Geoff in discussion with Prof Cheng Jiaan – entomologist and recent Vice President of Zhejiang University

Geoff Norton visited Hangzhou, China in mid-November to give a series of lectures at Zhejiang University and at Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences to discuss a number of issues with Chinese colleagues, including:

• Recent Lucid activities in China (see Spotlight article) and plans for future collaboration.
• Discussing projects using the Lucid platform for developing tools to support the diagnosis of rice pest, disease and other disorders and to develop a complementary tool aimed at supporting decisions regarding the most appropriate “Green” cropping systems for specific rice farms.