Industry event
22 March 2018, 11am: Free or £15
Start date (computer format)
Thu, 2018-03-22
at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA
for the potato industry and interested parties
Please note that this event is now fully booked and no more registrations are being taken. Turning up without having registered first is not recommended as you may be turned away. Please accept our apologies.
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.
CPD Points
Delegates will be awarded 3 BASIS and 1 NRoSO point on attendance.
Programme
11:00 Registration and coffee
11:30 Welcome and introduction
Colin Herron, McCain Foods and Chair of the Potato Sub Committee
11:40 Plant Health Centre of Expertise
Ian Toth, James Hutton Institute
12:00 Control of cyst nematodes using egg hatching compounds
Yogendra Gaihre, University of Southampton and James Hutton Institute
12:20 New AHDB / Scottish Government-funded projects on blackleg disease
Sonia Humphris, James Hutton Institute
12:40 Lunch and trade stands
14:00 Potato research at the Hutton
Mark Taylor, James Hutton Institute
14:20 Integrated Pest Management of Potato at the Hutton
Jennie Brierley, James Hutton Institute
14:40 Late blight: attitudes to control and the potential for spore detection to inform decision making
Alison Lees, James Hutton Institute
15:00 The benefits of the AHDB SPot Farm programme in improving irrigation, nutrition and soil management for growers
Mark Stalham, NIAB CUF
15:20 International potato projects
Jonathan Snape, James Hutton Limited
15:40 Roundup and depart
Trade Stands
Many thanks to the following companies for supporting the event. Attendees are encouraged to take time to visit the trade stands.
- Belchim Crop Protection
- James Hutton Limited
- Law Fertilisers Ltd
- Linde Material Handling (Scotland) Ltd
- OMEX Agriculture
- Solufeed Limited
Attending
Spaces at this event are limited and attendees are requested to pre-register so that sufficient catering can be provided.
Please note that this meeting is free for SSCR members but there is a £15 attendance fee for non-members. Membership of SSCR costs £15 a year which allows you to attend all the crop winter meetings free of charge and there will be the opportunity to join at the meeting.
For more information and to register for the meeting, please contact:
Pam Cassidy
Events Co-ordinator
The James Hutton Institute
Dundee DD2 5DA
Tel: 01382 568 751
Email: events@hutton.ac.uk
