Room: Oxford Room
Time: 09.00 – 10.30
Chairman: Dr D D Slawson, Plant Health & Seeds Inspectorate, York, UK
Session Organiser: Dr T M O’Neill, ADAS Arthur Rickwood, Ely, UK

09.00
Chairman’s introduction

09.05                 5A-1
HEC5725: a novel leaf systemic strobilurin fungicide
S Dutzmann, A Mauler-Machnik, F Kerz-Möhlendick, J Applegate and U Heinemann, Bayer CropScience, Monheim, Germany

09.20                 5A-2
New in-furrow fungicides for seedling disease control in cotton
M A Newman, University of Tennessee, Jackson, USA

09.35                 5A-3
Ethaboxam: a new oomycete fungicide
D S Kim, Y S Lee, S J Chun, W B Choi, S W Lee, G T Kim,
K G Kang, G H Joe and J H Cho, LG Life Sciences, Daejeon, Korea

09.50                 5A-4
Disease control with a yeast elicitor in conjunction with fungicides
N Tosun, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

10.00                 5A-5
JAU 6476 - A new dimension DMI fungicide
A Mauler-Machnik, H-J Rosslenbroich, S Dutzmann, J Applegate and M Jautelat, Bayer CropScience, Monheim, Germany

10.30                 COFFEE

Room: Regency Room
Time: 09.00 - 10.30
Chairman: Dr A Thompson, Consultant, Kent, UK
Session Organiser: A Lane, Consultant, Newport, UK

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) was the forerunner of, and a fundamental component of, the broader concept of Integrated Crop Management (ICM), now widely practised on many farms. Effective pest control is essential to maintain crop yield and quality, but is a managed approach cost-effective and what are the risks? This Forum will debate the issues likely to influence the successful uptake of IPM.

Setting the scene for debate, Professor Mark Tatchell (HRI, Wellesbourne, UK) will provide a forward-looking review of IPM research and future prospects. To give the views of the producers, Keith Norman (Velcourt Farms, Cambridge, UK) will outline the challenges facing the arable farmer and Ben Emmett (Vitacress Salads, Andover, UK) will describe the experiences of a large-scale field vegetable grower.

10.30                 COFFEE

Room: Oxford Room
Time: 11.00 - 12.30
Chairman: Dr T Locke, ADAS, Rosemaund, Hereford UK
Session Organiser: Dr R Kennedy, HRI, Wellesbourne, UK

11.00
Chairman's introduction

11.03                 6A-1
Recent advances in the detection of airborne inoculum of plant pathogens using molecular methods
H A McCartney, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

11.30                 6A-2
Quantification of airborne inoculum using antibody based systems
A J Wakeham and R Kennedy, HRI, Wellesbourne, UK

11.50                 6A-3
Use of flow cytometry in the detection of plant pathogenic spores
G W Griffith, J P Day and D B Kell, University of Wales,Aberystwyth, UK

12.10                 6A-4
Sensors for early warning of post-harvest spoilage in potato tubers
B J P de Lacy Costello, R J Ewen, H E Gunson, N M Ratcliffe and P T N Spencer-Phillips, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

12.30                 Lunch

Room: Regency Room
Time: 11.00 - 12.30
Chairman & Session Organiser: Professor M G Ford, University of Portsmouth, UK

11.00
Chairman's introduction

11.05                 6B-1
Development of a new deltamethrin formulation for Europe
W T Lankford and E S Bardsley, Bayer CropScience, Cambridge, UK;
Gaelle Baur, and J-P Trijau, Bayer CropScience, Lyon, France;
M Henriet, Bayer CropScience, Frankfurt, Germany

11.25                 6B-2
Acylated lignin: a matrix for controlled release formulations of pesticides
J Zhao and R M Wilkins, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

11.50                 6B-3
Current status of application technology for greenhouses across Europe and associated occupational exposure to pesticides
C R Glass, A J Gilbert, J J Mathers and R J Lewis, CSL, York, UK;
J L Martinez Vidal, and F J Egea Gonzalez, University of Almeria, Spain;
J F Moreira, Ministerio da Agricultura, Oeiras, Portugal

12.10                 6B-4
Measurements of spray deposits on and off target surfaces within and beyond the treatment zone: the need for an embracing International Standard to measure and account all potential losses from container to target surfaces
W A Taylor and P G Andersen, Hardi International, Taastrup, Denmark.

