Crop Protection [AR.GC.CP]
Keeping on top of disease in spring barley
With spring barley crops sown so much earlier this year, there’s inevitably a greater exposure time to foliar disease and a few early disease risks to watch for this season.…
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CropCast – Fungicide Performance 2024
In this episode Tiffany Stephenson is joined by Professor Fiona Burnett, an applied plant pathologist at SRUC to discuss the performance of fungicides during the challenging growing season, that has…
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CropCast – Low Drift Nozzles & Closed Transfer Systems
Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Mactaggart will be joined by a range of industry experts,…
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Getting the Best out of our Fungicides
Fungicide resistance is a very real and present issue in our main arable crops. It erodes the efficacy of fungicide programmes, adds to input costs and leaves crops open to…
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Crop Disease Management: Winter & Spring Barley
Welcome to CropCast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Mactaggart will be joined by a range of industry experts,…
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Pesticide Information Note: Know Your Nozzles
Sprayer nozzles play a vital role in ensuring pesticide applications reach the right target at the right rate. Nozzle choice influences: Droplet size and spray quality Likelihood of spray drifts…
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Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle and Oilseed Rape
Cabbage stem flea beetle has been wreaking havoc on English winter oilseed rape crops for several years now due to the loss of the neonicotinoid seed treatments and resistance to…
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Aphids and Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus on Autumn Sown Cereals
Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) has been seen in several winter and spring cereals this season Aphids can be seen on crops and volunteers. There is a risk of cereal…
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Crop Protection Needs in Late Drilled Crops
Late drilling of cereals this year has been inevitable after the challenges of a very wet autumn and winter. In general Scotland’s winter barley crops went in before the weather broke and are looking relatively well…
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All change again for yellow rust?
Planting varieties of wheat with a robust resistance to yellow rust can allow for reduced fungicide inputs and avoid the need for early TØ sprays to the crop. Planting varieties…
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