IIRB Seminar 2011: 'Advances in combined weed control - Projects to reduce the use of herbicides'

13/05/2011 Sancourt, Somme (F)

Technical programme

Welcome by ITB (A. Quillet, M. Richard-Molard)

Session 1 ‘Combined weed control: context and results in different countries'
M. Richard-Molard (ITB): Why and how to reduce herbicide use in the sugar beet crop in France?
C. Muchembled (ITB): Combined weed control, French experience
E. Ladewig (IfZ): Challenges in weed control in Germany
U. Bucher¹, D. Fischer^1/2, (Hohenheim University¹, Südzucker AG²): Integrated crop protection - approaches to increase the percentage of mechanical weed control in sugar beet
P. Wilting (IRS): Weed control in the Netherlands
J. Nyholm Thomsen (NBR): Weed control under tight limitations and the way forward
A. Pérez, J. Ayala Garcia (AIMCRA): Is there nothing more to say about weed control?

Session 2 ‘Technical innovations to reduce herbicide use in sugar beet'
X. Couval (Monosem)
R. Dumbrill (Garford)
D. Digard (Maschio)
L. C. Mol (Steketee)
J. Mulat (Agronomic)
R. Olsson (NBR): Final discussion and conclusion
End of seminar