12.30                 Lunch

Room: Clarence Room
Time: 11.00 - 12.30
Chairman & Session Organiser: N Caspell, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK

11.00
Chairman's introduction

11.02                 6C-1
What impact is ICM having on pest and disease management in field vegetables?
W E Parker, ADAS Woodthorne, Wolverhampton, UK

11.25                 6C-2
Crop protection in integrated production of field vegetables in Sweden: the status of IPM
B Jönsson, Swedish Board of Agriculture, Alnarp, Sweden

11.50                 6C-3
ICM - what does it offer - profits, markets, environment, social benefits?
C J Drummond, LEAF, Stoneleigh, UK

12.10                 6C-4
Slugs in vegetable crops: can control methods meet the needs of growers and consumers?
G R Port, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

12.30                 Lunch

Room: Oxford Room
Time: 14.00 - 15.30
Chairman: Dr P Halmer, Germain's, King's Lynn, UK
Session Organiser: Dr A J Biddle, PGRO, Peterborough, UK

14.00
Chairman's introduction

14.02                 7A-1
Seed treatment: uses and benefits
M C Hare, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK

14.25                 7A-2
Meeting the requirements for modern seed treatment application
A Wainwright, A C Rollett and A B Cheer, Bayer CropScience, Cambridge, UK

14.50                 7A-3
The effects of surfactant and water volume on the coverage of the seed surface by a seed treatment formulation
S J Maude, Crompton Europe, Evesham, UK

15.10                 7A-4
Variety as a factor in the response of winter wheat to silthiofam seed treatment
R A Bayles and B A S Napier, NIAB, Cambridge, UK;
D Leaper, Monsanto, Cambridge, UK

15.30                 TEA

Room: Regency Room
Time: 14.00 - 15.30
Chairman: Professor D Atkinson, SAC, Edinburgh, UK
Session Organiser: Dr B Pearce, IOR-Elm Farm Research Centre, Newbury, UK

14.00
Chairman's introduction

14.05                 7B-1
Organic agriculture and GM crops: is co-existence possible?
D Atkinson and C A Watson, SAC, Edinburgh, UK;
B Pearce, L Woodward, M Wolfe and J Welsh, IOR- Elm Farm Research Centre, Newbury, UK;
K Nowack, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Frick, Switzerland

14.25                 7B-2
The role of functional biodiversity in managing pests and diseases in organic production systems
M S Wolfe, IOR-Elm Farm Research Centre, Newbury, UK

14:45                 7B-3
Development of a systems approach for the management of late blight (Phytophthora infestans) in organic potato production: an update on the EU-Blight MOP project
S L Phillips, IOR-Elm Farm Research Centre, Newbury, UK;
C Leifert, J Santos and P Juntharathep, Tesco Centre for Organic Agriculture, Universityof Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;
L Bodker, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Tjele, Denmark;
L Tamm, Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Frick, Switzerland;
A B Smit, Agricultural Economics Research Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

15.05                 7B-4
Developing improved strategies for pest and disease management in organic vegetable production systems in the UK
G Davies, P Sumption and M Crockatt, IOR-HDRA, Coventry, UK;
P Gladders, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK;
M S Wolfe, IOR-Elm Farm Research Centre, Newbury, UK;
R Haward, Soil Association, Bristol, UK

15.30                 TEA

Room: Clarence Room
Time: 14.00 - 15.30
Chairman: Dr P Gladders, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK
Session Organiser: Dr T Locke, ADAS Rosemaund, Hereford, UK

14.00
Chairman's introduction

14.02                 7C-1
A review of pest and disease problems in winter oilseed rape in England and Wales
J A Turner, S J Elcock, K F A Walters and D M Wright, CSL, York, UK;
P Gladders, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK

14.22                 7C-2
New perspectives on the epidemiology and management of phoma stem canker of winter oilseed rape in England
J S West, Y-J Huang, J M Steed, P K Leech and B D L Fitt, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK;
P Gladders, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK

14.42                 7C-3
Turnip rape (Brassica rapa) as a trap crop to protect oilseed rape (Brassica napus) from infestation by insect pests: potential and mechanisms of action
S M Cook, L E Smart, R J P Potting, E Bartlet, J L Martin, D A Murray, N P Watts and I H Williams, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

