Trials highlight ticking time-bomb for seed disease resurgence
A seed disease resurgence trial by Bayer has recorded exceptional levels of bunt in untreated…
Browsing: Crop Protection
Watch for slug attacks after wet weather, farmers urged
Watch out for a resurgence of slugs in farm crops over coming weeks after recent…
Glasgow Uni spinout secures £1.3m funding to develop eco-friendly insecticides
A Glasgow University spinout specialising in the next generation of green insecticides has secured seed…
Wealth of new content on BASF’s Virtual Farm
Growers and agronomists took refuge from the heatwave earlier this month and logged on to…
Beetle hits at OSR emergence prevents damage
Oilseed rape growers should look to control cabbage stem flea beetle from first emergence to…
Top disease in oilseed rape
“If you were asked what the most common disease in oilseed rape was, what would…
Verticillium stripe – reliant on resistant varieties
Plant pathologist Dr. Faye Ritchie of ADAS Boxworth reminds growers that there is no chemical…
Flutriafol approved for use in sugar beet
A new approval for flutriafol in sugar beet, which came into effect in January 2021,…
High disease pressure for cereals and potatoes across the UK
With disease pressure high and the crop protection programme for cereals concluded, yet another challenging…
Alternaria monitoring indicates application timing
Results of last season’s Syngenta alternaria monitoring in potato crops has further reinforced the pattern…