Roma has taken a lead role in the development and registration of many new biorational technologies in the EU and internationally, including semiochemical, botanical and microbial substances. Her expertise is in facilitating the process of getting biorational products onto the market by streamlining discovery, research, product development, registration and marketing, with particular expertise on efficacy. Roma has been Vice President of the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA).
Roma considers:
- Current and future trends in availability of plant protection products.
- The types of companies involved.
- Capabilities, benefits and weaknesses of biological solutions and the need to use them within IPM.
- Case studies for different crop types.
Dave Chandler follows Roma with a short presentation providing a Warwick Crop Centre perspective on biological solutions and how agri-tech could improve management with biocontrol agents in the future, which links to the webinar in January. Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv7xGfS6yWk&t=2818s
