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SUMMARY:Challenges for Effective Application of Biopesticides
DESCRIPTION:This events seeks to align application technology and integrated pest management to help extract the maximum from biocontrols. \nSustainability and regulatory pressures are driving increased use of biocontrols in agriculture\, horticulture and amenity. This day-long conference seeks to bring together interested parties from researchers to end users. \nThe programme will to cover state-of-the-art biocontrol applications\, formulation technology and novel applications. \nThe aim is to provide user-focused outputs by highlighting best practices and identifying gaps to drive future research. \nAbstract Submission\n\n\n\nWe are happy to receive abstract submissions from anyone who is involved in this area; which may include research on development of novel formulations\, application technologies or on related policy topics. We have the option of organising a poster-session depending on the number and topic of submissions. \n\n\nAbstract Submission Deadline is December 6th 2024.\n\n\nWe will publish the meeting schedule before the Christmas break in 2024.\n\n\n\n\nSUBMIT AN ABSTRACT HERE\n\nRegistration Details\nRegistration opens on October 1st 2024.\n\n\nRegistration closes on January 7th 2025 but we encourage earlier registration. The event venue has a limit of 80 attendees that will be filled on a first come-first served basis.\n\nMeeting Outputs\n\n\n\nWe will aim to recruit contributors to prepare a Forum article for publication in Annals of Applied Biology.\n\n\nWe expect that this article will outline the state of the art\, reflect on existing challenges and offer possible solutions and opportunities for the future application of biologicals.
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/challenges-for-effective-application-of-biopesticides/
LOCATION:Berkshire\, Berkshire\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Agri-Environment,Agriculture
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The importance and role of (Bio)diversity in agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a new webinar that delves into the role of biodiversity in shaping the future of agriculture. Our panel of experts will discuss how biodiversity is essential in driving sustainable agricultural practices\, enhancing crop resilience\, and ensuring long-term food security. This webinar will provide valuable perspectives on the importance of preserving and integrating biodiversity to build more sustainable and resilient agricultural systems. \nRegister now to secure your spot and be part of the conversation that can help shape a greener future. \nSpeakers: Janny van Been (CropTrust)\, Elizabeth Balyejusa Kizito (Uganda Christian University)\, Roy Michielsen (B.V. Exploitatie Reservegronden Fievoland) \nModerators: Stella Stella Provelengiou (Wikifarmer)\, Isabel Mendoza (The Global Plant Council) \n\nDate: 14th\, November 2024. \nTime: 16:00 CET \n\nTo register: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xr1sRmvJQJixVH-TXfSQOw
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/webinar-the-importance-and-role-of-biodiversity-in-agriculture/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Agri-Environment,Agriculture
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SUMMARY:2023 IS-MPMI Cong​ress
DESCRIPTION:Protecting Our Planet Through Plant-Microbe Research\nThe 19th Congress of IS-MPMI will feature major advances in our understanding of plant-microbe interactions that will help us develop more resilient crops. The twin threats of climate change and political conflict have brought​ into sharp focus the need to improve the resilience of local crop production systems. \nThe 2023 Congress will start off with a special session focused on emerging threats to crop production in Bangladesh\, East Africa\, and Brazil and show ways MPMI research is addressing these challenges. The plenary program will then cover major advances made over the last four years in our understanding of molecular plant-microbe interactions\, spanning from the structural biology of plant immune receptors to how healthy plant microbiomes are established and maintained\, and everything in between.​ \nWebsite: https://www.ismpmi.org/Events/2023Congress/Pages/default.aspx
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/2023-is-mpmi-congress/
LOCATION:Providence\, Providence\, United States
CATEGORIES:Agri-Environment,Plant Biotechnology,Plant Science
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SUMMARY:Long Term Experiments: Meeting future challenges
DESCRIPTION:Long-term experiments (LTEs) are valuable resources to assess the sustainability and resilience of agricultural practices and systems.\nVISIT EVENT WEBSITE\nThis conference will focus on using LTEs to meet current and future challenges in agriculture. We will explore how LTEs are advancing agronomy\, agroecology\, soil science\, crop science and statistics to underpin farming systems that support nutritious diets while safeguarding our environment. \nA key focus will be collaboration between LTEs around the world\, including how new metadata platforms (such as the Global Long Term Experiment Network) and new statistical approaches enable data to be combined to answer questions pertinent to the Sustainability Development Goals. \nThis event allows delegates to present on-site or online to maximise the global engagement. The meeting includes oral presentations\, a poster session\, workshops\, a visit to the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments\, and an optional conference dinner. \nThe conference will celebrate the 180th anniversary of the Broadbalk Winter Wheat experiment. Broadbalk is the world’s oldest field experiment\, and was established in 1843 to investigate the relative importance of different plant nutrients. Today\, it helps to answer questions about how farming practices\, inputs\, and weather patterns affect crop production. