Tagged: fungicide choice
Crucial canopy care
February 23, 2015
Some decent cold weather has really done our oilseed rape crops a favour, shrinking their canopies noticeably as we move into mid-February. Even so Green Area Indexes across all varieties in our Brotherton iFarm plots are a good 2.0 or… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, growth regulation, nitrogen utilisation, Oilseed rape, OSR, Pollen beetle, Septoria and rust risks, T1, T2
South: A decent spell of winter but not enough yet
February 16, 2015
Well, December and January have actually given us some winter this time round – albeit of a decidedly on-off nature and not enough to do a really decent job of knocking back either oilseed rape canopies or wheat disease levels…. Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, grassweed, OSR, septoria, T1, T2, weather, wheat, winter
Planning to be flexible
January 19, 2015
It’s only mid-January and there’s plenty enough winter still to come. However, this season is already bearing an uncanny resemblance to last time around. For the most part, our crops are well established and forward after another especially growthy autumn… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, agronomists, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, Oilseed rape, OSR, Septoria and rust risks, technical advice, trial plots, Yellow Rust
New Disease Surveillance Programme to Help Wheat Growers Across the Country
July 10, 2014
A new disease surveillance programme to help wheat growers across the country achieve the most cost-effective control of rusts and Septoria through the best-informed variety choice and fungicide use has been launched by research-led agronomy leader, Agrii this summer. The… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, crop performance, disease problems, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, wheat, yield potential
Resistance Concerns Raise Septoria Control Bar
March 18, 2014
Declining levels of Septoria sensitivity to azoles and the acute vulnerability of SDHIs to resistance development means wheat growers must take particular care in managing high early pressures from the disease – not to mention significant threats from both yellow… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, agronomist, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, R&D, Septoria and rust risks, wheat, wheat yields, Yellow and Brown Rust, Yellow Rust
Making the most of the developing crops
March 13, 2014
As we move into the second week of March we’ve still to see much in the way of winter, reports Yorkshire-based agronomist, Sam Patchett. A few night frosts certainly. But, with daytime temperatures comfortably above 5oC, our earlier-sown crops, in… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, agronomist, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, Oilseed rape, OSR, PGR's, wheat, winter cereals
Two Spray Autumn Fungicide Programmes Advised for Optimum OSR Managment
September 26, 2013
Variable but generally forward crops, high light leaf spot risk levels across much of the country and a relatively late phoma season make two-spray autumn fungicide programmes carefully matched to crop development important for most winter oilseed rape growers this… Read more
Tagged # Agrii, disease problems, fungicide choice, fungicide timings, Oilseed rape, OSR
Managing Growing Wheat Foliar Disease Risks
September 20, 2013
Wheat growers across the UK need to make the best possible use of all the agronomic risk management tools at their disposal to combat the escalating foliar disease challenge, believes a leading agronomic researcher. Agrii head of agronomy, Colin Lloyd… Read more
Tagged # Agri-intelligence, Agrii, disease problems, fungicide choice, leaf disease, R&D, seed treatment, technical advice, variety choice, wheat, wheat variety