EFS16
16th European
Fusarium Seminar

June 12-15, 2023. Rome, Italy

EFS16
16th European
Fusarium Seminar

June 12-15, 2023. Rome, Italy

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Dear Fusarium community,

As local organizing committee of the “16th European Fusarium Seminar“, we are very delighted to invite you to the EFS16 which will take place from June 12-15, 2023, at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

The EFS16 will be an excellent opportunity to present and discuss the progress made in all fields related to Fusarium research, ranging from plant pathology to medical research and from mycotoxin research to mitigation strategies.

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EFS16 Conference Schedule

PROGRAM

10:00 – 14:00Registration/Welcome Reception
14:00 – 14:45Conference Opening
Luigi Faino and Massimo Reverberi

Lectio Magistralis
Antonio Di Pietro · University of Córdoba, Spain
Transposons drive environmental adaptation in a clonally evolving fungal pathogen

SESSION 1 – TP1: GENETICS, GENOMICS AND SYSTEM BIOLOGY
Chairs: Igor Grigoriev & Carla Steyn
14:45 – 15:15Keynote Speaker
Igor Grigoriev · Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, USA
100+ Fusarium genomes and omics datasets
15:15 – 15:30Stefania Vitale · National Research Council, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Napoli, Italy
A novel desensitization mechanism regulates α-Ste2 signalling in Fusarium oxysporum
15:30 – 15:45Minely Cerón-Bustamante · University of Perugia, Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Perugia, Italy
Transcriptomic analysis of the Fusarium graminearum photoresponse to different light wavelenghts
15:45 – 16:00Anna K. Atanasoff-Kardjalieff · University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
The histone variant H2A.Z: Insights in its role in gene regulation in the phytopathogen F. fujikuroi
16:00 – 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 – 16:45John Clarkson · University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences, Warwick, UK
Identification, pathogenomics and resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae in lettuce
16:45 – 17:00Anthony Glenn · Agricultural Research Service, US National Poultry Research Center, Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, Athens, USA
Fungal nitric oxide reductase is a key target for reduction of agricultural nitrous oxide emissions
17:00 – 17:15Carla Steyn · University of Johannesburg, Botany and Plant Biotechnology, Johannesburg, South Africa
Fusarium diversity from soils of the Golden Gate Highland National Park, South Africa
SESSION 2 – TP2: EXPOSURE AND TOXICOLOGY & TP6: GENETICS OF HOSTS – PLANT RESISTANCE
Chairs: John Leslie & Marion Garofalo
17:15 – 17:45Keynote Speaker
John F. Leslie · Kansas State University, Dept of Plant Pathology, KS, USA
Pre-harvest mycotoxin contamination of maize in Malawi
17:45 – 18:00Marion Garofalo · INRAE, ToxAlim, Reserarch Centre in Food Toxicology, University of Toulouse, France
A novel toxic effect of foodborne trichothecenes: the exacerbation of genotoxicity
18:00 – 18:15Limbikani Matumba · Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Dept. of Agriculture & Food Systems, Malawi
Explaining the inaction regarding the management of fumonisin contamination in sub-Saharan Africa
18:15 – 18:30 Alessandra Lanubile · Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dept. of Sustainable Crop Production, Piacenza, Italy
Characterization of the maize lipoxygenase genes in relation to mycotoxigenic fungal resistance
18:30 – 18:45 Juho Hautsalo · Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland
Monitoring Fusarium head blight development from oat spikelets
SESSION 3 – TP8: PATHOGENESIS AND PLANT – HOST INTERACTION
Chairs: Fiona Doohan & Andrea Doddi
9:00 – 9:30Keynote Speaker
Fiona Doohan · University College Dublin, Ireland
Genes and genetic gene clusters for DON and FHB resistance
9:30 – 9:45David Turrà · Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Fungal cell wall – a rheostat for host surface sensing?
