Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Plant Pathology, Pisa, 22-23-24 September 2014 (national)

• Pugliese M., Gullino M. L., Garibaldi A. (2014) - Suppressiveness to soilborne pathogens in potted vegetables of European composts from different origins. Poster presentations at the Annual Congress of the Italian Society of Plant Pathology, Pisa, 22-23-24 September 2014

XXI Annual Congress, Italian Society of Plant Pathology, Torino, 21-23 September 2015 (national)

• Pugliese M., Gullino M.L., Garibaldi A. (2015) - Selection of microorganisms from suppressive compost to control soil-borne pathogens on potted vegetables. Poster presentation XVIII International Plant Protection Congress, Berlin, 24-27 August 2015.

XVIII International Plant Protection Congress, Berlin, 24-27 August 2015 (international)

• Pugliese M., Gullino M.L., Garibaldi A. (2015) - Selection of microorganisms from suppressive compost to control soil-borne pathogens on potted vegetables. Poster presentation XVIII International Plant Protection Congress, Berlin, 24-27 August 2015.

APS annual meeting, USA, August 1-5 2015 (international)

• Pugliese – C. Gregory - M.L. Gullino – A. Garibaldi (2015) Control of Pythium ultimum on cucumber by different composts and biochars in potted plants. Poster presentation at APS annual meeting, USA, August 1-5 2015.

International Symposium on Chemical and non chemical soil and substrate disinfestations (SD2014), 13-17 July 2014, Torino, Italy (international).

• M. Pugliese, A. Benetti, M. L. Gullino, A. Garibaldi. (2014) Use of Compost from Different Origins to Control Soilborne Pathogens in Potted Vegetables. Eighth International Symposium on Chemical and non chemical soil and substrate disinfestations (SD2014), 13-17 July 2014, Torino, Italy.

Rhizophere 4 Conference; Maastricht, The Netherland, 21/06/2015 to 25/06/2015

Areg Poghosyan, Henning von Alten, Microbial improvement of compost and biochar products by combination with arbuscular and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi 

The EU funded project REFERTIL has the mission to contribute to the transformation of urban organic waste, food industrial by-products and farm organic residues from a costly disposal process into an income generating activity. The improved output products will be safe, economical and standardized compost and biochar products (biochar originates from different types of carboniferous plant and/or animal waste biomass, It is produced under low temperature carbonization conditions at an average 500°C in the absence of air) containing phosphorous and nitrogen that can be economically and beneficially used by farmers. Within this framework the Leibniz University of Hannover has the objective to combine these biochar and compost products with inocula of arbuscular and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi. The joined application of mycorrhizal fungi together with biochar or compost shall combine the positive effects on plant nutrition and soil properties the latter have with the known effects of mycorrhizal fungi to improve plant tolerance against abiotic and biotic stress.A number of isolates of arbuscular and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi are tested in combination with biochar and compost in tagetes and rhododendron pants regarding mycorrhizal colonization and functioning

7th International Symposium: Plant Protection and Plant Health in Europe, 12-13th March 2015, Berlin

REFERTIL POSTER presentation by Dr. Joeke Postma:

J. Postma, E. Nijhuis, 2015. Phosphorus mobilization and biocontrol of plant pathogens combined in one strain - results of a fungal and a bacterial inoculant

Abstract book of the conference>>

Green Carbon Conference, 1-3 April 2014, Brussels

The Conference theme of Green Carbon aimed to clarify and highlight the often invisible yet vital link between Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) and soil health, and the role this link plays in the sustainability of agricultural production and the flow of ecosystem services. Topics to be addressed:  the importance of SOC for the overall soil quality and health, sustainability and landscape issues, intimately related to the role of soil carbon such as ecosystem functions and services, climate change mitigation and carbon offset, and socio-economic and policy aspects.

Conference wep page: http://www.greencarbon-ca.eu/

REFERTIL POSTER presentation by Edward Someus:

• REFERTIL Poster 1: Biochar, What is biochar
• REFERTIL Poster 2: Refertil "Science to achieve rseults"
• REFERTIL Poster 3: Objectives of the Refertil project
• REFERTIL Poster 4: Refertil biochar policy suport, Revision of the Fertiliser Regulation

“Incontri Fitoiatrici 2015”, March 17^th 2015 (national)

• Chitarra W., Gilardi G., Pugliese M., Gullino M.L., Garibaldi A. (2015) - Analisi della presenza e della persistenza di patogeni umani in compost e biochar. Incontri Fitoiatrici 2015, Protezione delle Colture, 8 (2), 40.
• Franceschini S., Pugliese M., Garibaldi A., Gullino M.L. (2015) Analisi di similarità della popolazione fungina di compost Europei tramite its-dgge. Incontri Fitoiatrici 2015, Protezione delle Colture, 8 (2), 41.
• Franceschini S., Pugliese M., Garibaldi A., Gullino M.L. (2015) Presenza e abbondanza del fungo potenziale patogeno Aspergillus fumigatus in compost  Europei di diversa origine. Incontri Fitoiatrici 2015, Protezione delle Colture, 8 (2), 43.
• Pugliese M., Castella G., Gullino M.L., Garibaldi A. (2015) Attività repressiva di contenimento di Pythium ultimum su cetriolo da parte di compost e biochar prodotti in Europa. Incontri Fitoiatrici 2015, Protezione delle Colture, 8 (2), 71-72.
• Pugliese M., Castella G., Gullino M.L., Garibaldi A. (2015) Attività di contenimento di Pythium ultimum su cetriolo da parte di compost integrato con biochar. Incontri Fitoiatrici 2015, Protezione delle Colture, 8 (2)

Eighth International Symposium on chemical and Non-chemical Soil and Substrate Disinfection, Turin, Italy, 13/17-07-2014

• Evenhuis B., Nijhuis E., Lamers J., Verhoeven J., Postma J., 2014. Alternative methods to control Phytophthoracactorum in strawberry cultivated in soilless growing media.

