres, Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha (Toledo, Spain) | |
Biochar-earthworm interaction in the improvement of soil quality and potential use in bioremediation | |
16:05-16:20 | Short talk |
María José Grajal Martín, Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias (Tenerife, Spain) | |
Phytogenetic resources as a cornerstone of sustainable tropical fruit growing in the Macaronesia. FRUTTMAC Project | |
16:25-16:40 | Short talk |
Mercedes Alonso and Albert Mora, Dirección General de Agricultura- Gobierno de Canarias (Canary Islands, Spain) | |
Predatory insects as weapons to fight pests | |
16:45-17:00 | Oral and Flash communications |
Coffee break and Meetings with agrocompanies
Agrobusiness display, and joint short meetings companies-research groups.
Biopesticides
9:00-9:40 | Invited lecture |
Paula Cristina Castilho, Universidad da Madeira (Portugal) | |
Waste from food industry as source of (bio)pesticidal substances | |
9:40-10:20 | Invited lecture |
Fernando Pinacho Crisóstomo, Universidad de la Laguna, Founder of Ecoberture (Tenerife, Spain) | |
New remote device for early detection and population monitoring of lepidopteran species | |
10:20-10:35 | Short lecture |
Mª Carmo Barreto, Universidade das Açores (Portugal) | |
From invasive plant to biopesticide: Hedychium gardnerianum against Ceratitis capitata | |
10:35-10:50 | Short lecture |
Carolina Perez Reyes, Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain) | |
New insight into Canarian's Flora as a new source of biopesticides | |
10:50-11:00 | Flash communications |
Samuel Rodrigez-Sabina, Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain) | |
Argyranthemum frutescens, an endemic canarian plant as a promising biopesticide | |
Nereida M. Rancel, Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain) | |
Subaerophytic Canarian microalgae: a promising source for new biopesticides |
Coffee Break
Closing Session and Awards
11:30-12:00- | Short presentations of E-Posters selected for Awards |
12:00-13:00 | Closing lecture |
Prof. Laurent Torregrosa, L’Institut Agro, France | |
The Microvine, a dwarf plant model providing innovative experimental insights for studies in grapevine physiology and genetics | |
13:00-13:30 | AWARDS |
Presided by María del Mar Afonso, Decana de la Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Laguna |