Brazil
July 6, 2015
WORKSHOP – Industrial Seed Treatment (IST) - CURRENT SITUATION AND FORECAST IN BRAZIL
August 4 and 5, 2015
LOCATION: USP, ESALQ, PIRACICABA, SP Brazil - Amphitheatre Engineering
ORGANIZATION: University of São Paulo (ESALQ); IAC; BASF; BAYER; INCOTEC; SYNGENTA
AUDIENCE: 120 participants invited by the organizers.
OBJECTIVE:
The seeds treated industrially are increasingly used by farmers in Brazil. The experiment, in terms of handling and evaluation of seed is based on untreated seeds. There are knowledge on the subject both in universities and research institutions such as the seed companies, pesticides and machinery. This knowledge needs to be shared. What is interesting is to be incorporated. What is to be developed should be searched, so the improvement is reached.
Realization: Studies of Agrarian Foundation Luiz de Queiroz - FEALQ
Sponsors: BASF, Bayer CropScience, Syngenta Crop Protection Ltd., INCOTEC..
Registrations * (online), the certificate is issued (on line) and the financial organization will be via the Studies of Agrarian Foundation Luiz de Queiroz - FEALQ, managed by the organization.
* There will be no fee for registration; Participation is by invitation.
Portuguese presentations only
PROGRAM
08.04.2015 (Tuesday)
8: 30- OPENING - Jose Otavio Menten (USP / ESALQ)
SEED TREATMENT –
9:00 - History and current situation in Brazil - João Carlos da Silva Nunes – (NUFARM)
9:30 - Legislation - Regulatory Framework for seed treatment in Brazil - Jose Mauricio Pereira (Brazilian Agricultural Department).
10:00 - Coffee break
INDUSTRIAL SEED TREATMENT (TSI)
10:30 - Seed: previous recommendations for treatment - Lilian Dan and Ricardo Otranto (BAYER)
11:30 - Relevant aspects in the industrial processing of seeds for quality - Prof. Dr. José da Cruz Machado (UFLA)
12:30 - Lunch
ANALYSIS OF SEEDS TREATED
14:00 - Laboratory analysis of treated seeds: equipment, PPE and disposal - Clayton Gadotti (BASF)
14:30 - Physical analysis procedures, physiological and health - Nilceli Fernandes (Syngenta) and Priscilla Medina Fratin (IAC)
15:30 - Coffee break
16:00 - Waste Disposal related to seeds treated at ESALQ - Arthur Silva (USP ESALQ)
16:30 - Discussion - Moderator: Jose Otavio Menten
18:00 - Closing
19:00 – DINNER
08.05.2015 (Wednesday)
LOGISTICS AFTER SEED TREATMENT
8:30 - Technological advances and IST quality parameters - Jonas Altoé (INCOTEC)
9:30 - Packaging, transport and storage of treated seed. Disposal of treated seed packaging, unused seeds and waste generated in the IST - Jose Veiga (Syngenta).
10:30 - Coffee break
11:00 - Discussion - Moderator: José Octavio M. Menten
12:00 - Closing
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