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Don't be lulled by rust respite

THE UK'S extended dry spell until recently, may have done little for wheat yields but it stopped aggressive yellow rust in its tracks – but only temporarily, warns Bill Clark, director of Broom’s Barn research facility.

Strong two-year forecast for OSR

THE MARKET for oilseed rape in Europe is set to remain strong for at least the next two years, according to the latest analysts’ outlook from Monsanto.

Aphids build resistance

RESISTANCE TO insecticides by certain aphid strains could become a major problem for the industry, according to Rothamsted Research, an institute of the BBSRC.

Fast-track for new varieties

SPEEDING UP the plant breeding cycle will come into sharp focus at Cereals 2010, next week, on June 9 and 10, at a farm near Royston, in Cambridgeshire.

Fewer aphids forecast

THE FORECAST for potato aphids is predicting them to be late and in low numbers, which suggests that most seed potato crops could face a relatively low virus risk this year.

Cereals 2010 gears up for a great show

THE ARABLE farmers’ main event of the year takes place on June 10 and 11 when Cereals 2010 heads for Cambridgeshire again.

Early blight gains greater significance

MORE WARNINGS about early blight control of alternaria species have been issued this week, with a big reduction on the use of mancozeb seen as crucial to the disease’s rise.

Dr Keith Dawson’s ‘View from the East’

AT LONG last the snows have melted in Eastern Europe and Scotland, and fields are drying up – although wet soils and significant flooding of fields around Kiev have slowed spring operations.

Watch out for alternaria in potatoes

SOME OF the UK’s best-loved potato varieties are under threat this year from a relatively new problem, as well as the usual round of late blight.

OSR in trouble in parts of Eastern Europe

AS WARMER weather drives the long winter away and thoughts turn to sowing and fertilising a bedraggled Scottish winter crops, in the Ukraine snow is still hampering field operations significantly.

Weed threat still lurks

AS SCOTLAND emerges from its coldest winter in nearly 50 years, growers will have to be on their guard with weed control programmes this spring, when temperatures begin to rise.

Is Eastern Europe full of promise?

WHAT A winter for Scottish growers!

OSR growers’ dilemma for this season?

THERE’S A dilemma growing this spring for growers and agronomists faced with controlling OSR disease, it emerged at this year’s Bayer CropScience Northern Disease Conference.

OSR yields already compromised by TuYV

THE COLD winter will not have made up for the fact that aphid pressure in key areas last autumn might already have restricted untreated rape crop performance this season, with even treated seed crops being swamped by disease-carrying aphids, experts have warned.

PGR benefit may be different this year

USING PGRs to manage the canopy of a crop of oilseed rape, might be just as important as using them to reduce height this season, points out an OSR crop expert.

Pay-back for good weed control

CONTROLLING WEEDS early this spring could boost winter wheat returns by more than £200/ha, according to trials conducted by Dow AgroSciences.

Potato berry threat to vining peas

NEW TRIALS data from food business, Birds Eye, has confirmed the importance of integrating the use of pre-emergence herbicides in managing the potential threat of potato apples in vining peas.

Yellow rust remains a threat

YELLOW RUST will pose more of a threat to wheat crops during 2010 than for many years, despite the unusual occurence of a sustained level of extremely cold weather.

Catching up with weed control

AFTER THE worst Scottish winter since 1963, some early spring weed control is already underway in eastern parts of Scotland but, with only 60% of the herbicide programme completed last autumn, some growers could be facing a large weed burden over the coming weeks.