Finish blight programmes growers advised
Potato growers should keep up fungicide programmes to protect against the spread of resistant late…
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BlightCast added to Cropwise app
Syngenta has incorporated its BlightCast infection risk service into the company’s Cropwise Spray Assist App.…
Biostimulants offer blight control boost
Data from a 2025 trial by Richard Austin Agriculture demonstrated how biostimulants can reduce the…
Blight control best practice needed following first UK EU43 finding
Alternating and mixing blight actives and modes of action in programmes is vital following the…
Mancozeb EA bid abandoned
GB Potatoes has halted its bid to secure an Emergency Authorisation (EA) application to allow…
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria boosts potato crop output
Applying a nitrogen-fixing endophyte bacterial spray in potatoes can boost leaf chlorophyll content, tuber numbers…
New digital portal aids agronomy decisions
Syngenta says its all new Portal gives farmers and agronomists instant access to essential weather…
South West potato needed for blight trials programme
Independent field trials contractor Oxford Agricultural Trials Ltd (OAT) is looking to expand its potato blight…
Levy funded projects launched to boost potato sector
Following a grant agreement between the AHDB and GB Potatoes. residual levy reserves will be…
Mancozeb deadline nears growers advised
Following the expiry of mancozeb’s active substance approval earlier this year, the sale and supply…