The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) and Bulrush Horticulture Ltd are holding a joint Information Day and Soft Fruit Winter Meeting at the West Park Conference Centre, Perth Road, Dundee on 13 February 2020. The day is free and open to anyone in the soft fruit industry and other interested parties.
CPD
4 BASIS and 3 NRoSO points have been awarded to this event.
Programme
Registration and coffee is from 9.30am and there will be various opportunities throughout the day to visit the trade stands. Lunch and refreshments will be provided free of charge
Full programme of talks and trade stands below.
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
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 Phytophthora 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
Registration for this event is now closed but if you would like to attend, please check availability with Pam Cassidy on 01382 568 751 or Email events@hutton.ac.uk