15.02                 7C-4
Efficacy of single and two-way fungicide seed treatments for the control of metalaxyl-resistant strains of Plasmopara halstedii (sunflower downy mildew)
T J Gulya, Sunflower Research Unit, Fargo, USA

15.30                 TEA

Room: Cambridge & Durham Rooms - Upper Level
Time: 16:00 - 17:30
Session Organisers: Dr J West, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK and Dr S A Ellis, ADAS High Mowthorpe, Malton, UK

8A-1
The effects of fungicides on Fusarium graminearum growth and its consequences to green leaf retention, yield and seedling emergence
E G Korpetis and E A Skorda, NAGREF Cereal Institute, Thermi-Thessaloniki, Greece

8A-2
Chemical control of eyespot and other stem-base pathogens in an early drilled first winter wheat crop
R V Ray, S G Edwards and P Jenkinson, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK

8A-3
Control of potato late blight (Phytophthora infestans) with a fenamidone-based product in the UK
E S Bardsley and A Seitz, Bayer CropScience, Cambridge, UK;
R T Mercer, Bayer CropScience, Lyon, France

8A-4
Inoculum sources of the toxigenic ear-blight pathogen, Fusarium culmorum, in wheat
G L Bateman, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

8A-5
Development of leaf blotch (Rhynchosporium secalis) epidemics on barley
D F Henman, H Davis and B D L Fitt, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

8A-6
Why do cereal diseases occur where they do?
M C Taylor, CSL, York, UK

8A-7
Disease and canopy control in oilseed rape using triazole fungicides
A E Coules, G D Lunn, and S Rossall, University of Nottingham, UK

8A-8
HEC 5725 - chemodynamic behaviour of a new leaf systemic strobilurin fungicide
I Haeuser-Hahn, U Heinemann, P Baur and A Suty-Heinze, Bayer CropScience, Monheim, Germany

8A-9
Effects of light leaf spot (Pyrenopeziza brassicae) infection on winter survival and yield of oilseed rape (Brassica napus)
A Baierl, N Evans, J M Steed and B D L Fitt, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK;
K G Sutherland, SAC, Aberdeen, UK

8A-10
Pest and disease management constraints under climate change
D Harris and J E Hossell, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK

8A-11
MASTER - Management Strategies for European Rape Pests - a new EU Project
I Williams, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK;
W Büchs, BBA Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops Grassland, Braunschweig, Germany;
H Hokkanen and I Menzler-Hokkanen, University of Helsinki, Finland;
A Johnen, pro-Plant, Muenster, Germany;
Z Klukowski, Agricultural University of Wroclaw, Poland;
A Luik, Estonian Agricultural University, Tartu, Estonia;
C Nilsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden;
B Ulber, Institute of Plant Pathology and Crop Protection, Göttingen, Germany

8A-12
The effect of clothianidin on aphids and virus yellows in sugar beet
A M Dewar, L A Haylock, B H Garner, P Baker and R J N Sands, Broom's Barn Research Station, Bury St Edmunds, UK

8A-13
The effects of insecticideseed treatments on beneficial insects in sugar beet
P A Baker, L A Haylock, B H Garner, R J N Sands and A M Dewar, Broom's Barn Research Station, Bury St Edmunds, UK

8A-14
Spatial pattern in the distribution of pests and yield in an oilseed rape crop: implications for ICM
A W Ferguson, J N Perry, I H Williams, S J Clark and M A Mugglestone, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK;
Z Klukowski and B Walczak, Katedra Entomologii Rolniczej, Wroclaw, Poland

8A-15
The use of baited and unbaited sticky traps to monitor the orange blossom midge, Sitodoplosis mosellana and its parasitoid, Macroglenes penetrans
J N Oakley, ADAS Rosemaund, Hereford, UK;
L E Smart, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

8A-16
Observations on integrated population management strategies for wheat bulb fly
J E B Young and G A Talbot, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK;
P Strachan, Morley Research Centre, Wymondham, UK

8A-17
Protecting oilseed rape from slug damage using metaldeyhyde, methiocarb and imidacloprid seed dressings
L C Simms and M J Wilson, University of Aberdeen, UK;
D M Glen, Styloma Research and Consulting, Cheddar, UK;
D B Green, ADAS Woodthorne, Wolverhampton, UK

