

Programme
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
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07 pm (CET) | Clearance |
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07 pm (CET) | Welcome Blueberries Consulting |
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08 pm (CET) | Development of the European market, trends and business forecasts. |
Hans Liekens
Commercial Manager EMEA Fall Creek Farm & Nursery |
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08 pm (CET) | Main international blueberry markets: dynamics and skills. |
Federico Beltran
General Manager Terra Business SAC |
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09 pm (CET) | Blueberry genetic improvement in the world: Progress, difficulties and opportunities. |
James hancock
Professor Emeritus Dpt. of Horticulture Michigan State Univ. |
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09 pm (CET) | Coffee Break |
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10 pm (CET) | Round of questions |
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10 pm (CET) | Building a Global Blueberry Breeding Program: The Berry Blue LLC Experience. |
James hancock
Professor Emeritus Dpt. of Horticulture Michigan State Univ. |
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11 pm (CET) | Genetic breeding in tall bush blueberry: who is doing it and what are the challenges and purposes of a public breeding program. |
Chad Finn
Research Geneticist US Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service |
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11 pm (CET) | Hydroponic production in blueberries: Key aspects of management, criteria to consider, monitoring and control of the crop. |
María del Carmen Salas
Ing. Agr. Ph.D. Professor Doctorate University of Almería Protected Agriculture |
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12 pm (CET) | Irrigation planning, estimation of water requirements and its relation to growth and development in blueberry plants. |
David Bryla
Research Horticulturist US Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service |
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13 pm (CET) | Lunch. |
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14 pm (CET) | Question Round |
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14 pm (CET) | Factors to consider in the elaboration of nutritional programs to obtain quality blueberries. Practical cases. |
Juan Hirzel
Ing. Agr. MS. Ph.D. Researcher INIA International Consultant |
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15 pm (CET) | Vegetable biostimulants, innovation for sustainable crop production. |
Patrick Du Jardin
Ing. Agr. Ph.D. Plant Biology Unit Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech University of Liège |
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16 pm (CET) | Coffee Break |
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17 pm (CET) | Foliar fertilization: Environmental, physiological and management factors that affect the permanence, penetration and translocation of nutrients. |
Heiner Goldbach
Ph.D. (Dr.rer.agr.) Professor of Plant Nutrition INRES - University of Bonn |
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18 pm (CET) | Current and potential uses of growth regulators in blueberry production. |
Jorge Retamales
Ing. Agr. MS. Ph.D. International Researcher and Consultant |
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18 pm (CET) | Question Round |
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19 pm (CET) | Closing of the Conference |
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