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9TH Annual Ontario Hazelnut Association Symposium

On March 27, 2018, the Ontario Hazelnut Association, in co-operation with Ferrero Canada, will host IF YOU PLANT IT, THEY WILL COME, the 9TH Annual Ontario Hazelnut Association Symposium. a gathering of growers, nurseries, companies, government, academics and executives who are involved in the hazelnut value chain in Ontario.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The program will include plenary sessions and panel sessions delivered by Canadian and international experts with key guest speakers and thought-provoking panel discussions focusing on communication, market development, investment and commercialization, resource support and domestic and international collaboration, from the discovery side to launching into the market and beyond. This will provide a great opportunity to network and interact with true scientists and innovators.


Topics include:
• Keynote Speaker– Margaret May, OSCIA, Grower Funding Opportunities under the Canadian Agricultural Program
• AAFC – Financial Programs
• Grower Panel – Hazelnut Intercropping
• University of Guelph – Latest Research & Variety Updates
• OMAFRA – Food Safety and Cost of Production
• Ferrero – Greetings & Latest Agronomic Updates


This symposium is being produced to assist Ontario producers and innovators to develop the Ontario Hazelnut market become a vibrant and leading-edge diversification opportunity. It is for growers, nurseries, aggregators, food and other product developers in this space become more successful.

Source : Ontario Hazelnut Association

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White rot, also known as sclerotinia, is a common agricultural fungal disease caused by various virulent species of Sclerotinia. It initially affects the root system (mycelium) before spreading to the aerial parts through the dissemination of spores.

Sclerotinia is undoubtedly a disease of major economic importance, and very damaging in the event of a heavy attack.

All these attacks come from the primary inoculum stored in the soil: sclerotia. These forms of resistance can survive in the soil for over 10 years, maintaining constant contamination of susceptible host crops, causing symptoms on the crop and replenishing the soil inoculum with new sclerotia.