Meeting VenueUniversity of Palermo

21st November - Sala delle Capriate, Palazzo Chiaramonte Steri, Piazza Marina, 61 – Palermo22nd November - Aula Magna della Facoltà di Agraria, Viale delle Scienze, 11 - Palermo

21st - 23rd of November 2012University of Palermo

Dipartimento DEMETRAItaly

1st Working Group and 2nd Management Committee Meetings

COST Action FA1104SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-QUALITY CHERRIES FOR THE

EUROPEAN MARKET

Local OrganizerFrancesco Paolo MarraDipartimento DEMETRAUniversity of PalermoViale delle Scienze, 1190128 PalermoITALYfrancescopaolo.marra@unipa.it

Action ChairJosé Quero GarciaINRA UREF (Unité de Recherche sur lesEspèces Fruitières)71 Avenue Edouard Bourleaux BP 8133883 Villenave d'Ornon CedexFRANCEjqueroga@bordeaux.inra.fr

TRAVELLING DETAILSSuggested airports:Palermo International Airport “Falcone – Borsellino”Further information regarding Palermo International Airport can be found at:http://www.gesap.it/index.php?sezione=207&lang=enClick the link below, in order to find all timetables of the BUS Journeys to and from the airport.http://www.gesap.it/index.php?livello=By+Bus&sezione=212&lang=enThe Bus stop is just in front the Hotel Politeama, so we suggest to prefer the bus at the Metro.

Suggested accommodation:HOTEL POLITEAMAPiazza Ruggero Settimo 15 90133 Palermo (Sicilia)Tel: +39 091 32 27 77 - Fax: +39 091 611 15 89 - E-Mail: mail@hotelpoliteama.ithttp://www.hotelpoliteama.com/?lang=enhttp://www.hotelpoliteama.com/en/mappa-contatti/Single Room: € 70.00 per nightDouble Room: € 80.00 per nightPlease send your reservation requests directly to the Hotel (mail@hotelpoliteama.it) providing this information:what kind of room you need, your name, your credit card number and expiry date. In order to have the special rate price, please indicate in the subject of your email: "Convenzione Università di Palermo - COST FA1104"

DAY 1: November 21, 2012 – Wednesday PROGRAMME

Meeting Venue: University of Palermo; Sala delle Capriate, Palazzo Chiaramonte Steri, Piazza Marina, 61 – Palermo

08:00 – 09:00 Registration 09:00 – 09:30 Welcome and introductory remarks Status of the Action –Summary of Action PlanJosé Quero Garcia

Morning section

Invited lectures

Working Group 1 - Genetic resources and Breeding, Genetics and GenomicsChair : Sergiu Budan (Romania)

09:30 – 09:55 José Quero Garcia (France)History of the sweet cherry breeding programme at INRA-Bordeaux09:55 – 10:20 Felicidad Fernandez (UK)History of sweet cherry breeding programme at East Malling Research

Working Group 2 - Crop ProductionChair : George Manganaris (Cyprus)

10:20 – 10:45 George Manganaris (Cyprus)Post-harvest performance, qualitative attributes and textural properties of sweet cherry (P. avium) fruit cultivars with distinct ripening properties 10:45 – 11:10 Moritz Knoche (Germany)Sweet cherry fruit cracking: rain or strain induced?

Co�ee Break

Working Group 3 - Crop ProtectionChair : Joerg Samietz (Switzerland)

11:30 – 11:55 Joanna Pulawska (Poland)Survey of cherry diseases11:55 – 12:20 Joerg Samietz (Switzerland)Introduction to a forecasting and decision support system in tree fruit

Working Group 4 - Socio-economics and dissemination Chair : Mario Njavro (Croatia)

12.20 – 12:45 Mario Njavro (Croatia)Economic Analysis of Cherry production in Croatia12.45 – 13:10 Penelope Measham (Australia)An overview of Cherry RD&E in Australia, climate and challenges

Afternoon section

15:00 – 18:00Management Committee (MC) meetingChair : José Quero Garcia

Meeting Venue: University of Palermo; Aula Magna della Facoltà di Agraria, Viale delle Scienze, 11 - PalermoParallel Working Group Meetings – Discussion, presentation and planning of workWG 1 Meeting (Aula Magna – Facoltà di Agraria) - Chair : Sergiu Budan

9:00 – 9:10 G. Djuric Genetic resources and cherry production in Bosnia and Herzegovina9:10 – 9:20 A. Vokurka A short history of Croatian native sweet cherry varieties?9:20 – 9:30 J. Sedlak Sweet cherry cultivars bred in the Czech Republic9:30 – 9:40 M. Jensen Sour cherry fast cycling breeding project (from pollination to fruit set in o�spring)9:40 – 9:50 M. Hofer Morphological and pomological evaluation of sweet and sour cherry in Germany9:50 – 10:00 I. Balla Embryo rescue of the early ripening hybrid seeds10:00 – 10:10 E. Rozpara Cultivar/rootstock evaluation of sweet and sour cherry in Poland10:10 – 10:20 S. Budan Breeding programme in Romania10:20 – 10:30 V. Ognjanov Progress in Cherry Rootstock and Cultivar Research10:30 – 10:40 D. Frutos Behavior of sweet cherry cultivars in climates of Murcia, Spain10:40 – 11:00 Discussion11:00 – 11:30 Co�ee Break11:30 – 13:30 Discussion, presentation and planning of work

WG 2 Meeting (Aula Master - Biblioteca Dipartimento SAGA) - Chair : George Manganaris

9:00 – 9:10 P. Measham Australian Cherries; Quality or Quantity? Practical application of Research: cherry cracking9:10 – 9:20 A. Spornberger Improvement of organic sweet cherry production in Austria9:20 – 9:30 K.S. Koumanov Intensive cherry production: making ideas come true9:30 – 9:40 F. P. Marra Application of phenoclimatic models to evaluate sweet cherry thermal requirement during di�erent stages of growing period9:40 – 9:50 D. Feldmane E�ect of drip irrigation and woodchip mulch on young sour cherry growth and yield9:50 – 10:00 M. Meland Sweet cherry production systems in high tunnels10:00 – 10:10 D.V. Garrido Maintenance of cherry quality by innovative postharvest treatments10:10 – 11:00 Discussion11:00 – 11:30 Co�ee Break11:30 – 13:30 Discussion, presentation and planning of work

WG 3 Meeting (Biblioteca Dipartimento DEMETRA) - Chair : Joerg Samietz

9:00 – 9:10 A. Malacrida Contributions of genetics and genomics to fruit�ies pests: insights and future potential9:10 – 9:20 V. Caleca Rhagoletis cerasi in Western Sicily: presence, damages and control in organic cherry orchards9:20 – 9:30 N. Papadopoulos Bioecology of the European cherry fruit �y in Greece and development of management strategies9:30 – 9:40 S. Lux Application of stochastic simulation of pest behavior for development of IPM - R. cerasi case9:40 – 9:50 M. Kaluzna Bacterial canker of cherries09:50 – 10:00 J. Pulawska Crown gall on cherries10:00 – 11:00 Discussion11:00 – 11:30 Co�ee Break11:30 – 13:30 Discussion, presentation and planning of workAfternoon section

15:00 – 18:00 Plenary section (Aula Magna – Facoltà di Agraria) - Report of WGs leaders on current state, progress of the Action and future work Chair: José Quero Garcia

DAY 2: November 22, 2012 – Thursday PROGRAMME