CPNB 2012: The Dundee Conference
Environmental Management & Crop Protection 28 - 29 February 2012
Environmental Management & Crop Protection 28 - 29 February 2012
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of our Main Sponsor - Bayer CropScience
09.00 Welcome by Fiona Burnett, SAC Edinburgh, Chairman ACPNB
Chairman: Fiona Burnett, SAC Edinburgh, Chairman ACPNB
09.10 Keynote: Sustainable Intensification: A Call for Innovation Susannah Bolton, Head of Research &
KT, HGCA
Chairman: Davy McCracken, SAC Auchincruive
Organisers:
Oliver Knox, SAC Edinburgh
Ian Ridgway, SEPA Edinburgh
Cecile Smith, SNH Land Use Group
09.40 Chairman's Introduction
09.45 Keynote: New EU pesticide legislation - the view of a
manufacturer Janet Williams, Bayer CropScience Ltd
10.10 EU pesticide legislation - an update Grant Stark, HSE
10.25 Discussion
10.35 Coffee / Tea
11.05 Diffuse pollution from rural land use: Scotland's approach to mitigation in 14 priority
catchments Susan Arnott, Stephen Field, Jannette MacDonald, SEPA
11.20 SEPA pesticide monitoring: a new approach Fiona Napier, SEPA
11.35 Pesticides in the River Ugie: Developing a catchment management approach to protect a
drinking water source S Gillman, P Brown, D Burgess, B Bickle, A Zyndul & C Chapman, Scottish
Water
11.50 Discussion
12.00 The suppression of common couch grass (Elytrigia repens) by Buckwheat Lynn Tatnell, ADAS
12.15 Assessment of agricultural soil phosphorus management in Scotland’s Diffuse
Pollution Priority Catchments Bill Crooks, Alex Sinclair,Anthony Edwards, Davy McCracken, SAC
12.30 Scottish opportunities for increasing agricultural production and food security in emerging
markets through sustainable intensification Keith Dawson, CFG Ltd
12.45 Do we need to be worried about the potential threat of invasive species to crops as the climate
changes? Andy Evans, SAC
13.00 Discussion
13.15 Close of Session. Lunch and Poster Session
Associated Posters:
Farming for a Better Climate: practical climate change mitigation measures on farm Rebecca Audsley, SAC
Nine months of winter followed by three months of bad weather. Wind energy and crop production in the Outer Hebrides Mark Bradley, Lews Castle College, University of Highlands and Islands
Results of a five year study of crop rotation on small mammal populations Brian Boag & Brian Fenton, James Hutton Institute
SESSION III(a) : COMBINABLE CROPS
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of the HGCA for the Combinable Crops Session
Chairman: Edward Baxter, West Gilston Mains
Organisers:
Gary Stoddart, SFQC
Fiona Burnett, SAC, Edinburgh
Neil Havis, SAC, Edinburgh
Adrian Newton, The James Hutton Institute
Allen Scobie, Bridgend Partners
14.30 Chairman's Introduction
14.35 Keynote : Integration of host resistance and fungicides Neil Paveley, ADAS
15.00 The value of effective communications in delivering sustainable arable production Jeremy
Boxhall, LEAF
15.12 Ecological tolerance: changing our approach to crop protection Clement Gravouil (JHI & UoN),
James Fountaine (SAC), Matthew Dickinson (UoN) & Adrian Newton (JHI)
15.24 Adherence, biofilm and motility characteristics of plant associated Salmonella enterica Nicola
Holden, The James Hutton Institute
15.36 Discussion
15.50 Coffee / Tea
16.10 Management of Pyrenopeziza brassicae in Oilseed Rape in Northern Britain Martyn Bush,
Andrew Flind, Bayer CropScience
16.22 Control of light leaf spot on winter oilseed rape using resistance elicitors Dale Walters & Simon
Oxley, SAC
16.34 Discussion
16.40 The current and future risks of fungicide resistance in barley disease management James
Fountaine, Neil Havis and Fiona Burnett, SAC
16.52 Epidemiology of Ramularia collo-cygni Neil Havis, Simon Oxley, Fiona Burnett & Gareth Hughes,
SAC
17.04 Advances in Control of Ramularia collo-cygni Neil Havis, Simon OxleyFiona Burnett, SAC
17.16 Discussion
