ICL
is preparing for a busy BTME 2020 when the show takes place at the Harrogate
Convention Centre on 21-23 January.
Located
in the Purple Zone, the ICL Stand (426) will be a hub of insightful and
practical advice where attendees can network and grab a coffee from the ICL
barista team.
ICL
will be using BTME as a platform to launch the company’s new 2020/21 Product
Guide which features the complete range of ICL and Syngenta products with
advice on how to get the best results, including recommended period of use,
directions for use and application rates.
Visitors
to stand can pick up a copy of the new ProSelect grass seed brochure in which
they can learn about the new and improved mixtures that are ideal for golf
courses, sports fields, turf growers and landscape contractors. The updated
range contains highly ranked STRI varieties which have been developed through
an extensive breeding selection.
BTME
2020 will also provide an opportunity for attendees to discover some very
exciting new rewards included in ICL’s hugely popular loyalty scheme – Turf
Rewards.
ICL
has been a long-term supporter of BIGGA’s Continue to Learn education programme
and the company will be playing a significant role in the 2020 edition.
Five
greenkeepers will embark on the ICL Continue to Learn Scholarship 2020 and will
receive three nights’ hotel accommodation and 15 hours of training and personal
development at the world-leading education programme.
ICL
will also be hosting a number of seminars within the programme:
Integrated Pest Management - Glenn Kirby,
Technical Manager UK and Ireland, Syngenta and Henry Bechelet, Technical Sales
Manager, UK and Ireland, ICL will be will providing a brief review of the
latest IPM trial work looking at cultural, fertility and chemical control. It
will look at how this information can help shape our turf management programmes
now and, in the future, to ensure disease pressure is managed.
Tuesday 21 January, 13.30 – 16.30
Light and Shade - For this seminar, Glenn will
be joined by Dr Andy Owen, International Technical Manager, ICL, as they both
look at the latest research into how turfgrass utilises light and will explore
techniques for managing the challenges suboptimal light conditions can
create.
Wednesday 22 January, 11.15 – 12.00
Summary of Five Years Successful Trial Work Managing
Microdochium Nivale on Turf Grass - Both Henry and Andy will be
summarising five years of successful trial work in which a range of IPM methods
have been developed to help course managers understand the approaches to
Microdochium management. In particular, they will be focusing on the final
season of work which was completed on a Poa annua based surface, where a range
of approaches (including non-fungicidal) provided excellent disease control
throughout a high-pressure disease season.
Wednesday 22 January, 13.45 - 14.30
And if you want to catch up with the PhD project on
seaweeds and plant parasitic nematodes that ICL are sponsoring at Royal
Holloway Dr Alan Gange and Tamsim Williams are presenting on Tuesday 21st January, The
Potential and Varied Benefits of Soil Microbial Management Presented by Dr Alan Gange, Professor of Microbial
Ecology and Tamsin Williams, PhD Research Student, Royal Holloway, University
of London the seminar will provide a brief review of the topic of soil
microbiology and the experiments that have been used to investigate the
interactions of certain microbes and seaweed products (‘biostimulants’) with
biotic problems, such as Microdochium nivale and root-feeding nematodes.
Tuesday
21 January, 10.15 - 11.15
