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08 Apr 2011 | by Dr Ken Cockshull

Pyrethrum is an effective insecticide with low toxicity to humans, but it is rapidly destroyed by ultraviolet light.

Science Into Practice - Phase three plans for Tuta absoluta control

08 Apr 2011 | by HDC

Tuta absoluta, an increasingly important pest of tomato crops in southern Europe, is extremely damaging and currently controlled by intensive chemical pesticide applications. But such products would not be compatible with biological control agents.

Science into practice - Pheromone technology and capsid management

08 Oct 2010 | by HDC

The lack of an effective monitoring tool for capsids has been preventing effective control of these pests for years and has led to unnecessary use of pesticides.

Science into practice - Using potassiun bicarbonate for apple mildew

20 Aug 2010 | by HDC

Powdery mildew is a significant apple disease and extremely costly for growers to contain through pruning and routine fungicide application. Potassium bicarbonate has been used as a powdery mildew eradicant on many other crops with huge success.

Science into Practice - Outdoor lettuce, evaluation of fungicides

16 Jul 2010 | by HDC

This study for outdoor lettuce evaluated downy mildew fungicides.

Science into practice: downy mildew control for baby leaf crops

04 Jun 2010 | by HDC

Baby leaf crucifer crops, such as rocket grown at high densities, are particularly susceptible to downy mildew from emergence, especially the cotyledons and first true leaves.

Science into practice - bio-control for moths on hardy nursery stock

16 Apr 2010 | by HDC

Carnation tortrix moth and light brown moth are widespread pests of nursery stock causing damage to many species - Photinia, Chaenomoles, Daphne, Euonymus and Choisyia. They are both non-natives favoured by warm environments such as nursery stock grown under protection.

Science into practice controlling turnip sawfly on watercress

09 Apr 2010 | by HDC

Significant damage to watercress and baby leaf Brassica crops occurred in 2006 caused by turnip sawfly (TSF).

Science into practice: Are sulphur-based fungicides bad for Encarsia?

05 Mar 2010

Over the past five years, the previously successful prophylactic bio-control strategy for whitefly in tomato crops of weekly releases of parasitic wasp Encarsia formosa seems to be failing.

Science into Practice: Soil sterilisation with novel steam machine

15 Jan 2010 | by HDC

As the use of methyl bromide -- the soil sterilant of choice for years -- has been phased out in the EU, it has become imperative to find efficient, cost-effective ways of disinfesting soils.