BAPL / Niab Apple and Pear Technical Day - 10 Feb

BAPL / Niab

Date: Tuesday 10th February

Time 9.45am to 4pm

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British Apples and Pears Ltd and Niab are hosting this technical day to inform the industry of some of the most important findings from BAPL funded and other research projects. The event will take place at The Mumford Building at Niab’s East Malling research site but will also be live streamed for those not attending in person. For those wishing to attend in person, priority registration will be given to BAPL members until Monday 12th January, after when registration will be open to all.

The programme: 

09:45     Arrive and coffee

Session 1: Technical Strategy for Apples and Pears 

10:10     Welcome (Mario Caccamo Niab, Rob Saunders BAPL Technical Committee) 

10:15     BAPL update (Ali Capper BAPL) 

10:30     Place based innovation for horticulture, with national impact (Simon Barnes GKM)

10:45     Overview of how BAPL research is supporting apple and pear growers (Rachel McGauley, BAPL)

10:55     Crop Protection for British Apples and Pears, the good the bad and the potential (Simon Conway & Carlos Duarte, HCP Ltd)

11:15     Comfort break

Session 2: Disease Control 

11:35     A whole orchard approach to managing apple canker (Matevz Papp-Rupar, Niab)

12:15     Improving Resilience in Scab Control (Jonathan Blackman, Hutchinsons)            

12:35     Scab resistance (Don Pendergrast, Agrii)

12:50     Lunch

Session 3: Pest Control

13:50     Season long control of priority pests (Alex Radu, Agrovista) 

14:10     Novel strategies for management of apple blossom weevil (Sarah Arnold, Niab)

14:25     Augmenting the apple canopy with earwigs to enhance woolly apple aphid control (Adam Walker, Niab)

14:40     Update on invasive pests and new ant baits for rosy apple aphid control (Francis Wamonje, Niab)

15:00     Comfort break

Session 4: Living orchards  

15:20     Arboricrop (Graham Dow, Niab) 

15:35     POME: Precision orchard management for the environment (Charles Whitfield, Niab)

15:50     Holistic biological soil health (Flora O’Brien, Niab)

16:00     Close