Joint Meeting of the IUFRO Working Parties "Vascular Wilt Diseases" and “Pine Wilt Disease”

The conference, “Will it wilt? From bark to xylem an invasion away” will include joint sessions touching on the main topics of both Working groups including: 

• identification and taxonomy
• host-pathogen interactions
• epidemiology
• bark beetle symbiosis / vector biology
• breeding
• disease management and control
• chemical ecology
• genomes and bioinformatics
• population biology
• pathways of invasion
• risk assessment and surveillance
• new methods of bio surveillance
• influence of climate change on vascular pathogens and vectors

This is the first time these two groups will meet and specialists from both will have the opportunity to exchange experiences, results and perspectives for future research topics. 

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