Gloomy, rainy skies bring blight infection risk
01 Sep 2011
A pall of gloomy skies across large parts of the UK has left potato growers battling against blight infections and struggling to cope with big crop canopies in the run-up to harvest.
Environmental charity Woodland Heritage issues call for funding to overcome acute oak decline.
A pall of gloomy skies across large parts of the UK has left potato growers battling against blight infections and struggling to cope with big crop canopies in the run-up to harvest.
The Horticultural Development Company held a seminar, Hitting the Target - Optimising Pesticide Efficacy, in Wellesbourne on 24 August.
Carrot growers in Norfolk are being warned by the ADAS/BASF Sclerotinia monitoring team that germination of the fungus has been unusually high in their region.
Treework Environmental Practice (TEP) is holding a seminar to address disease threats to mature trees at Kew on 16 September.
Counterfeit and illegal pesticides may account for as much as eight per cent of the UK pesticide market, according to the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA).
The Food & Environment Research Agency (FERA) has intercepted two shipments of Nomaphila that were found to be hosting Bemisia tabaci .
Twenty six Dutch elm disease-resistant elms were planted in the Bedfordshire park to replace an avenue of English elms that succumbed to the disease in the 1970s.
Crops may need closer monitoring after research finds browning associated with CMD viruses.


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