BCPC Diseases Review 2024

ThemeCultivating change; Managing diseases in future farming systems

Venue – Sophi Taylor Building, NIAB, Cambridge, 15 October 2024.
Event by Invitation Only.

Chair: Steve Dennis, Head of Business and Technical Development, BASF

Time Agenda item Speaker
9:30 AM Registration and coffee  –
10:20 AM Welcome, Review Chair Steve Dennis (BASF)
10:30 AM SFI and IPM options – Click here to view Philip Walker (ADAS)
11:05 AM Stewardship of new and existing chemistry – Click here to view Andy Leader (Corteva Agriscience)
11:40 AM Better prediction of disease epidemics – Click here to view Pete Skelsey (James Hutton Institute)
12:15 PM PhD Talks
* Managing concurrent evolution of resistance to fungicides
* Understanding interactions between Leptoshaeria maculans & L. biglobosa for improving control of phoma stem canker
 * Isobel Corkley
* Evren Bingol
12:40 PM LUNCH
1:40 PM Control of soilborne mosaic viruses – Click here to view Kostya Kanyuka (NIAB)
2:15 PM Disease management and forecasting in fruit, salad and veg – Click here to view Peter Waldock
2:50 PM DISCUSSION (Structure and Slido questions)
3:30 PM Chair’s closing remarks Steve Dennis (BASF)
3:40 PM DEPART

Presentations from the 2023 Review can be viewed here.