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Spotlight shifts to seeds and traits
A familiar name on agchem containers, Bayer CropScience is now entering the UK market as a plant breeder, with oilseed rape varieties the first offering to be made to growers.
Reduced risk of aphid damage and virus spread?
CROPS may be well behind last year and growing slowly, but aphids are even further behind. As a result they are likely to arrive in more mature crops than usual, reducing the risk of damage and virus spread.
Seed breeders cut seed yield forecasts
SEED production is likely to be down significantly this autumn as breeders’ crops struggle with the same weather and pest problems which have afflicted commercial production.
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Independent review into beet emergence problems announced
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High yield potential and specific traits feature on new beet Recommended List
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Seed weevil active in oilseed rape crops
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Stewardship response to water legislation threat
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Big increase in farm saved seed use
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Tackle outgrade pile issues to reduce blight threat
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Industry concern as sugar beet crop hit by poor emergence
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Bean growers get new option for downy mildew control
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Weed control flexibility with spring barley herbicide EAMU
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Pre-storage free fatty acids tests for Scottish OSR
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Wheat ‘racing’ through growth stages
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New facilities support transition from plant science into practice
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OSR crops may need additional light leaf spot control
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Consider maize for forage and rotational benefits
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Bee friendly approach to spring spraying could boost yields
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Weevil threat to emerging pulse crops
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Developing Smith Period to meet blight challenges
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Warmer weather lifts cropping hopes
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Pollen beetle on the move
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RAGT strives for speedy delivery
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Focus on preserving new OSR leaf growth
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Broad-leaved weed threat to cereals
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Weekly pest bulletins now available for horticulture sector
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Slug threat to emerging beet crops
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Using water management technology for production and environmental benefits
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Potato Council announces new chairman and board members
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Bad weather sets Jersey Royal crop back by three weeks
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Performance information available for new SDHI fungicide
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Lodging risk rockets for winter barley
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New studentships ensure future research capability in potato sector
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Cold and wet soils pose slug threat to potatoes
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Spring bean downy mildew forecast relaunched for 2013
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Bayer CropScience to sponsor CropTec seminar
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Individual responsibility key to resistance management
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Backward crops will benefit from an SDHI this season
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Growers warned of high disease risk in spring barley
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Stocks and plantings report drive the cereals market