14TSB_ATC_IR Lure-and-kill technology to manage beetle pests (Sitona lineatus and Bruchus rufimanus) of field beans and peas
Lead Research Organisation:
Rothamsted Research
Department Name: Biological Chemistry & Crop Protection
Abstract
This project seeks to develop autodissemination of entomopathogens for bio-control of Sitona lineatus and Bruchus rufimanus, two major pests of UK legumes that affect yield and quality. An aggregation pheromone for S. lineatus, highly attractive to both sexes, was identified by Rothamsted Research in the early 1980's. A monitoring trap for B. rufimanus, incorporating a floral lure, is under development in TSB project 100871. This project will develop a 'lure and kill' trap combining entomopathogenic fungi with semio-chemicals, formulated electrostatically to enable better delivery to target insects. This will provide an effective and novel pest management tool. There is currently no bio-control system available to UK pulse growers for these pests. Use of insecticide as a killing agent will also be tested. The project will advance sustainable intensification of agriculture and deliver economic impact for the UK Agri-Tech industry by tackling the challenge to quality and production caused by insect pests of pea and bean crops whilst reducing adverse impacts on the environment. Many growers apply 5 to 6 pyrethroid sprays to achieve sufficient control of adult Sitona lineatus to prevent yield loss, and as pest pressure increases, insecticides prove less effective. Alternative approaches for crop protection are needed. The 'lure-and-kill' system developed by the project will provide 'proof of concept' for other pests and crops.
Technical Summary
This project seeks to develop autodissemination of entomopathogens for bio-control of Sitona lineatus and Bruchus rufimanus, two major pests of UK legumes that affect yield and quality. An aggregation pheromone for S. lineatus, highly attractive to both sexes, was identified by Rothamsted Research in the early 1980's. A monitoring trap for B. rufimanus, incorporating a floral lure, is under development in TSB project 100871. This project will develop a 'lure and kill' trap combining entomopathogenic fungi with semio-chemicals, formulated electrostatically to enable better delivery to target insects. This will provide an effective and novel pest management tool. There is currently no bio-control system available to UK pulse growers for these pests. Use of insecticide as a killing agent will also be tested. The project will advance sustainable intensification of agriculture and deliver economic impact for the UK Agri-Tech industry by tackling the challenge to quality and production caused by insect pests of pea and bean crops whilst reducing adverse impacts on the environment. Many growers apply 5 to 6 pyrethroid sprays to achieve sufficient control of adult Sitona lineatus to prevent yield loss, and as pest pressure increases, insecticides prove less effective. Alternative approaches for crop protection are needed. The 'lure-and-kill' system developed by the project will provide 'proof of concept' for other pests and crops.
Planned Impact
Our project will provide a bridge between industry research and academic research to allow development of the lure-and-kill innovation into a commercially viable product. Successful delivery of the project would provide positive feedback in allowing partners to realise the benefit of investing in R&D. The system will be transferable to other pests and crops. Increasing the confidence of growers that yield and quality impact can be controlled using this system could lead to an increase in the area of peas and beans grown in the UK. The SMEs in the consortium (PGRO, Exosect, Oecos and Velcourt) would grow and the large company (BASF) would market project outcomes overseas.
The project would generate economic benefit and value to the UK economy on several levels:
a) Pea and bean growers in the UK and the main global pulse growing regions would benefit from reduced yield and quality losses and more efficient farm operations and from reductions in pesticide applications.
b) Pulse crops are nitrogen fixing and have great benefits in the crop rotation as they can help to reduce the build-up of pests, weeds and diseases of other crops. They also provide a valuable source of vegetable protein. Thus, there would be wider benefits from making their production more reliable for growers. Government and EU policy has identified protein crops as high priority for research and development, to increase levels of home-grown pulses to supply animal feed markets and increase sustainability of supplies by reducing soya bean imports. The market for UK pulses is currently undersupplied and potential for creating new markets for human consumption products, whilst increasing levels of pulse protein in animal feed is high.
c) There is potential to increase the export market of UK grown peas and beans, especially if grower confidence in yield and quality is improved.
d) The knowledge economy of the UK would benefit as companies realise the opportunity for meeting gaps in the market in agriculture by investing in R&D to deliver innovation (which is urgently needed for crop protection).
e) The manufacturing sector would grow as the UK develops new crop protection solutions for the home and export markets.
f) The project, by contributing to more efficient crop production, would help to maintain lower food prices with consequent health, social and economic benefits for society in general. Food prices are at historically low levels as a proportion of income but collapses in crop protection in the EU could lead to rising food costs, especially as imported food might not remain as inexpensive as it currently is as countries such as China become more affluent and increase their purchasing power.
g) More efficient crop production (lower losses to pests) reduces the environmental impact of agriculture as less land, water, fertiliser and energy are used to grow equivalent quantities.
