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Inaugural Workshop: A new look at old rots – research on apple diseases at Aarhus University

A seminar on apple diseases and storage rots including a display of ’attractive’ fruit rots will be held as the inaugural lecture by Aarhus University’s affiliated professor Roland W. S. Weber, Esteburg Fruit Research and Advisory Centre, Jork, Germany.

Info about event

Time

Monday 15 June 2015,  at 10:00 - 14:00

Location

AU Food, Kirstinebjergvej 10, 5792 Aarslev, Canteen

Speakers:

10.00-10.15:  Welcome Michelle Williams – Head of Department AU-FOOD

10.15-11.05:  Roland Weber first part

  • The sooty blotch complex: species identity, infection biology and control options
  • Rubbery rot and black summer rot: two new diseases of  apple
  • Biodiversity of storage rots in Denmark and Northern  Germany

11.05-11.30: Marianne Bertelsen: Protected apple production – efects on scab  and storage rots

11.30- 12.00: Break and display of storage rots

12.00-12.35: Roland Weber second part

  • A new look at hot-water treatments of apples

12.35-13.00: Merete Edelenbos: Hot water treatment to reduce storage rot.  Physiological disorders and efect on fruit quality.

13.00-14.00: Reception and display of storage rots

 

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