Advice to tackle potato blight outbreaks following the wettest July since 2009
Outbreaks of late blight are springing up in potato crops across the country following an…
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Premium Crops EAMU application for Lambdastar® gains CRD approval
Premium Crops have announced that the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) of the Health and Safety…
Improved OSR resistance
Genetic improvements to OSR varieties bring improved resistance to phoma, light lead spot and verticillium.…
Plant health elicitor demonstrates its capabilities on barley in high disease pressure.
This season has been a tough test for barley disease control programmes. The wet weather…
Early OSR drillers should be braced for high slug pressure
Wet weather over the past month has provided good conditions for oilseed rape establishment, but…
New seed treatment increases the speed and percentage of emergence for pulses
Since the withdrawal of Wakil XL in 2021, pulse growers have been searching for new…
Beware Cercospora risk in sugar beet
Darryl Shailes, root products technical manager with crop production specialist Hutchinsons, highlights why Cercospora is…
Hottest June on record prompts warnings
Livestock farmers must pay close attention to their grass and pasture utilisation for the rest…
Beet the rust threat
Sugar beet crops are coming under intense disease pressure, with conditions for rust infection now…
Verticillium – reliant on resistant varieties
Arable plant pathologist, Philip Walker of ADAS Boxworth reminds growers that there is still no…