SSCR Soft Fruit Winter Meeting

The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) and Bulrush Horticulture Limited are holding a joint Information Day and Soft Fruit Winter Meeting at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Dundee. The day is free and open to anyone in the soft fruit industry and other interested parties. Basis and NRoSO points have been applied for and will be available to attendees on the day.

Programme

Registration and coffee is from 9.30am before the meetings starts with an introduction. There will be various opportunities throughout the day to visit the trade stands and lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Speakers and topics on the day include:

• PDF file: Breeding for fruit quality - Linking phenotype to genotype [1] (1.8 MB)
  Julie Graham, James Hutton Institute
• PDF file: New Developments in Crop Nutrition and Crop Enhancement [2] (1.6 MB)
  Richard Cameron, Omex
• PDF file: Developing tools for a successful UK blueberry industry [3] (813 KB)
  Susan McCallum, James Hutton Institute
• PDF file: Technical Update on Biopesticides [4] (1.3 MB)
  Terry Horsman, Fargro
• PDF file: Packaging and Agronomy [5] (372 KB)
  Lee Cooper, H L Hutchison
• Spotting Spotted Wing Drosophila in Scotland
  Gaynor Malloch, James Hutton Institute
• Harvest Manager Mobile
  Andy Crokey, Woodstar
• PDF file: An update from the UKRBC raspberry breeding programme [6] (1 MB)
  Nikki Jennings, Mylnefield Research Services Ltd.
• PDF file: Presenting research project results [7] (3.3 MB)
  Scott Raffle, HDC.

Attending

This event is free of charge, but attendees are requested to pre-register.

Please confirm your attendance to:

Sharon Neilson
Events Co-ordinator
The James Hutton Institute
Dundee DD2 5DA
Tel: 01382 568 750
Email: events@hutton.ac.uk [8]

Downloads 

SSCR and Bulrush Soft Fruit Winter Meeting and Information Day agenda [9]