Successful delivery of the project objectives would allow further research in other crops and pests, increasing the value of the project.
The project would generate economic benefit and value to the UK economy on several levels:
a) Pea and bean growers in the UK and the main global pulse growing regions would benefit from reduced yield and quality losses and more efficient farm operations and from reductions in pesticide applications.
b) Pulse crops are nitrogen fixing and have great benefits in the crop rotation as they can help to reduce the build-up of pests, weeds and diseases of other crops. They also provide a valuable source of vegetable protein. Thus, there would be wider benefits from making their production more reliable for growers. Government and EU policy has identified protein crops as high priority for research and development, to increase levels of home-grown pulses to supply animal feed markets and increase sustainability of supplies by reducing soya bean imports. The market for UK pulses is currently undersupplied and potential for creating new markets for human consumption products, whilst increasing levels of pulse protein in animal feed is high.
c) There is potential to increase the export market of UK grown peas and beans, especially if grower confidence in yield and quality is improved.
d) The knowledge economy of the UK would benefit as companies realise the opportunity for meeting gaps in the market in agriculture by investing in R&D to deliver innovation (which is urgently needed for crop protection).
e) The manufacturing sector would grow as the UK develops new crop protection solutions for the home and export markets.
f) The project, by contributing to more efficient crop production, would help to maintain lower food prices with consequent health, social and economic benefits for society in general. Food prices are at historically low levels as a proportion of income but collapses in crop protection in the EU could lead to rising food costs, especially as imported food might not remain as inexpensive as it currently is as countries such as China become more affluent and increase their purchasing power.
g) More efficient crop production (lower losses to pests) reduces the environmental impact of agriculture as less land, water, fertiliser and energy are used to grow equivalent quantities.
Successful delivery of the project objectives would allow further research in other crops and pests, increasing the value of the project.
Publications
Bruce TJ
(2016)
The CROPROTECT project and wider opportunities to improve farm productivity through web-based knowledge exchange.
in Food and energy security
Michelmore R
(2017)
Foundational and Translational Research Opportunities to Improve Plant Health.
in Molecular plant-microbe interactions : MPMI
Storkey J
(2019)
Agroecosystem Diversity
Description | Our innovative Agri-tech Catalyst project, led by the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO), is developing a "lure-and-kill" approach to manage agricultural pests. Currently blanket sprays of insecticide are used against the pea and bean weevil (Sitona lineatus) which attacks nitrogen fixing root nodules of field beans and peas and the bruchid beetle (Bruchus rufimanus) which severely reduces the saleable quality of field beans by burrowing holes in them. Instead of applying blanket sprays to the entire crop canopy, which is hard to penetrate and makes targeted application difficult, our vision is to lure the pests to a bait station containing small amounts of bioinsecticide which stick to the body of the pest. This will improve the targeting of the control measures and provide a much needed new solution because pyrethroid pesticide resistance is evolving in the pea and bean weevil. For the project, BASF and Exosect are supplying isolates of entomopathogenic fungus (a naturally occurring fungal disease of insects). Exosect are formulating them with Entostat, an electrostatically charged micropowder they have developed, which sticks the fungi to the body of the pest. This can be used as a carrier for insecticides or bioinsecticides. Rothamsted have identified an aggregation pheromone specific for the pea and bean weevil which attracts both sexes and floral attractants for the bruchid beetle. These attractants will be formulated with the killing agent and placed strategically in inoculation stations in the field that we will develop with another project partner, Oecos. Since the project started in October 2014, our first steps have been to determine and control the release rate of the attractants over time (a critical component of product longevity), and to determine the effectiveness of the different treatments in killing the pests. We have been measuring the release rate of the attractants by collecting them from air drawn over the test formulations. Odours collected on a filter are analysed by gas chromatography which allows us to quantify the amount of chemical released over a given time period. We are working with Exosect to improve the longevity of the product. We have been testing in the lab the effectiveness of two strains of the insect fungal disease together with alpha-cypermethrin as a standard insecticide. Different doses of formulation have been put in Petri dishes and 10 beetles put in each dish. Numbers of dead insects are recorded at regular intervals for three weeks. The insect mortality results to date are encouraging and not only show that the insect fungal disease works but also that the effectiveness of the conventional insecticide is improved. Thus the components are being assembled for the "lure-and-kill" system. We have also been testing field cages for the next stage when we do field cage trials which are planned for spring 2016. Parallel trials at Rothamsted and PGRO have shown that the cages provide good containment of the insects and therefore can be used to separate different treatments when we do the first small scale tests of the new system in outdoor conditions. Our project will provide a new pest management solution (lure and kill) for beetle pests in pea and bean crops, a solution which may be transferable to other cropping systems. The benefits to the grower will be: increased pest control through a more targeted application of the insecticide; reduced use of insecticide per hectare; the option of different modes of killing agent which allows the product to be available to both conventional and organic growers; and as large volumes of water are not be required for uniform application, this product can be applied during periods of water shortages. There is an urgent need for new solutions due to pesticide resistance problems and concern about effects of pesticides on non-target species. The inoculation station with insect fungal disease would be a biological solution to the problem but lure-and-kill will also enable better targetting of conventional pesticides by using specific attractants to limit the classes of insects that come into contact with them. |
