This October , Tyfu Cymru will be launching the Plant Health in Horticulture Conference , which will bring together commercial-grade growers and stakeholder from across the gardening manufacture , and includes renowned speakers such as Professor Nicola Spence , Pippa Greenwood and Dr. Ana Perez - Sierra .
The group discussion will cross major subject surrounding works health and biosecurity in commercial horticulture with a stress on Wales . It will describe bar , diagnosis , control and the moderation of pest and disease , giving growers information that they can give straight off to their businesses .
hold most over a two - week period with daily sessions in a range of data formatting , from public lecture to virtual tours to panel discussions . Tyfu Cymru is proud of to announce the schedule of result works wellness master speaking at the group discussion .
Opening on Monday 12th October , Kevin Thomas - Director , Lantra Wales and Professor David Skydmore - Senior Plant Health Professional will give an overview of the object and master paper of the Conference .
We have an exciting virtual tour of the renowned Crûg Farm Plants in North Wales on Wednesday fourteenth October , include an audience with owners Bleddyn and Sue Wynn - Jones , who are intrepid flora hunter who have explored the Earth to build their collections .
Curator of Horticulture , Will Ritchie , will bring out the industrial plant wellness practises routinely utilised at the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire to help make a biosecure site on Thursday 15th . It will cover some straightforward , effective , low - price bakshish that horticulturist can utilize to maintain plant health within their baby’s room .
On Friday 16th October we look at biosecurity policy and legislating . Professor Nicola Spence , the UK Chief Plant Health Officer will describe the importance of uphold biosecurity to foreclose the gap of raw pests and diseases and protect our industry . raiser need to be mindful of the prerequisite for flora passporting and phytosanitary certificate in relation to embed import and export .
Plant Health is an area devolved to Wales ; Martin Williams , Welsh Government will put the biosecurity legislation into the Welsh context . He will also describe some of the upshot facing Wales in terms of plant pestis and disease and how the Welsh Government is seeking to address them . Nicola Spence and Martin Williams will then be usable for a live word . This is an chance for Conference participants to put their questions to these leaders in industrial plant wellness .
Plant Healthy Alliance has produced the Plant Health Management Standard and develop the voluntary Plant Healthy Certification Scheme which will enable businesses to attest they comply with the Standard . This is a significant development which will encourage melioration in plant health leading to a more resilient gardening industry . This session on Monday 19th October will give an chance for growers to be introduced to the standard and scheme .
It is essential that pests and disease are place correctly before they can be controlled efficiently , and their scatter prevented . On Tuesday 20th October , Dr. Ana Perez - Sierra will draw the process of diagnosing and some of the newfangled engineering involve .
Nick and Pat Bean successfully grow veg and soft yield in Pembrokeshire and lead the way in patronage development . This suit cogitation on Wednesday 21st October describes their involvement in a European Innovation Project , extend by ADAS , which will improve knowledge of merged blighter direction to reduce pesticide usage and waste .
Bransford Webbs is one of the leading growers of decorative plant in the UK . This case cogitation on Thursday 22nd will preface Bransford Webbs habit of biological gadfly controller . Showing the nursery , the film outlines which blighter are controlled with commercially useable , introduced biological controls and how predators are used to proactively bring off pestilence population .
Closing on Friday 23rd October , Professor David Skydmore will summarize the fundamental messages and will spotlight some of the limitations to the diligence that have been observe during the Conference and what we may do about them . It will conclude by limn the opportunity for the gardening sphere and the options for progress in Wales .
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The Plant Health in Horticulture Conference is100 % fully fund by Tyfu Cymru in quislingism with the National Botanic Garden of Wales . Tyfu Cymru has received backing through the Welsh Government Rural Communities - Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020 , which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government .
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