What will be the future of Rocha pear production? This was the motto for the 10th Rocha in Bloom Meeting, InnovPlantProtect (InPP) took part in this project, which brought together technicians, researchers and companies in the March 15th, no Cadaval, to discuss and debate the problem of stenphylosis and other diseases in the Rocha pear tree.
Cristina Azevedo, director of InPP's New Biopesticides department, was one of the speakers on the panel on “Plant Health: Bacterial Fire” with a presentation entitled “A Control Solution”. The panel was moderated by the executive director of the collaborative laboratory, Pedro Fevereiro.
Image credits: ©️ APAS
The panel on “Plant Health: Stenphyliosis and other enemies” featured Ricardo Ramiro, director of InPP's Data Management and Risk Analysis department, with a presentation entitled “A Roselinea and the soil microbiome”.
Image credits: ©️ APAS
In addition to the problem of plant health, the issues of irrigation water and other production management technologies were also addressed.
The opening session was attended by the Chairman of the Board of the Sobrena Agricultural Producers' Association, Rui Soares, and the Mayor of Cadaval, José Bernardo Nunes.
The closing session was attended by the President of the Portuguese Farmers' Confederation, Álvaro Mendonça e Moura, and the President of the General Assembly of the Sobrena Agricultural Producers' Association, Manuel Chaveiro Soares.
The initiative was organized by the Sobrena Agricultural Producers Association (APAS), in collaboration with Cadaval Town Hall.
Find out more about the meeting here.
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