17.25 Close of Session
17.30-18.30 Reception
19.45 for 20.00 Optional Dinner, Henderson’s Restaurant, West Park
SESSION III(b) : COMBINABLE CROPS (continued)
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of the HGCA for the Combinable Crops Session
Chairman: Edward Baxter, West Gilston Mains
Organisers:
Gary Stoddart, SFQC
Fiona Burnett, SAC, Edinburgh
Neil Havis, SAC, Edinburgh
Adrian Newton, The James Hutton Institute
Allen Scobie, Bridgend Partners
09.00 Chairman’s Introduction
09.05 Rhynchosporium commune effectors as potential activators of novel resistances in barley Anna
Avrova, James Hutton Institute; M Münsterkötter, Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology,
Munich; W Knogge, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry; Konstantin Kanyuka, Rothamsted
Research
09.17 Genetic control of infection and symptom expression by Rhynchosporium commune in barley
M E Looseley, A C Newton, S D Atkins, B D L Fitt, B A Fraaije, W T B Thomas, R Keith, M Macaulay,
J Lynott, D Harrap & A Thirugnanasambandam, The James Hutton Institute
09.29 Predicting the need for eyespot treatment in winter wheat Fiona Burnett & Gareth Hughes,
SAC
09.41 Discussion
09.47 Pesticide use patterns in Scottish cereal crops 2000-2010: potential impact of EU Thematic
Strategy for Pesticides Jackie Hughes, G Reay & L Thomas, SASA
09.59 The contribution of BASF SDHI chemistry to cereal yield performance Steve Waterhouse & M
Semar, BASF
10.11 The benefit of spray droplet angle for the control of blackgrass with pyroxsulam Dilwyn Harris,
Dow AgroSciences Ltd
10.23 Discussion
10.30 Close of Session and Coffee / Tea
Associated Posters:
Grain store hygiene Dilwyn Harris & David Roberts, Dow AgroSciences Ltd
Use of arabinoxylan polymers for plant defence Jaan Rätsep, Neil Havis, Gary Loake, Dale Walters, SAC
Rhynchosporium commune cell wall proteins as potential targets for novel fungicides Ashleigh Mackenzie, Adrian Newton & Anna Avrova, James Hutton Institute; M Münsterkötter, Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Munich; Carol Munro, University of Aberdeen
The use of plant elicitors in the control of bacterial infection in broccoli Nicola Holden, Ian Toth & Adrian Newton, James Hutton Institute; Dale Walters, SAC
Developing novel methods to investigate the relationship between eyespot disease and yield loss A Mason, J Woodhall, J Peters, M Dickinson & R Ray, University of Nottingham/FERA
The effect of Microdochium nivale & M. majus on establishment and yield of spring barley and oats Marian McNeil, Jan Mackie & Valerie Cockerell, SASA
SESSION IV : POTATOES
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of the Potato Council for the Potato Session
Chairman: Stuart Wale, Potato Dynamics Ltd
Organisers:
Gerry Saddler, SASA
Mark Ballingall, SAC, Penicuik
Phil Burgess, Co-operative Farms
Jane Chard, SASA
Eric Anderson, Scottish Agronomy, Milnathort
Alison Lees, James Hutton Institute
11.00 Chairman's Introduction
11.05 Keynote : The Potato Council's Plant Health Policy Rob Clayton, , M Ball, S Hall, M Prentice
& M Storey, Potato Council
11.30 An update on Dickeya solani: A threat to potato production in Northern Britain Ian Toth & Sonia
Humphris, The James Hutton Institute; Gerry Saddler & Greig Cahill, SASA; John Elphinstone & Neil
Parkinson, Fera
11.45 Development of a real-time PCR assay for the detection of Dickeya solani Rachel Kelly, Vince
Mulholland & Gerry Saddler, SASA; Leighton Pritchard & Ian Toth, The James Hutton Institute; John
Elphinstone & Neil Parkinson, Fera
12.00 Safeguarding the health of potatoes in Scotland J Chard, C
Jeffries, C Nisbet, K Fraser, S Goodfellow, J Pickup & A Schlenzig, SASA
12.15 Discussion
12.30 Factors affecting the infection of potato by Rhizoctonia solani James Woodhall, Jeff Peters et al,
Fera
12.45 The effect of Spongospora subterranea soil inoculum levels on powdery scab Jennie Brierley, Alison
