Professor Hu Xiaopin, Associate Professor Shang Wenjing and doctoral candidate Shi Yifeng participated in the 20th International Congress on Plant Protection in Athens, Greece, from July 1 to 6, 2024.

The International Plant Protection Congress is organized by IPPC and is held every four years. The purpose of the conference is to promote plant protection information among researchers, extension experts, growers, policy makers, managers, plant protection consultants and other interested organizations. communication and communication. Provides a global forum for the purpose of identifying, evaluating, synthesizing and improving economically, environmentally and socially acceptable plant protection concepts, technologies and policies. From July 1 to 6, 2024, the 20th Congress was held in Athens, Greece, with more than 1,000 plant protection experts and professors from around the world participating. Professor Hu Xiaoping led the team to deliver a keynote report on behalf of the crop pest monitoring and management team. Other members of the delegation exhibited posters at the conference or participated in branch meetings.

Participants from NWAFU took a group photo at the Foyer Megaron Athens International Convention Center

This conference was held at the Foyer Megaron Athens International Convention Center in Athens, with a total of 11 conference reports. Among them, two opening ceremony keynote reports were arranged on the evening of July 1st. That night, the organizers also held a grand exchange meeting, in which experts and scholars from all over the world participated, and team members had friendly exchanges with them.

The keynote speech at the opening ceremony on the evening of July 1

In addition to 11 conference reports, there are also the potential of the microbiome in sustainable agriculture, new concepts and methods for fruit fly management, plant genotype response to pathogens and the development of new technologies to improve crop disease resistance, grape branches Diseases, systemic wilt, advances in biopesticides to address plant protection challenges, understanding pathogen-vector-host interactions in globally important pathosystems, web-based tools for managing transboundary pests, cankers in fruit, nut and vine crops, resistance Herbicide weeds—a global perspective, new advances and new technologies in postharvest disease control, microbiome and its role in plant pathology, biological invasion management, etc. 50 sub-venues provide academic exchanges for participants in the global plant protection profession .

On the morning of July 4th, Professor Hu Xiaoping gave a conference report titled "Mechanism of cotton leaf defoliation caused by Verticillium dahliae defoliating strain." He elaborated on the molecular mechanism of cotton leaf defoliation induced by Verticillium dahliae defoliating strain. Experts and scholars studying Verticillium wilt from all over the world conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions.

Professor Hu Xiaoping gave a report at the conference

Associate Professor Shang Wenjing and doctoral candidate Shi Yifeng submitted abstracts to the conference and conducted presentations titled "Molecular insights into high-temperature all-stage resistance against Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici of xiaoyan 6 wheat cultivar" and "Molecular mechanisms of "Receptor-like kinases in response to wheat high-temperature all-stage resistance against Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici" poster presentation. Through the presentation, the team's research on "Molecular mechanism of high-temperature resistance to stripe rust during the whole growth period of Xiaoyan 6" The research work in this direction was introduced to the participating experts and scholars and was recognized and praised by the participating experts.

Poster presentation by associate professor Shang Wenjing and doctoral candidate Shi Yifeng