9:45 – 10:00Guixia Hao · USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL, USA
Identification and functional characterization of Fusarium graminearum effectors
10:00 – 10:15Rumiana Ray · University of Nottingham, Division of Plant and Crop Sciences, School of Biosciences, UK
Mechanisms of aphid-induced plant defence suppression exploited by Fusarium graminearum in wheat
10:15 – 10:30Hye-Seon Kim · USDA-ARS, NCAUR, Peoria, IL, USA
A computational approach to characterize effectors from across the breadth of diversity of Fusarium
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:15 Alessandro Grottoli · CREA-DC, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Rome, Italy
Candidate effector genes of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melongenae
11:15 – 11:30Cecilia Miccoli · University of Tuscia, DAFNE, Viterbo, Italy
Mechanisms of resistance to FHB in wheat lines with high polyphenolic content
11:45 – 12:00Berna Tunalı · Ondokuz Mayıs University, Agricultural Faculty, Turkey
Prevalence, Pathogenicity, Races of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp lycopersici and radicis lycopersici
12:00 – 12:15Heidi U. Aamot ·Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
Fusarium langsethiae and mycotoxin contamination in oat differed with growth stage at inoculation
12:15 – 12:30Andrea Cacciotti · Sapienza Universiy of Rome , Dept. of Environmental Biology, Rome, Italy
The Role of CRZ1 in Lipid Metabolism Regulation During Fusarium verticillioides Zea mays interaction
12:30 – 12:45Stéphane Bernillon · INRAE . MycSA, Villenave d’Ornon, France
New insights supporting the contribution of carotenoids to the resistance of maize to Gibberella ear
12:45 – 13:00Andrea Doddi · Sapienza Universiy of Rome , Dept. of Environmental Biology, Italy
D-protein specificity in Fusarium oxysporum ff.spp. interactions
13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
SESSION 4 – TP5: DISEASE CONTROL AND FORECASTING MODELS
Chairs: Fernando Dilatha & Safa Oufensou
14:30 – 15:00Keynote Speaker
Fernando Dilantha · University of Manitoba, Canada
Canada’s Cereal Killer – A status update on the disease and research
15:00 – 15:15Ziv Carmit · Agricultural Research Organization, Israel
Identifying and characterizing postharvest Fusarium fruit rot in Cucurbita moschata D.
15:15 – 15:30Safa Oufensou · University of Sassari, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences and Desertification Research Centre (NRD), Italy
FusaHelp: a little help for Fusarium friends for a morphological identification
15:30 – 15:45Simone Bosco · University of Turin, Dept. of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences, Grugliasco, Italy
Screening of endophytes from rice cultivars as biocontrol agents against Fusarium fujikuroi
15:45 – 16:00Anne-Grete Roer Hjelkrem · Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway
Using functional data analysis to detect weather patterns associated with DON levels in oats
16:00 – 16:15Ingerd Skow Hofgaard · Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
Influence of agricultural practices on prevalence of Fusarium and mycotoxins in oat
16:15 – 16:30Sascha Jenkins · University of Warwick, Warwick Crop Centre, United Kingdom
Molecular diagnostics to determine disease risk from F. oxysporum
16:30 – 16:45Sara Francesconi · Università della Tuscia, Dept. of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), Italy
Boosting immunity and management against Fusarium diseases by a nanostructured delivery platform
SESSION 5 – TP7: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION GENETICS
Chairs: Antonio Moretti & Toan Bao Hung Nguyen
9:00 – 9:30Keynote Speaker
Antonio Moretti · Research National Council, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Italy
9:30 – 9:45Marie-Anne Garcia · INRAE, Mycology and Food Safety (MycSA), France
Evolution of the mycotoxins risk associated with Fusarium spp. in French wheat fields over 15 years.
9:45 – 10:00Tapani Yli-Mattila · University of Turku, Pharmacity, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
Molecular variation and phylogeny within Fusarium avenaceum and related species
