Phoma stem canker is a damaging disease of oilseed rape (Brassica napus) that causes annual yield losses to UK oilseed rape growers worth approximately £100 million, despite the use of fungicides.
The fate of much of the nitrogen applied to crops or grass as fertiliser around the world is ultimately to pass out of digestive systems as urine.
Our ADAS Crop Physiologists just debated Compost Tea and our views were varied.
Improving connectivity in the seed potato supply chain
Agrecalc is a carbon footprint tool developed by SAC Consulting together with SRUC researchers.
Paper published in Journal of Agricultural Science 2017, vol 155, p261-281
Flyer produced as result of Innovate UK project with ADAS, Senova, RAGT, Saaten Union, Ensus & Agrovista investigating the potential for wider growing and use of Triticale.
Final report from the Automating Nitrogen Defra LINK project 2010-2015 with AHDB, ADAS, AgLeader, Agrii, BASF, Hill Court Farm Research, Precision Decisions, Rothamsted, SOYL, Zeltex.
There has been a spate of reported sprayer problems from applications of T2 sprays with new fungicide Univoq (active ingredient Inatreq) reportedly damaging rubber o-rings and nozzle diaphragms.