International plant health and quarantine for the new millennium

09.00    9B-1
International plant health and quarantine for the new millennium
A W Pemberton, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK

09.10    9B-2
New constraints to plant quarantine
I M Smith, European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization, Paris, France

09.30    9B-3
The precautionary approach and phytosanitary measures
R L Griffin, International Plant Protection Convention Secretariat, Rome, Italy

09.50    9B-4
New pests and diseases in European Community plant health legislation
P W Bartlett, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK

10.10    9B-5
Can phytosanitary services in African countries meet the challenges of globalisation?
R Black, Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, UK

Communication and technology transfer in crop protection. Part 1: issue and problems

09.00    9C-1
Technology transfer in crop protection: the policy context
J Tait, Scottish Universities Policy Research and Advice Network, Edinburgh, UK

09.30    9C-2
Problems of communication and technology transfer in crop protection: a practitioner's perspective
W S Clark, ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, UK

09.55    9C-3
Do hunter gatherers make good farmers?
N McRoberts and G N Foster, SAC, Ayr, UK;
A Sutherland, SAC, Edinburgh, UK;
J Willock, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, UK;
G Edwards-Jones, University of Wales, Bangor, UK

10.15    9C-4
Issues in the design and delivery of commercial software applications for crop protection
P M Henley, Farmade Management Systems, Uckfield, UK

Trangenics: the solution for pest and disease management?

11.00    10A-1
Plant disease resistance genes
C M Thomas, E A van der Biezen, M S Dixon, C Golstein and J D G Jones, The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK

11.30    10A-2
Challenges and opportunities for enhancing crop disease resistance and food safety via transgene technology
J P Duvick, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Johnston, USA

11.50    10A-3
Recommendations for assessing effects of GM crops on non-target organisms
T H Schuler, G M Poppy and I Denholm, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK

12.10    10A-4
Use of transgenic glyphosate-tolerance in sugar beet to control aphids and potato cyst nematodes
A M Dewar, L A Haylock, K M Bean and M J May, IACR-Broom's Barn, Bury St Edmunds, UK;
J Beane and R N Perry, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK

Maintaining availability of pesticides for use on minor and specialist crops

11.00    10B-1
The development of official schemes to permit and regulate the 'off-label' use of plant protection products in the UK
P J Chapman, Pesticides Safety Directorate, York, UK

11.30    10B-2
Initiatives at the European level aimed at maintaining the availability for minor uses of pesticides: an EU project on voluntary mutual recognition
C C J M Brooijmans, Plant Protection Service, Wageningen, The Netherlands;
H de Heer, Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries, Wageningen, The Netherlands

11.50    10B-3
The IR-4 Project - a minor use program for pest management solutions in the United States
D C Thompson, J J Baron and D L Kunkel, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

12.10    10B-4
The impact of recent changes in pesticide legislation on the fresh produce industry - a supplier's perspective
E R Moorhouse and A J Hucklesby, Mack Multiples Division, Paddock Wood, UK

Communication and technology transfer in crop protection. Part 2: approaches to improving communication and technology transfer

11.00    10C -1
Ten years in the evolution of horticultural decision support systems in New Zealand
D W L Manktelow, J T S Walker and R M Beresford, HortResearch, Havelock North, New Zealand
A J Hodson, HortPlus, Hastings, New Zealand
M R Laurenson, Ministry of Agrigulture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tsukuba, Japan

11.30    10C-2
The application of participative research technology in the development of organic and GM cropping systems
E J Booth, C A Watson and K C Walker, SAC, Aberdeen, UK;
D Atkinson, SAC, Edinburgh, UK

11.50    10C-3
LIAISON - a broadly based agronomic information serving UK agriculture, horticulture and the food industry
M R Thomas, J A Turner, O L Wardman and E Maidment, Central Science Laboratory, York, UK

12.10    10C-4
Use of communication and technology transfer in crop protection
V Foulds, Dacom Systems UK, King's Lynn, UK