10:00 – 10:15Alessandro Infantino · Council for Agricultural Research and Economics , Centre for Plant Protection and Certification (CREA DC), Rome, Italy
What the weather will be like? Fusarium Head Blight of durum wheat in a climatic change scenario
10:15 – 10:30Toan Bao Hung Nguyen · Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, INRAE, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, France
Intra- and interspecific diversity associated with Fusarium Head Blight of wheat
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:15 Davide Spadaro · University of Turin, Centre of Competence for the Innovation in the Agro-environmental Sector (AGROINNOVA), Italy
Different species of Fusarium cause vascular wilt of lettuce: molecular and pathogenicity approach
11:15 – 11:30Anne D. Van Diepeningen · Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands
Epidemiology of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cepae in Dutch onion
SESSION 6 – TP9: SECONDARY METABOLITES – BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOSYNTHESIS, METABOLOMICS
Chairs: Nadia Ponts & Lily Wrey Lofton
11:30 – 12:00Keynote Speaker
Nadia Ponts · INRAE, Mycology and Food Safety (MycSA) , Villenave d’Ornon, France
12:00 – 12:15David P. Overy · Ottawa Research and Development Centre (AAFC), Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Secondary metabolites as virulence factors and their role in Fusarium Head Blight (FHB)
12:15 – 12:30Lena Studt-Reinhold · University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Heterochromatic marks are decisive for phytohormone production in the F. fujikuroi species complex
12:30 – 12:45Laurie Josselin · ILiege University, Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Molecules, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Belgium
Fungal volatile organic compounds: new tools to reduce mycotoxin contamination in crops?
12:45 – 13:00Alessandra Villani · CNR-ISPA, Bari, Italy
Fusarium proliferatum in different host plants: genetic and secondary metabolite profile variability
13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
14:30 – 14:45Trang-Minh Tran · INRAE, Mycology and Food Safety (MycSA), Villenave d’Ornon, France
Antifungal and antimycotoxin mechanisms of stilbenoids: an omics study of F. graminearum
14:45 – 15:00Eleonora Cappelletti · Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Dept. of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Antifungal activity of endophytic bacteria against different Fusarium species
15:00 – 15.15Marzia Beccaccioli · Sapienza University of Rome, Dept. of Environmental Biology, Rome, Italy
Application of mushrooms metabolites against mycotoxin production by Fusarium spp.
15:15 – 15:30Lily Wrey Lofton · University of Georgia, Dept. of Plant Pathology & USDA, Athens, GA, USA
Inter-fungal warfare in maize seed: mechanism of action of pyrrocidine-induced fumonisin elimination
19:30 – 23:00Gala Dinner
SESSION 7 – TP3: FUSARIUM MYCOTOXIN REDUCTION – DETOXIFICATION IN FOOD AND FEED & TP 11: FUSARIUM AND HUMAN DISEASE
Chairs: Matias Pasquali & Anna Zimmermann
9:15 – 9:45Keynote Speaker
Matias Pasquali · Universtiy of Milan, Dept. of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, Italy
Fusarium musae crossing the ocean and the “kingdom” borders
9:45 – 10:00Martina Loi · National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Bari, Italy
Zearalenone enzimatic degradation: food safety and quality peespectives
10:00 – 10:15Linda Felici · University of Tuscia, Dept. of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, Viterbo, Italy
Effect of anthocyanins on the production of mycotoxins by Fusarium spp.
10:15 – 10:30Larissa De Troyer · Ghent University, Belgium
Actinobacteria as a biocontrol tool: Mitigation of zearalenone in vitro and in planta on wheat ears
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00Flash Talks for Student Poster Prize Winners & Conclusion
13/15:00 – 19:00Guided Tours
10:00 – 14:00Registration/Welcome Reception
14:00 – 14:45Conference Opening
Luigi Faino and Massimo Reverberi

