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Biofuels have been mandated in road fuel since 2008 to help reduce the fossil carbon emissions from petrol and diesel.
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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…
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Plant breeding is the science of adapting the genetics of plants to produce more desirable characteristics, in agriculture these typically include improved yield, in-field performance and end use…
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Agronomics is the science of understanding the variation in the cropped environment, identifying the management practices and system designs that work. It uses a farm centric approach of shared farm…
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Net blotch of barley (causal pathogens: Pyrenophora teres f. sp. teres (Net form); P. teres f.sp. maculata (spot form). Net blotch affects a wide range of grasses, however, the forms on barley are…
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The major commodity crops in the UK are wheat, barley, oilseed rape, field beans, sugar beet and potatoes, but around half of agricultural land grows grass.
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