Wednesday 21 November & Thursday 22 November 2007
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Day 1 - Onion Programme: |
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08:30 09:30 |
Conference Registration Conference Begins Morning Chairman Welcome and opening remarks from the session Chairman: Mark Bullen, Syngenta |
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| SESSION 1 - TECHNICAL UPDATE | ||||||||||||||||
09:35 09:50 10:10 10:25 10:40 |
Herbicides - options for 2008 and beyond Andy Richardson, Director, Allium & Brassica Centre Ltd Downy Mildew - the potential for forecasting infection and strategies for control Phil Langley, Agronomist, Sandfields Farm Ltd, The Shropshire Group Control of Allium white rot using composts and Trichoderma Dr Ralph Noble, Principle Investigator, Warwick HRI Defining quality assurance for sweet onions with rapid biosensor analysis Dr Leon Terry, Senior Lecturer & Head of Plant Science Laboratory, Cranfield University Coffee Break |
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| SESSION 2 - ONIONS OVERSEAS | ||||||||||||||||
11:10 |
The Eastern European scene - onion production & research in Russia Alexey Polyakov, all Russian Research Institute for Vegetable Crops The future for onion production in Southern Ireland Darragh McCullough, Manager, Elm Grove Selected Onions, Ireland The Western European scene - production and prospects, Holland and beyond Jacob Wiskerke, Managing Director, Wiskerke Onions, Netherlands Lunch / Trade Show Afternoon Chairman Welcome and opening remarks from the session Chairman: John Constable, Elsoms Seeds |
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| SESSION 3 - THE MARKET | ||||||||||||||||
14:30 |
Keynote Address |
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| SESSION 4 - THE UNIVERSAL VEGETABLE | ||||||||||||||||
15:45 |
Move to Exhibition area: Cooking up a storm! |
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