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Seed Treatment -
Challenges & Opportunities

26 - 27 February 2001 at the Belfry Resort Hotel, Wishaw, North Warwickshire, UK.

The Symposium
Proceedings
Timetable
The Programme
Delegate Registration
The Exhibition

  The Symposium
 

Seed health and protection are the first essential steps in the reliable production of economically viable crops. Seed treatment, whether by chemical, physical or biological means, continues to be a vital input into today's agricultural and horticultural production systems.

Many changes in both technologies and markets have occurred since the previous BCPC Seed Treatment Symposium in 1994, which taken together, illustrate the continuing importance of seed treatment in the broadest sense. The loss of organo-mercurials and lindane, for example, has accelerated the development and adoption of alternatives; physiological methods to enhance crop establishment are more widely employed; the introduction of ICM protocols and the increased interest in non-chemical seed treatments and organic production. These and other changes are taking place against a background of increasing environmental concerns.

The Symposium will bring together the current knowledge of seed treatment technology, covering the whole range from major agronomic to minor crops and will look forward to the developments of the next few years. This will be an important discussion forum for all those involved in research, development, application, advice and use of seed treatments.

  Proceedings
Printed proceedings, which include full scripts of all the papers presented at this event are given to all Symposium delegates. The programme below details the titles and authors of all the papers.

Copies of the proceedings can be purchased for £35 plus appropriate delivery charge, to order now click here.

  Timetable
 
Monday 26 February 2001
  From 08.30 Delegate Registration
  10.30-11.15 Session 1
  11.15-13.00 Session 2
  13.00-14.00 Lunch in the Atrium Restaurant
  14.00- 15.30 Session 3
  15.30-16.00 Tea and Exhibition in the Litchfield Suite
  16.00-17.30 Poster Session in the Stafford Suite
  19.30 Pre-drinks reception in the Warwick Suite
Sponsored by Bayer plc
  20.00 Symposium Dinner in the Warwick Suite
Tuesday 27 February 2001
  09.00-10.45 Session 4
  10.45-11.15 Coffee and Exhibition in the Litchfield Suite
  11.15-12.45 Session 5
  12.45-13.45 Lunch in the Atrium Restaurant
  13.45-15.30
Session 6
  The Programme
 

MONDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2001
All Symposium sessions will be held in the Warwick Suite

10.30 - 11.15   SESSION 1
WELCOME & KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Chairman and Session Organiser:

Dr P Halmer, Germain's (UK) Ltd, King's Lynn, UK
Programme Committee Chairman's welcome
Dr A J Biddle, Processors and Growers Research Organisation, Peterborough, UK
Keynote Presentation
Seed treatment technologies: evolving to achieve crop genetic potential F Brandl, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basel, Switzerland

11.15 - 13.00   SESSION 2
INSECTICIDAL SEED TREATMENTS
Chairman:

Mr T J Martin, BCPC Seed Treatment Working Group Chairman 1984-1999
Session Organiser:
Mr A Wainwright, Bayer plc, Bury St Edmunds, UK
The impact of thiamethoxam seed treatment on maize storability and laboratory test performance J S Burris, Burris Consulting LLC, Ames, USA
A new insecticidal seed treatment for oilseed rape P A Birch and T Nicholson, Bayer plc, Bury St Edmunds, UK
Novel seed treatments to control aphids and virus yellows in sugar beet A M Dewar, L A Haylock, K M Bean, B H Garner and R J N Sands, IACR-Broom's Barn, Bury St Edmunds, UK
P M J Ecclestone, British Sugar plc, Peterborough, UK
Thiamethoxam (CGA 293'343) - a novel insecticide for seed delivered insect control D Hofer, F Brandl, B Druebbisch and F Doppmann, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basle, Switzerland
L Zang, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc, Greensboro, USA
The influence of seed rate on the efficacy of imidacloprid seed treatment against BYDV in winter cereals E J Miles, D J Bluett and D H Mann, Bayer plc, Bury St Edmunds, UK

13.00 - 14.00   Lunch in the Atrium Restaurant

14.00 - 15.30   SESSION 3
APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY
Chairman and Session Organiser
Dr P B Clayton, PBC Enterprises Ltd, Market Rasen, UK
The development of an image analysis technique for the quantitative analysis of seed treatment coverage on seed S J Maude, Uniroyal Chemical Ltd, Evesham, UK
Quantitative and qualitative detection of Pyrenophora species on barley seed using PCR in advisory seed health testing D M Kenyon, J E Thomas, J A Bates and E J A Taylor, NIAB, Cambridge, UK
Heat sanitation of cereal seeds with a new, efficient, cheap and environmentally friendly method G Forsberg, Plant Pathology and Biological Control Unit, Uppsala, Sweden
Alleviation of seed imbibitional chilling injury using polymer film coating B-R Ni, Seedbiotics, Caldwell, USA

