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Our guidance covers major and minor diseases that affect wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale. (AHDB)

This AHDB guide talks through the most important diseases of wheat and barley as well as their control with Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques.

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Integrated Pest Management highlights the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms. IPM is one of the tools for low-pesticide-input pest management, and IPM must now be implemented by all professional agchem users.

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