SSCR and Bulrush Soft Fruit Information Day and Winter Meeting 2020

The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) and Bulrush Horticulture Ltd are holding a joint Soft Fruit Information Day and Winter Meeting at the West Park Conference Centre in Dundee on 13 February 2020. The meeting is free to attend and open to anyone in the soft fruit industry and other interested parties.

CPD

Delegates will receive 4 BASIS and 3 NRoSO points on attendance.

Programme

09:30    Registration / Coffee and view trade stands

MORNING SESSION

10:15    Introduction and welcome

10:30    Overcoming the challenges of controlled environment production

             Philippe Mozzanegga, Liberty Produce

10:50   An introduction to the development and progression of Honeyberry cultivation and research in Scotland

             Louise Gamble, James Hutton Institute

11:10    SSCR project: Parasitoids of SWD

             Carolyn Mitchell, James Hutton Institute

11:20    SSCR project: Camera traps for bees: towards automated monitoring of pollinator activity in cherry

             Dominic Williams, James Hutton Limited

11:30    The Magic of Adjuvants

             David Booty, Omex Agriculture Ltd

11:50    Collaborative Science in Agriculture

             Jamie Smith, James Hutton Limited

12:10    Questions for morning session speakers

12:30    Lunch, view trade stands and posters

AFTERNOON SESSION

13.30    Progress and promising selections from the blueberry breeding programme

             Susan McCallum, James Hutton Institute

13.50    Crumbly fruit in red raspberry: new findings

              Luca Scolari, James Hutton Institute

14:10    SSCR project: Examining chemical controls and potential for resistance in Phytophthera rubi and fragariae isolates

             Eleanor Gilroy, James Hutton Institute

14:25    Progress from the RBC raspberry breeding programme

             Nikki Jennings, James Hutton Limited

14:45    2019 highlights of AHDB fruit research

             Scott Raffle, AHDB

15:05    Questions for afternoon session speakers

15:20    View trade stands, posters and depart

Trade stands

Attendees are encouraged to visit the trade stands from Bulrush Horticulture, XL Horticulture, Ripple Aquaplast, James Hutton Limited and OMEX.

Attending

Booking for this meeting is now closed but if you would like to attend, please check availability by contacting Pam Cassidy on 01382 568 751 or email: events@hutton.ac.uk

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