The document outlines the agenda for the Monsanto Weed Workshop "NORTH" taking place from June 13-15, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. The workshop will include sessions on Monsanto weed chemistry, weeds and weed shifts, conservation tillage, and weed management systems. Participants will discuss topics like glyphosate resistance, weed control methods in maize crops, and the impact of reduced tillage practices. A field visit is also planned to view Roundup Ready maize crops and tillage practices.

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Monsanto Weed Workshop “NORTH”
13‐ 15 June, 2011
Moevenpick Hotel – Prague
Mozartova 1
150 00 Prague
http://www.moevenpick‐prague.com
All the workshop sessions will take place in the Meeting Room « Brusel »
Contact person:
Marietta Skalova (Monsanto Prague)
Cell phone: +00 420 602 311 282 Contact person:

2. MONDAY, 13 JUNE
WELCOME AND GROUP GATHERING
PM
DINNER
Corte di Angelo
Nádražní 116/61
Praha 5 ‐ Anděl
tel.: +420 257 326 167
www.cortediangelo.cz
TUESDAY, 14 JUNE
Session 1 – MONSANTO WEED CHEMISTRY
08.30 – 10.30
Chair: Wolfgang Voegler
08.30 – 09.00 GAP and weed management using Glyphosate
Martin Singer
09.00 – 09.30
Glyphosate Weed Resistance and Weed Resistance Management
Ivo Brants
09.30 – 10.00
Agro‐economic analyses of the use of Glyphosate in UK agriculture
Sarah Wynn
10.00 – 10.30 BREAK
Session 2 – WEEDS AND WEED SHIFTS
10.30 – 12.00
Chair: Robert Bulcke
10.30 – 11.00 Monitor and Acetochlor
Wolfgang Voegler
11.00 – 11.30 Weed flora changes in response to weed control over the last 100 years
Christian Andreasen
11.30 – 12.00
Survey of weeds in Maize crops in Europe
Per Kudsk
12.00 – 13.30
LUNCH
13.30 – 15.30 Session 3 – CONSERVATION TILLAGE
Chair: Jaroslav Salava
13.30 – 14.00 The impact of conservation tillage on nematode infestations
Bernd Augustin

3. Conservation tillage in the UK
14.00 – 14.30 Jim Orson
Conservation Tillage and Glyphosate
14.30 – 15.00 Wolfgang Voegler
Field experience with RR maize in Czech Republic
15.00 – 15.30
Josef Soukup
(transfer)
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FIELD VISIT RR MAIZE(NK603) AND TILLAGE PRACTICES
19.00 (aprox.) DINNER
Pivovar a Restaurace "U Fleků"
Křemencova 11
Praha 1
tel: +420 224 934 019
http://www.ufleku.cz/
WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE
Session 4 ‐ WEED MANAGEMENT SYTEMS
09.00 – 12.00
Chair: Zenon Woznica
09.00 – 09.30 Non‐chemical methods of weed control: benefits and limitations
Stephen Moss
09.30 – 10.00 Weed control using no till, strip till and ridge till in maize.
Hilfred Huiting
10.00 – 10.30 RR corn – efficacy under Polish conditions
Tadeusz Praczyk
10.30 – 11.00 RR maize and tillage practices
Ivo Brants
11.00 – 11.30 BREAK
11.30 – 12.00 Concluding remarks
12.00 – LUNCH & DEPARTURES
(check w/M. TRANSFERS TO AIRPORT/ TRAIN STATION
Skalova)