Options for beet reaching the aphid threshold

While mid-May's cooler weather saw lower early aphid counts in sugar beet crops, late-drilled crops are likely to present an easy target for aphid colonisation and challenges for insecticide targeting

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Options for beet reaching the aphid threshold

With aphid numbers slowly rising as the weather warms in May, growers must be fully aware of control options this season, according to British Beet Research Organisation's Prof Mark Stevens. At the...

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