Working Group Workshop
School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, UK
6 - 7 January 2002
29 participants from 11 countries were registered
Programme
- Dick Shaw (CABI Bioscience, Ascot, UK)
Classical biological control of weeds in the UK: the challenges - Heinz Müller-Schärer (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
The genetic population structure of Senecio vulgaris and Puccinia lagenophorae: implications for biocontrol - Blair Grace & Heinz Müller-Schärer (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Biological control of Senecio vulgaris in carrots - applying the theory - Jonny Gressel (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel)
A proposed system for 'Bio-barcoding' mycoherbicides - Alois Honek & Z Martinkova (Research Institute of Crop Production, Prague, Czech Republic)
Development of two pre-dispersal predators of Taraxacum officinale seed - Esther Gerber & Hariet L Hinz (CABI Bioscience, Delemont, Switzerland)
Effect of herbivore density, timing of attack and plant size on the invasive weed Alliaria petiolata (Cruciferae) - Ian Keary & Paul Hatcher (University of Reading, UK)
Prospects for the biological control of Rumex obtusifolius in competition with Lolium perenne: evidence from pot trials - Urs A Treier (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
Seedling recruitment of an unpalatable weed in mountain grassland in relation to cattle and molluscs grazing - Alan C Gange (Royal Holloway, University of London)
Biological control of Poa annua in sports turf - Dorette Müller-Stöver & J Sauerborn (University of Hohenheim, Germany)
Biological control of Orobanche cumana in sunflower with a granular formulation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. orthoceras - Joseph Hershenhorn, E Dor & D Plakhine (Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel)
New pathogens of the parasitic plant Egyptian broomrape - Barry A Cohen, Ziva Amsellem & Jonny Gressel (Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel)
Engineered Fusarium against Orobanche - Evgena Dor, Y Kashman & J Hershenhorn (Newe Ya'ar Research Centre & Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Allelopathic compounds from Inula viscosa - Marion K Seier & Harry C Evans (CABI Bioscience, Ascot, UK)
Indigenous fungal pathogens - a potential additional tool for management of Rhododendron ponticum L. in the UK - Dick Shaw & Djami Djeddour (CABI Bioscience, Ascot, UK)
Progress on the Japanese knotweed biocontrol programme - Peter Tóth & Ludovít Cagán (Slovak Agricultural University, Nitra, Slovakia)
Are there important natural enemies of parasitic weeds in Slovakia?