Lectio Magistralis
Antonio Di Pietro · University of Córdoba, Spain
Transposons drive environmental adaptation in a clonally evolving fungal pathogen

SESSION 1 – TP1: GENETICS, GENOMICS AND SYSTEM BIOLOGY
Chairs: Igor Grigoriev & Carla Steyn
14:45 – 15:15Keynote Speaker
Igor Grigoriev · Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, USA
100+ Fusarium genomes and omics datasets
15:15 – 15:30Stefania Vitale · National Research Council, Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Napoli, Italy
A novel desensitization mechanism regulates α-Ste2 signalling in Fusarium oxysporum
15:30 – 15:45Minely Cerón-Bustamante · University of Perugia, Dept. of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences, Perugia, Italy
Transcriptomic analysis of the Fusarium graminearum photoresponse to different light wavelenghts
15:45 – 16:00Anna K. Atanasoff-Kardjalieff · University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
The histone variant H2A.Z: Insights in its role in gene regulation in the phytopathogen F. fujikuroi
16:00 – 16:30Coffee Break
16:30 – 16:45John Clarkson · University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences, Warwick, UK
Identification, pathogenomics and resistance to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lactucae in lettuce
16:45 – 17:00Anthony Glenn · Agricultural Research Service, US National Poultry Research Center, Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, Athens, USA
Fungal nitric oxide reductase is a key target for reduction of agricultural nitrous oxide emissions
17:00 – 17:15Carla Steyn · University of Johannesburg, Botany and Plant Biotechnology, Johannesburg, South Africa
Fusarium diversity from soils of the Golden Gate Highland National Park, South Africa
SESSION 2 – TP2: EXPOSURE AND TOXICOLOGY & TP6: GENETICS OF HOSTS – PLANT RESISTANCE
Chairs: John Leslie & Marion Garofalo
17:15 – 17:45Keynote Speaker
John F. Leslie · Kansas State University, Dept of Plant Pathology, KS, USA
Pre-harvest mycotoxin contamination of maize in Malawi
17:45 – 18:00Marion Garofalo · INRAE, ToxAlim, Reserarch Centre in Food Toxicology, University of Toulouse, France
A novel toxic effect of foodborne trichothecenes: the exacerbation of genotoxicity
18:00 – 18:15Limbikani Matumba · Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Dept. of Agriculture & Food Systems, Malawi
Explaining the inaction regarding the management of fumonisin contamination in sub-Saharan Africa
18:15 – 18:30 Alessandra Lanubile · Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dept. of Sustainable Crop Production, Piacenza, Italy
Characterization of the maize lipoxygenase genes in relation to mycotoxigenic fungal resistance
18:30 – 18:45 Juho Hautsalo · Natural Resources Institute Finland, Finland
Monitoring Fusarium head blight development from oat spikelets
SESSION 3 – TP8: PATHOGENESIS AND PLANT – HOST INTERACTION
Chairs: Fiona Doohan & Andrea Doddi
9:00 – 9:30Keynote Speaker
Fiona Doohan · University College Dublin, Ireland
Genes and genetic gene clusters for DON and FHB resistance
9:30 – 9:45David Turrà · Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Fungal cell wall – a rheostat for host surface sensing?
9:45 – 10:00Guixia Hao · USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL, USA
Identification and functional characterization of Fusarium graminearum effectors
10:00 – 10:15Rumiana Ray · University of Nottingham, Division of Plant and Crop Sciences, School of Biosciences, UK
Mechanisms of aphid-induced plant defence suppression exploited by Fusarium graminearum in wheat
10:15 – 10:30Hye-Seon Kim · USDA-ARS, NCAUR, Peoria, IL, USA
A computational approach to characterize effectors from across the breadth of diversity of Fusarium
