SSCR Soft Fruit Winter Meeting 16 February 2017
The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) is holding their Soft Fruit Winter Meeting at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie. The event is open to anyone in the soft fruit industry and other interested parties. Lunch and refreshments will be provided for all attendees free of charge.
Programme
10:30 Registration / Coffee
MORNING SESSION
11:00 Introduction and welcome
11:10 Spotted Wing Drosophila - an update on research in the UK
Michelle Fountain, NIAB EMR
11:35 SSCR Project: The occurrence and diversity of mycorrhizal fungi found in blueberry
Susan McCallum, James Hutton Institute
11:45 New Certification Scheme for Raspberries
Alison Dolan, James Hutton Institute
11:55 SSCR Project: Understanding dormancy and the chill requirement of raspberry
Nikki Jennings, James Hutton Limited
12:05 SSCR Project: Are symbiotic bacteria involved in vine weevil adaptation ability?
Pilar Morera Margarit, James Hutton Institute
12:15 Lunch, view trade stands
AFTERNOON SESSION
13.45 SSCR Project: Phytochemical assessment of Honeyberry (Lonicera caerula) and its comparison to other soft grown in Scotland
Dorota Jarret, James Hutton Limited
13.55 Berries and Human Health: an update
Gordon McDougall, Jame Hutton Institute
14:10 SSCR Project: Developing a research framework to support the Scottish cherry industry
Julie Graham, the James Hutton Institute
14:20 Coffee break
14:35 SSCR Project: Crumbly fruit, does the environment play a part?
Luca Scolari, James Hutton Institute
14:45 Updates from the RBC Raspberry Breeding Programme
Nikki Jennings, James Hutton Limited
15:05 The latest results from AHDB funded fruit research
Scott Raffle, AHDB
15:30 Depart
BASIS Points
A total of 4 BASIS points have been allocated to this event.
Trade stands
- Bulrush Horticulture Ltd
- Fargro Ltd
- Hortech Solutions
- Hortifeeds
- OMEX Agriculture Ltd
- Koppert UK
- Ripple Aquaplast
- Solufeed Ltd
- XL Horticulture
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