PROGRAMME
15:00 Registration
Spotted Wing Drosophila Soft Fruit Clinic - Gaynor Malloch
Bring a 200g sample of fruit (raspberries, strawberries, cherries etc) to event. Staff will test for the presence of SWD and results will be sent to you in confidence.
15:15 Official opening and welcome
15:30 Tours start.
Each tour will last 20 minutes with ten minutes for questions.
Update on the blackcurrant breeding programme - Amanda Moura
Update on raspberry/blackberry breeding programme (TBC) - Nikki Jennings
Progress in the blueberry breeding programme - Susan McCallum
Machine harvesting - Andrew Christie
The novel use of remote tools to study plant-pollinator interactions in Scottish fruit crops - Jane Devlin
18:00 Raspberry tasters and cream tea
18:30 Event closes
For any additional enquiries, please email events@hutton.ac.uk [1].
Links:
[1] mailto:events@hutton.ac.uk
[2] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/events/fruit-future-2017
[3] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/events/fruit-future-2016
[4] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/events/fruit-future-2015
[5] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/events/fruit-future-2014
[6] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/events/fruit-future-2013
[7] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/events/fruit-future-2012