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:15 Alessandro Grottoli · CREA-DC, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification, Rome, Italy
Candidate effector genes of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melongenae
11:15 – 11:30Cecilia Miccoli · University of Tuscia, DAFNE, Viterbo, Italy
Mechanisms of resistance to FHB in wheat lines with high polyphenolic content
11:45 – 12:00Berna Tunalı · Ondokuz Mayıs University, Agricultural Faculty, Turkey
Prevalence, Pathogenicity, Races of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp lycopersici and radicis lycopersici
12:00 – 12:15Heidi U. Aamot ·Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Ås, Norway
Fusarium langsethiae and mycotoxin contamination in oat differed with growth stage at inoculation
12:15 – 12:30Andrea Cacciotti · Sapienza Universiy of Rome , Dept. of Environmental Biology, Rome, Italy
The Role of CRZ1 in Lipid Metabolism Regulation During Fusarium verticillioides Zea mays interaction
12:30 – 12:45Stéphane Bernillon · INRAE . MycSA, Villenave d’Ornon, France
New insights supporting the contribution of carotenoids to the resistance of maize to Gibberella ear
12:45 – 13:00Andrea Doddi · Sapienza Universiy of Rome , Dept. of Environmental Biology, Italy
D-protein specificity in Fusarium oxysporum ff.spp. interactions
13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
SESSION 4 – TP5: DISEASE CONTROL AND FORECASTING MODELS
Chairs: Fernando Dilatha & Safa Oufensou
14:30 – 15:00Keynote Speaker
Fernando Dilantha · KUniversity of Manitoba, Canada
Canada’s Cereal Killer – A status update on the disease and research
15:00 – 15:15Ziv Carmit · Agricultural Research Organization, Israel
Identifying and characterizing postharvest Fusarium fruit rot in Cucurbita moschata D.
15:15 – 15:30Safa Oufensou · University of Sassari, Dept. of Agricultural Sciences and Desertification Research Centre (NRD), Italy
FusaHelp: a little help for Fusarium friends for a morphological identification
15:30 – 15:45Simone Bosco · University of Turin, Dept. of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences, Grugliasco, Italy
Screening of endophytes from rice cultivars as biocontrol agents against Fusarium fujikuroi
15:45 – 16:00Anne-Grete Roer Hjelkrem · Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway
Using functional data analysis to detect weather patterns associated with DON levels in oats
16:00 – 16:15Ingerd Skow Hofgaard · Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
Influence of agricultural practices on prevalence of Fusarium and mycotoxins in oat
16:15 – 16:30Sascha Jenkins · University of Warwick, Warwick Crop Centre, United Kingdom
Molecular diagnostics to determine disease risk from F. oxysporum
16:30 – 16:45Sara Francesconi · Università della Tuscia, Dept. of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), Italy
Boosting immunity and management against Fusarium diseases by a nanostructured delivery platform
SESSION 5 – TP7: EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION GENETICS
Chairs: Antonio Moretti & Toan Bao Hung Nguyen
9:00 – 9:30Keynote Speaker
Antonio Moretti · Research National Council, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Italy
9:30 – 9:45Marie-Anne Garcia · INRAE, Mycology and Food Safety (MycSA), France
Evolution of the mycotoxins risk associated with Fusarium spp. in French wheat fields over 15 years.
9:45 – 10:00Tapani Yli-Mattila · University of Turku, Pharmacity, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
Molecular variation and phylogeny within Fusarium avenaceum and related species
10:00 – 10:15Alessandro Infantino · Council for Agricultural Research and Economics , Centre for Plant Protection and Certification (CREA DC), Rome, Italy
What the weather will be like? Fusarium Head Blight of durum wheat in a climatic change scenario
