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RandD Conference 2006

"Arable crop protection in the balance: Profit and the environment"

Contents

Paper 1 - 1.1    (76kb)
"Farming for the market: the reality of competing demands"
Tim Bennett - NFU

Paper 2 - 2.1    (78kb)
"Effects on biodiversity of the use of pesticides in agriculture"
Jennifer Best - English Nature

Paper 3 - 3.1-3.4    (190kb)
"The Water Framework Directive and farming: tackling diffuse pollution"
Helen Wakeham - Environment Agency

Paper 4 - 4.1    (78kb)
"Cross compliance - friend or foe?"
Richard Findon - Defra

Paper 5 - 5.1-5.12     (197kb) / Presentation    (1641kb)
"Is disease management sustainable?"
Neil Paveley - ADAS

Paper 6 - 6.1-6.6     (173kb) / Presentation    (212kb)
"Current and future roles of variety choice in disease management" 
Jim McVittie - HGCA Recommended Lists Manager

Paper 7 - 7.1-7.8     (192kb) / Presentation    (344kb)
"Foliar disease management strategies in cereals: current challenges"
Bill Clark - ADAS

Paper 8 - 8.1-8.10     (199kb) / Presentation    (2309kb)
"Avoiding and managing fungicide resistance"
John Lucas - Rothamsted Research

Paper 9 - 9.1-9.8     (144kb) / Presentation    (692kb)
"Fusarium, pink grains and mycotoxins in wheat: an issue for farmers and the feed & food industries"
Simon Edwards - Harper Adams University College

Paper 10 - 10.1-10.9     (199kb) / Presentation    (8779kb)
"Pest management outlook for cereals and oilseeds based on recent and new research"
Wilf Powell - Rothamsted Research

Paper 11 - 11.1-11.8     (174kb) / Presentation    (1082kb)
"Using thresholds and risk assessment for pest management"
Jon Oakley - ADAS

Paper 12 - 12.1-12.9     (171kb) / Presentation    (2359kb)
"Herbicide resistance: new threats, new solutions?"
Stephen Moss - Rothamsted Research

Paper 13 - 13.1-13.10     (321kb) / Presentation    (1245kb)
"Rotation: vital for weed management and Biodiversity"
James Clarke - ADAS
Presentation

Paper 14 - 14.1-14.12     (216kb) / Presentation link 
"SAFFIE - research into practice and policy" 
James Clarke - ADAS

Paper 15 - 15.1-15.11    (207kb)
"Increasing wildlife in the farmed countryside: some good news" 
Marek Nowakowski - Farmed Environment Company

Paper 16 - 16.1-16.10    (209kb)
"Twenty years' experience with reduced agrochemical inputs: effects on farm economics, water quality, biodiversity and environment"
Lise Jørgensen - Danish Institute of Agricultural Science

Paper 17 - 17.1-17.7    (129kb)
"The Voluntary Initiative: successes and future challenges"
Patrick Goldsworthy - Crop Protection Association

Paper 18 - 18.1-18.10     (150kb) / Presentation    (463kb)
"Environmental impacts of cereal and oilseed cropping and potential for biofuel production"
David Turley - Central Science Laboratory

Section 19 - HGCA-funded Poster Summaries

19.1 - 2702     (105kb)
"Development of guidelines for improved control of gout fly"

19.2 - 2735     (94kb)
"Strategies for the sustainable control of Italian rye-grass in winter wheat"

19.3 - 2743     (97kb)
"Improving the deposition and coverage of fungicides on ears to control Fusarium ear blight and reduce mycotoxins contamination of grain"

19.4 - 2976     (120kb)
"Identification of genetic markers for lodging resistance in wheat"

19.5 - 2981    (161kb)
"The fate of Fusarium mycotoxins in the cereal food chain"

19.6 - 2992    (111kb)
"Towards a sustainable whole-farm approach to the control of ergot"

19.7 - 3010    (103kb)
"Validation of a risk assessment method for predicting the need for an eyespot fungicide in winter wheat"

19.8 - 3023    (109kb)
"Revised thresholds for cabbage stem flea beetle in winter oilseed rape"

19.9 - 3027    (89kb)
"Appropriate fungicide doses on barley - production of dose-response curves to advise growers on fungicide efficacy and potential resistance"

19.10 - 3028    (88kb)
"Understanding fungicide mixtures to control Rhynchosporium in barley and minimise resistance shifts"

19.11 - 3035    (108kb)
"Integrated management of herbicide resistance"

19.12 - 3082    (109kb)
"Validation of reduced application volumes for T2 fungicide and small grass weed herbicide applications"

Breakout Summary

Breakout session summaries    (131kb)
Summary bullet points from breakout sessions

 

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