Arable
An international team of scientists has developed a new method to improve the accuracy of gene mapping in complex organisms
Independent data on biofungicide performance in crop protection programmes will be available to farmers following AHDB pilot trials
This is the time when management steps taken by tillage farmers will determine the disease status...
N.Ireland
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has highlighted the role for wheat...
A ‘killer gene’ that leads to the synthesis of a protein known as ‘Knr4’ may be the key to what makes some fungal pathogens so virulent...
It’s that time of year when cereal growers will start to consider what new seed varieties are...
Septoria tritici is the most important and damaging foliar disease on winter wheat crops grown in...
Agronomist Richard Owens has confirmed that winter wheat crops are under severe septoria pressure...
A new study has compared genomes across 18 strains of the septoria leaf blotch fungus zymoseptoria...
2020 was a relatively low-pressure disease year for cereal crops, although rain in June did bring...
Increased difficulty controlling wheat disease Septoria tritici is prompting crop protection experts to focus their research efforts.
Tillage research undertaken by scientists at Rothamsted Research has shed new light on how the fungus Septoria tritici causes yield reductions
