BCPC PREvIEW 2007
Thursday 18 October 2007
Sessions 10A and 11A
Developments in crop protection, including IPM-strategies, in modern horticultural crop production systems
Production of horticultural crops has changed greatly Research, Norway) who will describe trends in the Chairman (10A)
in recent years. This partly reflects the demands of development and implementation of IPM in the Dr Martin Hommes
retailers for consistent supplies of produce that meet production and marketing of vegetables in the USA, (Federal Biological Research Centre, Braunschweig,
their Quality Assurance standards. This has inevitable Asia and Europe. Germany)
effects on growers’ approaches to crop protection,
and increases the pressure on them to develop IPM- The second session will focus on other horticultural Chairman (11A)
strategies. crops, and will be opened by Professor Mark Tatchell Professor Peter Mills (Warwick HRI, Wellesbourne, UK)
(Assured Produce, Cobham, UK) who will describe the
Opening the first of these two sessions, which will role of the UK Assured Produce scheme in encouraging Session Organisers
focus on pest and disease control in the cultivation of the development of IPM, and discuss how the links Dr Martin Hommes (Federal Biological Research Centre,
vegetables, will be Professor Anthony Shelton (Cornell between research outputs and quality assurance can be Braunschweig, Germany)
University, Ithaca, USA) and Dr Richard Meadow improved. Professor Peter Mills (Warwick HRI, Wellesbourne, UK)
(Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental
Session 10B
Natural resistance of plants: arms race or balancing selection?
Plants rely on an efficient innate immune system to selection pressure imposed by R genes on plant Harpenden, UK) will give a presentation on ‘novel crop
defend themselves against pathogens. Plants possess pathogens has led to adaptation of pathogens and protection strategies based on the mode of pathogen
a basal defence system that is sufficient against most has triggered an arms race between plants and their attack’. Other contributions will include new strategies
potential pathogens. However, genuine plant pathogens pathogens. for the deployment of plant resistance in cereals and
produce virulence factors or effectors that suppress the use of proteomics to identify virulence factors.
basal defence. However, as a counter-defence plants Professor Pierre de Wit (Laboratory of Phytopathology,
have gained resistance (R) protein receptors, encoded Wageningen University, the Netherlands) will give a Chairman & Session Organiser
by R genes, which directly or indirectly recognize presentation on ‘co-evolution between host plant and Professor Pierre de Wit
effector-induced perturbations of host targets. However, fungal pathogen’. Dr Jason Rudd (Centre for Sustainable (Wageningen University, the Netherlands)
Pest and Disease Management, Rothamsted Research,
Sessions 10C and 11C
Tropical and sub-tropical crop protection
These two sessions address topics concerning the Northern Malawi. To finish this session Dr Madhaven Chairman (10C)
combat of diseases of tropical and subtropical crops Sumathi Sheela (College of Agriculture, Kerala, India) Professor Nicola Spence
caused by pests such as insects, bacteria, fungi, will discuss the ecofriendly management of nematodes (Central Science Laboratory, York, UK)
viruses, weeds or nematodes. This includes regulatory, associated with banana.
resistance, cultural, biological, physical and chemical Chairman (11C)
methods involving seed or soil treatments and xia Yulu (NCSU Centennial Campus, Raleigh, USA) Professor Theresa Aveling
foliar or post-harvest applications. Integrated control will open the second session with a discussion on (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
management practices and innovative technologies will the applications of information technology in IPM
also be discussed. in the developing world. The evaluation of different
chemicals for weed control in wheat at different
In the first of the two sessions, Dr Noah Phiri (CAB densities will be described by Zahid Hussain (NWFP
Session Organisers
International, Nairobi, Kenya) will provide an overview Agricultural University, Peshawar, Pakistan) and
Professor Nicola Spence
of the subject and will describe various strategies for gajanan Behere (University of Melbourne, Australia)
(Central Science Laboratory, York, UK) and
managing diseases of tropical crops in East Africa. will address the genetic variation in field populations
Professor Theresa Aveling
Professor Janice Jiggins (Wageningen University, of cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera). To end the
(University of Pretoria, South Africa)
the Netherlands) will address a framework for the session, Professor Clayton A Hollier (Louisiana State
analysis of the costs of crop protection farmer field University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, USA) will
schools and Midori Yajima (Wageningen University, evaluate yield losses due to common rust (Puccinia
the Netherlands) will report on farmers’ perception melanocephala) in sugarcane.
on plant health with particular reference to cassava in
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