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XXIII ALAP Congress 2008 - Mar del Plata, Argentina
The XXIII Congress of the ALAP was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from November 30 to December 6, 2008. It was framed within the events that took place during 2008, declared by the United Nations as the International Year of the Potato (AIP) with the objective of highlighting the importance of the potato as a crop and food product, emphasizing its biological and nutritional attributes, and thus promoting its production, processing, consumption and commercialization. The XXIII Congress of the ALAP had the following objectives:
- Spread current research and technological innovations.
- Integrate the different levels of official and private activity related to the product, from a view of demand as food.
- Establish commercial links and joint new projects between companies and institutions.
- Strengthen the concept of rational and integrated management, taking in care the quality of the product and considering it as food.
- Promote a rational management of the environment.
- Promote work among groups of professionals and producers.
- Prepare projects and establish recommendations for monitoring the established conclusions.
Within the Congress several topics were developed such as the protection, control and integrated management of pests and diseases, phytopathology, physiology, fertilization, breeding and genetic resources, biotechnology, seed production, extension, economy and commercialization and quality and industrialization.
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Simposium:
POTATO NEMATODES |
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|---|---|
| Expositor | Topic |
| Javier Franco. PROINPA, Bolivia |  Integrated management of potato nematodes |
| Marcelo Doucet. Instituto de Zoología Aplicada, Argentina | The genus Nacobbus and the cultivation of potatoes in Argentina |
| Eliseo Chaves. EEA INTA, Balcarce, Argentina | The meloidogyne genus and the potato crop in Argentina |
PLAGUE INSECTS INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT |
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| Expositor | Topic |
| Yvan Pelletier. Agriculture Canada, Canadá. | Importance of vector behavior on the PVY transmission. |
| Juan Manuel Alvarez. University of Idaho, USA | Effect of mixed viral infections (potato virus Y-potato leafroll virus) on biology and preference of vectors Myzus persicae and Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Hemiptera: Aphididae). |
| Douglas Landis. MSU, USA | Habitat management to enhance natural enemies in agroecosystems |
| Dora Carmona. EEA INTA Balcarce- FCA, UNMdP | “Bioecology and integrated management of the "leaf miner fly"” Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) (Diptera:Agromyzidae), in potato crops |
POTATO LATE BLIGHT |
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| Expositor | Topic |
| Huub Schepers. Wageningen University Research, Holanda | Decision support systems to control late blight |
| Jorge Andrade Piedra. CIP, Ecuador | Advances in the knowledge and control of late blight in the world |
| Eduardo Mizubuti. Universidad Federal de Viçosa, Brasil | Molecular Epidemiology of potato late blight |
LAT-SOL: III Symposium of the latin american network of Solanaceae |
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| Expositor | Topic |
| De Jong W, Jung CS, Zhang Y, Cheng S, De Jong D, Griffiths H | Identification of genes controlling potato tuber color |
| M. Ghislain, J. Nuñez, M.R. Herrera, D.M. Spooner | Microsatellite markers to evaluate the hypothesis on the genetic structure, distribution and adaptation of potato crops |
| Sagredo, B. | Development of a DaRT for potatoes: a new biotechnological tool for the genetic improvement of the crop. |
| Feingold SE, Melo P, Sagredo B, Kalazich J, Orjeda G. | Objetivos y avances del consorcio latinoamericano para el secuenciamiento del genoma de la papa |
| Jorge A. Rojas Beltrán, Iris Vargas, Silene Veramendi, Fidel Cortez, Antonio Gandarillas < | Application of molecular marker technology in the conservation of germplasm and the genetic improvement of potatoes: experiences in Bolivia |
| Barreiro L, Portantier M, Massa GA, Conte M, Bassi S, Carrari F y SE Feingold | Sequencing of the mitochondrial genome of Solanum tuberosum and comparison with other solanaceas |
| Paulo Eduardo de Melo; Arione da S Pereira; Caroline M Castro; Carlos Alberto Lopes; Antônio Carlos de Ávila; César B Gomes; Carlos Reisser Jr; Alice Maria Quezado-Duval | O melhoramento de germoplasma parental de batata na embrapa: Prioridades e Desafios |
| Adriana E. Alvarez; Freddy Tjallingii; Marcel Dicke; Ben Vosman | Interaction between Solanum sp. y Myzus persicae: Acceptance or resistance? |
VI SEMINAR IN MARKETING AND USE OF POTATO |
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| Expositor | Topic |
| Monica Mateos FCA, UNMdP, Argentina | Latin America: Production, consumption and trade of potatoes. Diversity in evolution and trends |
| Andre Deveaux – CIP Peru | Biodiversity and Market: the articulation of small potato farmers to dynamic market chains in the Andean region |
| Jean Paul Sirvente – Germicopa, Francia | Germicopa market strategies in South America |
| Fernando Ezeta – CIP Perú | Asian markets and Latin American insertion |
| Arjan Brower – Holanda | Industrial processing of potatoes: opportunities for dehydrated mashed potatoes in South America and the rest of the world |
| Hans Peeten | Potato developments in the EU |