Crop viruses pose a significant threat to global agriculture by causing yield losses and reducing food security. These viruses primarily infect a wide range of economically important crops, including…
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Farm-centric research generally involves On-Farm Experimentation and may be better described as 'Farm Action Research', i.e. research conducted at least in part by and for beneficiaries who also farm…
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Biostimulants are increasingly available and are now widely marketed to farmers. While the jury is still out on a definitive definition, most definitions of biostimulants explain that they should…
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Herbicide resistance is the inherited ability of a weed to survive a rate of herbicide which would be lethal to a member of the normal population. It can develop over time based on repeated selection…
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The standard way to measure and monitor soils has been through soils samples taken to 15-30cm in representative W patterns.
A range of technologies are now available commercially and in development…
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Many technologies now exist to monitor land at a range from scales, from hand-held sensors and simple cameras, through tractor mounted sensors, drones, aeroplanes through to satellites.
Take-all is a root disease caused by the soil dwelling ascomycete fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici. The fungus is capable of infecting cereal crops such a wheat, barley, triticale and rye…
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The attention placed on soil health in agriculture has been receiving more and more attention in recent years primarily due to our improved understanding of the interactions between soil health and…
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Some of the commercially available digital tools & software include:
Fieldview - Bayer
Granular - Corteva
Xarvio - BASF
John Deere Operations Centre
Omnia
Agleader SMS
Breedr
Fieldmargin
Yagro…
Fungicides are a type of agrochemical used specifically to kill fungal pathogens or inhibit the growth of fungi and the spores that they produce. They full under the umbrella of plant protection…