Horticulture Webinars

Teagasc Horticulture Development Department are providing a series of webinars which will offer an opportunity to hear from industry professionals discussing topics of relevance to horticulture producers.

The webinars are broadcast using zoom so participants will have an opportunity to submit questions during the live broadcast.

2021

Select any of the options below to find out more about

Nursery Stock Webinars
Vegetable Webinars
Soft Fruit Webinars

Nursery Stock Webinars

Previous Webinars
Tuesday, 30 March 11am	Integrated Pest Management - traps and pheromones for thrips and pest control First webinar in the IPM and Weed control Series	Speaker Dr Claire Sampson, Technical Director with Russel IPM
Wednesday, 7 April 7:30pm	Integrated Pest Management - Aphid pest control Second webinar in the IPM and Weed control Series	Speaker David Davidson, Technical Consultant with Koppert
Thursday, 15 April 7:30pm	Weed control in container and field grown ornamental nursery stock Fourth webinar in the IPM and Weed control Series	Speaker David Talbot, Senior Horticulture Consultant with ADAS

Vegetable Webinars

Upcoming Webinars

Monday, 19 & Tuesday, 20 April

Supporting decision making on agricultural input reductions in lettuce production
Online workshop taking place across two days on Monday, 19th & Tuesday, 20th April 2021 from 10am to 2pm each day.

Speakers
Researchers at Teagasc; University of Warwick and University of Sussex

Tuesday, 20 April
8pm

Clubroot in Vegetable Brassica Production
This will be a practical talk based on many years’ experience advising growers within the United Kingdom and worldwide on living successfully and profitably with the Clubroot Disease of vegetable brassicas.

Speaker
Prof. Geoff Dixon

Previous Webinars
Tuesday, 26 January	Teagasc Carrot Fly Webinar Second webinar in the Teagasc Vegetable Series	Speakers Prof. Rosemary Collier, Warwick University Colin Noble, Vegetable Consultancy Services Ltd.
Wednesday, 3 March	Sustainable Soil Health Management in Vegetable Production Webinar Third webinar in the Teagasc Vegetable Series	Speakers Dermot Forristal, Teagasc Mark Plunkett, Teagasc David Thomas, Riveira Produce, UK
Wednesday, 24 March	Weed Control in Brassica, Roots, Alliums and Leafy Salad Vegetable Crops Webinar	Speakers Angela Huckle - Associate Director in Crop Health with RSK ADAS UK and Weed Control Specialist John Hogan, Vegetable Crops Agronomist.

Soft Fruit Webinars

Upcoming Webinars

Tuesday, 13 April
7:30pm

New advances in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Soft Fruit Crops
Third webinar in the IPM and Weed control Series

Speaker
Mr. Stuart Mills, IPM Specialist, Fargo Ltd, UK

2020

Nursery Stock Webinars

Previous Webinars
Wednesday, 24 June	Teagasc Nursery Stock Meeting Sustainability and impacts of changes to products and supplies	Speakers Dr Lael Walsh, Teagasc Dr. Stephen Kildea, Teagasc Mr. John Neenan, Chairperson Growing Media Ireland
Wednesday, 22 July	Teagasc Nursery Stock Meeting Biostimulants and novel plant protection options	Speakers Dr Angela Feechan, UCD Dr Brian Murphy, Trinity College Dublin
Wednesday, 26 August	Teagasc Nursery Stock Meeting Plant health - Reducing the risk of Phytophtora and Oak Processionary Moth	Speakers Richard O'Hanlon, AFBI Declan Kealy, DAFM
Wednesday, 21 October	Autumn Plant Health	Speakers Glenn Kirby - Syngenta Technical Manager
Monday, 7 December	Teagasc Nursery Stock Meeting Brexit preparations for plant exporters	Speakers Shane Kirk and Liam Finnegan, DAFM Plant Health Inspectors

Vegetable Webinars

Previous Webinars

Tuesday, 1 December

Teagasc Brassica Webinar
First webinar in the Teagasc Vegetable Series

Speakers
Andy Richardson, Managing Director, Allium & Brassica Agronomy
Michael Gaffney, Teagasc

Soft Fruit Webinars

Previous Webinars
Tuesday, 6 October	New Strawberry Varieties Seminar Speakers	Speakers Eamonn Kehoe, Teagasc Johan Aelterman, IDRIS Consultants, Belgium