FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUIT GROWING
Scientific Sessions

Genetic resources and breeding of fruit trees for food and nutritional safety, agriculture and biodiversity

This session attend to conservation, propagation, characterization, evaluation, biodiversity, breeding and management of phytogenetic resources, by traditional and biotechnological methods, in natural and men management ecosystems (collections, productive systems, farms, homely orchards).
Coordinators: Dra. Juliette Valdés-Infante Herrero mejoramiento@iift.cu; Dra. Lianne Fernández Granda genetica1@inifat.co.cu; Lic. Yohailys Rodríguez Alvarez mejoramiento3@iift.cu  

• Sustainable and resilient management of fruit trees agro-ecosystems

This session attend to management technologies of resilient, organic, agro-ecologic and conventional productive systems and its relation with climatic change, physiology, alternative energy sources, familiar agriculture and limiting yield factors.  
Coordinators: Dra. Mayda Betancourt Grandal cambioclimatico@iift.cu, Dr. Miguel Aranguren González miguel@citrovg.cu, MSc. Claro B. Moya Artiaga tecnologia119@iift.cu, MSc. Rolando Clavijo Izquierdo grupotecnologia@iift.cu

• Phytosanitary surveillance and pest management

This session attend to diagnostic and characterization of virus and similar pathogens, prokaryote and fungus; identification and biology of mites, insects, phytophagous nematodes; disease vectors and natural enemies in fruit trees and weeds; epidemiology; pest management and ambient-pest-plant interaction; Alert systems for early detection, opportunely response and prevention of the crisis caused by pets.
Coordinators: MSc. Inés D. Peña Bárzaga fitopatologia3@iift.cu; Dr. Miguel Ramos Leal fitopatologia18@iift.cu; Dra. Caridad González Fernández ecología@iift.cu; MSc. Maylin Rodríguez Rubial ecologia5@iift.cu.

• Post-harvest, Industrialization and Commercialization

This session attend to harvest technologies; physiological and/or microbiological disorders; physiology of fruit maturity; biotechnology of fruit post-harvest; emergent post-harvest technologies; process, products, sub-products and industrial technologies; familiar agroindustry and minimum processed products; sensorial and nutritive quality; containers and packaging; technologies of more cleaning productions; waste treatment; sources of renewable energy related to fruit processing; quality management systems; innocuousness; standardization; commercialization.    
Coordinators: MSc. Tania Mulkay Vitón poscosecha@iift.cu, Ing. Sheyla Abreu Sáez industria1@iift.cu, MSc. Zita M. Acosta Porta inocuidad@iift.cu

Workshops

• Pest of high impact for citrus culture, challenges in the Americas

This workshop attends to production systems of citrus certified material; as well as researches results and management strategies of the citrus diseases huanglongbing, variegated chlorosis, canker, leprosis, tristeza and black spot, besides surveillance, prevention and risk of fruit flies.
Coordinators: MSc. Lester Hernández Rodríguez fitopatología@iift.cu; MSc. Maritza Luis Pantoja bacteriología@iift.cu; Dra. Ana Margarita Manzano León fitopatologia17@iift.cu 

• Impact of Cleaner Productions in the fruit tree agro-industry

This workshop attends to Cleaner Productions and the development of familiar mini-industry; technologies, process and clean products in the agro-industry; recycle of fruit tree waste derived from industrial processing and post-harvest; fertilizers.
Coordinators: Ing. Sheyla Abreu Sáez industria1@iift.cu; Dra. Bárbara Ivette Tortosa Ferrer B.TORTOSAFERRER@unido.org; Ing. Eloy González García.
 

• Value chains and local development 

This workshop attends to food and nutritional safety related with participative and chain approach management; inter-sectorial articulation; types of association (cooperatives); empowerment of rural woman in the agricultural sector; losses and wastes in the different segments of the value chains.
Coordinators: MSc. Maruchi Alonso Esquivel onp-palma@iift.cu; Dra. Aymara Hernández, PhD. Carlos M. Lopetegui Moreno onp-coordtecnica@iift.cu

• Status and conservation of agricultural phytogenetic resources

This workshop attends to the inventory and conservation status of agricultural genetic resources collections; agricultural production diversification and the increase of crops diversity for a sustainable agriculture; seed production and distribution; creation and strengthening of national programs, networks and information system of phytogenetic resources for nutrition and agriculture.     
Coordinators: Dra. Lianne Fernández Granda genetica1@inifat.co.cu

The event includes magisterial conferences, sessions for papers presentation and discussion; workshops and guided tours to scientific institutions, fruit groves, industries, mini industries and conditioning and packing houses for tropical fruits.