Crop Health
Information Note: Scotland Cereals
Information Note: Scotland Cereals 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…
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Winter Barley: Disease risk – May 2020
Planning for booting sprays in barley will need to factor in that not all crops will have reached GS45-55 by the 20th May cut off for chlorothalonil use. The most…
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Technical Note (TN735): Biofumigation to suppress pests, weeds and diseases
Technical Note (TN735): Biofumigation to suppress pests, weeds and diseases Biofumigation is the suppression of soil-borne pests and pathogens by compounds emitted from brassica green manure crops macerated and incorporated…
Read More >Technical Note (TN735): Biofumigation to Suppress Pests, Weeds and Diseases
Biofumigation is the suppression of soil-borne pests and pathogens by compounds emitted from brassica green manure crops macerated and incorporated into the soil.
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The tricky job of reducing ramularia in barley crops
Ramularia is a major worry in barley crops and has risen to the top of the plant health concerns in the spring barley crop. It is an incredibly complex pathogen…
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Planning for crops without the use of chlorothalonil
The final use up date for the multisite fungicide chlorothalonil is the 20th May after which point is can neither be used or stored. The best way to use up…
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Virus management in seed potatoes
The 6 Steps to Effective Virus Management The virus health of Scottish seed potatoes is a unique selling point in GB and around the world. However, the amount of virus…
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Bracken Control
Emergency authorisation of Asulam for bracken control this summer has been confirmed by CRD with applications permitted from 1 July 2020. However, authorisation is by helicopter only with a 90m…
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Transplanted Brassicas – weed control
Transplanted brassicas (sprouts, calabrese, cauliflower) These can be relatively slow to come away, increasing the potential for weed competition if weed control programmes are inadequate. There are on-label recommendations in…
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