Program and Abstracts
Theme: Biofumigation - from the fundamentals to the farming system
The 3rd International Biofumigation Symposium was held at CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra from Monday July 21 2008 to Friday July 25, 2008. The Program consisted of 3 days of scientific and Industry presentations designed to stimulate discussions of both the underpinning science as well as the practical application of biofumigation technology in Australia and worldwide.
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Previous Symposiums
2006 Idaho, USA – Program [PDF] | Abstract Booklet [PDF]
2004 Florence, Italy – Abstract Booklet [PDF]
Program with links to Presentations
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Monday 21 July |
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4.00 - 6.00 pm Welcome Reception & Registration |
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Tuesday 22 July |
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Session 1. Plenary session (Chair Professor Matt Morra) |
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9.00 – 9.15 |
Welcome and opening remarks |
9.15 – 9.55 |
Soil biofumigation – a strategy for the new world or a complexity too hard to get right? |
9.55 – 10.30 |
Fate of glucosinolates and their hydrolysis products in soil |
Session 2. Root glucosinolates and non-ITC effects of biofumigants (Chair Robin Harding) |
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11.00 – 11.20 |
The distribution of glucosinolates and sulphur-rich cells in roots of field-grown canola (Brassica napus) |
11.20 – 11.40 |
Myrosinase immobilized on Ca-polygalacturonate hydrogel: enzyme efficiency as a function of soil characteristics |
11.40 – 12.00 |
Analysing disease progress curves to understand the effects of biofumigation on Rhizoctonia root rot of sugar beet |
12.00 – 12.20 |
Evaluation of Brassica accessions as potential biocidal green manure to control tomato bacterial wilt |
Session 3. Seed meals, green manures and post harvest applications (Chair Luca Lazzeri) |
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1.30 – 1.50 |
Ionic thiocyanates (SCN-) production, fate and phytotoxicity in soil amended with Brassicaceae seed meals |
1.50 – 2.10 |
The effects of Brassica seed meal amendments on Meloidogyne hapla viability in laboratory bioassays |
2.10 – 2.30 |
Understanding the mechanisms of plant pest suppression using Brassica green manures |
2.30 – 2.50 |
Five years of research to evaluate the potential utilisation of isothiocyanates to control postharvest fruits and vegetable losses by fungi infections in Mexico |
Session 4. Beyond biofumigants (Chair Scott Mattner) |
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3.30 – 4.00 |
Biorefinery - Brassicaceae plants as more than biofumigants! |
4.00 – 4.30 |
Discovery and development of Muscodor species for mycofumigation |
4.45 – 6.30 |
Poster Session 1 (with drinks, nibbles) – All posters on display |
Free evening for Symposium delegates |
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Wednesday 23 July – Industry Forum Day |
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A focus on application and adoption of biofumigation including product development and demonstrations and grower experiences in utilizing biofumigants |
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Session 5. Applying biofumigation for disease control worldwide (Chair Brad Wells, HAL) |
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9.00 – 9.20 |
Development of biofumigation as a non-chemical control method against plant parasitic nematodes and soil-borne diseases in temperate climates |
9.20 – 9.40 |
Green manure and biofumigation for root lesion nematode and verticillium wilt management in strawberry production |
9.40 – 10.00 |
The use of biofumigant green manure crops for soil-borne
disease management in Tasmania, Australia |
10.00 – 10.20 |
Innovative approach for producing high value products in non food agro-industrial chains |
Session 6. Industry and grower experiences 1 (Chair Les Baxter, ACIAR) |
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11.00 – 11.20 |
Development and utilisation of mustard cover crops in the USA |
11.20-11.40 |
Specialised Australian cover crops – the Seedco Experience |
Farmer experiences |
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11.40 – 12.00 |
Keith Taylor (Western Australia) (assisted by J Matthiessen) |
12.00 – 12.20 |
Darren Long/Peter Aird (Tasmania) (assisted by H Pung) |
12.20 – 12.40 |
Tim Widdison (South Australia) (assisted by R Harding) |
12.40 – 1.00 |
George Weda/Darren Schreurs (Victoria) (assisted by I Porter) |
1.00 – 1.30 |
Lunch on bus en route to CSIRO Ginninderra Experiment Station |
1.30 – 3.00 |
Visit to CSIRO Farm to view field plots, discuss biofumigant products and incorporation techniques. Discuss of field applications and farmer experiences. |
