Call for Papers
The call for papers for the 18th International Symposium on Processing Tomato which will be held in parallel with the 16th World Processing Tomato Congress with a full schedule of oral and poster sessions, from Monday, June 8 to Wednesday June 10, closed on February 15.
Over 50 abstracts were received and are currently being reviewed by the Scientific Committee to develop the program of the oral and poster sessions focusing on the following topics:
1. CROP PRODUCTION
1.1. Managing Plant Stress in the Future - more regulatory pressure (less effective tools), and the impacts of climate change
1.2. Opportunities for Automation: Transplanting, Cultivation, Irrigation, and Stress Monitoring
1.3. Agronomic Management - is Precision possible?
1.4. Emerging Pests & Diseases - Management for Problems which lack of resistance - Soil-borne fungal pathogens, Root-knot nematodes, Vectored viruses, and Parasitic weeds
1.5. New Breeding Technologies - What's Possible? What are we waiting for?
1.6. Management Adaptation that Works for the Market and the Grower - Organic, Regenerative and Climate-Smart Practices
2. PROCESSING & PRODUCTS
2.1. Efficient use of resources used for processing (water, energy, …) and reduction of environmental impact
2.2.Emerging technologies for tomato processing
2.3 Quality measurement and new methods to predict finished-product quality
2.4. Adding value to tomato by-products in food or non-food applications
2.5. Health benefits of tomato products and extracts from tomatoes
2.6. Food safety issues: contaminants, alternaria toxins, …
2.7. Innovation in tomato products
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