Crops and Soils
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Aphids in Winter cereals, April 2019
Look for aphids on leaves on warm sunny days, and consider an aphicide if aphid colonies can be found on 50% of plants. Aphids are probably not going to start…
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Maintaining Scotland’s high health status for potatoes
New pest and disease threats and pesticide losses through legislation and resistance development are cross cutting issues across all our crops at the moment and potatoes are no exception. Our…
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Soil Phosphorous Management
Dr Bill Crooks describes a new approach to managing phosphorous in your soil. Low levels of soil phosphorous can be very detrimental to grass and clover in the sward and…
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Pests in oilseed rape, April 2019
With many crops already at green-yellow bud, there is a risk from pollen beetle damage to the buds, giving rise to blind-stalks with no flowers or pods forming on them.…
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Diseases in oilseed rape, April 2019
Fungicide sprays targeting light leaf spot will be imminent when conditions dry up and allow field operations again – many crops are now extending away and at green bud stages.…
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Pests in Spring barley, April 2019
Crops sown after grass will be at risk from leatherjackets. With the loss of chlorpyrifos, crops sown after grass have limited options should leatherjackets start to cause damage to emerging…
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Disease in Spring barley, April 2019
Drilling made a leap forward in the good weather over the weekend although heavy rain after this stopped play for a bit again. Fungicide inputs should be tailored to the…
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Disease in Winter wheat, April 2019
Many crops look cleaner now that lower infected leaves have been shed but don’t be lulled into thinking that disease has vanished altogether. The main driver of septoria in crops…
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Disease in Winter barley, April 2019
Keeping lower leaves green and retaining tillers is the main function of T1 sprays in winter barley as this drives final yield potential. There is some disease present in crops,…
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Weeds in winter cereals, April 2019
Grass weeds are a priority if they escaped autumn treatment, although bromes and black-grass are less easy to control in the spring. There are no herbicide options in oats and…
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