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The 1999 Brighton Conference
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Weeds

WEDNESDAY 17 NOVEMBER

PROGRAMME

EVENING DISCUSSION: WEED RESISTANCE ACTION GROUP [WRAG]

Chairman: Mr J H Orson WRAG Chairman, c/o Morley Research Centre, Wymondham, UK
Session Organiser: Dr S R Moss WRAG Secretary, c/o IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK

 
 

This will be an open meeting of the UK Weed Resistance Action Group (WRAG). WRAG members, and all other interested delegates, are invited to attend and participate.

The meeting will briefly review WRAG activities including: the status of resistance in the UK and the rest of Europe; the new HGCA resistance topic sheet; the new system for designating degree of resistance in screening assays; workshops on the risk of resistance in broad-leaved weeds; discussions on resistance warnings and the merits of including mode of action information on herbicide labels; baseline monitoring/background sensitivity; resistance websites; liaison with other Resistance Action Groups and the Herbicide Resistance Action Committee (HRAC).