Exploitation Route | This concept could be applied to other pests and could dramatically improved the targeting of control interventions. Using a selective semiochemical could improve the selectivity of a conventional pesticide and better targeting improve their environmental profile. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Chemicals Creative Economy |
URL | https://agritech.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/27/agritech-catalyst-beetles/ |
Description | Industry partners in the project are learning about how to improve targeting of crop protection measures by combining them with semiochemicals in a lure-and-kill approach |
First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Creative Economy,Environment |
Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Description | PGRO - Processors and Growers Research Organisation |
Organisation | Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Collaboration on innovation in insect pest management in bean crops |
Collaborator Contribution | Collaboration on innovation in insect pest management in bean crops |
Impact | BruchidCAST service for optimising spray timing against bruchid beetles in beans https://www.syngenta.co.uk/bruchidcast |
Description | "Raising the Pulse" |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - presented research at open event for industry during AgriTech week. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | AAB conference - Bringing Biocontrol and IPM to Market |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Over the last decade, the AAB "Advances in Biocontrol and IPM" Conference has become a popular fixture in the national calendar of events. The overall objective has been to create an annual gathering of the IPM community at which policy makers, experienced researchers, early career scientists and practitioners can detach themselves from their usual day-to-day pressures and become totally immersed in this important subject. To broaden its appeal still further, we will continue with a hybrid format to enable both in-person delegates at our regular conference venue and those who prefer to join us online. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.aab.org.uk/event/bringing-biocontrol-and-ipm-to-market/ |
Description | AAB conference - Knowledge exchange: from research to the food supply chain |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce gave two talks - one about IPM in Africa and one about the CROPROTECT system |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.aab.org.uk/images/knowledge_exchange_pro.pdf |
Description | AAB: Advances in IPM 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - gave a talk, chaired a session and helped to organise the Association of Applied Biologists (AAB) Advances in IPM 2016 conference |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.aab.org.uk/contentok.php?id=194&basket=wwsshowconfdets |
Description | AGRInet conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - lecture at the AgriNet conference, 13 May 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.agri-net.net/events/agri-net-5th-international-plant-chemical-biology-conference |
Description | Agri Tech blog |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | I wrote an invited blog for the AgriTech website |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
URL | https://agritech.blog.gov.uk/2015/07/27/agritech-catalyst-beetles/ |
Description | AgriChatUK - invited panel member |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce is involved in the online forum AgriChatUK which has more than 12,000 followers in the farming community. In 2013 he was a researcher invited to answer questions on the subject, "The big arable challenges and how to overcome them". In 2014 he organised the session "Bridging the gap between farming research and practice" a topic suggested by me and for which I drafted the questions for the Q and A session. This was timed to coincide with the launch of the CROPROTECT project and the RoCRE developments. He was invited to be one of the hosts of the AgriChatUK discussion "Science on the Farm" and took part in this evening online discussion forum (30 May 2015). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
URL | http://www.agrichatuk.org/ |
Description | AgriTech REAP conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce attended conference and took part in discussion |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.agritech-east.co.uk/reap-2015-roundup/ |
Description | Agricology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - serving on steering committee of Agricology, "Practical, sustainable farming regardless of labels". This is an important initiative to bridge the divide between organic and conventional farming and an opportunity to develop more evidence based approaches to sustainable agriculture. Toby is responsible for discussions relating to crop protection. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Agricology blog |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - Blog post - TACKLING THE FOOTPRINT OF PESTS, WEEDS & DISEASES IN OUR FOOD SYSTEM |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.agricology.co.uk/tackling-footprint-pests-weeds-diseases-our-food-system |
Description | Association of Applied Biologists: IPM the 10 year plan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce gave a talk, "Current state of the agricultural research community in the UK and its ability to deliver new and novel techniques to the production industry" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.aab.org.uk/images/ipm_2015_pro.pdf |
Description | Association of Independent Crop Consulants (AICC) Technical Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | In 2015 Toby Bruce gave a demonstration of the prototype CROPROTECT website and got valuable feedback from potential users In 2016 Toby Bruce gave a talk, "Managing pests with fewer pesticides which was well received. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
URL | http://www.aicc.org.uk/aicc-conference-2016-largest-ever-0 |
Description | BCPC farmers club |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Discussion in Whitehall about collaboration with BCPC and crop protection |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Biopesticide Summit, Swansea, 2-3 July 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Gave a keynote, invited talk: "The role of science and technology in addressing challenges to food security and biodiversity" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://biopesticidesummit.com |
Description | CPM magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce featured as the "On farm innovator" in Crop Production Magazine, April 2016 issue |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.cpm-magazine.co.uk/2016/04/11/on-farm-innovator-crowd-sourced-science/ |
Description | Cereals 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Face-to-face discussion with farmers and agronomists at the leading Arable agriculture event for the UK |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/ |
