Bats as barometer of change
Surprising results from a unique bat study in the US reveal shifting behavioural patterns due…
Browsing: Agronomy
Potato growers gain revolutionary blight fungicide
Brand new chemistry to tackle foliar and stem blight in UK and Irish potato crops…
Weeds out of control
Spraying weeds with chemicals has always been costly. Now it is costly and ineffective, with…
Thrips know their onions
Rapid studies of a pest infestation of salad onions and leeks in southern England have…
New appointment to Hutchinsons horticultural team
Crop production specialists Hutchinsons has appointed Chris Williams as horticultural sundries manager. Based in Canterbury,…
Industry challenges pose opportunities for independent agronomy
Innovations in product developments and technology alongside access to extensive technical trials provides independent crop…
App for mobile phones and tablets launched by Life Scientific provides latest product information and news.
The app which has just been launched by the premium off-patent crop protection company, allows…
New era for disease control as SDHI fungicide gains British acceptance on malting barley for brewing and distilling
British growers of malting barley for brewing and distilling will be able to use the…
Another blow to fungal infection
For the first time, researchers have isolated a natural resistance gene to Septoria, Europe’s most…
Take-all tackled by AHDB-funded studentship
Much more is now known about the fungus behind the soil-borne disease ‘take-all’, including fungal…