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Oilseed rape sclerotinia management
Oilseed rape will start to pull away rapidly now that spring finally seems to have arrived and, in Scotland’s often tight oilseed rape rotations, sclerotinia risk will be important when…
Read More >Using thresholds to determine which crops are at risk from pollen beetles
Once crops are at green-yellow bud, there is a risk from pollen beetle damage to the buds, giving rise to blind-stalks with no flowers or pods forming on them. Pollen…
Read More >Septoria – still much to learn
Septoria leaf blotch is such an endemic problem in Scottish wheat crops that it hardly raises an eyebrow. Its control is the main focus of spray programmes and we seem…
Read More >Fungicide resistance risk still climbing
The Fungicide Resistance Action Group (UK) met in March to look at the most recent results and to debate guidance. Naturally discussions on septoria took a good part of the…
Read More >Early disease management in cereals
The vanishing snow will leave ground conditions wetter than ever so we are probably some way away from early fungicide treatments in winter wheat and barley crops. Fortunately the need…
Read More >Leatherjackets – forewarned is forearmed so testing is crucial
Leatherjackets, the grubs of the crane fly or “daddy-long-legs” can decimate spring arable crops and seriously affect the productivity of grassland. The loss of chlorpyrifos for control means that avoiding…
Read More >Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies Roadshow: Moray – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests…
Read More >Spring barley – managing disease risk
Spring barley remains the most popular and, usually, profitable of the spring cropping options in Scotland but that top ranking for profitability depends on attaining good yields of over 6…
Read More >Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies Roadshow: Laurencekirk – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests…
Read More >Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies for Arable Farming (Thainstone) – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests such as…
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