Thames Valley Cocoa Club | |
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A network of UK scientists working on cocoa: open to all collaborators with similar interests.
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Meetings |
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | DD home |
Held
at the ICCO, London on Tuesday 12th February 2013 |
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Programme | |||||||||
Chairman's introduction | Martin Gilmour | ||||||||
The Mirid Pheromone: Perspective and Prospective | Joe Sarfo, David Hall & Colin Campbell | ||||||||
Meeting the Challenges of Climate Change in Cocoa | Andrew Daymond | ||||||||
Fiona Lahive | |||||||||
Liam Handley | |||||||||
James Gattward | |||||||||
Joint Modelling of Competition and Fertility effects in Cocoa Breeding Trials | Frank Owusu-Ansah | ||||||||
CocoaPOP: Cocoa Pollination Research and Capacity Development in the Caribbean | Sarah Arnold, Steven Belmain, David Hall & Philip Stevenson | ||||||||
Pest Management in Cocoa: Progress and Prospects Held
at the ICCO, London on Friday 8th April 2011 |
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Chairman's introduction: a cocoa industry view on IPM | Martin Gilmour | ||||||||
Mass trapping of cocoa mirids on farmers' farms and the effect of pheromone trap placement on catches | Joe Sarfo, David Hall & Colin Campbell | ||||||||
Dose transfer efficiency of particulate suspensions to cocoa pests of West Africa | Nick Jessop & Roy Bateman (2.1 MB) | ||||||||
Predicting cocoa crop phenology in relation to interventions against mirids in Ghana | Godfred Awudzi & Andrew Daymond | ||||||||
Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus (CSSV) - transmission and detection | Andy Wetten (3.8 MB) | ||||||||
Helopeltis attack and control in plantations | Brian Wood | ||||||||
Isolation and characterisation of the female sex pheromone of Helopeltis theivora | David Hall | ||||||||
Pesticide mitigation and alternative strategies in cocoa production Held
at the ICCO, London on Thursday 8th October 2009 |
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Chairman's introduction: a cocoa industry view on the state of the residues issue | Martin Gilmour | ||||||||
Overview: pests, pesticide hazards, legislation, research and extension | Roy Bateman | ||||||||
An AgChem industry view on pesticides for cocoa | Ido Korman | ||||||||
Developing reliable control for key cocoa pests in S.E. Asia with minimal chemical input | Brian Wood | ||||||||
Does synthetic CPB pheromone have any future? | Colin Campbell | ||||||||
Pesticide reduction using pheromones - best techniques and timing of implementation, suitability for IPM systems | David Hall | ||||||||
Can better nozzles improve black pod control? | Rosalind Smith | ||||||||
Pesticide reduction through improved application for mirid control | Nick Jessop | ||||||||
Presentations given at the Fourth meeting Workshop on Experimental Techniques for Cocoa Insect Pest Management
Held at the ICCO, London on 27 August 2008 |
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Programme and participants list | |||||||||
Introduction on cocoa mirids | Colin Campbell | ||||||||
The dose transfer process and insecticide field trials | Roy Bateman | ||||||||
Mycoinsecticide evaluation: application, behaviour and efficacy | Nick Jessop | ||||||||
Experimental set-ups | Colin Campbell | ||||||||
The Biometrical challenge with mirids | Frank Owusu-Ansah | ||||||||
Introduction to pheromones: experience with cocoa podborer pheromone in S E Asia. ( Included telephone link with Dr. Prakash Hebbar, USDA) | David Hall | ||||||||
Experience with the mirid pheromone in W Africa | Joe Sarfo | ||||||||
Expectations of Stem borer, Eulophonotus mrymeleon Fldr. (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) pheromone. | Joe Sarfo | ||||||||
Presentations given at the Third meeting How Can Cocoa Physiology Impact on Farmers' Livelihoods?
Held at the ICCO, London on 19 December 2007 |
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Programme and participants list | |||||||||
Climate change scenarios for the W African moist forests | Tim Wheeler | ||||||||
Delivering research outputs in cocoa: a physiology roadmap | Paul Hadley | ||||||||
The role of native trees in cocoa cultivation in W Africa | Morag McDonald (6.7 MB) | ||||||||
Shade - insect interactions | Colin Campbell | ||||||||
Shade effects on cocoa: implications for water, light and temperature in a changing environment | Andrew Daymond | ||||||||
Linking physiology with molecular biology | Penny Tricker | ||||||||
Juvenility and vigour in cocoa | Mercy Anne Salifu | ||||||||
Infection process with cocoa swollen shoot virus | Henry Dzahiniobiatey | ||||||||
The implications of epi-genetic change for breeders and physiologists | Rob Lockwood | ||||||||
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Presentations given at the Second meeting: Cocoa Entomology
Held at the University of Reading on 25 May 2007 |
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Programme and participants list | |||||||||
Overview of cocoa pests in W Africa, including mealybugs. | Colin Campbell (1.6 MB) | ||||||||
Prospects for mirid resistance in W Africa | Richard Adu-Acheampong (2.8MB) | ||||||||
Prospects
for improving mirid management using sex pheromone |
Joe Sarfo | ||||||||
Prospects for using mycoinsecticides in mirid management | Nick Jessop | ||||||||
Minor and emerging cocoa pests in West Africa | Tony Cudjoe | ||||||||
Why road maps? | Rob Lockwood | ||||||||
Overview of cocoa pests in Asia and Pacific Islands | Roy Bateman (2.6 MB) | ||||||||
Prospects for resistance to cocoa pod borer | Alias Awang | ||||||||
Prospects
for rational pesticide use as part of an IPM strategy for CPB |
Roy Bateman (1.6 MB) | ||||||||
Prospects
for improving CPB management using |
Prakash Hebbar (3.2 MB) | ||||||||
Programme of the First meeting: Cocoa Pod Borer and its Management
Held at IPARC, Imperial College, Silwood Park on 23 March 2006 |
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Programme and participants | |||||||||
Cocoa Pod Borer: measuring loss | Rob Lockwood | ||||||||
Protocol for CPB bioassays | Roy Bateman et al. | ||||||||