IIRB CONGRESS 2022

78TH IIRB CONGRESS

The 78th IIRB Congress will be held in Mons, Belgium, from 21 to 23 June 2022.

The congress will start with "The strength of agriculture in adapting to climatic and environmental challenges" where Belgian sugarbeet research will be presented. Subsequent orators will provide information on various current topics in sugarbeet cultivation. Two poster sessions will provide opportunities to discuss with the speakers. On the last day, there will be a joint excursion to Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, a faculty of the University of Liège, with a guided tour of the new Terra research unit.

Our KWS Sugarbeet Breeders

MY HEART BEETS
for insect resistant beets.

Dr. Olaf Czarnecki

MY HEART BEETS
for Virus Yellows resistant sugarbeets.

Dr. Nina Behnke

MY HEART BEETS
for sugarbeet as a high-tech crop.

Jens Lein

MY HEART BEETS
for improved protection against pests & diseases through resistance breeding.

Dr. Werner Bayer

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MY HEART BEETS
for entering a new era of Cercospora protection.

Dr. Enzo Neu & Dr. Friedrich Kopisch-Obuch

MY HEART BEETS
for drought tolerant sugarbeets.

Dr. Karin Fiedler-Wiechers

MY HEART BEETS
for CONVISO® SMART varieties.

Dr. Maik Gertz

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MY HEART BEETS
for robust and high yielding sugarbeets.

Dr. Martin Messerschmidt.

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Insect Pest Monitoring goes digital - A new era in Sugarbeet Field Observation has been started

pdf | 2 MB

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Milestones in Virus Yellows Resistance Breeding

pdf | 2 MB

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CONVISO® SMART Stewardship - successful management of herbicide tolerant sugarbeet

pdf | 2 MB

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Sugarbeet breeding provides solutions for novel insect threats

pdf | 3 MB

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Breeding SBR Tolerant Varieties to Support Sugarbeet Farmers in Germany and Switzerland

pdf | 3 MB

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Climate change – the response of breeding

pdf | 1 MB

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Handling the planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus for laboratory trials

pdf | 1 MB

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Control of Virus Yellows in Sugarbeet - Heading for an integrated solution

pdf | 2 MB

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Sugarbeet Quality Analysis – Going Beyond Sugar

pdf | 2 MB

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KWS BEETROMETER® – Beet Quality Analysis For The 21st Century

pdf | 2 MB

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78TH IIRB CONGRESS

Our KWS Sugarbeet Breeders

MY HEART BEETS for insect resistant beets.

MY HEART BEETS for Virus Yellows resistant sugarbeets.

MY HEART BEETS for sugarbeet as a high-tech crop.

MY HEART BEETS for improved protection against pests & diseases through resistance breeding.

MY HEART BEETS for entering a new era of Cercospora protection.

MY HEART BEETS for drought tolerant sugarbeets.

MY HEART BEETS for CONVISO® SMART varieties.

MY HEART BEETS for robust and high yielding sugarbeets.

Download posters

Insect Pest Monitoring goes digital - A new era in Sugarbeet Field Observation has been started

Milestones in Virus Yellows Resistance Breeding

CONVISO® SMART Stewardship - successful management of herbicide tolerant sugarbeet

Sugarbeet breeding provides solutions for novel insect threats

Breeding SBR Tolerant Varieties to Support Sugarbeet Farmers in Germany and Switzerland

Climate change – the response of breeding

Handling the planthopper Pentastiridius leporinus for laboratory trials

Control of Virus Yellows in Sugarbeet - Heading for an integrated solution

Sugarbeet Quality Analysis – Going Beyond Sugar

KWS BEETROMETER® – Beet Quality Analysis For The 21st Century