IX International Peach SymposiumJuly 2-6, 2017

București - ROMANIAFINAL PROGRAM

Sunday, 2nd of July 17:00-21:00 Welcome and Registration - Main Building A, Rectorate19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception – Senat Hall – Main Building A, Rectorate

Monday, 3rd of July 08:00-09:00 Registration - Building A, Rectorate08:00-09:00 Posters display - First floor, Building A, Rectorate 09:00-09:30 Opening ceremony – Aula Magna „Petre S. Aurelian” Buil4ding 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 BAGERIM13:00-14:30 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-by-sequencing (GBS) for SNP-based linkage map construction for two Prunus rootstocks from a peach rootstock breeding program18:00-19:00 Visit of the University Orchard and Experimental Field19:00 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 rootstocks10:00-10:30 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 plants13:00-14:30 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 Brazil16:30-17:00 Coffee break17:00-18:00 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 rootstocks18:00-19:30 Prunus Breeders Working Group Meeting18:00-19:30 Fruit Exhibition – Senate Hall, Building A, Rectorate19:30 Romanian Traditional Dinner – Pietroasa Wines Tasting – Ceres Restaurant

Wednesday, 5th of July 08:30-12:30 Technical excursion - Research Institute for Fruit Growing Pitești-Mărăcineni12:30-14:00 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 Argeș19:30 - 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 market10:30-11:00 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 program15:30-17:00 ISHS business meeting and closure 17:00-17:30 Coffee break 17:30-19:00 Visit of the Village Museum20:00 – 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.