BAPL and Niab’s annual R&D meeting set to take place in February 2025

This year the event is being hosted jointly with Niab. BAPL members will be given priority booking for in-person tickets until 10th January. Members are strongly encouraged to book before this date.

The R&D meeting will brief apple and pear growers on the latest research projects that their subscriptions are funding. The research projects are all designed to address some of the industry’s most pressing production problems.

Speakers will include scientists from Niab, ADAS and the University of Greenwich, along with growers and agronomists who will be sharing some of their practical experiences in adopting new techniques in their own businesses.

Topics to be covered include the improvement of low-oxygen storage of Gala and new control opportunities for apple scab and canker.

Delegates will also find out more about an Innovate UK project to develop precision orchard management for the environment and how the industry is contributing towards carbon capture.

In addition, a presentation will be made by the Horticulture Crop Protection Ltd team to explain how grower funds are being used to deliver new and alternative plant protection products for the apple and pear sector.

There is space for 80 delegates to attend in person at the Niab site. A live virtual connection will be offered to those unable to travel to the Kent location.

Booking for non-BAPL members to attend in person will then open for any tickets that remain after 10th January. Booking for virtual attendance will not be limited and is open to all.

If anyone booking an in-person ticket is unable to attend, they should immediately inform admin@britishapplesandpears.co.uk so that their space can be allocated to someone else.

Register here.

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