Lees & Louise Sullivan, The James Hutton Institute; Stuart Wale &Daan Kiezebrink, SAC
13.00 Lunch and Poster Session
14.15 Potato Cyst Nematodes: Initial impressions of the impact of the new EU Directive in Scotland
Jon Pickup, Alex Reid, Yvonne Cole & Duncan MacRae, SASA
14.30 The genome sequence of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida: an aid to the development
of control strategies John Jones, Vivan Blok, Peter Cock, Sophie Mantelin & Ailsa Smith, The James
Hutton Institute; M Berriman, James Cotton & M Hunt, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; K Davies &
R Curtis, Rothamsted Research; P Urwin & CJ Lilley, University of Leeds
14.45 Using the mitochondrial genome of Potato Cyst nematode to distinguish introductions V Blok, A.
Paterson, N Grujic, A Kaczmarek & JE Palomares-Rius, The JamesHutton Institute; A Hoolahan & M
Dowton, University of Wollongong, Australia; A Reid, J Pickup & D Kenyon, SASA
15.00 A long term genotypic analysis of Scottish peach-potato aphids: What has happened to the
braveheart clone? Gaynor Malloch & Brian Fenton, The James Hutton Institute; Jon Pickup & Fiona
Highet, SASA; Steve Foster, Rothamsted Research
15.15 Coffee / Tea
15.45 Potato mop-top virus in field and pot trials in Norway Finlay Dale, James Hutton Institute
16.00 Novel broad spectrum resistance to potato potyviruses Y, V and A L Torrance, G Cowan, K
McLean, A Al Abedy, S Macfarlane, G Bryan, The James Hutton Institute
16.15 The biodiversity and epidemiology of Potato Virus Y in Scotland K Davie & C Lacomme, SASA;
M Dickinson, University of Nottingham
16.30 The development of penflufen as a fungicide seed treatment for potatoes in northern Europe
Nigel Adam, Steve Wilson, Patrice Duvert, Bayer CropScience Ltd
16.45 In vitro inhibition of soil borne potato pathogens by isothiocyanates F Taylor & D
Kenyon, SASA; S Rosser, University of Glasgow
17.00 Automatic identification of potato blemishes: Development of a prototype system Jamie Hutton &
Tom Duckett, University of Lincoln; Glyn Harper, Potato Council
17.15 Discussion
17.30 Concluding Comments and Close of Conference : Stuart Wale & Fiona Burnett
Associated Posters:
Development of a multiplex real-time quantitative PCR assay to detect Phoma pathogens of potato Denise A'Hara, Helen Ventisei, Ros McHugh, SASA
Gene expression of Globodera pallida in different potato genetic backgrounds Juan Emilio Palomares-Rius, John Jones, Pete Hedley, Peter Cock & Vivian Blok, The James Hutton Institute
Genetic analysis of potyvirus resistance in Solanum tuberosum group phureja Aqeel Al-Abedy, Graham Cowan, Karen McLean, Glenn Bryan, Stuart MacFarlane, Lesley Torrance, The James Hutton Institute
Influence of temperature on the life cycle of the potato cyst nematode A. Kaczmarek, A. Paterson, JE Palomares Rius, V Blok, The James Hutton Institute; K MacKenzie, H Kettle, BioSS; PPJ Haydock, Harper Adams University College; D Kenyon, A Reid, SASA
Identifying Free Living Nematode Populations David Roberts, Roy Neilson & Vivian Blok, Finlay Dale, The James Hutton Institute
TUESDAY 28 FEBRUARY
09.00 Welcome by Fiona Burnett, SAC Edinburgh, Chairman ACPNB
SESSION I : SETTING THE SCENE
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of the Scottish Society for Crop Research for the Opening SessionChairman: Fiona Burnett, SAC Edinburgh, Chairman ACPNB
09.10 Keynote: Sustainable Intensification: A Call for Innovation Susannah Bolton, Head of Research &
KT, HGCA
SESSION II : AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of Mylnefield Research Services for the Agriculture and the Environment SessionChairman: Davy McCracken, SAC Auchincruive
Organisers:
Oliver Knox, SAC Edinburgh
Ian Ridgway, SEPA Edinburgh
Cecile Smith, SNH Land Use Group
09.40 Chairman's Introduction
