BCPC Expert Review – Changing Practice

• Thursday 27 November 2025
• 9.30am registration – 4.00pm Close
• Rothamsted Conference Centre
• Event fee: £45.00+VAT

BCPC’s Three Expert Reviews (Weeds, Diseases, and Pests & Beneficials) are held each year for an invitation-only audience. But this year the three Reviews are joining forces, and along with a change in venue, BCPC has also opened up the invitation to the wider audience.

So, don’t miss your opportunity on hearing first-hand experiences from the following speakers, and to participate in what are always lively and informative Q&A sessions with the speakers and fellow delegates.

Chairman’s introduction:  Sir Peter Kendall
Setting the Scene: Prof Paul Wilson, Nottingham University
Session 1: Changing Practices

• Defra Update on IPM and Pesticide Resistance– Holly Alpren, Defra
• Is regenerative agriculture compatible with sustainable crop protection?– Jonathan Storkey, Rothamsted
• The Allerton Project – Jenny Bussell, Soil Scientist.
• ‘Green Grassland Corridor’ and beneficial insects – Patrick Barker, Barker Bros

Poster Sessions

• True eyespot disease of cereals: past present & future – Fareed Bhatti,
• Genetic source of BYDV resistance in a resistant wheat – Iza Sandoval-Carvajal,
• Fungal spore dispersal in UK arable crop under current and future environmental conditions – Patrick McClean
• Fungicide resistance in Septoria tritici blotch with heterogeneous grower behaviour to inform resistance management – Iona McCabe
• Effects of environment & pathogen populations on light leaf spot on OSR – Javeria Wajid
• ENIGMA I – Wireworm IPM project – Larissa Collins

Session 2: Solutions & New Technologies

• Precision Breeding – Opportunities & Challenges for UK farmers– Tom Allen-Stevens, BOFIN
• Dyson Farming: Past, Present and Future– Ben Abell, Dyson Farming

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