Cashing in on varietal resistance
Improvements in varietal resistance to septoria resistance in newer varieties are encouraging and a welcomed addition to the defence armoury given the pressures on fungicides.
Arable Scotland to tackle key challenges in 2020
Arable Scotland 2020 is building on the inaugural event in 2019 and will this year focus on some of the key challenges and opportunities facing the arable industry.
A crop watch guide to what you’re losing
Much has been said and written about the challenges presented by a rapidly declining choice of chemistry and the need to rapidly adjust to a reduced reliance on pesticides.
Crop protection needs of late drilled crops
Late drilling of cereals this year has been inevitable after the challenges of a very wet autumn and winter.
New fungicides and better varieties to help in the fight against septoria
The wet end to the 2019 wheat growing season will have helped to drive septoria levels in wheat crops and it is already evident that there has been further slippage in the efficacy of existing chemistry.
Wet weather making spray timing ‘challenging’
The rainfall over recent weeks started out as a welcome relief to earlier dry conditions – but, inevitably, the prolonged period of showers has knocked some spray plans awry.
Potato blight is now fighting dirty
The challenges in managing potato blight have always been the main focus on in-season fungicide programmes for potato growers.
Maintaining Scotland’s high health status for potatoes
New pest and disease threats and pesticide losses through legislation and resistance development are cross cutting issues across all our crops at the moment and potatoes are no exception.
