Jujube Workshop 2016: Chinese Jujube - a new fruit for Europe
October 9-12, 2016
București - ROMANIA
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMSunday, 9th of October
- 17:00-21:00 Welcome and Registration
Monday, 10th of October
- 08:00-09:00 Registration and Poster display
- 09:00-10:00 Opening ceremony of Jujube Workshop and Jujube Exhibition
- Prof. dr. Florin STĂNICĂ - 20 Years of Jujube Research in Romania
- Prof. dr. Mengjun LIU – Chinese jujube - an Increasingly Important Fruit for the World in 21th Century
- 10:00-10:30 Press Conference
- 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
- 10:30-13:00 Working sessions (Genetic Resources and Breeding)
- Dr. Ferdinando COSSIO - What Future For Chinese Jujube Cultivars in Italy?
- Assoc.Prof. Jian HUANG – Genetic relationship between Ziziphus jujuba and its wild relative based on chloroplast genome
- Dr. Yongmin MAO - QTL Mapping of Fruit Traits in Chinese Jujube
- Dr. Yongmin MAO - Study on the Related Cracking-resistant Genes in Chinese Jujube
- Dr. Yongmin MAO - A Brief Introduction to Three New Chinese jujube Cultivars with High Resistance to Fruit Cracking and Shrink Disease
- Dr. Yongmin MAO - Germplasm Resources Innovation and Fine Type Screening of Chinese jujube
- Prof. dr. Ping LIU - Advances and Achievements on Chinese Jujube Breeding in China
- 13:00-14:30 Lunch
- 14:30-16:30 Working sessions (Propagation and orchard technologies)
- Dr. Elena MARDARE - Morphometric And Phytopathological Analysis Of Romanian Jujube Fruits During The Storage Period
- Prof. dr. Zhihui ZHAO - Effect of Citric Acid and Treatments on Preservation of Ascorbic Acid in Processing of Chinese Jujube Juice
- Prof. dr. Xingang LI – New cultivars and cultivation pattern of Chinese jujube
- 16:30-17:00 Coffee break
- 17:00-18:30 Working sessions (Chinese jujube plant protection)
- Dr. Zhiguo LIU - Isolation and Bioinformatic Analysis of Rubisco activase gene in Chinese Jujube
- Dr. Roxana CICEOI - Emerging Pests Of Ziziphus Jujuba Crop In Romania
- 19:00 Dinner
Tuesday, 11th of October
- 07:30-23:00 Technical excursion in Dobrogea Region, Black Sea area:
- 11:00 Visit of the oldest jujube tree in Ostrov
- 12:00 Adamclisi Organic Wine tasting - Vifrana Company
- 16:00 Visit of Argamum Greek Antique Colony with wild jujube - Jurilovca
- 18.00 Dinner in Jurilovca and return to Bucharest
Wednesday, 12ve of October
- 09:00-09:30 Closing ceremony of Jujube Workshop and Jujube Exhibition
- 09:30-11:30 Visit in Buzău county:
- 11:30-12:30 Visit the Farm and Fruit Nursery Istrița
- 12:30-13:30 Visit the Pietroasa Institute for Research and Development for Viticulture and Winery
- 13:30-15:00 Festive lunch
Program brochure
View the official programme brochure here