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The 1999 Brighton Conference -
Weeds
TUESDAY 16 NOVEMBER

PROGRAMME

SESSION 4B: PERSPECTIVE IN THE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF WEEDS

 

Chairman: Professor B R Kerry (IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK)
Session Organiser: Mr M P Greaves (IACR-Long Ashton, Bristol, UK)
 

Chairman's introduction

The commercial realisation of biological herbicides
V C M Weston, Rhône-Poulenc Agriculture Ltd, Ongar, UK

Formulation and spray application - forgotten factors in the development of microbial herbicides
J Lawrie, M P Greaves, N M Western and V M Down, IACR-Long Ashton, Bristol, UK

Dutch case studies showing the success and limitations of biological weed control
C Kempenaar and P C Scheepens, DLO-Institute for Agrobiology and Soil Fertility, Wageningen, The Netherlands

A perspective after 40 years research at the USDA-ARS European Biological Control Laboratory
P Quimby, A A Kirk, R Sobhian, G Campobasso and J Kashefi, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Montferrier sur Lez, France