Producers, technical advisors and market operators will be among the nearly 120 participants who are expected to attend the French Allium Day (garlic, shallot, onion and leek) organized by CTIFL, to be held on January 30th, 2024 at the Balandran research center.
This event will be a first for the allium sector, which will be able to “take stock of current events and developments, both in production and downstream, while highlighting national research work carried out by CTIFL and its partners,” according to Juliette Pellat and Laure Michau, who are in charge of organizing the event.
A morning devoted to the market
The morning will be devoted to the downstream side of the business, with conferences and roundtables focusing on the market, sales outlets, sovereignty, packaging and storage. And for each product its own issues. “For the garlic, for example, one of the key challenges is to develop the presence of French production on the market by trying to increase shelf life.”
Afternoon focused on production
Workshops, tours and conferences will punctuate the second part of the day devoted to upstream issues such as weed control, breeding and the latest varietal innovations, with presentations by breeding companies. Plant health management (pests, bio-aggressors and pathogens) will be the focus of particular attention, with very different specificities depending on the product: thrips, rust and mildew for leek crops, fusariosis and plant treatment issues for shallots, and rust and white rot for garlic.
A Village of Exhibitors will enable participants to meet the equipment manufacturers for each sector.
Program of the day
09:00 - Welcoming the participants, visit of booths and introduction - Ludovic Guinard, CTIFL
10:15 - Conference - The allium market
10:30 - Round table - How to improve the sovereignty of the allium sector (garlic, shallot, onion and leek) - speaker to be announced
11:30 - Conference - Latest news on the preservation of bulb vegetables
- Results of survey on garlic producers' storage practices - Sophie Annibal, CTIFL
- Onion storage - Patricia Sanvicente, CTIFL
12:15 - Visit of booths and lunch break
14:00 - Solutions for the protection of allium crops - Conference - Latest news on phytosanitary uses - Sophie Szilvasi, DGAL & Carole Halgand, CTIFL
14:30 - Workshops. Two workshops will be held simultaneously (a choice must be made when registering for the event):
- Managing thrips in leek crops - Sébastien Picault, CTIFL & speaker to be announced
- Fusarium head blight in allium crops - Christel Leyronas, INRAE & Aurélie Le Goff-Prat, CATE & Jean-Michel Collet, CTIFL
15:15 - Workshops (Two workshops will take place simultaneously (a choice must be made when registering for the event):
- Dealing with rust in garlic and leek -PROSEMAIL & speaker to be confirmed
- How to manage mildew on onion and leek crops? - Mickaël Legrand, UNILET
15:50 - Visit to booths and coffee break
16:15 - Conference - Progress on new weed control strategies
- Onion weed control strategies - Louis Tanchon, Pôle Légumes Région Nord
- Mechanical weed control for garlic crops - David Fortuné, Drôme Chamber of Agriculture
16:40 - Conference - Selection of allium crops
- Targeted traits of interest in onion and leek breeding - Lucie Cauneau, Bejo
- Targeted traits of interest in garlic breeding - K. Feral, ALINEA & speakers to be confirmed
17:15 - Conclusion and visit to booths - Philippe Husson, CTIFL
18:00 - End of day
For more information:
Centre CTIFL de Balandran
751 Chemin de Balandran
30 127 Bellegarde
Phone: +33(0)4 66 01 10 54
https://www.ctifl.fr/
Juliette Pellat juliette.pellat@ctifl.fr
Laure Michau Michau Laure laure.michau@ctifl.fr