BCPC JOINT EXPERT REVIEW – Changing Practices

BCPC’s Three Expert Reviews (Weeds, Diseases, and Pests & Beneficials) are held each year for an invitation-only audience. But this year the three Reviews are joining forces, and along with a change in venue, BCPC has also opened up the invitation to the wider audience.

So, don’t miss your opportunity on hearing first-hand experiences from the following speakers, and to participate in what are always lively and informative Q&A sessions with the speakers and fellow delegates.

Chairman’s introduction:  Sir Peter Kendall
Setting the Scene: Prof Paul Wilson, Nottingham University
Session 1: Changing Practices

• Defra Update on IPM and Pesticide Resistance – Holly Alpren, Defra
• Is regenerative agriculture compatible with sustainable crop protection? – Jonathan Storkey, Rothamsted
• The Allerton Project - Jenny Bussell, Soil Scientist.
• ‘Green Grassland Corridor’ and beneficial insects – Patrick Barker, Barker Bros

Poster Sessions

• True eyespot disease of cereals: past present & future - Fareed Bhatti,
• Genetic source of BYDV resistance in a resistant wheat - Iza Sandoval-Carvajal,
• Fungal spore dispersal in UK arable crop under current and future environmental conditions - Patrick McClean
• Fungicide resistance in Septoria tritici blotch with heterogeneous grower behaviour to inform resistance management - Iona McCabe
• Effects of environment & pathogen populations on light leaf spot on OSR  - Javeria Wajid
• ENIGMA I - Wireworm IPM project - Larissa Collins

Session 2: Solutions & New Technologies

• Precision Breeding – Opportunities & Challenges for UK farmers – Tom Allen-Stevens, BOFIN
• Dyson Farming: Past, Present and Future – Ben Abell, Dyson Farming