Courses & Conferences
Examples of the range of courses and conferences organized by RJC Ltd in conjunction with other organisations
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ADVANCES IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL & IPM 2019The image opposite shows Dr Jacobson, Prof Bruce and Prof Walters, the past, present and future Convenors of the AAB’s IPM Group at the 2019 conference. Prof Bruce commented - “Rob’s paper, ‘IPM in protected crops: Theory into practice’, was very well received with many delegates commenting on how interesting and relevant it was to them. It fitted very well with the conference theme - ‘Addressing the Innovation Crisis’. Rob’s talk outlined success stories from the glasshouse sector showing that there is scope for reducing dependency on pesticides and implementing biological tools in real commercial grower situations”. The abstract of the paper is attached. |
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IPM: Putting theory into practiceDr Jacobson was commissioned to organize and run this course by UK-China Training Ltd. It was attended by 15 Chinese academics from a wide range of universities and institutes. |
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IPM: The 10 year planRadical changes in pest, disease and weed management will be required over the next decade to fill the gaps being left by legislative restrictions on pesticide use and the evolution of pest and disease resistance. There will be growing demand to develop new IPM solutions. |
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NRoSO Spray operator coursesParticipative training courses for spray operators with particular relevance to protected edible crops at venues around the UK during 2014 and 2015 |
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Biological Control in Glasshouse CropsThis course was jointly organized with the Swedish Board of Agriculture and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences... |
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IPM: Pushing back the frontiersThere can be no doubt that the EU Sustainable Use Directive will impact on everyone involved with crop production and crop protection in the UK over the next few years... |
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IOBC: Integrated Control in Protected CropsThe International Organisation for Biological Control working group ‘Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Temperate Climates’ meets at three year intervals... |
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Grower Association ConferencesDr Jacobson was first invited to present a paper at the British Tomato conference over 25 years ago when the events were held at the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute... |