Session 7. Utilising Brassicas and other green manures (Chair John Matthiessen) |
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3.30 – 3.50 |
Utilising green manures in irrigated agriculture – brassicas vs other options |
3.50 – 4.10 |
Soil biodisinfection for the management of soil-borne pathogens and weeds |
4.10 – 4.30 |
Farmers' experiences of biofumigation for bacterial wilt management in solanaceous crops in the Philippines |
4.30 – 5.30 |
Discussion Forum – Questions and Answers with expert panel |
5.30 – 6.30 |
Optional poster viewing for day Registrants |
6.30 pm |
Koomurri – Aboriginal Dance Performance & Conference Dinner |
Thursday 24 July |
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Session 8. Integrating biofumigants for disease control and other benefits (Chair Jaw-Fen Wang) |
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9.00 – 9.20 |
Strategies for enhancing brassicas multipurpose attributes in managing nematode parasitism complexes |
9.20 – 9.40 |
Biofumigation and management of soil-borne organisms in sandy soil crops in Almeria (Spain) |
9.40 – 10.00 |
Evaluation of biofumigation crops in the control of P. penetrans and V. dahliae |
10.00 – 10.20 |
The use of by-products from the wine industry in the control of plant parasitic nematodes |
10.20 – 10.40 |
Alterbromide, a European programme for the dissemination of alternatives to methyl bromide |
Session 9. General Discussion and awards |
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11.30 – 12.30 |
General Discussion, Poster competition award announcement and closing Remarks |
12.30 – 1.30 |
Lunch and removal of Posters |
1.30 – 2.30 |
Committee meeting re Conference Proceedings |
Free afternoon for group meetings/Canberra sightseeing or travel |
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Friday 25th July – Optional Field Tour |
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POSTER LIST |
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Disease control |
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Nematodes |
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POS-101 |
Influence of soil biofumigation in the control of Meloidogyne javanica, Mesocriconema xenoplax and free living nematodes in different soil layers using castor cake and cabbage |
POS-102 |
Management of Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid et White) Chitw. in organic horticulture |
POS-103 |
Effect of biofumigation on different plant parasitic nematodes |
POS-104 |
Biofumigation for the control of root-knot nematodes on flower crops |
POS-105 |
Effectiveness of biofumigating Brassica treatments for the control of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita on melon and watermelon |
POS-106 |
Biofumigation in greenhouse for the control of root-knot nematodes |
POS-107 |
Control of carrot root-knot and cyst nematodes by biofumigating treatments |
NO POSTER |
Assessing bionematicide effect of vegetable extracts on Meloidogyne javanica hatch |
NO POSTER |
Potential impact of green manure crops on the sustainable sugar beet cyst nematode management in Idaho, USA |
POS-108 |
Biofumigation for control of Globodera pallida in UK potato fields |
POS-109 |
Effectiveness of biofumigation technique to control the southern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita ) in Sicily |
POS-110 |
Nematode suppressive effect of two biofumigation crops (Brassica juncea and Cleome hussleriana ) evaluated by laboratory and greenhouse experiments |
POS-111 |
Organic amendments and host resistance as components of integrated disease management strategy for root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in lettuce |
POS-112 |
Optimizing biofumigation varieties and blends for non chemical control method against plant parasitic nematodes and soil born diseases in temperate climates |
POS-113 |
Cover crops in the year before planting potatoes – a key factors in the spraing disease management strategy |
POS-114 |
Expression of a 70 KDa heat shock protein (HSP70) in Caenorhabditis elegans, as an indicator of allyl isothiocyanate toxicity in mustard |
POS-115 |
Behavioral response of Meloidogyne incognita to benzyl isothiocyanate |
Fungi |
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POS-116 |
Biofumigant activity of Brassicaceae against soilborne fungi |
POS-117 |
Effects of soil Sulphur and Nitrogen on Isothiocyanate production within Brassica species and subsequent mycelial inhibition of Rhizoctonia solani |
POS-118 |
Introduction of fumigation crop research agaist soil-borne diseases and nematode in Japan |
POS-119 |
Biofumigation to control Verticillium wilt influenced by plant species and soil types |
POS-120 |
Biofumigation against soilborne pathogens and weeds of strawberry |
POS-121 |
Growing crops of Brassica juncea and then incorporating their residues give complementary control of Rhizoctonia root rot of sugar beet |