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Sessions\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n– Multi-LTE analysis (methods for joint analysis of datasets from multiple LTEs to answer novel questions) \n– Design and data analysis (making the most of LTEs via clever design and analysis      strategies) \n– New tools and sensors (new technologies and methods to capture new data) \n– Soil health (including C\, nutrient management\, and microbial activity) \n– Climate (assessing impacts of climate change and exploring adaptation and mitigation strategies) \n– Farm systems for the future (lessons from LTEs for designing future farming systems) \n– Nutrition from the ground up (links between soil\, plant\, animal\, and human nutrition) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvited Speakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe are delighted to announce the following confirmed speakers: \nChristine Watson (SRUC) \nJorgen Eivind Olesen (Aarhus University) \nChristian Thierfelder (CIMMYT) \nAndrew Neal (Rothamsted Research) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract Submission\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe encourage submission of abstracts for delegates to present their work linked to any aspect of using LTEs. \nWe will select oral presentations from both in-person and online delegates so please submit an abstract however you will participate in the meeting. \nEvent posters will be on show for two-days and we will be host an evening poster on June 20th. \nWe hope to announce the meeting schedule by the end of April 2023. \nSUBMIT AN ABSTRACT HERE\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract Submission for oral presentation closes March 1st 2023 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbstract Submission for poster presentations closes April 1st 2023 \nDOWNLOAD MEETING ADVERT
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/long-term-experiments-meeting-future-challenges/
LOCATION:Rothamsted Research
CATEGORIES:Agri-Environment,Agriculture
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SUMMARY:AI\, Sensors and Robotics in Plant Phenotyping and Precision Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:The Global Plant Council and Frontiers in Plant Science have partnered to host a webinar entitled\, “AI\, Sensors and Robotics in Plant Phenotyping and Precision Agriculture.” \nThe webinar will feature as key speakers the winners of the 2022 Global Plant Council Prize\, Yongliang Qiao (University of Sydney) and João Valente (Wageningen University). \nYongliang Qiao will be giving a talk on “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics-based Plant Phenotyping for Smart Agriculture.” \nJoão Valente will then speak about “Agro-Food Aerial Robotics: Towards Close-range Perception and Interaction.” \nAlso speaking will be Isabel Mendoza-Poudereux\, Chief Communications Officer at The Global Plant Council\, who will discuss The Global Plant Council’s values and the activities they are organizing to achieve its goals. \nTimetable: \n\n13:00 – Introduction to Frontiers\n13:05 – Isabel Mendoza-Poudereux – Global Plant Council Talk\n13:15 – Yongliang Qiao – Artificial Intelligence and Robotics-based Plant Phenotyping for Smart Agriculture\n13:35 – João Valente – Agro-Food Aerial Robotics: Towards Close-range Perception and Interaction\n13:55 – Q & A session\nClosing Remarks\n\nTo register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-sensors-and-robotics-in-plant-phenotyping-and-precision-agriculture-tickets-637212739457
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/ai-sensors-and-robotics-in-plant-phenotyping-and-precision-agriculture/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Agri-Environment,Agriculture,Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
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SUMMARY:Plant life at the extremes in the Atacama Desert - by Prof. Rodrigo Gutierrez
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Rodrigo Gutierrez\n\nFull Professor at the Faculty of Biological Sciences\, \nPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile \n– Hosted by Professor Monika Chodasiewicz and Professor Heribert Hirt\n\nIf you are unable to attend in person at KAUST\, you can follow the seminar on Zoom.\n\n\nAbstract\n\nThroughout evolution\, plants adapted to flourish in a variety of ecosystems\, including extreme deserts. In the current changing climate scenario\, it is essential to identify the underlying molecular mechanisms that enable plant resilience under extreme conditions. We characterized three extreme ecosystems along a natural altitudinal gradient of environmental parameters on the western slopes of the Andes in the Atacama Desert. Using phylogenomics and metabolomics approaches\, we identified genes and metabolites involved in developmental\, regulatory and metabolic processes associated with environmental adaptation. Our study provides new insights into plant abiotic stress tolerance\, and improves our understanding of the highly unique\, pristine Atacama Desert ecosystem.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nProfessor Rodrigo Gutierrez is a Full Professor and current Director for Research and Planning at the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Deputy Director of the Millennium Institute for Integrative Biology\, Principal Investigator at the Center for Genome Regulation and Investigator at the Ecology and Biodiversity Institute. He received multiple awards and honors during his career\, including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Early Career Scientist award\, John A. Boezi Memorial Alumnus Award from Michigan State University and the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He is one of the founders of the Chilean Society of Plant Biologists and its first elected president.
