The UK is a cool climate region growing vines under comparatively high disease pressures. This requires excellent management skills, to understand disease biology, create effective control programmes and apply pesticides effectively. Cost of production, quality and yield are common issues and this Masterclass will be delivered by two world renowned experts given by experts, will be invaluable.
It will cover:
• Improving spraying techniques and reducing drift
• Timeliness of application for better disease and pest control
• New developments in sprayer design, and ways to modernise existing sprayers
• The use of disease biology for providing the scientific bases for control strategies
• Practical, integrated approaches to disease management using cultural, chemical and biological options
• The activities of conventional and organic fungicides
• The management of pesticide resistance