Presentations from the Plant Biologicals Network Symposium 2022
Download the PBN symposium 2022 program (including poster abstracts) here:
Click on the speaker or presentation title below to see the presentation slides from the symposium:
Session 1 – Regulation
- Rosa Criollo, FMC Agricultural Solutions: Biopesticides: towards ambitious and fit-for-purpose EU policies
- Jeremy Sweet, Sweet Environmental Consultants: RNA interference for crop protection and production
- Eric Liegeois, European Commission, DG Sante: Regulation of low risk active substances under Regulation 1107/2009 – a needto-know approach
Session 2 – Testing biologicals
- Katja Ihrsén, Lantmännen Bioagri: Development of methods for evaluation of plant biostimulants
- Carl Heiselberg, The Association for Danish Potato Farmers: Practical trials in potato fields
- Svend Christensen & Philipp Trénel, Danish Technological Institute & University of Copenhagen: Development of novel methods for assessing the impact of plant biologicals on
crop productivity, climate, environment, and biodiversity
Session 3 – Biostimulants
- David King, Syngenta: ‘Bio-stimulating’ our future
- Angela Sessitsch, Austrian Institute of Technology: The plant microbiome: from rhizosphere to seeds and applications to improve
crop performance - Andrea Genre, University of Turin: Long-term effect of chito-oligosaccharide application on strigolactone
biosynthesis and AM fungal accommodation
Session 4 – Biopesticides/Biological control
- Aoife Dillon, Fera: Notes from A Small Island – IPM in the UK
- Christer Löfstedt, Lund University: Insect Sex Pheromone Precursors from Engineered Oilseed Plants for
Sustainable Pest Control - Pam Marrone, Chestnut Bio Advisors: Biologicals: The Market, Status, and Potential in Climate-Smart Agriculture