Description | Cereals 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce attended Cereals 2016 - the main UK arable farming event and discussed research with approximately 100 farmers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.cerealsevent.co.uk/ |
Description | Chinese Delegation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Two lectures on Crop Protection to a high level panel of Chinese academics and government policy advisers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | CropTech Show Blog |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Blog post on the CropTec show website: "What will Brexit mean for crop protection?" This is the most popular post on the website... |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://croptecbuzz.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/what-will-brexit-mean-for-crop.html |
Description | Ecomodernism launch |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | I was invited by Owen Patterson MP and Mark Lynas to attend the Ecomodernism launch. It was an interesting event and I took part in the discussion. It was about environmentalism making use of technology. I agreed that technology could be useful but not that we can fully decouple from nature. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.uk2020.org.uk/events/eco-modernism-restoring-science-environment-policy/ |
Description | Farmers Weekly Ag Careers Live event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - presented research and careers in agricultural research at a Careers Fair in Birmingham |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.fwi.co.uk/ms/events/ag-careers-live/ |
Description | GFS workshop - Alternatives to Pesticides |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce attended GFS (Global Food Security) workshop - Alternatives to Pesticides organised by Tim Benton (former GFS Champion). Toby gave a talk and participated in discusssions |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Gordon Research Conference - Plant volatiles |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce gave an invited lecture - Plant volatiles in Biocontrol |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=15108 |
Description | Guest Lecture - University of Nottingham |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Gave a lecture to M.Sc. students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Hert Farmers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - talk about crop protection given to Hertfordshire Farmers breakfast meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.hertsfarmerscalendar.co.uk/ |
Description | Innovate UK Biopesticides event, Invited plenary lecture, London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Innovate UK Biopesticides event, Invited plenary lecture, London, 12 April 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Invited Seminar at Newcastle University (3 April 2019) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited Seminar at Newcastle University |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited Seminar at University of Warwick (2 May 2019) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited Seminar at University of Warwick (2 May 2019) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | JIC visit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - Visit to the John Innes Centre for discussion and to give a talk |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | News Item in The Guardian |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | News Article about pesticides and crop protection in The Guardian |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/14/miniature-robots-could-cut-pesticide-use-on-farm... |
Description | North Herts Farmers - Annual General Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce gave a talk about crop protection at a Farmers Breakfast event |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.nhfarmers.co.uk/ |
Description | Nuffield students visit to Rothamsted |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce organised and took part in Nuffield farming scholarship students visit to Rothamsted |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | PGRO pulse open day |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Discussion event with pulse growers and industry representatives. We discussed the CROPROTECT system, research on beetle pests of beans and as a spin off the use of hybrid barley to suppress blackgrass. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Presentation to British Herbs |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce gave a talk about crop protection during visit of British Herbs to Rothamsted |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Rawcliffe Bridge |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of research to professional Agronomists |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Rothamsted Open Meeting for the Public |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce presented and took part in a Rothamsted Open Meeting for the Public, "Pulse Production and Protection" 15 Mar 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/events/pulse-production-and-protection |
Description | Royal Holloway lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce - talk about protecting harvests with fewer pesticides |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Syngenta - Good Growth Plan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce attended a discussion meeting with Syngenta about their Good Growth Plan and collaboration with Rothamsted |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | The Future of Crop Protection |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | On November 1st, 2022, 140 professionals from the horticultural industry met at the World Horti Center to discuss the innovations that are needed to make crop protection future-proof. By 2030, the EU wants the use of plant protection products to be halved. The central topic of the day was: what needs to be done to deal with this challenge? What should companies, research institutes, and other organisations in the horticultural industry do to turn this upcoming demand into an opportunity? I gave an invited keynote talk and took part in discussions at this event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://impact2025.nl/en/event/the-future-of-crop-protection/ |
Description | UK-US Plant Health Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Toby Bruce attended a discussion meeting at the UK embassy in Washington DC to discuss Plant Health and write a whitepaper with other delegates. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://blogs.fco.gov.uk/stefaniadimauronava/2016/10/13/blog-at-the-root-of-it-all/ |
Description | World BioProtection Summit - invited lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Gave a talk about "Innovation in crop protection: challenges and opportunities" |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.worldbioprotectionforum.com/bioprotection-summit-and-awards-2022/ |