The Research Centre Laimburg, together with the Foundation Edmund Mach, cordially invites you to the Presentation of trials in Organic Fruit Growing and Viticulture, where the latest results of the projects and trials in the field of organic farming will be presented.

This event will take place in the morning from 09:00 to 12:00 at the Foundation Edmund Mach in San Michele all'Adige (TN). In the afternoon, the trials will be presented from 13:30 to 17:00 at the Research Centre Laimburg in Pfatten (BZ).

At the Foundation Edmund Mach the meeting will be held in Italian. At the Research Centre Laimburg, presentations will be held in both German and Italian.

Registration is not required. When you arrive, you can sign up for the existing list.

Programme:

Auditorium Foundation Edmund Mach - Via E. Mach 1, San Michele all'Adige (TN) and live streaming on the Edmund Mach Foundation YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/fondazionemach

The recording of the event will also be available on YouTube afterwards.

9.00 a.m. Welcome greetings
Maurizio Bottura - Head of the FEM Technology Transfer Centre

9.10 a.m. Introduction to the day
Daniele Prodorutti - Head of Organic Farming Unit FEM-CTT

9.20 a.m. Controls and phytosanitary situation 2023 in organic farms in Trentino
Marco Chiusole - Organic Farming Unit FEM-CTT

9.40 a.m. Results of experimental defence trials in organic viticulture
Roberto Zanzotti - Organic Agriculture Unit FEM-CTT

10.00 a.m. Canopy management approaches on Cabernet franc and resistant varieties
Michele Faralli - C3A University of Trento

10.20 a.m. Flavescence dorée between vineyard and landscape: the Ticino experience
Mauro Jermini - Agroscope (Switzerland)

10.50 a.m. Question time for the speakers via Whatsapp/SMS to 335 8484120

11.00 a.m. Visit of experimental vineyard trials

Moderator: Daniele Prodorutti, FEM Technology Transfer Centre

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Auditorium Research Centre Laimburg - Laimburg 6, I-39051 Vadena (BZ), Italia

01:30 p.m. Opening greeting

02:00 p.m. Visit to field trials

03:30 p.m. Presentation of this year's main activities:

• Functional biodiversity: Impact of flower strips on beneficial insect development and regulation of the woolly aphid
• Flower strips: Summary of the results of the field trials of the last two years.
• Recommendations for the conservation of new resistant varieties: Results of conservation trials of SQ159 Natyra®, CIVM49 RedPop® e Ipador Giga®
• Regional Seeds: Project Presentation