Crop Health
How to Get Oilseed Rape off to a Good Start
Over the past decade many growers have increased their proportion of spring malting barley grown due to it having good levels of profitability and being relatively cheap to grow. However, the last couple of years has seen demand and prices for malting barley fall, leading to growers looking at their options and considering growing other…
Spotlight on Manganese Deficiency in Spring Cereals
Manganese (Mn) deficiency is particularly common in spring barley and can lead to yield losses if left untreated. Soil applications of Mn are generally ineffective, as the applied Mn rapidly changes into less available forms. Deficiencies are best prevented or, where Mn deficiency only occurs infrequently, corrected by foliar sprays with Mn each year. The…
Leaf Stripe (Cephalosporium) in Winter Wheat
Cephalosporium leaf stripe is an increasing problem on farms in Scotland where wheat is grown on short rotations. Incidences of the disease have increased in recent years as a consequence of changes in cropping practice and weather patterns, in particular rainfall. Symptoms usually appear when the flag leaf is emerging or after heading. Broad vertical…
Keeping on top of disease in spring barley
With spring barley crops sown so much earlier this year, there’s inevitably a greater exposure time to foliar disease and a few early disease risks to watch for this season. The SRUC crop clinic has seen more loose smut and net blotch in recent years. This may relate to the fact that many of the…
CropCast – Fungicide Performance 2024
In this episode Tiffany Stephenson is joined by Professor Fiona Burnett, an applied plant pathologist at SRUC to discuss the performance of fungicides during the challenging growing season, that has been 2024. Cropcast is your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Stephenson will be joined…