12 February 2018 Another blow to fungal infection For the first time, researchers have isolated a natural resistance gene to Septoria, Europe’s most…
9 February 2018 Take-all tackled by AHDB-funded studentship Much more is now known about the fungus behind the soil-borne disease ‘take-all’, including fungal…
9 February 2018 Forward OSR crops will need careful management Oilseed rape crops across the UK are generally leafier than usual and many will require…
8 February 2018 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…
8 February 2018 Macron backtracks on glyphosate President Emmanuel Macron said that France will exempt farmers from a glyphosate ban if there…
8 February 2018 First report in decades of a forgotten crop pathogen Scientists, breeders, farmers and conservation groups must continue to work in close collaboration to prepare…
6 February 2018 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…
6 February 2018 Spring wheat weed control boosted by new approval Spring wheat growers have a new weed killer at their disposal this season after Dow…
5 February 2018 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…
5 February 2018 Top tips to manage fungicide resistance in septoria Top management tips to help slow fungicide resistance in septoria have been issued as part…