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As potato planting season approaches, the risk of rhizoctonia solani increases once again. And just like last season, with fewer and fewer seed treatment options, the importance of in-furrow fungicides is clear. What is rhizoctonia? Rhizoctonia solani is a fungus that causes: stem and stolon canker black scurf damping off skin netting tuber growth distortions…
In our recent webinar on sugar beet herbicides (a must watch for any sugar beet grower), blackgrass was mentioned several times. Hardly surprising when you consider the challenges growers face in controlling it. All our expert panellists mentioned the problematic weed, and all discussed how to control it with one key product. CENTURION MAX (clethodim). …
Despite a long, wet season, winter oilseed rape is now into its stem elongation growth stage. As temperatures have begun to warm, OSR’s leaf development comes to an end and it enters a phase of rapid growth. This is another high stress period for the crop, with extra support often required to facilitate stem growth…
Early-season wheat disease management and traditional T0 programmes are not what they used to be. With the loss of key fungicides like chlorothalonil, growers have faced a gap in their disease control plans and a lack of will to invest in other T0 options. But that is changing. With the emergence of plant health elicitors…
David Gray – Golf Courses Manager at Fife Golf Trust – is always looking for ways to improve his players’ golfing experience. It’s his job to make sure the courses he oversees are in the best possible condition, which is why he turned to DOUBLE EDGE last season. 7 courses, 126 greens, 1000s of satisfied…
Last month, following a review into the active substance mancozeb, HSE proposed to withdraw approval of the chemical in Great Britain. For growers up and down the country, this was a major blow. Products containing mancozeb – like MANZATE 75 WG and NAUTILE DG – have long been a vital weapon in the fight against…
For drilling and crop establishment, the last few months have been challenging to say the least. With waterlogged soils across the country, winter-sown crops have had a tough time establishing strong roots, and the prospects for spring crops aren’t exactly wonderful. But there are options for growers and opportunities to maintain, and even exceed, expected…
