Crop Protection [AR.GC.CP]
Manage Slugs to Minimise Crop Damage
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…
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Pest Challenges in Oilseed Rape
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. …
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Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus – forward planning without neonicotinoid seed treatments
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…
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Technical note (TN727): Winter Oilseed Rape – Integrated Weed Management
Summary Pre-emergence herbicides generally give the most cost-effective weed control Early post-emergence is a prudent option if there is a risk the crop will fail to establish There are some…
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The importance of protecting the flag leaf in winter wheat
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…
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Crop health update: Where now with ramularia?
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…
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Crop health update: Tailoring agronomy to variety and market
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…
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