66th Symposium on Crop Protection, May 20, Ghent, Belgium (international)

Pugliese M., Benetti A., Gilardi G., Gullino M. L., Garibaldi A. (2014) Control of soil-borne diseases by different composts in potted vegetable crops. 66th Symposium on Crop Protection, May 20, Ghent, Belgium. Communications in Agricultural and Applied biological sciences, Vol 79 (2), 37-40.

Incontri Fitoiatrici 2014

Poster presentation at the Incontri Fitoiatrici 2014, Regional workshop at Italian language, Torino, Italy, 13/03/2014

• Poster 1. Walter Chitarra - Massimo Pugliese - Maria Lodovica Gullino - Angelo Garibaldi. Presenza di patogeni umani in compost e biochar prodotti in Europa. Protezione delle Colture 6(2), 44-45.
• Poster 2. Massimo Pugliese - Alex Benetti - Maria Lodovica Gullino  - Angelo Garibaldi. Contenimento di Pythium ultimum su cetriolo da parte di compost prodotti in Europa. Protezione delle Colture 6(2), 77.
• Poster 3. Massimo Pugliese - Alex Benetti - Maria Lodovica Gullino  - Angelo Garibaldi. Contenimento di Pythium ultimum su cetriolo da parte di biochar prodotti in Europa. Protezione delle Colture 6(2), 78.

"Ökoindustria" - International Environmental Industry, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Exhibition, 25-27 September 2013. Budapest, Hungary

The "ÖKOINDUSTRIA" International Environmental Industry, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Exhibition is nowadays the largest environmental industry exhibition in Hungary. It provides opportunity for the environmental industry to show the innovations and new processes to professional partners. The "ÖKOINDUSTRIA" International Environmental Industry, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy Exhibition promotes the personal contacts with more tools.

Wessling Hungary Ltd. represented the Refertil project on the exhibition. REFERTIL Poster presentations (both in English and Hunagrian languages) and news conference alo organised by Wessling Hungary Ltd.

• REFERTIL Poster HU
• REFERTIL Flyer HU

II IBEMPA CONFERENCE -  Microorganisms for future agriculture, XVI. National meeting of the Spanish Society of Nitrogen Fixation - 2-6 September, 2013. Sevilla, Spain

• REFERTIL Poster (pdf)
• Conference booklet (page 490-491)

10th International Congress of Plant Pathology, 25-30 August, 2013, Bejing, China

M. Pugliese, M.L. Gullino,  A. Garibaldi. Control of soilborne pathogens on vegetables by microorganisms isolated from compost and by microbial-fortified compost. Poster presentation at ICPP2013

SCOW Launching Conference: Low cost, low tech, high quality biowaste management, 12 June, 2013, Barcelona, Spain

FP7 REFERTIL Project Results, SCOW Launching Conference: Low cost, low tech, high quality biowaste management (www.biowaste-scow.eu/), 12/06/2013, Barcelona, Spain

1st Mediterranean Biochar Symposium, January 17/18 -2013, Villa Raimondi Vertemate con Minoprio, Italy

Poster Session 3, Characterization, Certification, European Standards, SP3.01

REFERTIL: a EU FP7 project for characterization and standardization of biochar quality, Massimo Pugliese, Edward Someus, Maria Lodovica Gullino, Angelo GaribaldiAgroinnova – University of Torino, Via Leonardo Da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO) - Italy

Poster Session 4, Taking Biochar to Market, Sp 4.02

REFERTIL: Improvement of comprehensive bio-waste transformation and nutrient recovery treatment processes for production of combined natural products, Massimo Pugliese, Edward Someus, Maria Lodovica Gullino, Angelo Garibaldi Agroinnova – University of Torino, Via Leonardo Da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco (TO) - Italy

Plant conference, January 15-16, 2013, Congress Center of Herning, Denmark

 Poster session with the Refertil flyer in Danish and English and a roll-up with description and pictures from Field Trials, 15/01/2013-16/01/2013, Congress Center of Herning, Denmark

7th International Conference on Mycorrhiza, January 6-11, 2013, New Delhi, India

Henning von Alten: Combined application of arbuscular and ericoid mycorrhizal fungi  together with compost and biochar products originating from bio-waste>>

Conference on Waste Prevention, 10 October, 2012, Madrid, Spain

FP7 REFERTIL Project Results, Conference on Waste Prevention (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment), Madrid, Spain, 10/10/2012

The biobased economy - Biochar the soil is the limit, workshop meeting, May 24-25, 2012., Wageningen - The Netherlands

This biochar workshop bringed together scientists and professionals to share their experience in the novel and exciting area of biochar reserch. Topics included the role and influence of biochar on: Carbon sequestration, Biodiversity, ecosystem services, Global chage. Number of participants: 70 participants, 17 biochar research poster international presentations.

REFERTIL poster EN (PDF)>>