Crop Protection [AR.GC.CP]

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…

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…

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…

Slug trapping can be used now to assess the risk from slugs in a particular field. To get the best from slug trapping the bait placed under the trap needs…

Oilseed rape crops have generally emerged well in moist warm soils, despite some being slightly later drilled than is the norm, and the acreage seems broadly similar to previous years. …

The loss of the neonicotinoid seed treatments will have an impact on the management of BYDV in cereals this autumn and next spring. Consequently, there will be a reliance on…

The increasing challenge of achieving effective disease control in winter wheat has been generating much discussion, with concerns about declines in product efficacy and product withdrawals layered on top of…

An economic analysis of ramularia shows it strips £10 million off the £10 billion UK barley market each year but the tools to tackle the problem are diminishing. Historically, varieties…

Spring cereal seed orders and drilling plans are coming together apace. The pest and disease risk varies is generally reduced in a spring crop compared to the winter equivalents, but…