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/plant-life-at-the-extremes-in-the-atacama-desert-by-prof-rodrigo-gutierrez/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Agri-Environment,Climate Change
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230427
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SUMMARY:Regenerative Agriculture – Understanding the opportunities and challenges
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid event hosted at Hilton York in York City Centre \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe concept of Regenerative Agriculture is successfully engaging the agricultural community\, food industry and policy makers to consider how to utilise agricultural land to maximise the delivery of ecosystem services. \nThere is no single definition of “regenerative agriculture”\, with interpretations varying between practitioners; but it can broadly be defined as “an approach to farming that uses soil conservation as the entry point to regenerate and contribute to the delivery of food production and other ecosystem services”. \nIn practice\, regenerative agriculture can be broken down into 5 key principles: 1) reduced soil disturbance; 2) retention of green cover; 3) retention of living roots in the soil; 4) crop diversification and 5) integration of livestock into rotations. \nIt is recognised that there is a need to bring together the scientific evidence supporting the implementation of regenerative agriculture\, to help evaluate the potential benefits and challenges for food production\, the environment and farm profitability\, across different agroclimatic zones and farming systems. This conference will bring together researchers\, consultants\, farmers\, agronomists and students to share research findings. \nWe invite abstracts that address the impact of regenerative farming on: soil\, water & air quality\, crop performance\, pest management\, farm economics and greenhouse gas balances & biodiversity and social barriers to uptake. Submitted abstracts can address either regenerative practices (e.g. crop residue retention\, cover crops or companion cropping\, reduced tillage\, use of organic manures\, diverse rotations)\, or whole system approaches (e.g. integrating livestock into rotations\, integrated pest management\, mob grazing or farm case studies). \nThe conference will include sessions on the above listed topics and subject area\, and will conclude with a panel discussion which we hope will include farming representatives. The objective of the panel discussion will be to challenge scientists to work with farmers\, in order to help develop the evidence base to support and justify the transition into regenerative agriculture. We hope that a position paper/statement can be generated from this discussion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSessions will be built around topics that are linked to the principles of regenerative agriculture. \n\nReducing soil disturbance\nRetaining green cover\nRetaining living roots\nDiversification of crops\nIntegrating livestock into crop rotations\n\nInvited speakers and Panel members \n\nLizzie Sagoo\, Soil Scientist\, ADAS Sustainable Agriculture Systems.\nAlastair Leake\, Director of Policy · The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust\nRuth Wade\, Research Fellow\, University of Leeds\nEmily Padfield\, Nuffield Scholar\nDavid Blacker\, Yorkshire Farmer\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCall for Abstracts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe encourage submission of abstracts from all sectors interested in Regenerative Agriculture including those in academia\, policy\, farming or industry. We are very interested in promoting research on the impact of Regenerative Agriculture\nSessions will mostly be comprised of talks selected from submitted abstracts. Please submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation whether you will attend as an in-person or online delegate. \nAbstract submission deadline is February 15th 2023
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/regenerative-agriculture-understanding-the-opportunities-and-challenges/
LOCATION:Hybrid
CATEGORIES:Agri-Environment,Agriculture,Plant Science
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SUMMARY:Farmers-Scientists panel on Climate-Smart Agriculture
DESCRIPTION:Organized joinly by The Global Plant Council and WIKIFARMER. \nFour scientists\, working on staple crops of huge economical and food safety importance\, will present the latest climate-smart agriculture ideas to farmers. Each expert will focus on one particular staple crop: wheat\, corn\, potato\, and rice. \nAgenda and Confirmed Panellists:\n• Welcome by Isabel Mendoza (The Global Plant Council) and Stella Provelengiou (Wikifarmer)\n• Introduction by Bill Davies\, Lancaster Environment Centre\n• Climate-Smart Agriculture solutions\n– Matthew Reynolds (Cimmyt) – Wheat\n– Christian Bachem (Wageningen University and Solynta) – Potato\n– Yu Wang (University of Illinois) – Maize/corn\n– TBD – Rice\n• Q&A \nTo register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qO0Yv_aoQGuhynorKNUBjw
URL:https://globalplantcouncil.org/event/farmers-scientists-panel-on-climate-smart-agriculture/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Agri-Environment,Agriculture
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