Crops and Soils
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Using thresholds to determine which crops are at risk from pollen beetles
Once crops are 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. Pollen…
Read More >Practical Guide: Improving water margins for biodiversity and multiple benefits – Arable farms
Practical Guide: Improving water margins for biodiversity and multiple benefits – Arable farms
Read More >Septoria – still much to learn
Septoria leaf blotch is such an endemic problem in Scottish wheat crops that it hardly raises an eyebrow. Its control is the main focus of spray programmes and we seem…
Read More >TN692 – Spring Barley Weed Control
TN692 – Spring Barley Weed Control
Read More >TN687 – Managing Arable Farmland for Biodiversity
TN687 – Managing Arable Farmland for Biodiversity
Read More >Technical Note (TN687): Managing Arable Farmland for Biodiversity
This technical note examines how arable farmers can manage biodiversity on their land. It examines margins, beetle banks, wild bird seed over, pollinators and commercial crop management.
Read More >TN696 – Recommended grass and clover varieties 2017-2018
+++Please note that the latest list (2020/21) is now online and can be found here+++ TN696 – Recommended grass and clover varieties 2017-2018
Read More >Technical note (TN696): Recommended Grass and Clover Varieties 2017-2018
The agricultural industry in Scotland is co-operating in a scheme to ensure the continuation of the SRUC Recommended List of grass and clover varieties. The scheme, with the support of NFUS,AIC, SSTA and BSPB, involves a contribution for every kilogram of herbage seed sold.
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