09.45 Keynote: New EU pesticide legislation - the view of a
manufacturer Janet Williams, Bayer CropScience Ltd
10.10 EU pesticide legislation - an update Grant Stark, HSE
10.25 Discussion
10.35 Coffee / Tea
11.05 Diffuse pollution from rural land use: Scotland's approach to mitigation in 14 priority
catchments Susan Arnott, Stephen Field, Jannette MacDonald, SEPA
11.20 SEPA pesticide monitoring: a new approach Fiona Napier, SEPA
11.35 Pesticides in the River Ugie: Developing a catchment management approach to protect a
drinking water source S Gillman, P Brown, D Burgess, B Bickle, A Zyndul & C Chapman, Scottish
Water
11.50 Discussion
12.00 The suppression of common couch grass (Elytrigia repens) by Buckwheat Lynn Tatnell, ADAS
12.15 Assessment of agricultural soil phosphorus management in Scotland’s Diffuse
Pollution Priority Catchments Bill Crooks, Alex Sinclair,Anthony Edwards, Davy McCracken, SAC
12.30 Scottish opportunities for increasing agricultural production and food security in emerging
markets through sustainable intensification Keith Dawson, CFG Ltd
12.45 Do we need to be worried about the potential threat of invasive species to crops as the climate
changes? Andy Evans, SAC
13.00 Discussion
13.15 Close of Session. Lunch and Poster Session
Associated Posters:
Farming for a Better Climate: practical climate change mitigation measures on farm Rebecca Audsley, SAC
Nine months of winter followed by three months of bad weather. Wind energy and crop production in the Outer Hebrides Mark Bradley, Lews Castle College, University of Highlands and Islands
Results of a five year study of crop rotation on small mammal populations Brian Boag & Brian Fenton, James Hutton Institute
SESSION III(a) : COMBINABLE CROPS
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of the HGCA for the Combinable Crops Session
Chairman: Edward Baxter, West Gilston Mains
Organisers:
Gary Stoddart, SFQC
Fiona Burnett, SAC, Edinburgh
Neil Havis, SAC, Edinburgh
Adrian Newton, The James Hutton Institute
Allen Scobie, Bridgend Partners
14.30 Chairman's Introduction
14.35 Keynote : Integration of host resistance and fungicides Neil Paveley, ADAS
15.00 The value of effective communications in delivering sustainable arable production Jeremy
Boxhall, LEAF
15.12 Ecological tolerance: changing our approach to crop protection Clement Gravouil (JHI & UoN),
James Fountaine (SAC), Matthew Dickinson (UoN) & Adrian Newton (JHI)
15.24 Adherence, biofilm and motility characteristics of plant associated Salmonella enterica Nicola
Holden, The James Hutton Institute
15.36 Discussion
15.50 Coffee / Tea
16.10 Management of Pyrenopeziza brassicae in Oilseed Rape in Northern Britain Martyn Bush,
Andrew Flind, Bayer CropScience
16.22 Control of light leaf spot on winter oilseed rape using resistance elicitors Dale Walters & Simon
Oxley, SAC
16.34 Discussion
16.40 The current and future risks of fungicide resistance in barley disease management James
Fountaine, Neil Havis and Fiona Burnett, SAC
16.52 Epidemiology of Ramularia collo-cygni Neil Havis, Simon Oxley, Fiona Burnett & Gareth Hughes,
SAC
17.04 Advances in Control of Ramularia collo-cygni Neil Havis, Simon OxleyFiona Burnett, SAC
17.16 Discussion
17.25 Close of Session
17.30-18.30 Reception
19.45 for 20.00 Optional Dinner, Henderson’s Restaurant, West Park
WEDNESDAY 29 FEBRUARY
SESSION III(b) : COMBINABLE CROPS (continued)
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of the HGCA for the Combinable Crops Session
Chairman: Edward Baxter, West Gilston Mains
Organisers:
Gary Stoddart, SFQC
Fiona Burnett, SAC, Edinburgh
Neil Havis, SAC, Edinburgh
Adrian Newton, The James Hutton Institute
Allen Scobie, Bridgend Partners
09.00 Chairman’s Introduction
09.05 Rhynchosporium commune effectors as potential activators of novel resistances in barley Anna
Avrova, James Hutton Institute; M Münsterkötter, Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology,
