Eurocastanea - 15th European Chestnut Festival
Friday 12 September - Natural Park Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche
Eurocastanea 2025 - Day 3
Agenda - AM
8:30 - 9:00 am Accreditation.
Topic D. Ecology of the chestnut grove in Europe.
9:00–9:30 am Cooperation and Knowledge Transfer
- European opportunities for cooperation in research, development, and knowledge transfer to boost the sustainability and resilience of the chestnut sector. Gertruud van Leijen, grant consultant at Van Leijen European Cooperation & Grants (Rome, Italy)
9:30-10:00 am The ecology of the chestnut grove. The chestnut grove and its relationship with habitats of community interest and the Natura 2000 Network
- Chestnut cultivars facing climate change: phenoclimatic and topoclimatic modeling in France and new perspectives. Yildiz Thomas, CNRS (France)
- Chestnut forests in Andalusia: characterization based on the synthesis and integration of geographic information systems. José Ramón Guzmán Álvarez, Department of Ecosystem Restoration, Forestry Action Service, Directorate General of Forestry Policy and Biodiversity, Ministry of Sustainability and Environment, Regional Government of Andalusia (Spain).
Topic E. Pests and diseases that affect fruit quality.
10:00 – 11:00 am Control de enfermedades y plagas en el cultivo del castaño.
Fruit quality.
- Development of a biological control against Cydia with Trichogramma: Karolina Pecharova, INRAE, France
- Monitoring the presence of Cydia splendana in the Sierra de Aracena and Picos de Aroche Natural Park, Pablo Alvarado. AGAPA, Regional Government of Andalusia
- Use of mating confusion pheromones against Cydia fagigllandana and Cydia splendana ecc. Massimo Dal Pane and Pierangelo Mereghetti - In Farm - GEA (Milano - Italy) .
- The Eurocastanea protocol for the management of chestnut rot caused by Gnomoniopsis castaneae, Andrea Vannini, University of Tuscia (Italy), José Gomes-Laranjo – University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (Portugal)
11.00 - 11.30 a.m. Debate.
Agenda - PM
11:30 - 12:00 am Coffee brea
Topic F: Diseases that affect trees
12:00 – 1:00 am Disease and pest control in chestnut cultivation, the grove.
- Control biológico de la avispilla del castaño en Málaga. Eva Wong, IFAPA, Junta de Andalucía (España)
- Ink disease control: effectiveness of limestone amendments in Andalusia. María Dolores Carbonero, IFAPA, Andalusian Regional Government (Spain).
- LIFE Fagesos - Development of a protocol for integrated management of ink disease. Carmen Morales (University of Tuscia) and Francisco J Ruiz-Gómez (University of Cordoba)
- Chestnut blight control. Mª del Carmen Rodríguez Molina. Scientific and Technological Research Center of Extremadura (CICYTEX), Spain.
1:00 - 1:30 pm Debate
1:30 - 3:00 pm Lunch (sponsored).
3:00–3:45 pm New chestnut reproductive materials. Experiences and measures to mitigate climate change:
- Conservation and recovery of the ancestral chestnut genome for fruit production, improving its resilience to climate change. Darío Arias, GO YesWeCast
- Use of rootstocks tolerant to ink disease, adaptation to the territory, Beatriz Cuenca, Vivero de Maceda, Grupo Tragsa , Spain.
- Distribución potencial del castaño en España. Potential distribution of chestnut trees in Spain. IMFOREST, Roberto Rubio y Rocío Gallego, proyecto IMFOREST, CESEFOR
3:45-4:15 pm Debate
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM Field visits.
Ruta del Jabugo
9:00 pm Closing dinner of the Congress. (Iglesia de Santo Domingo, Restaurante Montecruz, Aracena- cata de jamón ibérico ofrecido por DOP Jabugo ).
Montecruz, Aracena – cata de jamón ofrecida por la DOP Jabugo)