Potato pest monitoring set to go live in May
28 Apr 2011
Aphmon - the Potato Council-funded aphid monitoring network of 100 yellow water traps - is set to go live next month.
Crops may need closer monitoring after research finds browning associated with CMD viruses.
Aphmon - the Potato Council-funded aphid monitoring network of 100 yellow water traps - is set to go live next month.
Bayer CropScience insecticide Biscaya has gained a specific off-label approval (SOLA) for use on a range of crops, including outdoor crops of horseradish, salsify, parsley root and red beet.
The UK potato industry could be dealt a devastating blow if a species of beetle is allowed to enter the country, the NFU has claimed.
Top-fruit growers now have access to a new insecticide to help tackle the increasing problem of flat scarlet mite (Cenopalpus pulcher) infestations in apple orchards.
Harsh weather conditions lower pest populations and delay aphids' flying time until late May.
Syngenta's fungicide Thiovit Jet has gained a 10-year specific off-label approval for its use on protected cucumbers, peppers, leaf herbs, tomato and aubergine.
Fruit growers can now use BASF's fungicide Scala on both protected and outdoor blackberry crops and protected raspberry crops thanks to the release of two new specific off-label approvals.
Crop management adviser Agrovista is expanding its disease and pest prediction service Growers Choice Interactive.
Bayer CropScience's foliar spray insecticide Biscaya (thiacloprid) has gained three new approvals for use on field vegetable crops.



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