Global Council for Innovation in Rapeseed and Canola

The meeting focussed on two major issues, crucial for the future of rapeseed/canola.
Day 1: Insect pest management in rapeseed: technical situation and r research progress towards sustainable control, coordinated by Samantha Cook, Rothamsted.
Day 2: Rapeseed protein production and added value: research issues from agronomy to product quality and process, coordinated by Veronique Barthet, Winnipeg.

To encourage international participation from all regions of the world and include all fields of rapeseed/canola research, this event comprised for each topic:
- A series of recorded presentations on issues relating to agronomy, crop protection, economics, and genetics & breeding (co-organized with the other GCIRC committees’ chairs):
- A live summary, Question & Answer session and Debate involving the speakers and GCIRC Committee leaders, on September 28th and 29th, Participants had the possibility to comment and ask questions through the moderator.

Here are the recordings of this event:   

Introductory session

• Opening of the GCIRC Technical Meeting, Prof. Wolfgang FRIEDT/Germany
• Welcome to Poznan’s virtual event, Dr. Iwona BARTKOWIAK-BRODA/Poland
• Integrated Pest Management and quality issues in rapeseed cultivar testing in Poland, Prof. Henryk BUJAK/Poland
• Polish rapeseed industry and quality aspects related to proteins and crop protection, Mr Adam STEPIEN/Polan

Insect pest management in rapeseed:

Technical situation and research progress towards sustainable control.

Economy

• Value of rapeseed globally and insect pests as a major cause of decline in Europe and causes of decline identified to be insect pest control, Dr. Sabine ANDERT/Germany

Crop Protection - part I: Major pests in each region and IPM options:

• Australia/Dr. Sarina MacFADYEN
• Canada/Dr. Boyd MORI
• Europe/Dr. Meike BRANDES
• India/Dr. Sarwan KUMAR
• China/Prof. Shumin HOU

Genetics & Breeding

• Development of pest resistant rapeseed cultivars, Dr. Maxime HERVÉ/France

Agronomy

• Agronomical methods for insect pest suppression, Mrs Céline ROBERT/France

Quality

• Effects of bees and pollination on yield and quality of rapeseed, Dr. Sandra LINDSTRÖM/Sweden

Crop Protection – part II: Alternative control agents

• Biological control of coleopteran canola pests, Dr. Hector CARCAMO/Canada
• Harnessing endosymbiotic bacteria in aphids for crop protection, Dr. Perran STOTT-ROSS/Australia
• RNAi potential for control of pollen beetle, Prof. Eve VEROMANN/Estonia
• Registration of RNAi and other new insecticides, Prof. Guy SMAGGHE/Belgium

Live summary, Question & Answer session and Debate

Rapeseed protein production and added value:

Research issues from agronomy to product quality and process.

Economy

• High protein canola program, Mr David DZISIAK/Canada

Agronomy - Modelling protein content in canola – Part I

• Sources of Variation, Dr. Rob GULDEN/Canada

Breeding

• Breeding and use of genomics to enhance germplasm for quality traits like protein, Dr. Amine ABBADI/Germany
• Exploring the value of rich genetic variation for seed protein in a novel gene pool of Brassica napus with massive introgression of related oilseed species, Dr. Jun ZOU/China

Processing

• Rapeseed protein production and added value: research issues from agronomy to product quality and process, Dr Gertjan SMOLDERS/Netherlands

Animal nutrition

• Project to replace milk protein with rapeseed protein or rice protein concentrates for piglets’ nutrition, Prof. Søren Krogh JENSEN/Denmark

Analytical/quality

• Rapeseed protein production and added value: research issues from agronomy to product quality and process, Mr Richard MEYER/Australia & Mr Jamie AYTON/Australia

Live summary, Question & Answer session and Debate