The International Conference “Plant Diseases and Resistance Mechanisms ” will cover the following research topics:

Ecology of Host-Parasite Interaction
Plant-Parasite Coevolution & Evolution of Host Protection
Genetics and Genomics of Plant Disease Resistance
Plant Defence Activators
Plant Response to Pathogens and Diseases: Immunity and SAR
Plant Pathogen Effectors and their Action
Computational Models for Elucidating Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Plant Diseases, Resistance and Bioinformatics Platforms
Elicitors and Hormone Signal Transduction of Plant Pathogenesis and Resistance
Signal Transduction of Plant Pathogenesis and Resistance
Natural and Induced Resistance Mechanisms Against Plant Pathogens
Breeding and Biotechnology of Plant Diseases Resistance
Engineering Pathogen Resistance in Crop Plants
Detection and Molecular Diagnosis of Plant Disease


Amongst the invited speakers are internationally known names such as:
Asami, T. (Japan), Brown J.K. (UK), Collinge, D.B. (Denmark), Dicke, M. (The Netherlands), Ercolano, M-R. (Italy), Faris, J.D. (USA), Höfte, M. (Belgium), Hogenhout, S.A. (UK), Jones, J. (UK), Loake, G.J. (UK), López-Solanilla E. (Spain), Miedaner, T. (Germany), Restrepo, S. (Colombia), Rivas, S. (France), Soderlund, C. (USA), Staskawicz, B. (USA), Tellier A. (Germany), Thomma, BPHJ (The Netherlands), Ton, J. (UK), Weigel, D. (Germany), Willems, K.A. (Belgium), Wu J. (Germany).