President: Professor Peter Shewry BA, BSc, PhD, DSc
ADVANCES IN IPM 2014
at the Olde Barn Hotel, Marston, Lincs, UK
19-20 November 2014
Provisional programme
Advances in IPM 2014
at the Olde Barn Hotel, Marston, Lincs, UK
19-20 November 2014
(BASIS points will be applied for)
The AAB’s ‘Advances in Biocontrol’ and ‘Biopesticides’ conferences have become firm fixtures on the UK’s
calendar of IPM events. The highly successful programmes have explored policy issues, technical developments,
commercial uptake as well as factors which commonly constrain the successful use of biopesticides. The
following are a few examples of the positive feedback received from delegates in 2013:
“I’ve attended this conference for several years as it is the only event focused specifically on IPM. The chance
to discuss with scientists, policy makers and practitioners provides a unique perspective on this developing
area. Good IPM brings together a range of technologies and techniques and the event provides a forum to
consider them all.”
Chris Wallwork, Horticulture Technical Manager, Agrii.
“It was refreshing to attend a conference where there was a decent discussion after the presentations and a
well engaged audience. Congratulations to all”
Dr Alison Hamer (International biopesticides registration expert) TSGE LLP
“I found it very well organised and the ratio between presentations and discussions seemed perfect for the
group of delegates”
Dr Henrik Brodsgaard, Danish Ministry of the Environment
“I do believe you have established an important forum for the industry”
Dr Graeme Gowling, Group Leader, BASF Agricultural Specialities Ltd
As in previous years, the AAB’s objective in 2014 will be to create a gathering of the IPM community
at which policy makers, experienced researchers, young scientists and practitioners can detach
themselves from their usual day-to-day pressures and become totally immersed in the subject
PROGRAMME
(10 BASIS points have been awarded as follows: 3 CP, 5 E, 2 PD)
WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER
09:30 COFFEE and REGISTRATION
Session one: National action plan
Chair: Dr ROB JACOBSON, Conference Convenor (Rob Jacobson Consultancy Limited, Wetherby,
West Yorkshire, UK)
10:30 Welcome and Introduction to conference
Dr ROB JACOBSON, Conference Convenor (Rob Jacobson Consultancy Limited, Wetherby,
West Yorkshire, UK)
Invited speaker
An update on progress towards the implementation of the SUD National Action Plan in the UK and Europe
ADRIAN DIXON (Chemicals Regulation Directorate, York, Yorkshire, UK)
Invited speaker
IBMA perspective on the impact of the Sustainable Use Directive and other EU legislative actions
Dr PAUL SOPP (Fargro Limited, Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK)
Invited speaker
IPM recognising current good practice and encouraging continual improvement
Mr DON PENDERGAST (NFU, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, UK)
DISCUSSION (All speakers invited back to platform)
12:30LUNCH
Session two: Topical issues
Chair: Dr PAUL SOPP (Fargro Limited, Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK)
13:30 Invited speaker
The vulnerability of crops to attack by pests, diseases and weeds and the need for crop protection
Prof TOBY BRUCE (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK)
Invited speaker
Neonicotinoids: Help or hindrance to IPM?
Prof KEITH WALTERS (Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, UK)
Invited speaker
Are neonicotinoid insecticides having a negative effect on pollinators?
Dr DAVID CHANDLER (University of Warwick, Warwick, Warwickshire, UK)
Invited speaker
An introduction to commercial bumblebee production and use
Mr PHIL WALKER (Independent consultant, Chichester, West Sussex, UK)
DISCUSSION (All speakers invited back to platform)
15:30TEA
Session three: IPM: Making it work!
Chair: Mr PHIL WALKER (Independent consultant, Chichester, West Sussex, UK)
16:00 Practical tips for successful IPM
NEIL HELYER (Fargro Ltd, Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK)
Developing a robust IPM programme for a new pest
Dr ROB JACOBSON, Conference Convenor (Rob Jacobson Consultancy Limited, Wetherby,
West Yorkshire, UK)
IPM in organic peppers
Dr NEAL WARD (Cantelo Nurseries, Somerset, UK)
Management of the western flower thrips on strawberry
CLARE SAMPSON (Keele University, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, UK; Russell IPM Ltd., Flintshire, North Wales, UK)
DISCUSSION
18:00 Poster Session
Local host-dependent presence of an entomopathogenic nematode used to control forestry pest
Hylobius abietis
CHRISTOPHER D HARVEY (Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, UK) &
CHRISTINE T GRIFFIN (National University of Ireland Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland)
Development of transgenic rice resistant to herbicides and sap-sucking insects
JITENDER SINGH (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India) & KOTTAKOTA CHANDRASEKHAR
(International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India)
In vitro hatching inhibition of Globodera pallida and Globodera rostochiensis by isothiocyanates
CLAIRE WOOD (SASA, Edinburgh, Scotland; Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbria),
DAVID KENYON (SASA, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK) & JULIA COOPER (Newcastle University, Newcastle
upon Tyne, Northumbria, UK)
Multitrophic ecosystem services of hoverflies in strawberry
DYLAN HODGKISS (Royal Holloway University of London, Surrey, UK; East Malling Research, Kent, UK)
The role of natural enemies in regulating aphid populations on vegetable Brassica crops
LIAM HARVEY & DAVID CHANDLER (University of Warwick, Warwick, Warwickshire, UK)
19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER
Session four: IPM: Cultural and environmental manipulation
Chair: Dr ROB JACOBSON, Conference Convenor (Rob Jacobson Consultancy Limited, Wetherby,
West Yorkshire, UK)
09:00
Multi-functional flowering field margins: Optimising outputs and uptake
DAVID GEORGE (Stockbridge Technology Centre Research Foundation, Selby, North Yorkshire, UK; Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbria, UK), MAUREEN WAKEFIELD
