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Unseasonal heat wave brings first reports of blossom midge

Temperatures in the high twenties have encouraged crop and weed growth after a long cool spring. Flag leaves are out in most winter wheat crops, with reports from the south of boots splitting and wheat orange blossom midge taking advantage. Many oilseed rape crops are setting pods as the flowering phase passes. Lack of rain is the new problem, however, with many crops still waiting to take up significant amounts of applied fertilisers.

 

Air temperature graphs are now available to aid sclerotinia treatment

For several years now TAG has found that average daily air temperature is a reliable guide to timing of sclerotinia infection and hence of fungicide treatment. Oilseed rape is now coming into full flower and graphs showing the rolling average air temperatures at a number of sites around the UK are available in Members’ Technical Information, in ‘TAG Updates’.

 

2011 BBRO/NIAB Recommended List of Sugar Beet announced

Five new varieties have been added to the BBRO/NIAB Recommended List of Sugar Beet Varieties for 2011. All new additions have rhizomania tolerance, with two also having tolerance to beet cyst nematode (BCN).

From KWS comes Rosalinda KWS with a very high yield potential and Annouschka KWS which incorporates BCN tolerance. Valeska, from Nickerson Sugar Beet Seed Ltd, also shows a very high yield potential. Elsoms’ SESVANDEHAVE-bred Cheetah couples high yields with relatively high sugar content levels.

Online barley ID program launched

Barley id logoEnsuring a load of barley is the correct variety will be faster and easier with the launch of a new interactive web-based identification program.

‘Barley-id’ has been developed by NIAB and is available as a subscription service to anyone involved in the transport, trading, marketing and processing of barley where varietal identity is essential. It will also be used as a training tool in NIAB’s grain ID workshops and courses.

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