10:15 – 10:30Toan Bao Hung Nguyen · Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Ecologie Microbienne, INRAE, Technopôle Brest-Iroise, France
Intra- and interspecific diversity associated with Fusarium Head Blight of wheat
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:15 Davide Spadaro · University of Turin, Centre of Competence for the Innovation in the Agro-environmental Sector (AGROINNOVA), Italy
Different species of Fusarium cause vascular wilt of lettuce: molecular and pathogenicity approach
11:15 – 11:30Anne D. Van Diepeningen · Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands
Epidemiology of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cepae in Dutch onion
SESSION 6 – TP9: SECONDARY METABOLITES – BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOSYNTHESIS, METABOLOMICS
Chairs: Nadia Ponts & Lily Wrey Lofton
11:30 – 12:00Keynote Speaker
Nadia Ponts · INRAE, Mycology and Food Safety (MycSA) , Villenave d’Ornon, France
12:00 – 12:15David P. Overy · Ottawa Research and Development Centre (AAFC), Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Secondary metabolites as virulence factors and their role in Fusarium Head Blight (FHB)
12:15 – 12:30Lena Studt-Reinhold · University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Heterochromatic marks are decisive for phytohormone production in the F. fujikuroi species complex
12:30 – 12:45Laurie Josselin · ILiege University, Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Molecules, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Belgium
Fungal volatile organic compounds: new tools to reduce mycotoxin contamination in crops?
12:45 – 13:00Alessandra Villani · CNR-ISPA, Bari, Italy
Fusarium proliferatum in different host plants: genetic and secondary metabolite profile variability
13:00 – 14:30Lunch Break
14:30 – 14:45Trang-Minh Tran · INRAE, Mycology and Food Safety (MycSA), Villenave d’Ornon, France
Antifungal and antimycotoxin mechanisms of stilbenoids: an omics study of F. graminearum
14:45 – 15:00Eleonora Cappelletti · Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Dept. of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Bologna, Italy
Antifungal activity of endophytic bacteria against different Fusarium species
15:00 – 15.15Marzia Beccaccioli · Sapienza University of Rome, Dept. of Environmental Biology, Rome, Italy
Application of mushrooms metabolites against mycotoxin production by Fusarium spp.
15:15 – 15:30Lily Wrey Lofton · University of Georgia, Dept. of Plant Pathology & USDA, Athens, GA, USA
Inter-fungal warfare in maize seed: mechanism of action of pyrrocidine-induced fumonisin elimination
19:30 – 23:00Gala Dinner
SESSION 7 – TP3: FUSARIUM MYCOTOXIN REDUCTION – DETOXIFICATION IN FOOD AND FEED & TP 11: FUSARIUM AND HUMAN DISEASE
Chairs: Matias Pasquali & Anna Zimmermann
9:15 – 9:45Keynote Speaker
Matias Pasquali · Universtiy of Milan, Dept. of Food, Environment and Nutritional Sciences, Italy
Fusarium musae crossing the ocean and the “kingdom” borders
9:45 – 10:00Martina Loi · National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, Bari, Italy
Zearalenone enzimatic degradation: food safety and quality peespectives
10:00 – 10:15Linda Felici · University of Tuscia, Dept. of Agriculture and Forest Sciences, Viterbo, Italy
Effect of anthocyanins on the production of mycotoxins by Fusarium spp.
10:15 – 10:30Larissa De Troyer · Ghent University, Belgium
Actinobacteria as a biocontrol tool: Mitigation of zearalenone in vitro and in planta on wheat ears
10:30 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00Flash Talks for Student Poster Prize Winners & Conclusion
13/15:00 – 19:00Guided Tours
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EFS16 Registration

