UKCPVS Stakeholder Event 2020
About
Managed by NIAB, and funded by AHDB and Defra, the UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) receives infected cereal leaf samples from agronomists, trials officers and researchers. From these samples, pathogen isolates are selected and tested to check their virulence against wheat and barley varieties. The testing can detect new races of cereal pathogens capable of causing disease on previously resistant cereal varieties.
Targeted at breeders, crop scientists and technical agronomists, the annual stakeholder event reports on recent seedling and adult plant nursery tests. It features a number of related technical papers based on pathogen virulence experience from across the globe.
Programme*
9:30am Registration and refreshments
10:00am Chair’s welcome and introduction – John Lucas, Rothamsted Research
10:10am UKCPVS reports from the 2019 season – UKCPVS team, NIAB TAG
11:40am Refreshments
12:10pm Update on field pathogenomics – Diane Saunders, John Innes Centre
12:35pm Optimising cereal disease control strategies – David Ellerton, Hutchinsons
1:00pm Networking lunch and event close
UKCPVS presentation
*Details accurate at the time of publication.