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New weapon against UK’s growing black-grass threat
A breakthrough herbicide that gives winter wheat and winter barley growers a brand new option for tackling the UK's growing black-grass problem…
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Wet May will impact blight programmes
A bank holiday weekend of rain and thundery showers topped up what had already been the wettest May since 1983. Spray days in May were precious few…
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Walabi for the effective control of the three key pea diseases
The weather usually dictates the use of fungicides in combining peas, with damp and humid conditions at flowering and pod set encouraging rapid…
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Crops are set up to benefit from three-pronged fungicide mix at flag leaf
BE sure to monitor crop growth closely over the coming weeks in order to achieve correct spray timings for forthcoming flag leaf (T2) fungicides…
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Signum raises standards for chocolate spot control
Chocolate spot symptoms have already been reported in some crops and the current humid conditions are likely to encourage rapid development of early…
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‘Wait-and-see’ approach to aphids demands fast knockdown
Seed potato growers are being warned to treat with care virus risk warnings based purely on results of aphid catches in water traps operated by CSL…
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Beware herbicide sequences in minimal tillage
Check the labels for following-crop restrictions when controlling cleavers with ALS-inhibitor herbicide sequences using Atlantis and Pacifica in…
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Calaris offers new option for maize weed control under plastic
A new use for the maize herbicide Calaris, to control weeds when the crop is grown under degradable plastic, will help push back the physical…
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Optical sorting a ‘win win’ for potatoes
The hi-tech optical sorting of potatoes at the Branston packhouse near Lincoln is bringing all-round gains not only for the company and its customers…
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Practical advice on Sclerotinia control
The risk of Sclerotinia in oilseed rape is strongly linked to weather conditions around early flowering as well as crop rotation. Clare Bend…
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