Researchers make technological breakthrough against potato cyst nematode
Potato cyst nematodes (PCN) are a significant threat to the UK fresh and processing potato…
Browsing: Crop Protection
Early aphid hit to stop virus loss
Oilseed rape growers should be looking to target virus carrying aphids early to prevent yield…
UK primed for mass eruption of phoma spores
The UK is primed for a mass eruption of phoma leaf spot spores during early…
Earlier phoma threat likely this season
With over twenty days of rain already recorded at Boxworth since August 1st growers are…
Resistant potato varieties key to fighting PCN
Embracing new potato varieties will help growers in the fight against economically damaging pest, Potato…
Advanced formulation of ferric phosphate, Sluxx HP, now available
Certis announce their new, advanced ferric phosphate slug pellet, Sluxx HP, is now available to…
New ferric phosphate molluscicide approved
De Sangosse, the European leader in slug control products, has received regulatory approval for a…
Neonicotinoid emergency use application approved
The NFU has secured the emergency use of neonicotinoid seed treatments providing much needed protection…
Growers reminded that methiocarb slug pellets must be used up before 19th September.
Peter Stacey, Bayer CropScience’s Molluscicide Product Manager says that whilst final sales of methiocarb were…
Breakthrough dual fungicide technology could help prevent future crop failures
An expert in environmental toxins at The University of Nottingham has developed a new antifungal…