POS-122 |
Biofumigation for soil-borne disease management in flower bulb culture |
POS-123 |
Evaluating biofumigant amendments for the management of diseases caused by sclerotial pathogens in vegetable crops |
POS-124 |
Biosolarisation as an alternative to methyl bromide in protected pepper crops in Spain |
POS-125 |
The use of vinasses in the management of soil-borne pathogens |
POS-126 |
Isolation of cDNAs upregulated in Alternaria alternate tolerant to lethal concentrations of 2-propenyl isothiocyanate |
POS-137 |
Incorporation of Brassica nigra and Diplotaxis tenuifolia residues and incubation under different soil conditions affects the survival of Rhizoctonia solani AG2-1 (ZG5), the causal agent of damping off of canola differently |
Bacteria |
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POS-127 |
Evaluating biofumigation for soil-borne disease management in white potato |
POS-138 |
Potency of Brassica residues as biofumigation for control
of bacterial wilt of tobacco in Indonesia |
Insects |
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POS-128 |
A Folsomia candida (Collembola: Isotomidae) bioassay to investigate biofumigation process by Brassica carinata seed meals |
Soil and plant processes |
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POS-129 |
Potentially mineralizable nitrogen is soil amended with biocidal and non-biocidal plant materials |
POS-130 |
An alternative pathway for glucosinolate degradation in soil |
POS-131 |
Isolation and technological characteristics of B.carinata myrosinase |
POS-132 |
Myrosinases from Crambe abyssinica seeds: a new tool for biofumigation? |
POS-133 |
A long-term green manure trial within intensive cropping in Tasmania |
POS-134 |
Selection of B. napus and B.rapa lines for biofumigation potential |
POS-135 |
Bioprospecting for endophytes from Australian flora with mycofumigation potential |
POS-136 |
Travelling the green route to soil fumigation |
POS-139 |
New products based on Brassicaceae materials: a liquid formulation with fertilizing and biocidal effects for application in drip irrigation |
POS-140 |
A simple analytical method for dhurrin content evaluation in cyanogenic plants for their application as biofumigant |
NO POSTER |
Effect of rape/wheat strip intercropping on disease resistance, yield and agronomic characters of winter wheat |
NO POSTER |
Effects on Paddy field Environment and Rice Growth |
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Poster Winners
The Poster Prize winner was Maria-Elena Báez-Flores (Mexico) on "Isolation of cDNAs upregulated in Alternaria alternate tolerant to lethal concentrations of 2-propenyl isothiocyanate".
Highly commended posters included:
- Stuart Gowers (New Zealand) Selection of B. napus and B.rapa lines for biofumigation potential
- James Lord (UK) Biofumigation for control of Globodera pallida in UK potato fields
- Natacha Motisi (France) Growing crops of Brassica juncea and then incorporating their residues give complementary control of Rhizoctonia root rot of sugar beet
- Gera van Os (The Netherlands) Biofumigation for soil-borne disease management in flower bulb culture
- Michaela Schlathöelter (Germany) Optimizing biofumigation varieties and blends for non chemical control method against plant parasitic nematodes and soil born diseases in temperate climates
Aims of the Symposium and Scientific Program
Biofumigation is a term originally coined to describe the use of bioactive brassicaceous plant products for pest, disease and weed control in agriculture and horticulture. The phenomenon has been recognised for centuries, but has gained increasing interest in recent years due to the phase out of synthetic soil fumigants and a general interest in more environmentally conscious plant production systems worldwide. Recent fundamental research has provided significant advances in the understanding of the soil and plant mechanisms which underpin biofumigation. At the same time, advances in product development and farming systems research has better identified the most promising opportunities to apply this knowledge to generate economic benefits in practical farming systems.
At the 3rd International Symposium on Biofumigation our aim was to provide a venue to showcase and exchange ideas from around the world on all of these areas of endeavour. The integration of knowledge across these disciplines will be essential if biofumigation is to be refined and adopted in the most reliable and relevant ways. Our theme "Biofumigation - from the fundamentals to the farming system" reflects our desire to enhance the links between excellent underpinning science with the Industry partners for product development and provision so essential for the successful adoption of the concept in Agriculture. Research reporting other bioactive mechanisms in non-Brassicaceous plants is also welcome.