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Amistar buys time in Black Dot battle
Amistar treatment at planting can buy potato growers an extra two weeks growing season without increasing the risk of black dot, according to the…
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New Levels Of Protection For Potato Crops
Bayer CropScience today unveiled two new products – Infinito, a mid- to late season blight fungicide, and Biscaya, a foliar insecticide – developed…
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Tops for carrot disease control
Carrot growers face a new threat from Cercospora leaf blight, confirmed in the UK crop for the first time last year, reports ADAS vegetable disease…
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Early rust infections hit wheat crops
WATCH out for unusually early rust infections spreading into wheat crops over coming weeks, growers are being warned. High levels of brown rust have…
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Optic completes 10 years as recommended variety
Britain's leading spring malting barley variety is celebrating completing 10 years as a Recommended List variety this year. And according to its…
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Brassica growers to get advance warning of disease
UK brassica growers can receive valuable advance warning of key diseases before they hit crops this season - direct to their mobile phones. The…
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Frosts make it easy to control blackgrass in oilseed crops
Blackgrass has become an easier target to control in winter oilseed rape as crop canopies have opened up following the severe frosts in many areas…
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Persistence pays for spraing control
Nematicide application and persistence are vital for the best levels of reduction of spraing, according Dr Pat Haydock, leading nematologist at…
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New fungicide being developed to meet the needs of UK cereal growers
A new cereal fungicide designed to help UK farmers fight back against growing disease resistance problems – by meeting the demand for higher doses of…
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New spraing label approval for Nemathorin
A new approval for Nemathorin now gives potato growers the chance to reduce the costly tuber damaging effects of spraing caused by TRV. The welcome…
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