Provisional program of the 17th ISHS Symposium on Processing Tomato

 The provisional program of the 17th ISHS Symposium on Processing Tomato which will take place in Budapest on 9-12 June 2024 has been released.

 

Monday 10 June – Morning

CONGRESS & SYMPOSIUM JOINT OPENING CEREMONY 

JOINT WITH CONGRESS: THE FUTURE OF FOOD      
Moderator: Jason Fritsch, WPTC President 
– Emerging Trends in Agriculture, Ryan Avery (Bayer Vegetable Seeds)
– Reimagining our food systems: accelerating transformation to better sustain our planet and its people, Magdalena Psuja (TetraPak)  

IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
Moderators: Matthew Stewart & Lajos Helyes
– Experimental and modelling approaches to explore the genetic-induced and water deficit-induced variations in the architectural traits (anatomy and conductivity) of the vasculature in tomato fruit pedicel and pericarp, Yan Zhao
– Processing tomatoes under deficit Irrigation in Southern Italy: yield and water use efficiency, Michele Rinaldi
– Tertiary Treated Wastewater used for Irrigation of Processing Tomatoes, Michele Rinaldi
– Comparative analysis of satellite and on-site sensor-based irrigation recommendations on processing tomato yield, Jorge Blanco
– Use of irridesk automatic irrigation system to management deficit irrgation strategies in processing tomato, Carlos Campillo Torres            

Monday 10 June – Afternoon

AUTOMATION AND PRECISION FARMING, AND RESILIENT CROP MANAGEMENT            
Moderators: Zoltan Pek & Carlos Campillo 
– First results of mechanical direct sowing of processing tomato on biodegradable mulch film, Domenico Ronga
– Exploring dynamic management of Nitrogen (N) strategies to enhance N use efficiency and quality in processing tomato, Vito Aurelio Cerasola
– Vegetation indices to monitor water and chlorophyll content of tomato leaves, Sándor Takács
– Agricultural ICT platform "CropScope" achieved water saving and yield increasing, Norika Oki
– Potential for High-Throughput Phenotyping of Industrial Tomatoes for Post-Harvest Quality Assessment: Insights from Linen and Champagne use cases in France, Alexis Comar
– The long-term sustainability of the California processing tomato production; some disturbing observations and potential solutions, Andrew Watson            

ALTERNARIA WORKSHOP     
Moderators: Luca Sandei & Sofia Stilwell
– Invited speaker : The toxicology of Alternaria toxins, Thierry Gauthier
– Alternaria toxins : risk prevention and control for the tomato food chain, Léna Dole
– Alternaria toxins in processed tomato products: diffusion ability and behavior during industrial processing, Luca Sandei
– Discussion       

Tuesday 11 June – Morning

PESTS, PLANT DISEASES AND RESISTANCE BREEDING        
Moderators: Brenna Aegerter & Patrick Smith
– Oxyfluorfen: an Excellent Tool for Tomato Volunteer Plants Reduction in Processing Tomatoes, Cosme Argerich
– Evaluation of Trichoderma atroviride to Combat Soil-Borne Pathogens in Processing Tomatoes, Patrick Smith
– Fusarium oxysporum associated with yield decline in Australian processing tomatoes, Hanyue Feng
– Ralstonia solanacearum control: monitoring and containment measures to prevent its spread in Northern Italy tomato processing industry, Luca Sandei      
      
PESTS, PLANT DISEASES AND RESISTANCE BREEDING        
Moderators: Zach Bagley & Cosme Argerich
– Evaluation of fungicides and a fumigant for management of Fusarium diseases in the Central Valley of California, Brenna Aegerter
– Host resistance in commercial tomato cultivars to manage Phytophthora infestans, David Perla
– Survival and fungal colonization of the tomato pathogen Athelia rolfsii (syn. Sclerotium rolfsii) in response to organic soil health practices, Kelley Paugh
–  Phelipanche – a California re-emergence: Processing tomato industry efforts in the development of contain, control and long term management strategies, Zach Bagley           
 

Tuesday 11 June – Afternoon

ANALYSIS AND PRODUCTS
Moderators: David Page & Virginia Fernandez Ruiz
– Predicting carotenoid concentrations in growing and ripening tomato fruits under varied irrigation and light conditions: results from coupled confocal microscopy and image analysis, Dario Constantinescu
– Mid-infrared spectroscopy, a routine tool for improving the quality of processed tomato products, Matthieu Clerc-Pithon
– Recent approaches in the HPLC determinations of bioactive compounds from tomatoes, Daood Hussein
– Application of Rapid Methods for sensory analysis in tomato products innovation: the case of Salmorejo, Virginia Fernandez Ruiz
– Viscosity of tomato-based product can be influence by structural modification of constitutive particles as well as biochemical modification of pectins, David Page
– Spray drying of sugar-reduced tomato juice to produce clean-label tomato powder for diabetics, Robert Thierry Malomar
– Lycopene as innovative food ingredient according to EU Novel Food Regulation, Montaña Cámara      

POSTER SESSION (30 POSTERS)   

Wednesday 12 June – Morning

FUNTOMP SESSION            
Moderators: Mecit Oztop & Montana Camara
– Production of a cellulosic fiber from tomato wastes, Murad Bal
– Effect of high-pressure homogenization on the quality attributes of a protein enriched tomato leather, Elif Gokcen Ates
– Effects of microwave pasteurization on a functional tomato sauce enriched with pea protein and olive powder, Mecit Oztop
– The effect of pea protein and RuBisCO on the physicochemical properties of spray-dried tomato powder, Neriman Ezgi Cifte
– Enhancing Lycopene Analysis in Microwave-vacuum Dried Tomato Snack Bars by NIR Spectra and Hyperspectral Imaging, Ozan Tas
– Improving the Quality of Tomato Products by Using Microwave-Vacuum Drying in a Snack Bar Manufacturing System, Rasim Gul
– Valorization of tomato pomace to use it as a substrate in the fermentation, Ayse Sultan Kurt 

CONGRESS & SYMPOSIUM JOINT CLOSING CEREMONY 

Note: This provisional program is subject to changes as speakers are confirmed.

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