Cabbage stem flea beetle pressure ramping up in oilseed rape

Dry soils inhibiting early drilling and restricting fast emergence have left OSR vulnerable to cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB). 

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
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Cabbage stem flea beetle pressure ramping up in oilseed rape

Dry soils inhibiting early drilling and restricting fast emergence have left OSR vulnerable to cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB). Chris Taylor, an agronomist from Agrii covering South Wales, Hereford...

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