Current Research in Crop Protection

Course overview

This course is aimed at individuals working to put agricultural research into practice i.e. Agronomists, Advisers, Technical Managers and Farmers. Course participants will benefit from a deeper understanding of the research process, a more thorough knowledge of current research in relevant areas and an ability to design and implement research experiments within their own organisations, as well as interpret research results.

Key facts file

Course Dates:

TBC

Title: Current Research in Crop Protection

Type/Duration:

Short Course (Module) - Total of 7 Days - This module can be studied as a stand alone training course.

Entry Requirements:

Graduate level or relevant experience within the crops industry

Credits: 15

Cost: £1200.00

IFST Membership: Your course enrolment also entitles you to one year of free membership to the IFST (Institute of Food, Science and Technology).

Course Provider: Rothamsted Research

Course Arrangements: Full joining instructions will be confirmed by the course provider.

Course Location: Rothamsted Research

CPD Awarding Body: BASIS

CPD Points: 30

Tutors:

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:

Critically evaluate and communicate the principles of scientific research to investigate and analyse practical agricultural problems, including the use of statistics and presentation skills.
Acquire & articulate specialist taxonomic expertise to identify pests, weeds, and diseases in agricultural situations and demonstrate an understanding of their lifecycles and the agricultural importance of these
Compare the molecular mechanisms of, and critically evaluate the agricultural importance of, pesticide resistance in agriculturally important pests, weeds, and diseases.
Critically assess crop protection issues through the formulation of a hypothesis and independent research.

Additional Course Information

Topics covered will include:

General scientific principles of agricultural research
Weed Science
Plant pathology
Entomology
Genetics and plant breeding
Soils and bioenergy

"I enjoyed everything about the course. I got to meet the top experts [lecturers] in their fields which was fantastic and the facilities at Rothamsted were great and I got to see where funding has been spent on research, which was really interesting."

Amy Pearson, Agronomist, Frontier Agriculture

My AFTP training course has given me greater confidence day-to-day and more insight into the impact of new techniques and technologies.

Andy Russell - Fresh Produce Technologist, Bakkavor

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