Diseases

The purpose of the BCPC Diseases Working Group is to provide a forum for discussion on plant health issues, relevant new legislation, new developments and research. The group organises an annual review for an invited audience, the first review was held in December 2014. It also acts as a lobby to influence potential funding for crop protection and to provide expert opinion to inform policy makers.

The 5th Annual BCPC Diseases Review took place at the NIAB Conference Centre, (Sophi Taylor Building) Histon, Cambridge on Thursday 10 October 2019. Details of the programme and speaker presentations from the event can be found here

"Crop health protection research cannot be considered in isolation. Along with researchers, innovation needs regulators, educators, inspectors, advisors and practitioners to provide training, skills and knowledge exchange. The BCPC Diseases Review provides an excellent forum to discuss key issues." Prof. Ian Crute - AHDB

Current membership of the group is

Name	Company	Email address	Additional information
Mike Ashworth (chairman)	Corteva	Corteva
Jon West (secretary)	Rothamsted Research	Rothamsted
Graham Jellis	BCPC	BCPC
David Stormonth
Jane Thomas	NIAB/TAG	NIAB
Fiona Burnett	SRUC and FRAG	SRUC
David Feuerhelm	British Soc Plant Breeders and Syngenta Seeds	Syngenta
Cathryn Lambourne	AHDB	AHDB
Jason Tatnell	Syngenta	Syngenta
Robert Lockhart	NFU	NFU
Alan Horgan
Jo O'Leary-Quinn	CRD	CRD	CRD – For liaison purposes
Kerry Maguire	Bayer	Bayer
Lea Herold	PGRO	PGRO
Faye Ritchie	ADAS	ADAS

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