Speakers for Hort Science Live North – 17 October, at Stockbridge Technology Centre, Selby
This week we will be focussing on the speakers for HSL 2018 North. Each day a new speaker and bio will appear.
6. Dr Rhydian Beynon-Davies – Stockbridge Technology Centre (STC)
Indoor growing: technologies and perspectives (New CHAP Indoor Facility)
Rhydian will outline the development of the theory and practice of indoor growing and STC’s work, conducting over 6 years, in this emerging area of plant production. The main focus will be on control of crop morphology and physiology via spectral manipulation, as well as insights into market development, challenges and opportunities for this suite of innovative technologies.
Dr Rhydian Beynon-Davies is Head of Novel Growing Systems at STC.
5. Dr Colin Mumford – Bayer CropScience
Vine weevil control – the way forward in 2019
Colin Mumford will be putting vine weevil under the spotlight again, updating growers on recent regulatory changes, i.e. imidacloprid, and how it could affect them. He will take delegates through which products can be used post 2018 and in which situations Exemptor has label approval. Colin will further explain how thiacloprid is different to imidacloprid, and how growers can communicate this important point to the plant buying public.
Dr Colin Mumford is the technical support manager at Bayer CropScience.
4. Dr David George – Stockbridge Technology Centre (STC)
Using light for pest and disease management (LED4CROPS)
Delegates will be taken through STC research on using both visible and UV light for pest and disease management, development of integrated approaches and the science behind the practice. David’s talk will touch on some of STC’s work on precision poly-cultural approaches to management of field crops and work on precision inputs.
Dr David George is Director of Science at STC
3. Dr Sonia Newman & Chloe Whiteside - ADAS
Transition to responsibly sourced growing media use in UK Horticulture
To ease the transition from dependence on peat and increase the uptake of responsibly sourced growing media - primarily bark, wood fibre, coir and green compost – this ADAS workshop cover the findings to-date of Project CP 138 (funded by Defra, AHDB Horticulture and the industry). Focusing on the model developed to predict the performance of selected raw materials when blended together, the workshop will look at how a range of plants have performed in the various peat-free prototype blends.
L-R Dr Sonia Newman & Chloe Whiteside
Horticultural Consultants for RSK ADAS Ltd, based in Cambridgeshire.
2. Martin Donnelley and Dr Richard Collins - ICL
Biopesticides and biostimulants
With growing interest in biopesticide and biostimulants, ICL’s Martin Donnelley and Dr Richard Collins will explore the role and practical applications of these innovative biological products in professional horticulture. This practical workshop will take growers through the workings, trials and applications for Prestop and ICL’s new biostimulant Rhizocell - both of which can be mixed into growing media before potting.
With a strong background in IPM, growing media and nutrition, Martin Donnelley joined ICL Professional Horticulture division in 2017 as Sales Development Manager providing support to growers with crop protection products and IPM systems.
Dr Richard Collins is technical sales manager for ICL’s Specialty Agriculture division. Previously, as a senior lecturer and researcher in crop sciences at the University Centre Myerscough, he conducted collaborative projects trialling biostimulant products for plant health and establishment, foliar fertilisers and seed treatments.
1. Andrew Wilson - ICL
Timing of nutrient delivery – why’s it important & how to achieve it
Freshly potted young plants initially have low nutrient requirements that increase as they grow, produce more roots and leaves and eventually flowers.
Andrew Wilson will look at how using new Osmocote technology growers can optimise controlled release fertilizer programmes so nutrient supply is timed to match the needs of the plant - to bolster establishment and end quality. Thus helping to avoid any nutrient deficiencies, which can lead to poor growth and increased susceptibility to pests and diseases, or nutrient over supply - which is money wasted and can contribute to leaching.
With a horticultural degree from Wye College, Andrew Wilson managed a large nursery growing container and field-grown trees and shrubs for 10 years before moving into technical sales of fertilizers and growing media. As ICL technical manager for fertilizers, a role he has held for over ten yeasr, Andrew is involved in new fertilizer product development and provides technical support to the company’s team of technical area sales managers.
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