The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is calling on UK farmers to share their views on the current challenges facing the industry. With so much change happening across the farming…
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A range of products are commercially available that claim to enable more efficient nutrient uptake, allowing less nutrient to be applied as fertiliser.
Phoma leaf spot and stem canker is one of the most damaging diseases in oilseed rape, caused by two closely related fungal pathogens: Leptosphaeria maculans (Plenodomus lingam) and L. biglobosa (P.…
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Oilseed rape diseases can be caused by a variety of factors, including fungal, bacterial or viral infections, pests and insects, and environmental stress.
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Light leaf spot (LLS) is a disease of oilseed rape and some vegetable brassicas, caused by the fungus, Pyrenopeziza brassicae.
This major foliar pathogen is notoriously difficult to identify with an…
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The Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle (CSFB) Psylliodes chrysocephala is a key pest on OSR in the UK and across the EU.
They are specialist herbivores of plants in the crucifer's family.
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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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Are environmental benefits (carbon, biodiversity...) best served by sharing agricultural land with nature, or by maximising yield in some areas to spare tracts of land exclusively for nature in other…