Agronomy

Spray quality is key to achieving full protection of the ear and deposition should override output.

McCain has pledged to implement regenerative agriculture practices across 100 per cent of its global potato acreage — representing 150,000 hectares by 2030.

Cooler temperatures have so far halted septoria progress, but the disease is expected to ramp up in the coming weeks following the bout of warmer weather.

Warmer temperatures are encouraging aphids to fly, and an increase in aphid numbers is now being widely reported and recorded across the British Beet Research Organisation’s (BBRO) yellow water pan network.

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.