Agronomy

June will be a key month for the British potato crop. Across the country, development is late, but warm weather could transform the crop which now has plenty of access to water.

A new study by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) has found that a simple field-based monitoring system run by farmers, could help reduce the use of insecticide spraying to tackle BYDV.

Pulse growers are being advised to familiarise themselves with the symptoms, risk factors and management options for key diseases in peas and beans this season.

In conjunction with Bayer we will be keeping track of winter wheat development over two cultivation strategies, and using Rapid Disease Detection results to monitor disease progress through the season.

The UK pesticides’ regulatory authority has confirmed the imminent withdrawal of a number of key seed treatments widely used by UK vegetable growers.

Research exploring an amino acid in wheat and potatoes has highlighted the potential that CRISPR technology has to address other targets in wheat breeding.

Hallelujah it has rained; and just in time for most crops. The improvement in winter crops is already clear as they tuck into the reservoir of nitrogen available to them.

Three agchem manufacturers have formed a new partnership to help safeguard the future of the at threat post-emergence herbicide, bentazone, which is up for re-approval in 2025.

HSE has announced new Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) to accommodate authorisations in Great Britain and to set an import tolerance to meet the requirements of international trade.

AHDB has launched a new database to enable growers to check the impact of synthetic chemical insecticides on natural enemies of the pests in crops.