The access at the EFS16 is limited to 250 participants, of which 75 students.

The on-line registration form will close on June 5th (midnight-local time), 2023.

Once the registration will be closed, we will create a waiting list; if needed; please contact segreteria@efs16.it to be included. In case of cancellations, we will contact you on a first to come basis.

Onsite registration is not available.

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    Until April 10th, 2023
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  • REGULAR FEE
    Until June 5th, 2023
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Welcome reception

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Coffee breaks and lunches

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Gala Dinner
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
The price pro person is 90 €.
The Gala Dinner will also be open to accompanying persons.

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Guided Tours
Thursday, June 15th, 2023
You will have the possibility to choose two different types of tours:
Half Day Tour – On the Steps of Ancient Romans
Half Day Tour with Lunch– Hadrian’s Villa & More

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Accommodation
To reduce accomodation costs, the organizers arranged a special deal with Globus Hotel near the venue. Attendees can book a room and have a special price.

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CANCELLATION POLICY

Refund of registration fees will be made as follows:

  • Cancellations received on or before February 15, 2023: full refund less 60 euro handling fee
  • Cancellations received between February 16, 2023 to April 30, 2023, 50% refund
  • Thereafter April 30, 2023: no refund

Cancellations and refund requests must be requested by e-mail to segreteria@efs16.it

EFS16 Scientific Committee

Italian Scientific Committee

David TurràUniversità di Napoli “Federico II”
Matias PasqualiUniversità di Milano
Sabrina SarroccoUniversità di Pisa
Antonio Prodi Università di Bologna
Quirico MigheliUniversità degli studi di Sassari
Massimo ReverberiUniversità di Roma “Sapienza”
Anita HaegiCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) – DC Roma
Antonio MorettiNational Research Council of Italy (CNR) – ISPA Bari
Antonia SuscaNational Research Council of Italy (CNR) – ISPA Bari
Paola BattilaniUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza
Alberto RitieniUniversità di Napoli “Federico II”
Alessandro InfantinoCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) – DC Roma
Virgilio BalmasUniversità degli Studi di Sassari
Davide SpadaroUniversità di Torino
Antonio LogriecoNational Research Council of Italy (CNR) – ISPA Bari
Maria Lodovica GullinoUniversità di Torino
Lorenzo CovarelliUniversità degli studi di Perugia
Giovanni BeccariUniversità degli studi di Perugia
Safa OufensouUniversità degli studi di Sassari
Stefania VitaleIstituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante
David TurràUniversità di Napoli “Federico II”
Matias PasqualiUniversità di Milano
Sabrina SarroccoUniversità di Pisa
Antonio Prodi Università di Bologna
Quirico MigheliUniversità degli studi di Sassari
Massimo ReverberiUniversità di Roma “Sapienza”
Anita HaegiCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) – DC Roma
Antonio MorettiNational Research Council of Italy (CNR) – ISPA Bari
Antonia SuscaNational Research Council of Italy (CNR) – ISPA Bari
Paola BattilaniUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza
Alberto RitieniUniversità di Napoli “Federico II”
Alessandro InfantinoCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) – DC Roma
Virgilio BalmasUniversità degli Studi di Sassari
Davide SpadaroUniversità di Torino
Antonio LogriecoNational Research Council of Italy (CNR) – ISPA Bari
Maria Lodovica GullinoUniversità di Torino
Lorenzo CovarelliUniversità degli studi di Perugia
Giovanni BeccariUniversità degli studi di Perugia
Safa OufensouUniversità degli studi di Sassari
Stefania VitaleIstituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante

European Scientific Committee

Fiona DoohanUniversity College Dublin
Martijn RepUniversity of Amsterdam
Florence ForgetFrench National Istitute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Kris AudenaertGhent University
Tapani Yli-MattilaUniversity of Turku
Paul NicholsonJohn Innes Centre
Simon EdwardsNewcastle University
Silvio UhligNorwegian Veterinary Institute
Isabelle OswaldFrench National Istitute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Marthe De BoevreGhent University
Sarah De SaegerGhent University
Rudolf KrskaBOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Antonio MorettiNational Research Council of Italy (CNR) – ISPA Bari
Nadia PontsFrench National Istitute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Antonio Di PietroUniversity of Cordoba
Fiona DoohanUniversity College Dublin
Martijn RepUniversity of Amsterdam
Florence ForgetFrench National Istitute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Kris AudenaertGhent University
Tapani Yli-MattilaUniversity of Turku
Paul NicholsonJohn Innes Centre
Simon EdwardsNewcastle University
Silvio UhligNorwegian Veterinary Institute
Isabelle OswaldFrench National Istitute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Marthe De BoevreGhent University
Sarah De SaegerGhent University
Rudolf KrskaBOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Antonio MorettiNational Research Council of Italy (CNR) – ISPA Bari
Nadia PontsFrench National Istitute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Antonio Di PietroUniversity of Cordoba

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EFS16 – 16th EUROPEAN FUSARIUM SEMINAR

Fusarium and Mycotoxin research – from plant patology to medical research and mitigation strategies.
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Dear Fusarium Community,
we would like to express our gratitude to all the participants of EFS16, the session chairs and co-chairs, the invited speakers, the authors of the poster and theatre sessions and all the delegates who contributed to the seminar.

We would like to thank our sponsors: Rijk Zwaan, Labozeta, Eurofins Genomics, Agronomy and Toxins for their support that contributed to the success of the event.

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