Munich; W Knogge, Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry; Konstantin Kanyuka, Rothamsted
Research
09.17 Genetic control of infection and symptom expression by Rhynchosporium commune in barley
M E Looseley, A C Newton, S D Atkins, B D L Fitt, B A Fraaije, W T B Thomas, R Keith, M Macaulay,
J Lynott, D Harrap & A Thirugnanasambandam, The James Hutton Institute
09.29 Predicting the need for eyespot treatment in winter wheat Fiona Burnett & Gareth Hughes,
SAC
09.41 Discussion
09.47 Pesticide use patterns in Scottish cereal crops 2000-2010: potential impact of EU Thematic
Strategy for Pesticides Jackie Hughes, G Reay & L Thomas, SASA
09.59 The contribution of BASF SDHI chemistry to cereal yield performance Steve Waterhouse & M
Semar, BASF
10.11 The benefit of spray droplet angle for the control of blackgrass with pyroxsulam Dilwyn Harris,
Dow AgroSciences Ltd
10.23 Discussion
10.30 Close of Session and Coffee / Tea
Associated Posters:
Grain store hygiene Dilwyn Harris & David Roberts, Dow AgroSciences Ltd
Use of arabinoxylan polymers for plant defence Jaan Rätsep, Neil Havis, Gary Loake, Dale Walters, SAC
Rhynchosporium commune cell wall proteins as potential targets for novel fungicides Ashleigh Mackenzie, Adrian Newton & Anna Avrova, James Hutton Institute; M Münsterkötter, Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Munich; Carol Munro, University of Aberdeen
The use of plant elicitors in the control of bacterial infection in broccoli Nicola Holden, Ian Toth & Adrian Newton, James Hutton Institute; Dale Walters, SAC
Developing novel methods to investigate the relationship between eyespot disease and yield loss A Mason, J Woodhall, J Peters, M Dickinson & R Ray, University of Nottingham/FERA
The effect of Microdochium nivale & M. majus on establishment and yield of spring barley and oats Marian McNeil, Jan Mackie & Valerie Cockerell, SASA
SESSION IV : POTATOES
The Organising Committee gratefully acknowledges the support of the Potato Council for the Potato Session
Chairman: Stuart Wale, Potato Dynamics Ltd
Organisers:
Gerry Saddler, SASA
Mark Ballingall, SAC, Penicuik
Phil Burgess, Co-operative Farms
Jane Chard, SASA
Eric Anderson, Scottish Agronomy, Milnathort
Alison Lees, James Hutton Institute
11.00 Chairman's Introduction
11.05 Keynote : The Potato Council's Plant Health Policy Rob Clayton, , M Ball, S Hall, M Prentice
& M Storey, Potato Council
11.30 An update on Dickeya solani: A threat to potato production in Northern Britain Ian Toth & Sonia
Humphris, The James Hutton Institute; Gerry Saddler & Greig Cahill, SASA; John Elphinstone & Neil
Parkinson, Fera
11.45 Development of a real-time PCR assay for the detection of Dickeya solani Rachel Kelly, Vince
Mulholland & Gerry Saddler, SASA; Leighton Pritchard & Ian Toth, The James Hutton Institute; John
Elphinstone & Neil Parkinson, Fera
12.00 Safeguarding the health of potatoes in Scotland J Chard, C
Jeffries, C Nisbet, K Fraser, S Goodfellow, J Pickup & A Schlenzig, SASA
12.15 Discussion
12.30 Factors affecting the infection of potato by Rhizoctonia solani James Woodhall, Jeff Peters et al,
Fera
12.45 The effect of Spongospora subterranea soil inoculum levels on powdery scab Jennie Brierley, Alison
Lees & Louise Sullivan, The James Hutton Institute; Stuart Wale &Daan Kiezebrink, SAC
13.00 Lunch and Poster Session
14.15 Potato Cyst Nematodes: Initial impressions of the impact of the new EU Directive in Scotland
Jon Pickup, Alex Reid, Yvonne Cole & Duncan MacRae, SASA
14.30 The genome sequence of the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida: an aid to the development
of control strategies John Jones, Vivan Blok, Peter Cock, Sophie Mantelin & Ailsa Smith, The James
Hutton Institute; M Berriman, James Cotton & M Hunt, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute; K Davies &