8A-18
Semiochemicals for the control of cereal pests
T J Bruce, J L Martin, B J Pye, L E Smart and L J Wadhams, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

8A-19
Clothianidin - a new chloronicotinyl seed treatment for use on sugar beet and cereals: field trial experiences from Northern Europe
R H Meredith, P J Heatherington and D B Morris, Bayer CropScience, Cambridge, UK

Room: Cambridge & Durham Rooms - Upper Level
Time: 16:00 17:30
Session Organiser: Dr G Davies, IOR-HDRA, Coventry, UK

8B 1
Health status of spring barley cultivated under organic, integrated and conventional farming conditions
A Baturo, University of Technology and Agriculture, Bydgoszcz, Poland

8B 2
Management of plant parasitic nematode populations by use of vermicomposts
N Q Arancon, C A Edwards and S S Lee, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA;
E Yardim, Yuzuncu Yil Universitesi, Van, Turkey

8B 3
Suppression of the plant diseases, Pythium (damping-off), Rhizoctonia (root rot) and Verticillium (wilt) by vermicomposts
H Chaoui, C A Edwards, A Brickner, S S Lee and N Q Arancon, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

8B 4
The effect of organic amendments on stem canker and black scurf (Rhizoctonia solani) of potatoes
G Davies and O Woolley, IOR HDRA, Coventry, UK;
P Gladders, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK;
M Wolfe, IOR-Elm Farm Research Centre, Newbury, UK;
R Haward, Soil Association, Bristol, UK

Room: Cambridge & Durham Rooms - Upper Level
Time: 16.00 - 17.30
Session Organiser: Professor P E Russell, Consultant, Cambridge, UK

8C-1
Behaviour-modifying chemicals of the damson-hop aphid, Phorodon humuli (Schrank)
T W Pope, HRI, East Malling, UK

8C-2
Maturation of ascospores of A-group and B-group Leptosphaeria maculans (stem canker) on winter oilseed rape debris
Y J Huang and B D L Fitt, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK;
A M Hall, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

8C-3
Alternatives to methyl bromide method for the management of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) in greenhouse-grown tomato
G Neophytou and N Ioannou, Agricultural Research, Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus;
D J Wright, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Ascot, UK

8C-4
Variety mixtures and the blighted organic potato
S L Phillips, IOR-Elm Farm Research Centre, Newbury, UK

8C-5
Insect growth regulators inhibit acetylcholinesterase activity in B-biotype Bemisia tabaci
E L A Cottage, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
R V Gunning, NSW Agriculture, Tamworth, Australia

8C-6
Behavioural consequences of pyrethroid resistance in the peach-potato aphid, Myzus persicae
I G Eleftherianos, S P Foster, M S Williamson and I Denholm, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

8C-7
Symbiotic bacteria from entomopathogenic nematodes acting as biological agents against fungal pathogens of tomato seedlings
A V Kapsalis and S R Gowen, University of Reading, UK;
F T Gravanis, Technological Education Institution of Larissa, Greece

8C-8
Studies on population dynamics of Bacillus subtilis and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lentis, the causal organism of lentil vascular wilt
S A El-Hassan and S R Gowen, University of Reading, UK

8C-9
Differences between Rhizoctonia solani isolates from potato crops
J W Woodhall and P Jenkinson, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK

8C-10
Effect of mycelial inoculum level and cultivar susceptibility on Rhizoctonia solani development on potato stems and seed tubers
P Kyritsis and S J Wale, SAC, Aberdeen, UK

8C-11
Inhibition of common cereal pathogenic fungi by clove oil and eucalyptus oil
E M Byron and A M Hall, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

8C-12
Biocontrol of canker on oilseed rape by reduction and inhibition of initial inoculum
M S Maksymiak and A M Hall, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

8C-13
Impact of spectral cladding materials on the behaviour of glasshouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Encarsia formosa, its hymenopteran parasitoid
D Doukas, University of Reading, UK

8C-14
The effect of granular nematicides on the development of Rhizoctonia solani diseases and their interaction with Globodera rostochiensis on potato
M A Back, P P J Haydock and P Jenkinson, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK

8C-15
A malathion-specific esterase in a highly resistant strain of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum
A Rauf and R M Wilkins, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Room: Cambridge & Durham Rooms - Upper Level
Time: 16.00 - 17.30
Session Organisers: Dr T C K Dawkins and A Selley
DuPont, Stevenage, UK

