http://www.endure-network.eu/Endure RSSen-GBTue, 09 Mar 2010 14:59:07 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/fourth_german_leaflet_completes_potato_seriesThe fourth and final leaflet in German from ENDURE’s From Science to Field Potato Case Study series is now available online. Widerstandsfähige Sorten gegen die Kartoffelkraut- und Knollenfäule (Using Cultivar Resistance to Reduce Inputs Against Late Blight) reveals the significant role that late blight resistance can play in reducing fungicide inputs as part of an integrated control strategy.Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:37:23 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/uk_reviews_options_for_pesticides_packageThe United Kingdom has launched a 12-week consultation on how best to introduce the European Union’s new 'pesticides package’, inviting all interested parties to contribute to a process which will help the government draw up ‘implementing legislation’ to bring UK pesticide law into line with the new European legislation.Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:48:11 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/eurowheat_download_the_guideENDURE has produced a new guide to the key features of www.eurowheat.org, the research-based website that supports integrated disease management in wheat. Developed by Denmark's Aarhus University in collaboration with its ENDURE colleagues, EuroWheat now has 13 partners and non-ENDURE members are welcome to join the partnership.Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:33:50 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/funding_sources_for_international_collaboration/royal_society_international_joint_projectsThe Royal Society is the national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth. This funding would require contact with a UK scientific organisation. Deadlines: 25/03/2010, 29/07/2010 and 25/11/2010.Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:21:57 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/funding_sources_for_international_collaboration/julius_nyerere_masters_scholarshipsUnder the Julius Nyerere Masters Scholarships scheme two scholarships will be awarded to students from Tanzania for postgraduate Masters study in any subject offered by the University of Edinburgh for the 2010-2011 academic session. Deadline: 01/04/2010.Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:20:27 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/funding_sources_for_international_collaboration/human_frontier_science_programme_hfspCall for Letters of Intent for Innovative Frontier Research Grants: Award Year 2011. The Human Frontier Science Programme supports international preferably intercontinental collaborations in basic life science research with emphasis placed on innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to fundamental investigations. Applications are invited for grants to support frontier approaches to understanding complex mechanisms of living organisms. Applicants are expected to develop novel lines of research distinct from their ongoing research. Preliminary results are not required. Deadline: 22/03/2010.Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:19:07 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/funding_sources_for_international_collaboration/2010_award_fellowships'African Women in Agricultural Research and Development' (AWARD), a project of the CGIAR Gender Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:10:24 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/guide_to_tackling_wcr_now_availableWestern corn rootworm (WCR) has plagued American maize growers for more than a century and become a serious pest in Europe too, spreading across a broad swathe of Central Europe since first being discovered in Serbia in 1992. A new guide from ENDURE examines ways of tackling the pest using an Integrated Pest Management approach.Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:55:33 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/endure_s_response_to_ipm_principles_now_onlineUseful new documents have been added to the pages offering information for policy makers, including ENDURE’s response to last year’s BiPRO report to the European Commission's Directorate General-Environment examining guidance for establishing Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles.Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:16:47 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/canaries_study_completes_banana_seriesThe fifth and final leaflet from ENDURE’s Banana Case Study is now online, offering insights into commercial banana production in Spain’s Canary islands, where growers have more than a century of experience in growing Europe’s most popular fruit.Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:56:40 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/details_of_more_than_50_papers_now_onlineWith the details of more than 50 papers and presentations online, ENDURE’s newly updated section, Papers in scientific journals, offers the chance for all those involved in crop protection to catch up on the research conducted and published by the Network of Excellence’s scientists. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:22:03 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/events/cultivating_crisis04 May 2010: Montpellier, France The international workshop Cultivating Crisis: Pesticides et 'Suds': des problématiques pour les sciences sociales (Pesticides and developing nations: issues for the social sciences) will feature a variety of expert presentations tackling issues such as the management of chlordecone pollution in the French West Indies, an analysis of the Mexican farmworkers' mobilisation against the use of toxic chemicals in US agriculture and the situation of seasonal farmworkers in relation to pesticides. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:31:25 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/events/xxxlv_ciosta_cigr_v_conference29 June-01 July 2011: Vienna, Austria The XXXIV CIOSTA (Commission Internationale de l'Organization Scientifique du Travail en Agriculture) CIGR V Conference will be held in the Austrian city of Vienna in July 2011 and address the topic of 'Efficient and safe production processes in sustainable agriculture and forestry'. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:11:39 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/events/1st_phytoma_encounter_on_tomato_leaf_miner23-24 March 2010: Valencia, Spain ENDURE researchers from Spain and France will be among the participants at the 1st PHYTOMA-Spain International Encounter on Tuta absoluta: Tomato leaf miner, a serious problem in expansion, which is being held at the Polytechnic University of Valencia.Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:55:18 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/advisers_invited_to_explore_endure_icThe ENDURE Information Centre, the central point of reference for extending expert knowledge, recommendations and advice for extension services, advisers and researchers concerning all aspects of Integrated Pest Management, is now accessible to all those in the crop protection community. Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:46:21 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/new_guides_for_better_banana_productionENDURE’s Banana Case Study has been a truly international effort, bringing together researchers from as far afield as the French West Indies, the Canary Islands and Cameroon, in addition to the expertise based here in mainland Europe. The results of this international effort are now being made available in a series of publications in ENDURE’s From Science to Field series.Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:30:43 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/paper_puts_maize_under_the_spotlightWith more than 13 million hectares of farmland devoted to maize in Europe, the crop clearly merited the attention of one of ENDURE’s case study research teams. And you can now read the results of their research in a paper recently published in the Journal of Applied Entomology.Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:16:26 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/dutch_and_german_leaflets_now_onlineWhether you know them as Kartoffel, aardappels or pommes de terre, growing potatoes is not a simple business, not least because of the potential threat posed by late blight, the potentially devastating disease caused by the pseudo-fungus Phytophthora infestans.Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:59:23 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/all_the_news/new_training_leaflet_the_participatory_approachWhen it comes to learning about Integrated Pest Management (IPM), participatory training has been a proven success in encouraging farmers to introduce innovative and sustainable pest control strategies, say ENDURE researchers. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:51:03 GMThttp://www.endure-network.eu//about_endure/events/ixth_european_congress_of_entomology22-27 August 2010: Budapest, Hungary The Hungarian Natural History Museum, the Hungarian Entomological Society and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences are hosting the IXth European Congress of Entomology in the country's capital city in August.