R Curtis, Rothamsted Research; P Urwin & CJ Lilley, University of Leeds
14.45 Using the mitochondrial genome of Potato Cyst nematode to distinguish introductions V Blok, A.
Paterson, N Grujic, A Kaczmarek & JE Palomares-Rius, The JamesHutton Institute; A Hoolahan & M
Dowton, University of Wollongong, Australia; A Reid, J Pickup & D Kenyon, SASA
15.00 A long term genotypic analysis of Scottish peach-potato aphids: What has happened to the
braveheart clone? Gaynor Malloch & Brian Fenton, The James Hutton Institute; Jon Pickup & Fiona
Highet, SASA; Steve Foster, Rothamsted Research
15.15 Coffee / Tea
15.45 Potato mop-top virus in field and pot trials in Norway Finlay Dale, James Hutton Institute
16.00 Novel broad spectrum resistance to potato potyviruses Y, V and A L Torrance, G Cowan, K
McLean, A Al Abedy, S Macfarlane, G Bryan, The James Hutton Institute
16.15 The biodiversity and epidemiology of Potato Virus Y in Scotland K Davie & C Lacomme, SASA;
M Dickinson, University of Nottingham
16.30 The development of penflufen as a fungicide seed treatment for potatoes in northern Europe
Nigel Adam, Steve Wilson, Patrice Duvert, Bayer CropScience Ltd
16.45 In vitro inhibition of soil borne potato pathogens by isothiocyanates F Taylor & D
Kenyon, SASA; S Rosser, University of Glasgow
17.00 Automatic identification of potato blemishes: Development of a prototype system Jamie Hutton &
Tom Duckett, University of Lincoln; Glyn Harper, Potato Council
17.15 Discussion
17.30 Concluding Comments and Close of Conference : Stuart Wale & Fiona Burnett
Associated Posters:
Development of a multiplex real-time quantitative PCR assay to detect Phoma pathogens of potato Denise A'Hara, Helen Ventisei, Ros McHugh, SASA
Gene expression of Globodera pallida in different potato genetic backgrounds Juan Emilio Palomares-Rius, John Jones, Pete Hedley, Peter Cock & Vivian Blok, The James Hutton Institute
Genetic analysis of potyvirus resistance in Solanum tuberosum group phureja Aqeel Al-Abedy, Graham Cowan, Karen McLean, Glenn Bryan, Stuart MacFarlane, Lesley Torrance, The James Hutton Institute
Influence of temperature on the life cycle of the potato cyst nematode A. Kaczmarek, A. Paterson, JE Palomares Rius, V Blok, The James Hutton Institute; K MacKenzie, H Kettle, BioSS; PPJ Haydock, Harper Adams University College; D Kenyon, A Reid, SASA
Identifying Free Living Nematode Populations David Roberts, Roy Neilson & Vivian Blok, Finlay Dale, The James Hutton Institute
The Dundee Conference is the only forum targeted specifically at these issues in northern climates. Attendance is worth twelve BASIS points.
Attendance is important for advisers, technical staff of the agricultural chemical trade, and researchers in both the public and private sectors of crop protection. Students with specific interest in crop protection are encouraged to attend.
Contact:
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