PCA2023

Growers Panel Great Hall 2 Session Chair: Nicky Mann Andrew Mcillwain, George Jessett & Belinda Frentze, Jack Mooney

3:00 PM

3:35 PM Afternoon Tea & Exhibition

Concurrent Sessions

CLIMATE, ENERGY & RENEWABLES Great Hall 2 Rachel Thompson The Next Chapter of the ‘Big Australia’ Opportunity: Renewable Energy Jurnjan van den Bremer High Pressure Fogging, an integral part of climate management! And what this implies to your energy + water management strategy Les Blackwell Developments in energy security for protected cropping.

POLLINATION M1&2

NUTRITION & IRRIGATION M3

Katja Hogendoorn Can mobile pollinizer units help to increase fruit set in protected cropping

Ben Nikaj Integrated Root Zone Management for a successful Crop

4:15 PM

Chris Lehnert Enabling robots to autonomously pollinate flowers in deformable, cluttered and occluded agricultural environments

Stefan Vogrincic What are you looking for in your substrate? The questions I ask myself as a grower and advisor

4:30 PM

Karen Bezerra da Silva Santos Protective nets reduce pollen flow in blueberry orchards

Katja Hora Iodine, applied as micro nutrient in potassium nitrate to fertigated crops, supports plant photosynthesis, root growth and stress resilience, resulting in enhanced yield and quality of fruits. Speaker Sponsored by

4:45 PM

Chris Wilkins Sunlight Optimisation Strategies: Spectrum selective shading and supplemental lighting

Q&A Panel Katja Hogendoorn, Chris Lehnert, Karen Bezerra da Silva Santos, Onyeka Nzie

Wei Liang Yield and fruit quality responses of cucumber, eggplant and capsicum crops to fertigation levels in a high-tech greenhouse

5:00 PM

FREE TIME

5:30 PM

Growers Social Event (Southbank Beer Garden)

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