Planned sections – Emerging Issues and Challenges – Agricultural Biotechnology – Discovery and Synthesis – Ecosystem and Human Exposure and Risk Assess. – Environmental Fate and Metabolism – Formulation and Application – Mode of Action and Resistance Management – Residues in Food and Feed – Stewardship, Regulation, and Outreach…
The XIX International Plant Protection Congress will focus on crop protection technologies to mitigate the effects of climate change for food security and environment conservation.
…such as predators, parasitoids and pathogens play a major role in limiting damage caused by nature and exotic pests. The main theme of the conference is to address issues related to various biological control approaches in the context of biodiversity, increased chemical pesticide pressure and climate change. The emphasis would also be on the challenges faced by researchers, farmers and other stakeholders in implementing biological control programs. The conference would include keynote addresses, plenary and oral presentations and poster sessions….
Theme: Getting a good deal for Agriculture and the Environment The Congress will consider emerging regulatory and environmental policy direction, and examine how this can stimulate and support beneficial changes in farming practice, to provide benefits for both food production and public good….
The Symposium will focus on new developments in all aspects of crop protection. The programme will include a plenary session with three invited speakers: Dr. Steven Fennimore (University of California, USA): “Challenges and opportunities for automation of weed control in specialty crops” Dr. Dick Shaw (CABI, UK): “Biological control of invasive weeds/escaped ornamentals in Europe” Dr. Regina Belz (University of Hohenheim, Germany): “Herbicide hormesis: importance and implications for crop production and weed control”. The programme will also include parallel sessions…
CropLife formally confirmed the UPL membership of IRAC International on the 23rd August 2019. With the mergers and acquisitions of various crop protection companies, along with the joining of UPL, this brings the number of IRAC International company members to 11. Good representation across the industry enables IRAC to continue providing a global coordinated response to insect resistance management strategies.
A meeting of the EPPO Resistance Panel was held in Vienna at the end of October and attended by the IRAC Chairman, Ralf Nauen. Some of the areas discussed included: Updates on the activities of the 3 RACs The new chapter on comparative resistance risk assessment to be added into the EPPO Standard PP213 (Resistance Risk Analysis) The conversion of the PSD Guideline on Insecticide Mixtures to an EPPO standard Further details will be available from the meeting minutes…
IRAC resistance monitoring methods have now been developed for adult Pollen Beetles (Meligethes aeneus) using different chemistries. There is now Method 011 for pyrethroids, Method 021 for neonicotinoids, Method 025 for organophosphates and Method 027 which is under review for indoxacarb….