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• Glyphosate warning for blackgrass
  

  Researchers at Rothamsted Research, one of ENDURE’s UK partners, have uncovered early signs of glyphosate resistance in blackgrass, one of the country’s most harmful weeds in autumn-sown crops. The news is particularly significant as glyphosate is one of the “last lines of defence” against a weed that has already developed multiple herbicide resistance.

• IHAR organising 2020 potato event
  

  ENDURE’s Polish partner, the Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute - National Research Institute (IHAR-PIB), is the chief organiser of the 21st Triennial Conference of the European Association for Potato Research (EAPR), which will be held from July 6 to July 10, 2020, in Poland’s capital city of Warsaw.

• EUCLID plans closing events
  

  Two days of meetings are being staged to mark the end of the four-year EUCLID Horizon 2020 project in September. EUCLID (Europe-China Lever for IPM Demonstration) has been working on an Integrated Pest Management approach to pest control in European and Chinese agriculture, with a particular focus on tomatoes, leaf vegetables and grapes, chosen for their economic importance, though its findings will also impact other crops.

• Reminder: October date for field veg meeting
  

  The next meeting of the IOBC Working Group dedicated to 'Integrated Protection of Field Vegetables' will be on October 13 to 16, 2019, at Stratford upon Avon in the UK. The organisers are keen to receive offers of presentations or posters.

• Don’t miss ENDURE News!
  

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• Can we grow without PPPs?
  

  The European Parliament’s Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) has published an In-depth Analysis report and staged an accompanying workshop addressing the topic ‘Farming without plant protection products: Can we grow without using herbicides, fungicides and insecticides?’

• Using agroecology in weed control
  

  Examples of European research efforts to use agroecological principles in support of Integrated Weed Management (IWM) have been shared in a recent blog post on the Agricology website. Agricology is a community bringing farmers and researchers together to share knowledge in pursuit of “practical sustainable farming regardless of labels”.

• France’s €30m research programme underway
  

  France has officially launched its €30 million research programme designed to deliver high-performance, more sustainable agriculture that uses pesticides only as a last resort. It is seeking to produce agricultural systems based on prevention (prophylaxis) and agroecology, and will also address changes in value chains.

• Online resources to avoid glyphosate use
  

  An online resource centre has been created in France to support farmers seeking to avoid glyphosate use. The French government announced last year that glyphosate would no longer be an option for most uses within three years and within five years it would no longer be used for any purpose.

• SusCrop: First newsletter available
  

  The first newsletter from SusCrop is now available. SusCrop is an ERA-Net Cofund Action under H2020, which “aims to strengthen the European Research Area (ERA) in the field of Sustainable Crop Production through enhanced cooperation and coordination of different national and regional research programmes”.