Invited speakers
| Name | Affiliation | Title of conference |
|---|---|---|
| Alberto Macho | Shangai Center for Plant Stress Biology | Deciphering the activities of Ralstonia solanacearum type III effectors: beyond activation and suppression of immunity |
| Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi | Purdue University | Getting to the root of resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum in tomato |
| Caitilyn Allen | University of Wisconsin | The special case of Race 3 biovar 2: Why is Ralstonia solanacearum IIB-1 so effective? |
| Francisco Vilaró | Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República | “Breeding for potato bacterial wilt resistance in Uruguay” |
| Gilles Cellier | Anses, Plant Health Laboratory | The Ralstonia solanacearum species complex in the age of epidemiology: exploration of its molecular diversity and population structure |
| Kalpana Sharma | International Potato Center | Ralstonia solanacearum species complex strains causing bacterial wilt of potato in sub-saharan Africa: an impending socio-economic disaster |
| Kenji Kai | Osaka Metropolitan University | The Phc quorum sensing system in RSSC: specificity in signal production and response, regulation of secondary metabolism, and chemical control |
| Kornelia Smalla | Julius Kühn-Institut | Potential role of rhizosphere microbiome modulation in controlling Ralstonia solanacearum caused bacterial wilt |
| Marc Valls | Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics - University of Barcelona | Restriction of Ralstonia solanacearum colonization in tomato resistant to bacterial wilt |
| Marco Dalla Rizza | Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria | Experience of using the EFR receptor in potato genotypes to increase resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum |
| Mauricio Rossato | Universidade de Brasília | Recent advances in the selection of potato clones resistant to bacterial wilt in Brazil |
| Seon-Woo Lee | Dong-A University | Bacterial wilt resistance and root microbiome in tomato |
| Stephane Genin | National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment | Host adaptation and pathogenesis of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum: mechanisms and evolution |
| Ville-Petri Friman | University of York | Ecology and evolution of phage-bacteria interactions in the rhizosphere: consequences for microbiome functioning and control of plant disease outbreaks |
| Yasufumi Hikichi | Kochi University | Contribution of the quorum sensing to infection in tomato roots and virulence in Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1-1 |