15.30 - 16.00   Tea & Exhibition in the Litchfield Suite

16.00 - 17.30   Poster Session in the Stafford Suite
Sponsored by Uniroyal Chemical Ltd
Effects of imidacloprid cereal seed treatment against wireworms and slugs P W Rose and L Oades, Bayer plc, Bury St Edmunds, UK
Thiamethoxam - a new sugar beet seed treatment in Finland
L Eronen, Sugar Beet Research Centre, Korvenkyläntie, Finland
R Knaapinen, Novartis Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland
A Kühl, Novartis Agro GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
Chemodynamic behaviour of the new insecticide thiamethoxam as seed treatment W Fischer and H Widmer, Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland
Seed treatment - an emerging technology in agriculture in Latin America demonstrated by the development of thiamethoxam O de Campos Leite, F Brandl and D Hofer, Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland
P Aramaki, K Gehmann and J Weissenberg, Syngenta SA, São Paulo, Brazil
Polymer film coatings decrease water uptake and water vapour movement into seeds and reduce imbibitional chilling injury A G Taylor and J Kwiatowski, Cornell University, Geneva, USA
Investigation of the potential of a PCR test to detect Ustilago nuda in barley seed J A Bates, G Morreale, D M Kenyon, E J A Taylor and J E Thomas, NIAB, Cambridge, UK
New technologies for seed loading and seed-to-seed distribution analysis - the critical parameters for treatment quality A Leuenberger, Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland
Studies on the incidence and control of Fusarium seedling blight of wheat caused by M. nivale var. majus, var. nivale and Fusarium spp. using PCR diagnostics N C Glynn, S G Edwards and M C Hare, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK. D W Parry, Horticultural Research International, East Malling, UK. F Brandl, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basel, Switzerland
A buffer feed system to provide an even flow of potato tubers for efficient spray treatment A C Rollett, Bayer plc, Bury St Edmunds, UK. A C Cunnington, British Potato Council, Spalding, UK. J Rodger-Brown, E W Downs & Son Ltd, Sudbury, UK
The relationship between season, variety and location on the incidence and severity of Microdochium nivale levels in winter wheat seedlots D M Kenyon and J E Thomas, NIAB, Cambridge, UK
Seed treatment control of seed-borne Microdochium nivale under different field conditions I Haigh, P Jenkinson and , M C Hare, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK
A E Jones, Uniroyal Chemical Ltd, Evesham, UK
The interaction between ear sprays and seed treatment for the control of Fusarium seedling blight in wheat S J Winson, M C Hare and P Jenkinson, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK
Fludioxonil, a low use rate seed treatment for the control of Fusarium on corn and potatoes L E Zang, K K Shetty and C G Watrin, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc, Greensboro, USA
B Forster, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basle, Switzerland
Control of soil-borne common bunt (Tilletia tritici) by seed treatment B J Nielsen, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Slagelse, Denmark
Control of Microdochium nivale with fludioxonil seed treatments S J E West, F Doppermann, B Forster and R Zeun, Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland
Pathogenesis related proteins induced in wheat following seed treatment with carboxin G Chilosi, C Boccongelli, M P Aleandri and P Magro, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Improved compatibility of metalaxyl-M + fludioxonil seed treatment fungicide with Rhizobium in soya bean production
K Shetty, B Foster and L Zang, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc, Greensboro, USA. S Smith and R Osburn, LiphaTech, Milwaukee, USA
Effectiveness of carboxin + thiram against seed-borne Fusarium spp. in bread and durum wheat G Vannacci, C Cristani, M Forti and S Marino, Università di Pisa, Italy
G Chilosi, C Boccongelli and P Magro, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

19.30   Pre-Drinks Reception in the Warwick Suite
Sponsored by Bayer plc

20.00   Symposium Dinner in the Warwick Suite

TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2001

9.00 - 10.45   SESSION 4

FUNGICIDAL SEED TREATMENTS

Chairman and Session Organiser
Mr D Bartlett, Uniroyal Chemical Ltd, Evesham, UK
The response of winter wheat varieties to rotational position and silthiofam seed treatment R A Bayles, R D Fenwick, B A S Napier, NIAB, Cambridge, UK. D Leaper, Monsanto, Cambridge, UK
Effects of fluquinconazole seed treatment on take-all and yield of winter wheat, and its exploitation in cropping systems J F Jenkyn, R J Gutteridge and G L Bateman, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK
Triticonazole based cereal seed treatments for the control of seed- and soil-borne diseases S J Beal, P Cavell and T Holt, Aventis CropScience UK Ltd, Ongar, UK
A9873C, a broad spectrum fungicide seed treatment for peas B Forster, E Sztor and R Burke, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basle, Switzerland. G Follas, Syngenta Crop Protection Ltd, Auckland, UK. B Falloon, New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand
Seed treatment according to need in winter wheat V Cockerell, V Mulholland, M McEwan, SASA, Edinburgh, N D Paveley, ADAS High Mowthorpe, Malton, UK; W S Clark, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK; S Anthony, ADAS Wolverhampton, UK; J E Thomas, J Bates, D M Kenyon and E J A Taylor, NIAB, Cambridge, UK

