Cereals Live: Trap cropping 'significantly reduces' CSFB and pollen beetle damage

Growing a turnip rape border around oilseed rape crops could significantly reduce the number of both pollen beetle and cabbage stem flea beetle, studies at Rothamsted Research found.

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Cereals Live: Trap cropping 'significantly reduces' CSFB and pollen beetle damage

Growing a turnip rape border around oilseed rape crops could significantly reduce the number of both pollen beetle and cabbage stem flea beetle, studies at Rothamsted Research found. Discussing how...

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