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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…
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Fungicide resistance risk still climbing
The Fungicide Resistance Action Group (UK) met in March to look at the most recent results and to debate guidance. Naturally discussions on septoria took a good part of the…
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Early disease management in cereals
The vanishing snow will leave ground conditions wetter than ever so we are probably some way away from early fungicide treatments in winter wheat and barley crops. Fortunately the need…
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Leatherjackets – forewarned is forearmed so testing is crucial
Leatherjackets, the grubs of the crane fly or “daddy-long-legs” can decimate spring arable crops and seriously affect the productivity of grassland. The loss of chlorpyrifos for control means that avoiding…
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Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies Roadshow: Moray – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests…
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Spring barley – managing disease risk
Spring barley remains the most popular and, usually, profitable of the spring cropping options in Scotland but that top ranking for profitability depends on attaining good yields of over 6…
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Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies Roadshow: Laurencekirk – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests…
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Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies for Arable Farming (Thainstone) – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests Guest speaker Andy Evans opened the meeting with a presentation about the importance of Integrated Crop Management in the control of important pests such as…
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Planning ahead for disease management in 2018 – what’s brewing in our winter crops?
Snow and cold temperatures will help to reduce the overwintering pest and disease burden in Scottish crops and this reduced risk should be factored in to early spring spray plans.…
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Integrated Crop Management Roadshow: Fife – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management – a more holistic approach that can benefit your farm yields This roadshow event was held at the Elmwood campus of SRUC on 25th January 2018 with…
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