Fruit for the Future 2014
Fruit for the Future is aimed at farmers, agronomists, representatives of the food and drink industries, scientists and others interested in soft fruit. It consists of a seminar programme followed by a tour of the breeding plots, with fruit tasting and current field experiments.
The winner of the bottle of whisky donated by the Scottish Society for Crop Research from attendee pre-registrations was Thierry Thielmans of Viridaxis. To be in with another chance of winning a bottle of whisky fill in our Fruit for the Future questionnaire.
The 2014 Fruit for the Future event will feature:
- talks on the James Hutton Institute fruit breeding programmes
- new and emerging pest and diseases of soft fruit
- research on new crop opportunities.
- the chance to see and taste the latest new raspberries in the breeding plots
- new methods for assessing environmental impacts on plants
- see some of our experimental work on national and international projects
- a range of trade stands.
Programme
- Introduction – Rex Brennan, James Hutton Institute
- PDF file: Haygrove – Past, present and future technologies – Paul Sneyd, Haygrove Ltd., Ledbury (9 MB)
- PDF file: Platinum pollination performance in fruit crops with the Flying Doctors – Dirk Aerts, Biobest NV, Belgium (2.35 MB)
- PDF file: Raspberry viruses update – Stuart MacFarlane, James Hutton Institute (1.9 MB)
- Effect of leaf hairs on herbivore susceptibility in raspberry – Carolyn Mitchell, James Hutton Institute
- Next steps in raspberry IPM: Combining biopesticides and biocontrol – Nick Birch, James Hutton Institute
- Breeding Blackcurrants for a changing climate – Rex Brennan, James Hutton Institute
- Polyphenols in soft-fruit: exploring exotic species and the effect of climate – Alex Foito, James Hutton Institute
- Raspberry breeding - new selections – Nikki Jennings, Mylnefield Research Services
Location
The event is being held at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie and directions can be found below.
Contact
If you have any queries or wish further information, please contact: Sharon Neilson, Events Coordinator, Fruit for the Future, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee DD2 5DA. Email: events@hutton.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)344 928 5428.
