Networking symposium on plant protection and forest damage

Train times

Malmö-Umeå: 1 October 10:07–21:38; 12:07–23:40
Uppsala-Umeå: 1 October 07:00–12:37; 16:00-21:38; 18:00–23:40
Possibility to stay 1-2 October in Umeå
Hotel: Comfort Hotel Umeå City, Storgatan 47 B | SE- 903 26 Umeå

Day 1 (2 October): PO-Bäckströms Sal & Åteln, SLU Umeå

08:00-08:30
Registration & coffee, set up posters

08:30-08:40
Welcome

08:40-09:30
Inspirational talks

• Agricultural grasslands – benefits to agricultural systems, ecosystem services and plant health
  David Parsons, Department of Crop Production Ecology
• Plant breeding for dummies – why is it important and what are the differences in breeding trees and crops? What can we learn from each other? Future thoughts for plant protection?
  Malin Elfstrand, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

09:30-10:55
Mingle, coffee & Poster session

10:55-12:10
Inspirational talks

• Genetic diversity and its partitioning over space in Scots pine. Consequences for plant protection?
  Xiao-Ru Wang, Umeå University
• Climate change and agricultural crops – how a changing climate affects crops and potential approaches for yield protection
  Giulia Vico, Department of Ecology
• Molecular mechanisms of cell-to-cell communication in response to localized wound stress in plant roots. Consequences for plant protection?
  Peter Marhavý, Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology

12:10-13:00
Lunch

13:00-16:40
Excursion to Skogforsk, Sävar, including coffee break

• Breeding for resistance, Torgny Persson
• Scots pine blister rust (Cronartium flaccidum) and other plant pests, Henrik Svennerstam
• Föryngringskollen – research project on forest regeneration, Jonas Öhlund
• Seedlings, Jörgen Hajek

16:40
Bus transfer to the hotel, via Skogis/SLU

18:00-21:00
Mingle and dinner at Umeå Folkets hus

Day 2 (3 October): PO-Bäckströms Sal & Åteln, SLU Umeå

Take down posters

08:15-08:20
Welcome

08:20-08:45
Plant protection initiatives at SLU

• European Research Alliance PESTICIDE FREE AGRICULTURE
  Riccardo Bommarco, Department of Ecology
• Joint Action Plant Health
  Magnus Karlsson, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology

08:45-09:45
Plant Protection – Forest Damage Orienteering

09:45-10:15
Coffee & sandwiches

10:15-11:30
Discover SLU Umeå and surroundings

• Röbäcksdalen and SITES, Brooke Micke
• Unit for Field-based Forest Research, Vindeln experimental forests, field stations and more, Charlotta
  Erefur
• Ljungbergs Lab (Remote sensing lab), Jonas Bohlin & Langning Huo
• Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC), Totte Niittylä

11:30-12:40
Future challenges & innovations for plant protection & PhD student mingle

12:40-13:00
Best-poster prizes & closing the event

13:00
Lunch

Train times

Umeå Östra–Uppsala C, 3 October 14:21–19:59

Umeå Östra–Malmö C, 3 October 14:21–4 Oct 06:59