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The SRUC crop clinic has been kept busy this season with stem base disease cases in wheat and barley.  Some of these have come in from fields with high levels…

Wet weather has encouraged slugs and grazing damage can be seen in many oilseed rape crops. Treatment may not be needed if crops have reached 4 true leaves as they…

The wet end to the 2019 wheat season has helped to drive septoria levels in wheat crops and it is already evident that there has been further slippage in the…

When making variety choices check for the best balance of disease resistance, maturity, straw stiffness and grain quality. Many varieties in trials in the south-east of Scotland and north of…

“It is essential that mycotoxin risk assessments are carried out for all wheat entering the food chain” The rainfall over recent weeks started out as a welcome relief to earlier…

The challenges in managing potato blight have always been the main focus on in-season fungicide programmes for potato growers.  As a mobile and aggressive pathogen, it has readily adapted itself…

Spring barley this year is coping with some stressful conditions –  since brairding temperatures have rocked between summer highs of 20oC plus and single digit lows and some drying winds.…