Crop protection in a changing world – the ingredients for Integrated Crop Management

Program 7^e Crop ​Protection Manifestation March 13, 2025, De Reehorst in Ede.

This tasty Crop Protection event is served in various courses and dishes. During this knowledge meal, the latest developments are presented and everyone can contribute ideas and discuss the future of Integrated Crop Management.

09.30 hr	Aperitif: Registration and welcome with coffee
10.00 hr	Appetizer: Opening: Leendert Molendijk (KNPV) en Corné Pieterse (WCS) Keynote: Paul Neve, University of Copenhagen Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences: One Crop Health: re-imagining next generation crop protection   Keynote speaker: Professor Paul Neve
11.00 hr	First Main Course: Parallel session 1+2+3 (see below)
12.00 hr	Lunch buffet
13.00 hr	Second Main Course: Parallel session 1+2+3 (see below)
14.00 hr	Spoom (tea/coffee included): Poster session and stands
15.00 hr	Third Main Course: Parallel session 1+2+3 (see below)
16.00 hr	Dessert: Poster award ceremony Playful reflection on the day
16.30 hr	Cheese board: Drinks

Main courses in parallel sessions

The 3 different main course sessions run 3 times in parallel. The participants are divided into the 3 sessions in advance, so that everyone can follow each session. Each session runs once in English for English-speaking participants. A session has 6 speakers (2 with a fundamental research background, 2 with an applied research background and 2 from practice background). The speakers share their experiences with ICM within the theme in a short pitch. They then have a conversation at the kitchen table and the audience is invited to participate in the conversation.

1. Technology/hightech

(artificial intelligence, robotica, precision farming applications, monitoring systems etc.)
 

SPEAKERS:

Fundamental research background:

Colinda de Beer (InnovationQuarter)

Rick van de Zedde (WUR Netherlands Plant Eco-phenotyping Centre)
 

Applied research background:

Peter Frans de Jong (WUR Open Teelten)

Corné Kempenaar (BO Akkerbouw)

Practice background:

Leks Bolderdijk (ABdrone)

Bram Tijmons en Frank Gentner (PATS)

2. Diversity in Space and Time (environment of the plant)

(strip cropping, rotation, green manures, crop variety, natural enemies, biological control, field edges, soil resilience, etc.)
 

SPEAKERS:

Fundamental research background:

Roeland Berendsen (Utrecht University, Plant-Microbe Interactions)

Paul van Rijn (University of Amsterdam, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics)

Applied research background:

Dirk van Apeldoorn (WUR Centre for Crop Systems Analysis)

Bert Lotz (WUR Agrosystems science)

Practice background:

Bart Sosef (Biobest)

Gert Noordhoff (Arable farming)
 

3. Plant Resilience

(genetics, resistance, tolerance, new breeding techniques, induced resilience, endophytes, bioinoculants, etc.)

SPEAKERS:

Fundamental research background:

Aska Goverse (WUR Nematology)

Saskia van Wees (Utrecht University, Plant-Microbe Interactions)

Applied research background:

Marc Bots (Syngenta, Vegetables and flowers trait development)

Kirsten Leiss (WUR, Greenhouse Horticulture)

Practice background:

Marijn Nap (Vlamings)

Fokko Prins (Arable farming)