Smart pesticide from China
Chinese scientists have developed a smart pesticide that, once in the soil, is controllable and…
Browsing: Crops
UK Sugar beet lifting starts
UK sugar beet growers have started lifting their crops this week with the factories opening…
International exports event will result in substantial trade deals
British potato exporters will instigate deals worth hundreds of thousands of pounds at this year’s…
Winter wheat Harvest Results 2017
Harvest Results for a further seventeen AHDB Recommended Lists (RL) winter wheat trials have been…
Clubroot populations are patchy and diverse, according to a new annual report
UK clubroot populations are patchy and diverse, according to a new annual report, which has implications for…
Visualising data connections promises faster discoveries
A new software collaboration makes a vast range of biological databases more accessible for exploitation…
Leaf sensors can tell when crop needs to be irrigated
Plant-based sensors that measure the thickness and electrical capacitance of leaves show great promise for…
Keynote speakers at Biofuels International 2017 discuss the very latest developments
At a time of increased political, environmental and market uncertainty, this focused two-day event returns…
National Disease Monitoring Highlights Changing Wheat Variety Yellow Rust Resistance
Continued changes in yellow rust pathogenicity over the past season mean that almost two thirds…
2018 Forage maize and biogas maize descriptive lists issued by BSPB
Six new first-choice varieties have been added to the British Society of Plant Breeder’s 2018…