10.45 - 11.15   Coffee & Exhibition in the Litchfield Suite

11.15 - 12.45   SESSION 5

BIOLOGICAL SEED TREATMENTS

Chairman and Session Organiser
Professor J M Whipps, HRI, Wellesbourne, UK

Improving bacterial seed treatments - advantages and problems with the use of molecular marker technologies.
C Leifert, TESCO Centre for Organic Agriculture, University of Newcastle, UK
Biocontrol activity of Pythium oligandrum and Coniothyrium minitans in pelleted and film-coated seed J M Whipps, HRI, Wellesbourne, UK; M P McQuilken, SAC, Auchincruive, UK
Effect of seed treatment with acetic acid for control of seed borne diseases A Borgen, Holmemosevej, Stege, Denmark
B J Nielsen, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Slagelse, Denmark
Use of mustard flour and milk powder to control common bunt (Tilletia tritici) in wheat and stem smut (Urocystis occulta) in rye in organic agriculture A Borgen, Holmemosevej, Stege, Denmark
L Kristensen, Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University, Tåstrup, Denmark

12.45 - 13.45   Lunch in the Atrium Restaurant

13.45 - 15.30   SESSION 6

PATHWAYS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF SEED TREATMENTS

Chairman
Dr M Jeffs,Dalgety Agriculture Ltd, Throws Farm, Great Dunmow, UK
Session Organiser
Mr T Holt, Aventis CropScience, Ongar, UK

The regulation of pesticide seed treatments in the European Community and Great Britain J O'Leary Quinn, Pesticides Safety Directorate, York, UK
Filmcoating the seed of leek with fipronil to control onion thrips, onion fly and leek moth A Ester and H F Huiting, Applied Research for Arable Farming and Field Production of Vegetables, Lelystad, The Netherlands
Requirements for effective seed sampling in the application of treatment according to need strategies J E Thomas, M J Smith, P S Thompson and D M Kenyon, NIAB, Cambridge, UK
V Cockerell, SASA, Edinburgh, UK
New generation seed treatment products for canola (Brassica napus, B. campestris) and mustard (Sinapis alba, Brassica juncea) P Doyle, M Stypa, F Schneidersmann and R Ramachandran, Novartis Crop Protection Canada Inc, Guelph, Canada
Quantifying the benefits of seed treatment for foliar disease control S R Parker, ADAS High Mowthorpe, Malton, UK
D J Lovell, IACR-Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, UK

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN'S CLOSING REMARKS
Dr A J Biddle, Processors and Growers Research Organisation, Peterborough, UK.

  Poster Sessions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A wide ranging series of posters covering aspects linked to all the main sessions will be available for viewing throughout the duration of the Symposium but will presented by their authors in a specific session during the first day of the Symposium. The content of the posters demonstrates the many aspects of treatments on crops ranging from cereals to flowers and potatoes to maize and soya.

