Crop Health
Spring Wheat: Disease & Pest Update – June 2020
Diseases T2 fungicide programmes in spring wheat do not need to be quite as robust as for the winter crops although broadly the same principles apply. Yellow rust and Septoria…
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Weed Management in Spring Barley – June 2020
Spring barley has been growing rapidly and is mostly beyond the stage where it can be sprayed for weeds. The dry weather doesn’t favour weeds like chickweed and annual meadow-grass…
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Spring Barley Disease risk – June 2020
The table below shows the growth and disease observations in SRUC’s monitored crops. This data is generated in commercial crops in your area so is indicative of the disease pressure…
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Winter Wheat Disease Update – June 2020
The table below shows the growth and disease observations in SRUC’s monitored crops. This data is generated in commercial crops in your area so is indicative of the disease pressure…
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Grain Stores – June 2020
It may seem early to think about protecting the coming harvest from pests in-store, but now is a good time to start cleaning stores in preparation for the harvest to…
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Invasive Weeds – June 2020
Invasive weeds aren’t often an issue in fields, but they can crop up in field margins, non-cropped areas and beside water. The ideal is to catch them before they develop…
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Pest Management in Vegetable & Forage Brassicas – Early June 2020
First-generation cabbage root fly egg-laying and the onset of egg hatch is now well underway and will have been exacerbated by warm sunny weather, so any uncovered crops will be…
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Potato blight – Early June 2020
There have been no confirmed outbreaks of blight in Scotland so far this season. The shift to the wetter weather may well increase the risk. Check with AHDB Potatoes Fight…
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Winter Barley Growth Stage Update – Early June 2020
The monitored commercial crop data from SRUC’s crops this week is shown in the table below. This data is generated in commercial crops in your area so is indicative of…
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Pests & Weed Update for All Cereals – early June 2020
Pests The recent hot spell of weather has led to a jump in cereal aphids flying into crops. The cooler wet weather will slow them down, but aphids will be…
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