IPMorama Webinar: Legumes & Diseases -20 June 2025

  • Date: 20 June 2025
  • Time: 09:00 – 16:30 (CET)
  • Location: Online (Zoom)

About the Webinar

Join us for a full-day webinar organised by the IPMorama project, dedicated to three key legumes: soybean, pea, and lupin.
Experts from leading research institutions across Europe will present the latest insights on major pathogens and integrated pest management (IPM) strategies.

This event is open to researchers, plant breeders, farmers, advisors, and stakeholders interested in sustainable legume production.

Webinar Agenda - 20 June 2025

IPMorama legume stakeholder online workshop for the engagement of stakeholders in the project

Session 1 – INTRO

9:00 – 9:15 – Alessandro Infantino (CREA): Welcome to the meeting

9:15 – 9:30  – Jens Grønbech Hansen (Aarhus University): Introduction of IPMorama project
and stakeholder involvement activities in disease surveillance and pathogen monitoring

Session 2 – Soya: Diaporthe/Phomopsis of soybean

9:30 – 9:50 – Kristina Petrovic: Diaporthe/Phomopsis of soybean in Serbia

9:50 – 10:30 – Orzali, Cavalli: Activities by CREA on Diaporthe/Phomopsis of soybean in IPMorama

10:30 – 11:00 – Discussion, Q&A

Session 3 – Pea: Broomrape

11:00 – 12:30 – Diego Rubiales: IPMorama activities on broomrape in pea

12:00 – 12:30 – Discussion, Q&A

Lunch Break

12:30 – 13:30

Session 4 – Lupins: Anthracnose in white lupin

13:30 – 13:40 – Mariateresa Lazzaro (FiBL) & Joris Alkemade (Uni Oxford): Welcoming participants and Intro

13:40 – 14:10 – Joris Alkemade (Uni Oxford):
Genetic diversity and lineages in Colletotrichum lupini
Why it is important to monitor this pathogen

14:10 – 14:25 –  C. lupini infection mechanisms

14:25 – 14:55 – Christine Arncken (FiBL), Andras Patyi (FiBL):
Current methods of anthracnose resistance phenotyping
Marker-assisted selection and IPMorama marker array for anthracnose resistance

14:55 – 15:25 – Interactive Workshop: improve anthracnose management by monitoring C. lupini in the growing areas in Europe

15:25 – 15:40 – Mariateresa Lazzaro (FiBL): FiBL work about C. lupini monitoring in IPMorama

15:40 – 16:00 – Discussion & Closing remarks