(Food and Environment Research Agency, York, Yorkshire, UK), PATRICA CROFT (Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbria, UK) & FELIX WÄCKERS (Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, UK)
Improving the biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic fungi for soil dwelling arthropod pests
JEAN FITZGERALD, RALPH NOBLE, ANDREJA DOBROVIN-PENNINGTON (East Malling
Research, East Malling, Kent, UK) & KATIE DREW (Pershore College, Pershore, Worcestershire, UK)
Landscape complexity and commercially managed apple orchards: potential implications for pest control
RACHEL MCDONALD (University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire; East Malling Research, Kent, UK), SIMON MORTIMER (University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, UK) & JEAN FITZGERALD
(East Malling Research, Kent, UK)
Crop tolerance as a component of an IPM strategy
STEVE ELLIS (ADAS, High Mowthorpe, Yorkshire, UK)
Investigating the effect of natural enemies and environmental conditions on soil populations of saddle gall midge (Haplodiplosis marginata)
CHARLOTTE ROWLEY, ANDREW CHERRILL, SIMON LEATHER & TOM POPE (Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, UK)
DISCUSSION
10:30COFFEE
Session five: IPM: Biology and compatibility of control agents
Chair: Mr PHIL WALKER (Independent consultant, Chichester, West Sussex, UK)
11:00 Relative toxicity of insecticides to crucifer pests and their natural enemies: interaction
of insecticide and insect behaviours
FARIDA ANJUM & DENIS WRIGHT (Imperial College London, Ascot, Berkshire, UK)
Investigation of the effects of commonly used insecticides on earwigs, important predators in apple
and pear
MICHELLE FOUNTAIN & ADRIAN L HARRIS (East Malling Research, East Malling, Kent, UK)
The effect of temperature, relative humidity and developmental stage on the pathogenicity of the entomopathogenic fungus Lecanicillium muscarium for control of Myzus persicae
AKRAM MOHAMMED (University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, UK; University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq), & PAUL HATCHER (University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, UK)
Entomopathogenic Nematodes - delivering practical IPM
AOIFE DILLON, SIMON TOWNSEND, ROB STORER & GARETH MARTIN (BASF Agricultural Specialities Limited, Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK)
Novel methods for the mass-rearing of predatory mites of biological control in glasshouses
JOSEPH ROBERTS, TOM POPE (Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, UK),
IAN BAXTER (Certis UK, Great Abington, Cambridgeshire, UK) & SIMON LEATHER
(Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire, UK)
DISCUSSION
12:30LUNCH
Session six: IPM: Monitoring systems and specific biocontrol measures
Chair: Prof TOBY BRUCE (Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK)
14:00 New numerical approach to pest insect abundance evaluation
NATALIA PETROVSKAYA (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Warwickshire, UK) &
SERGEI PETROVSKII (University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK)
Pest insect monitoring on different spatial scales
SERGEI PETROVSKII (University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK) &
NATALIA PETROVSKAYA (University of Birmingham, Birmingham, Warwickshire, UK)
Potential of the predatory beetle Atheta coriaria for biological control of vine weevil
JUDE BENNISON (ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK), TOM POPE (Harper Adams
University, Newport, Shropshire, UK) & SACHA WHITE (ADAS Boxworth, Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire, UK)
Control of tarsonemid on strawberry using predatory mites
CHANTELLE JAY & MICHELLE FOUNTAIN(East Malling Research, East Malling, Kent, UK)
Spider mite control using mixed predator populations
SAMUAL CRITCHLEY (Syngenta Bioline, Little Clacton, Essex, UK)
AFTERNOON TEA, FINAL DISCUSSION AND DELEGATE FEEDBACK
16:30 Conference closes at 16:30
Advances in IPM 2014
at the Olde Barn Hotel, Marston, Lincs, UK
19-20 November 2014
Olde Barn Hotel
Toll Bar Road, Marston, Lincolnshire NG32 2HT, UK
The hotel is situated 1 minute off the A1, between Grantham and Newark, half way between
Leeds and London, With close proximity to the mainline station at Grantham and 45 minutes
away from the M1 and Nottingham East Midlands airport.
Directions
From the A1 North-Newark
Once you have passed Newark continue on the A1 for approximately 12 miles. Take the turning
on the left hand side, sign-posted Marston (Jet petrol station on your left). Follow the country
road for about a mile and turn left into the hotel car park.
From the A1 South-Stamford
Once you have passed Stamford continue on the A1 for approximately 30 miles. Stay on the
dual carriageway passing the turning for Belton and Downtown and Boundary Mill superstore.
Position yourself in the right hand lane of the dual carriageway and continue on the A1 North
for approximately 1 mile until you see a turning to the right for Marston. Cross over the A1 and
Follow the country road for about 1 mile and turn left into the hotel car park.
AAB
FORWARD CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
2014
28-29 October
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19-20
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Advances in IPM 2014
Olde Barn Hotel, Marston, Lincs (Biocontrol & IPM Group)
25-26
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Crop Production in Southern Britain - Precision Decisions for
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Peterborough Arena, Peterborough (CATE Group/AICC, AIC, BCPC,
AHDB)
9-10 December
Challenges for Crop Production & Quality
Annals of Applied Biology Centenary Conference
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Annals Board of Editors)
16 December
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31 March1 April
27-28 May
Advances in Virology (in association with The Society for
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ecology
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5th Symposium on Potato Cyst Nematodes
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(HAU/Nematology Group)
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