IPMorama Webinar:
Legumes & Diseases -20 June 2025
- Date: 20 June 2025
- Time: 09:00 – 16:30 (CET)
- Location: Online (Zoom)
- Registration: Coming soon
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
Session 1 – INTRO
9:00 – 9:15 – Alessandro Infantino (CREA): Welcome to the meeting
9:15 – 9:30 – Jens: Brief introduction of IPMorama project
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), Riccardo Baroncelli (Uni Bologna, tbc):
Genetic diversity and lineages in Colletotrichum lupini
Why it is important to monitor this pathogen
14:10 – 14:25 – Pedro Talhinas (University Lisbon, tbc): C. lupini infection mechanisms (10 min + 5 min Q&A)
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 discussion with all participants:
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