

SCHEDULE
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
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07:00 - 07:45 | Accreditation |
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07:45 - 08:00 | Welcome Blueberries Consulting |
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08:00 - 08:30 | Development of the European market, trends and business forecasts. |
Hans Liekens
Commercial Manager EMEA Fall Creek Farm & Nursery |
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08:30 - 09:00 | Main international blueberry markets: dynamics and skills. |
Federico Beltran
General Manager Terra Business SAC |
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09:00 - 09:45 | Blueberry genetic improvement in the world: Progress, difficulties and opportunities. |
James hancock
Professor Emeritus Dept. of Horticulture Michigan State Univ. |
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09:45 - 10:35 | Coffee Break |
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10:35 - 10:50 | Round of questions |
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10:50 - 11:20 | Building a Global Blueberry Breeding Program: The Berry Blue LLC Experience. |
James hancock
Professor Emeritus Dept. of Horticulture Michigan State Univ. |
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11:20 - 11:55 | Genetic breeding in tall bush blueberry: who is doing it and what are the challenges and purposes of a public breeding program. |
Chad Finn
Research Geneticist US Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service |
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11:55 - 12:40 | Hydroponic production in blueberries: Key aspects of management, criteria to consider, monitoring and control of the crop. |
María del Carmen Salas
Ing. Agr. Ph.D. researcher and PhD professor University of Almería |
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12:40 - 13:30 | Irrigation planning, estimation of water requirements and its relation to growth and development in blueberry plants. |
David Bryla
Research Horticulturist US Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service |
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13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch. |
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14:30 - 14:50 | Question Round |
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14:50 - 15:40 | Factors to consider in the elaboration of nutritional programs to obtain quality blueberries. Practical cases. |
Juan Hirzel
Ing. Agr. MS. Ph.D. Researcher INIA International Consultant |
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15:40 - 16:30 | Vegetable biostimulants, innovation for sustainable crop production. |
Patrick Du Jardin
Ing. Agr. Ph.D. Plant Biology Unit Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech University of Liège |
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16:30 - 17:10 | Coffee Break |
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17:10 - 18:00 | Foliar fertilization: Environmental, physiological and management factors that affect the permanence, penetration and translocation of nutrients. |
Heiner Goldbach
Ph.D. (Dr.rer.agr.) Professor of Plant Nutrition INRES - University of Bonn |
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18:00 - 18:50 | Current and potential uses of growth regulators in blueberry production. |
Jorge Retamales
Ing. Agr. MS. Ph.D. International Researcher and Consultant |
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18:50 - 19:20 | Question Round |
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19:20 - 19:30 | Closing of the Conference |
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