Another blow to fungal infection
For the first time, researchers have isolated a natural resistance gene to Septoria, Europe’s most…
Browsing: Crop Protection
Take-all tackled by AHDB-funded studentship
Much more is now known about the fungus behind the soil-borne disease ‘take-all’, including fungal…
Forward OSR crops will need careful management
Oilseed rape crops across the UK are generally leafier than usual and many will require…
Committee chair calls for govt to reverse brexit chemical plans
The chair of the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has called on the government…
Macron backtracks on glyphosate
President Emmanuel Macron said that France will exempt farmers from a glyphosate ban if there…
First report in decades of a forgotten crop pathogen
Scientists, breeders, farmers and conservation groups must continue to work in close collaboration to prepare…
Collaborative project to improve forecasting of UK’s most important potato pest
A team of Harper Adams University researchers; Dr Matthew Back, Dr Ivan Grove and Bill…
Another resistance, this time rodenticides, for farmers to deal with
Just when farmers are getting the hang of rodenticide stewardship rules, introduced mid-2016, a new…
Top tips to manage fungicide resistance in septoria
Top management tips to help slow fungicide resistance in septoria have been issued as part…
More consistent vine weevil control from the high quality formulation, Nemasys L
New experimental work has confirmed that Nemasys L (Steinernema kraussei) provides better control of black…