Crop Health
Closing the Gap in Spring Beans – May 2020
Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have joined scientists across Europe to study factors affecting the yield of beans in a new project called LegumeGap. They will look at the…
Read More >Virus management in seed potatoes – May 2020
Potential virus-vector aphids are already flying into crops in England, and the warm sunny weather in Scotland will likely lead to flights into Scottish crops imminently. Detailed guidance on the…
Read More >Winter Oilseed Rape: Pests – May 2020
With most crops now at early flowering the risk from pollen beetle is over, as they can access the pollen they crave. The pest to be concerned about now is…
Read More >Winter Oilseed Rape: Disease risk – May 2020
Sclerotinia risk is low as spores have yet to be detected, plus humidity and temperature criteria risks are still low – they have only exceeded the 21 hour threshold in…
Read More >Winter Barley: Disease risk monitoring – Early May 2020
Monitor Winter Barley growth rates to ensure disease control is timely. SRUC‘s Crop Clinic ‘Adopt a Crop’ monitoring data for early May is shown in the table below. The data…
Read More >Spring Barley: Weed control – May 2020
Annual meadow-grass is not particularly competitive in spring barley, but it can be a serious nuisance at harvest, particularly in a wet harvest. Also, it can produce as many as…
Read More >Spring Barley: Pests – May 2020
Look for aphids on emerging shoots as they could be walking onto the crop from volunteers and grasses and some aphids have already been flying around this spring. An aphicide…
Read More >Spring Barley: Disease risk – May 2020
The very dry conditions are not suiting spring barley germination and there are some slow to emerge and uneven fields. The very small upside is that the disease risk is…
Read More >Winter wheat: Diseases – May 2020
For most crops, the T1 is now applied. The dry conditions have reduced the disease risk although reports of yellow rust are relatively common, particularly around the coastal regions. Azole…
Read More >Control of Cereal Diseases Post Chlorothalonil
Wheat and barley disease programmes have relied on the use of multisite fungicides to both control disease and also protect single site fungicides in a programme. One of the most…
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