BCPC Weed Review 2014 – Are weeds winning? Managing with increasing herbicide restrictions.

Took place on: 13 November 2014 at Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts

This was an invitation only event

Abstracts of the papers presented at the Weed Review can be found by clicking on the presentation titles in the programme below.

A summary report from the Weed Review can be accessed here

Programme

Morning session

• Update, Dr. Colin Ruscoe, Chairman, BCPC
• Weather: a seasonal review – Peter Lutman, Rothamsted Research
• Herbicide availability and weed control prospects – James Clarke, ADAS
• Rotational weed management: a grower’s perspective and experience – Edward Banks, farmer
• Weed control in organic system: a grower’s perspective and experience – Stephen Briggs, farmer
• Rotational techniques and the use of spring cropping to reduce weed burden – John Cussans, NIAB TAG

Afternoon session

• Weed control in fruit and vegetables; SCEPTRE update –
  • Novel approaches to weed control in commercial fruit production – Harriet Roberts, ADAS
    and SCEPTRE for a sustainable future Andy Richardson, Allium and Brassica Centre
• Optimising herbicide performance and the role of Low Drift Nozzles – Tom Robinson, Tom Robinson Sprays
• Discussion topics – Jonathan Storkey, Rothamsted Research