The West Palaeartic Regional Section of the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC), of which the James Hutton Institute is a corporate member, will organize a meeting in Lleida (Catalonia) in 2018. The theme of the workshop will be “Biocontrol products: From lab testing to product development”.
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Drawing on the experience and teaching resources of ENDURE, a five-day training course on Agroecological Crop Protection (ACP) for advanced level students, researchers and agricultural advisers is to be staged early next year in Volterra, Italy. The closing date for applications is November 20, 2017.
CPNB: Dundee: 27 - 28 February 2018.
The James Hutton Institute will be presenting aspects of their IPM research, including:
Prof. Nick Birch, one of the James Hutton Institute's key members of staff leading Integrated Pest and Disease Management Research, has contributed the chapter "IPM Case Studies: Berry crops" to the second edition of "Aphids as Crop Pests"; edited by Helmut F. Van Emden and Richard Harrington, to be published by CABI publishing on the 31st October 2017.
Regulatory Affairs for Biopesticides course taking place on the 10-11th October, in London.
News from the International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC), Dundee
A short article, written by Ewen Mullins (Teagasc, Ireland) on his work and knowledge exchange on environmental risk assessment of cis-genic blight resistant potato is available here. This article was produced as a result of his attending a LEAF technical day at Balruddery Farm in 2016.
The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) is holding their Potato Winter Meeting at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie. The event is open to anyone in the potato industry and other interested parties. BASIS points will be applied and will be available to attendees on the day.Industry event
