EWRS Workshop 'Integrated Weed Management (IWM) systems in the agroecology context; new challenges'

Meeting of the WG 'Sustainable Use of Herbicides'

Cambridge, UK, 24th to 26th of May 2023

Schedule

Day 1

Tuesday 23rd of May

19:00-21:00

Free night, city centre gathering of participants (to be communicated)

Day 2

Wednesday 24th of May

8:00-8:30

Registration

8:30-9:00

Welcome

9:00-10:15

Session 1 - Chair: D. Chachalis, M. Simic (Scientific Programme)

9:00-9:30

Alistair Murdoch: Implications of weed seed ecology for integrated weed management and the sustainable use of herbicides

9:30-10:00

Roland Beffa: Herbicide resistance prediction models to optimize Integrated Weed Management.

10:00-10:15

Discussion

10:15-10:40

Coffee break

10:40-12:00

Session 2 - Chair: L. Tatnell, J. Storkey

10:40-11:00

J. Orson: The context of IWM systems

11:00-11:15

A. Tataridas: GOOD-Agroecology for Weeds: a European project for the promotion of agroecological weed management

11:15-11:30

D. Andujar: Classifying RGB images of weeds and maize using RetinaNet One-Step Neural Networks

11:30-11:45

D. Chachalis: NANOSHIELD-Developing nanochitosan-based plant growth regulation products

11:45-12:00

J. Storkey: Is IWM a staging post on the way to agroecological weed management ?

12:00-13:30

Lunch break

12:00-12:15

Discussion

13:30-16:00

Focus group discussion

Thematology is about IWM systems in agroecology context; scope is a joint review paper to be submitted in the Weed Research Journal by the working group active members

13:30-15:00

Session 3 - Chair: F. Vidotto, I. Calha

13:30-13:45

P. Rydahl: Potentials and scalability of a DSS for Integrated Weed Management named ‘IPMwise’

13:45-14:00

R. Hall: Rothamsted’s Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) farm network, has black-grass abundance changed in the UK since 2014?

14:00-14:15

W. Smith: A demonstration of banded herbicides and inter-row cultivation to reduce the intensity of weed populations

14:15-14:30

J. Clark: Wheat contra weed: Identifying wheat germplasm for enhanced competition against black-grass

14:30-14:45

N. Brocklehurst: Predicting global herbicide resistance hotspots using a 30-year-old database and machine-learning techniques

14:45-15:00

Discussion

15:00-15:15

Coffee break

15:15-17:45

Focus Group - Chair: Chachalis, Simic, Lynn, Orson

15:15-15:30

Focus group introduction

15:30-17:00

Focus Group work

17:00-17:15

Coffee break

17:15-17:45

Focus Group discussion

Day 3

Thursday 25th of May

8:55-10:30

Session 4 - Chair: P. Rydahl, M. Brakov

8:55-9:15

J. Davies: Drones, robots and digital tools: Are they the future of agriculture?

9:15-9:30

M. Brakov: Reduction and optimization of herbicides use: adjuvants and nozzles

9:30-9:45

D. Chachalis: Framing the role of glyphosate in major Greek perenial crops: The outcome of Focus Group analysis

9:45-10:00

L. Tatnell: Alternative weed management: adapting technologies to different crops

10:00-10:15

E. Dearlove: Needs, gaps and barriers for alternative weed management; insight from a 2023 stakeholder survey.

10:15-10:30

Discussion

10:30-10:45

Coffee break

10:45-12:15

Session 5 - Chair: R. Hull, S. Fogliatto

10:45-11:00

LP Pismarovic: Can phenolic acids contribute to herbicide reduction in Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. control?

11:00-11:15

M. Simic: Long-term effects of three-crop rotation on weed control in maize

11:15-11:30

S. Cook: Can hybrid barley be used to reduce seed return in Alopecurus myosuroides (black-grass) Anisantha sterilis (Barren brome) and Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass)

11:30-11:45

F. Vidotto: Precision weed control for false seedbed termination in Italian rice fields

11:45-12:00

S. Fogliatto: Weed control with green mulch in rice and maize in Italy

12:00-13:00

Lunch boxes (baguette, water, fruit)

12:00-12:15

Discussion

12:30-17:00

Field trip: NIAB Research Field Station

20:00-21:00

Group Dinner: Trinity College Hall

Day 4

Friday 26th of May

10:00-12:00

Session 6 - Chair: W. Smith, N. Brocklehurst

10:00-10:15

IM Calha: Branched broomrape control in processing tomato with green technologies

10:15-10:30

J. Cussans: The rise of Italian Rye-grass as a weed in UK agriculture

10:30-10:45

P. Rydahl: Demonstration of a free demo version of IPMwise - a DSS for Integrated Weed Management, with initial customization for conditions in UK

10:45-11:00

JM Montul: Potentials and scalability of a DSS named ‘IPMwise’ integrated with ‘RoboWeedMaps’ for determination of weed infestations