Royal Highland Show 2019
IPM@Hutton will be at the Royal Highland Show (June 20th -23rd)
Come and hear all about our work on IPM in The James Hutton Institute Marque
Stand location: Agricultural, Avenue Q
IPM@Hutton will be at the Royal Highland Show (June 20th -23rd)
Come and hear all about our work on IPM in The James Hutton Institute Marque
Stand location: Agricultural, Avenue Q
Plant microbiome-based approaches aim to enhance plant immunity and resilience by leveraging beneficial microbes and managing the microbial community through both direct applications and indirect agricultural practices. Advances in sequencing technologies now enable targeted, sustainable disease management strategies that complement traditional crop protection within integrated pest management (IPM) frameworks.
Biostimulants have the potential to enhance both plant growth and defence mechanisms. Elicitors, a specific category of biostimulants, can activate plant defence responses by simulating the presence of biotic stressors. The use of natural products such as biostimulants and elicitors can reduce reliance on chemical pesticides, promote crop resilience and health, and contribute to more sustainable agricultural practices.
The invasive spotted wing drosophila (SWD) is an emerging pest of fruit crops in Scotland and efforts to develop IPM strategies that control numbers and limit damage are focussing on understanding the population genetics, habitat and landscape features and varietal susceptibility.
https://sefari.scot/research/the-impact-of-sustainable-cropping-on-soil…
IPM@Hutton staff win bid for major EU-H2020 IPM project
A brand-new arable event for Scotland
Now in its second year, Arable Scotland aims to bring together the key players in food production from farmers to distillers and exporters to demonstrate and discuss key industry issues such as innovative and sustainable farming.
Find IPM@Hutton in the Virtual Marquee
Following the success of the inaugural event, this year's Arable Scotland is happening online and will major on alternative crops and new markets.
A recent paper shows that a ‘switching penalty’ incurred by parasitoids searching for host aphids could explain stable coexistence of parasitism-resistant and -susceptible aphid phenotypes in the population. The study highlights the importance of understanding diversity within aphid populations and how this influences the efficacy of aphid biocontrol by parasitoid wasps.
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.13189
From the 20th to the 23rd of June 2019, the IPM@Hutton group ran a stand at the Royal Highland Show, Ingleston, in the James Hutton Institute marquee. Our members engaged with stakeholder and the wider public, discussing the Integrated Pest, Disease and Weed Management research that the Institute is engaged in.