Poster Session in the Stafford Suite
Sponsored by Uniroyal Chemical Ltd

Effects of imidacloprid cereal seed treatment against wireworms and slugs P W Rose and L Oades, Bayer plc, Bury St Edmunds, UK
Thiamethoxam - a new sugar beet seed treatment in Finland
L Eronen, Sugar Beet Research Centre, Korvenkyläntie, Finland
R Knaapinen, Novartis Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland
A Kühl, Novartis Agro GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
Chemodynamic behaviour of the new insecticide thiamethoxam as seed treatment W Fischer and H Widmer, Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland
Seed treatment - an emerging technology in agriculture in Latin America demonstrated by the development of thiamethoxam O de Campos Leite, F Brandl and D Hofer, Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland
P Aramaki, K Gehmann and J Weissenberg, Syngenta SA, São Paulo, Brazil
Polymer film coatings decrease water uptake and water vapour movement into seeds and reduce imbibitional chilling injury A G Taylor and J Kwiatowski, Cornell University, Geneva, USA
Investigation of the potential of a PCR test to detect Ustilago nuda in barley seed J A Bates, G Morreale, D M Kenyon, E J A Taylor and J E Thomas, NIAB, Cambridge, UK
New technologies for seed loading and seed-to-seed distribution analysis - the critical parameters for treatment quality A Leuenberger, Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland
Studies on the incidence and control of Fusarium seedling blight of wheat caused by M. nivale var. majus, var. nivale and Fusarium spp. using PCR diagnostics N C Glynn, S G Edwards and M C Hare, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK. D W Parry, Horticultural Research International, East Malling, UK. F Brandl, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basel, Switzerland
A buffer feed system to provide an even flow of potato tubers for efficient spray treatment A C Rollett, Bayer plc, Bury St Edmunds, UK. A C Cunnington, British Potato Council, Spalding, UK. J Rodger-Brown, E W Downs & Son Ltd, Sudbury, UK
The relationship between season, variety and location on the incidence and severity of Microdochium nivale levels in winter wheat seedlots D M Kenyon and J E Thomas, NIAB, Cambridge, UK.
Seed treatment control of seed-borne Microdochium nivale under different field conditions I Haigh, P Jenkinson and , M C Hare, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK
A E Jones, Uniroyal Chemical Ltd, Evesham, UK
The interaction between ear sprays and seed treatment for the control of Fusarium seedling blight in wheat S J Winson, M C Hare and P Jenkinson, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK
Fludioxonil, a low use rate seed treatment for the control of Fusarium on corn and potatoes L E Zang, K K Shetty and C G Watrin, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc, Greensboro, USA
B Forster, Syngenta Crop Protection AG, Basle, Switzerland
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ontrol of soil-borne common bunt (Tilletia tritici) by seed treatment B J Nielsen, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Slagelse, Denmark
Control of Microdochium nivale with fludioxonil seed treatments S J E West, F Doppermann, B Forster and R Zeun, Syngenta AG, Basel, Switzerland
Pathogenesis related proteins induced in wheat following seed treatment with carboxin G Chilosi, C Boccongelli, M P Aleandri and P Magro, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
Improved compatibility of metalaxyl-M + fludioxonil seed treatment fungicide with Rhizobium in soya bean production
K Shetty, B Foster and L Zang, Syngenta Crop Protection Inc, Greensboro, USA. S Smith and R Osburn, LiphaTech, Milwaukee, USA
Effectiveness of carboxin + thiram against seed-borne Fusarium spp. in bread and durum wheat G Vannacci, C Cristani, M Forti and S Marino, Università di Pisa, Italy
G Chilosi, C Boccongelli and P Magro, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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  Delegate Information
 

This Symposium is registered with the BASIS Professional Register and carries an allocation of 5 CPD points.
Basis Code: P/341/00c.

  The Exhibition
Running alongside the Symposium will be an Exhibition featuring those organisations offering goods or services to this sector of the market. The Exhibition will run from 11.00 on Monday 26 February 2001 until 16.30 on Tuesday 27 February 2001. Exhibitors will be able to set up their stands from 18.00 on Sunday 25 February. Each stand has a 3 metre frontage by 2 metre depth and is space only. The cost of each stand is £250 + VAT (currently 17.5%).

Exhibition Layout at The Belfry Hotel



Updated 1 March 2001

Key

Booked

 Stand  Exhibitor  Location  Country  www
1  BCPC Farnham UK
2 Incoteç Enkhuizen The Netherlands -
3 Uniroyal Chemical Company Slough UK
4 Aventis CropScience UK Ongar UK
5 Uniroyal Chemical Company Slough UK
6 Aventis CropScience UK Ongar UK
7 Germain's King's Lynn UK
8 Clariant Frankfurt Germany
9 Phosyn Pocklington UK
10 Phosyn Pocklington UK
11 Syngenta Basel Switzerland
12 Syngenta Basel Switzerland
13 Syngenta Basel Switzerland
14 PGRO Peterborough UK
15 Agrichem (International) Whittlesey UK
16 Uniqema Delaware USA
17 Pro Seed Technologies New York USA
18
SEPPIC Paris France -
19 Bayer Bury St Edmunds UK
20 Bayer Bury St Edmunds UK

Any queries relating to the Exhibition should be referred to Geoff Beaumont, the Exhibition manager.

  Venue
The Symposium is to be held at the world famous Belfry business, golf and leisure resort - home to the Ryder Cup 2001. With 324 bedrooms, three full-sized golf courses and an extensive range of leisure facilities, the Belfry makes an ideal venue. The Belfry is located in central England and is easy to reach by road (Junction 9 off the M42) or air (15 minutes from Birmingham International Airport and the NEC).
A variety of other hotels and guest houses are available in the locality.
  The Programme Committee
 

 
Dr Anthony Biddle (Chairman)
Processors and Growers Research Organisation,
Great North Road
Thornhaugh
Peterborough
PE8 6HJ
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1780 782585
Fax: +44 (0) 1780 783993
Email: anthony@pgro.co.uk

Dr Peter Halmer, Germain's (UK) Ltd
Dr Phillip Clayton, PBC Enterprises
Professor John Whipps, HRI-Wellesbourne
Tim Holt, Aventis CropScience UK Ltd
Alan Wainwright, Bayer plc
Digby Bartlett, Uniroyal Chemical Ltd

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