ILRD10

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the 10th International Legume Root Diseases (ILRD10) workshop will be held as a satellite meeting of the ILS5, on Monday June 08, 2026 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, following up the successful ILRD9 workshop in Granada, Spain in 2023. The meeting will be organized by INRAE French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, in cooperation with the University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture.

Root diseases are economically important in legumes, affecting large areas of crop production in many countries worldwide. Root rots, caused by Aphanomyces euteiches, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium species, and wilts caused by several formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum, Pythium and Phytophthora species are the most destructive soil-borne diseases of cultivated legumes such as pea, chickpea, lentil, soybean, bean, faba bean, lupin and alfalfa.

The objectives of the workshop will be to:

• Report recent advances of science on root diseases of legumes
• Gather the research community and stimulate networking

The scientific program will include presentations covering various disciplines and research areas in:

• Survey, occurrence and epidemiology
• Pathogen biology, population genetics & genomics
• Plant-pathogen and pathogen-soil microorganism interactions
• Plant genetics, genomics and breeding for resistance
• Integrated disease management

The International Legume Root Disease workshops were launched in 2002 in Rennes, France, by the initiative of scientists and professionals from France and the USA. They aim to promote the international dissemination and discussion of the most recent research results and achievements of the science on legume root diseases. Their objective is to support communication and collaboration in the scientific community and help researchers, breeders, extension services and sector stakeholders with the identification of research gaps, priorities and applications.

Previous workshops:

• 2002 Rennes, France
• 2003 Pasco, WA, USA
• 2007 Rennes, France
• 2009 Pullman, WA, USA
• 2014 Saskatoon, Canad
• 2015 Niagara Falls, NY, USA
• 2017 East-Lansing, MI, USA
• 2022 Virtual, hosted by INRAE, Rennes, France
• 2023 Granada, Spain

Place: Valamar Lacroma ★★★★ Hotel Dubrovnik, Croatia

When: Monday 08^th June 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Registration fee: 80 euros, and includes:

• Access to scientific sessions
• Lunch
• Coffee breaks

Scientific and Organizing Committee:

• Marie-Laure Pilet-Nayel, Research Scientist, Pulse Crop Geneticist, INRAE French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, France
• Anne Moussart, Research Scientist, Pulse Crop Pathologist, Terres Inovia, France
• Magnus Karlsson, Professor, Plant Pathologist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
• Sabine Banniza, Professor, Pulse Crop Pathologist, CDC, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
• Sanu Arora, Group Leader, Pea and Wheat Genomicist, John Innes Centre, UK
• Syama Chatterton, Research Scientist, Pulse Crop Pathologist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada
• Tom Warkentin, Professor, Pulse Crop Breeder, CDC, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Registration and Abstract submission for oral or poster presentation before 15 April 2026.

For abstract submission, please follow guidelines of ILS5 at: https://ils5.info/registration/guidelines/.