8D-1
Insecticide resistance in Egyptian strains of Bemisia tabaci
H El Kady, Zagazig University, Qalubia, Egypt;
I Denholm and G J Devine, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

8D-2
Chlorfenapyr resistance in Helicoverpa armigera in Australia
R V Gunning, NSW Agriculture, Tamworth, Australia;
G D Moores, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

8D-3
Use of novel substrates to characterise esteratic cleavage of pyrethroids
G D Moores, P Jewess, A L Boyes and N Javed, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK;
R V Gunning, NSW Agriculture, Tamworth, Australia

8D-4
The effect of dose rate of imidacloprid and clothianidin on insecticide-resistant clones of Myzus persicae
L A Haylock, A M Dewar, B H Garner, R J N Sands and P Baker, Broom's Barn Research Station, Bury St Edmunds,UK;
S P Foster, D M Cox, N Mason and I Denholm, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

8D-5
Resistance to carbamate, organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides in the potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae)
S P Foster, B Hackett, N Mason, G D Moores, D M Cox, J Campbell and I Denholm, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK

8D-6
Resistance to insecticides in the currant-lettuce aphid, Nasonovia ribisnigri: laboratory and field evidence
M D Barber, G D Moores, and I Denholm, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK;
N B Kift and G M Tatchell, HRI, Wellesbourne, UK

8D-7
PCR-based method for detecting mutation allele frequencies for QoI resistance in Plasmopara viticola
C Sirven, E Gonzalez, E Bufflier, M-P Latorse and R Beffa, Bayer CropScience, Lyon, France

8D-8
Interrelation between alternative respiration and target site mutations in resistance to QoI fungicides
C Avila-Adame, Colegio de Postgraduados, Tabasco, Mexico;
W Köller, Cornell University, Geneva, USA

8D-9
Sensitivity of European isolates of Phytophthora infestans to famoxadone and cymoxanil
T Barchietto, Biotransfer, Montreuil, France;
J-L Genet, DuPont, Nambsheim, France

8D-10
Shift in sensitivity of Alternaria solani (potato early blight) to strobilurin fungicides
J S Pasche, C M Wharam and N C Gudmestad, North Dakota State University, Fargo,USA

8D-11
Mefenoxam resistance in the North American population of Phytophthora erythroseptica: spatial distribution and frequency of resistance in soil and recombinant populations
R J Taylor, B Salas, G A Secor, V V Rivera, K Oberoi and N C Gudmestad, North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA

8D-12
Activity of zoxamide against European isolates of Phytophthora infestans
L R Cooke, D J Carlisle and R D McCall, Queen's University, Belfast, UK;

8D-13
Effect of dose rate and mixture on selection for reduced sensitivity to triazole fungicides in Mycosphaerella graminicola
V J Mavroidis and M W Shaw, University of Reading, UK

Room: Cambridge & Durham Rooms - Upper Level
Time: 16.00 - 17.30
Session Organisers: Dr D Stock, Syngenta, Bracknell, UK
and Professor M G Ford, Portsmouth University, UK

8E-1
Technical advances in fumigant application for soil disinfestations
M L Gullino, A Minuto and A Garabaldi, Di Va PRA Patalogica Vegetale University, Torino, Italy;
H A Ajwa, University of California, Davis, USA

8E-2
Novel pesticides for slug and snail control in horticulture
I Schuder and G Port, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK;
J Bennison, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK

8E-3
A comparison of a direct injection sprayer with a conventional one
A G Hodgekiss, Syngenta, Yalding, UK

Room: Regency Room
Time: 18.00 - 19.00
Session Organiser: Dr J Knight, Imperial College of Science Technology & Medicine, Ascot, UK

This session, in a departure from the normal evening discussion sessions, will provide delegates with the opportunity to discuss with software developers the science and technology underlying the most recent developments relating to crop protection and management. The session will enable delegates to have hands-on experience of the packages in a friendly atmosphere. The contributors cover both the commercial and research sectors and represent software both in development and already on the market.

Contributors include the Central Science Laboratory, Horticulture Research International, Institute of Arable Crops, Patchwork Technology, Silsoe Research Institute, BCPC, Pear Technology, Farmade and Muddy Boots software.