Main topics
Each section will consist of one or more main topics, for details please see table below. Other themes than the main topics are also welcome and will be discussed separately. Each section is coordinated from one or two members of the organisation committee.
| Section | Main topics | Coordinators |
|---|---|---|
| Stone fruit | Plant protection, post-harvest, cultivars | Andreas Spornberger Michael Friedli Radek Vavra |
| Small fruit, wild fruit | Cultivars, Soil borne diseases, cultivation systems, pests | Christian Koenig Rasmus Madsen |
| Disease Control in Pome fruit | Strategies for the control of scab, sooty blotch, fire blight | Sascha Buchleither Niklas Oeser |
| Fruit quality and storage treatments | Extended “bioquality”, influence of preharvest factors, postharvest treatments | Josef Telfser |
| Soil management | Tree strip management, soil fertility | Eligio Malusa Sabine Zikeli |
| Pest control in Pome fruit |
Strategies for pest control | Jutta Kienzle Gerjan Brouwer C.P.W. Zebitz |
| Cultivars (Pome fruit) | Developments and prospects in breeding, new cultivars and market | Christian König Michael Friedli Niklas Oeser |
| Crop regulation | Fruit setting, fruit thinning | Josef Telfser |
| Sustainability and biodiversity | Low input systems, modelling, measures to enhance structure and/or species biodiversity in orchard | Jutta Kienzle Gerjan Brower Francois Warlop |
| Innovative cropping systems | Photovoltaik, rain roofs, variety and crop mixtures etc. | Sascha Buchleither Christian König Hans Jakob Schärer |