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Trials show value of integrated approach amid higher disease pressure
The value of using a robust fungicide programme and selecting varieties with good disease resistance has been clearly demonstrated in Hutchinsons trials near Carlisle.
Include zoxamide in all blight control programmes
Recent conditions have favoured potato blight, with Hutton periods being recorded across the country.
Social media alerts growers to moth invasion
An influx of diamondback moths have landed in the UK which may be comparable to the infestation that occurred in 2016, which led to the devastation of high-value vegetable crops.
New winter barley varieties set to rival old favourites
Winter barley growers have increased options this autumn, with a number of new varieties on the 2019 AHDB Recommended List showing they can compete with some of the established favourites.
New ‘early warning system’ finds blackgrass evolving resistance to glyphosate
Scientists studying herbicide resistance in blackgrass have detected clear signs that reduced sensitivity to glyphosate is evolving in the field.
Weather low a trigger for high Fusarium threat?
A revised weather forecast has revised the Fusarium threat for wheat crops!
Controlling docks between silage cuts
Grassland farmers may need to tackle dock infestations in silage fields in the next few weeks.
