
Seminars and symposia
Technical Meeting TM2025 Cambridge,UK - April 8-10, 2025
Session 1
Importance of agricultural emissions of rapeseed production - importance for biofuel manufacturing. Adam Stepien
How to achieve high winter oilseed rape yields with low greenhouse gas emissions - Christina Baxter
Implications of climate change for pest and diseases of oilseeds – Bruce Fitt
Session 2
Adapting Canola to Changing Agricultural Systems - Matthew Nelson
Leveraging phenotypic plasticity in seed oil content for climate-adapted breeding and production of rapeseed - Liang Guo
Assessing multiple abiotic stress tolerance in diverse genotypes of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss.) - Kartikeya Srivastava
Session 3
Prospects of using the Brassica oleracea gene pool in oilseed B. napus breeding - Habibur Rahman
Identifying germplasm for resistance to blackleg and Verticillium stripe diseases and mapping molecular markers for marker-assisted selection - Mukhlesur Rahman
Brassica napus surface wax: understanding and manipulating surface chemistry for crop improvement – Mark Smith
Session 4
Nitrogen Use Efficiency in spring canola: Steps towards getting more from less - Sally Vail
Designing a new method for improving the management of nitrogen fertilization in winter oilseed rape - Emile Lerebour
Sustainable winter rapeseed production by breeding for Nitrogen use efficiency and by optimizing its cultivation system – Daniel Valle Torres
Increased nitrogen availability and biodiversity in organic winter oilseed rape by intercropping annual legume companion crops - Ann-Charlotte Wallenhammar
Session 5
Hiphen Introduction - Hugh Frost & Alexis Comar
Improving oilseed rape performance through the implementation of an agroecological management strategy for cabbage stem flea beetle - Nicolas Cerrutti
Next-Gen IPM for pests of oilseed rape – Samantha Cook
Integrating sustainability criteria into rapeseed variety performance testing. An on-farm research network to assess variety pest tolerance - Eve-Anne Laurent
Feeling the weather: changes and implications in phoma stem canker and light leaf spot pathogen spore release under different weather conditions - Yongju Huang
Session 6
First detections of Plenodomus biglobosus (Leptosphaeria biglobosa) ‘canadensis’ and new azole-insensitive P. lingam (L. maculans) isolates in western Europe - Kevin King
Validation of novel DArTseq-derived molecular markers for blackleg resistance identification in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) using PCR - Janetta Niemann
Temperature-sensitivity of resistance against phoma stem canker in oilseed rape - Henrik Stotz
AI detection of light leaf spot in winter oilseed rape varieties – Marian Thorsted
Regulation of dormancy and germination of inoculum of Plasmodiophora brassicae and Verticillium longisporum in the soil - Andreas von Tiedemann
Optimising intercropping for oilseed rape – Alice Baux and Ivan Hiltpold
Get involved - Project OSR Canola - Hybrids Development History - Yves Devisme
GE panel, open forum – How can science and policy work together to facilitate the uptake of precision-bred crops.
Video presentations and discussion
Precision Breeding_How can science and policy work to facilitate the uptake of precision-bred crops_Marc Caccamo
Policies and regulations for plant breeding innovation_Petra Joras
Driving Sustainable Agriculture_Cibus_Tony Moran
POSTERS
Breeding rapeseed for future climates - Dragana Rajković
Efficient nitrogen use in selected winter oilseed rape varieties - David Bečka
Using Brassica napus phytoremediation biomass for sustainable biofuel production - Ana Marjanović Jeromela
Bioproducts and their potential in protection of Brassica napus L. against Verticillium longisporum - Veronika Konradyová
New understanding of IPM control measures for csfb - Colin Peters
Scoring for stem health reveals a by now unexplored major resistance locus against blackleg disease in rapeseed breeding. - Steffen Rietz
Undercropping options for winter rapeseed in relation to herbicide treatment - Lucie Bečková
Change in oilseed rape stem weevils’ time of occurrence - Željko Milovac
Heat-induced aggregation and gelation of rapeseed cruciferin and napin - Colleen Mudau
Characterization of Plenodomus lingam races in Swedish winter oil seed rape - Ann-Charlotte Wallenhammar
Expanding the toolkit for breeding sclerotinia stem rot resistance and other traits in canola - Mark Derbyshire
Optimisation of the Berlese method for estimating cabbage stem flea beetle larvae (CSFB) pressure - Céline Robert