Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine
The UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) project has issued an urgent call for samples of yellow and brown rust in wheat. Despite reports of interesting observations in the field, the UKCPVS team says it has received a lower number of...
Spring Septoria pressures in wheat are reported to be high to medium across much of the UK thanks to proven rapid disease testing that’s helping agronomists and farmers to manage disease risk with accurate data at their disposal.
And one farmer has saved £1,600 on Septoria fungicides from a £70...
Pig and poultry farmers are being encouraged to think about the animal environment in the same way they would consider the internal health of an animal, with the formation of external positive biofilms offering the potential to improve health, welfare and productivity.
“Managing the internal...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
The Forestry Commission has today (Thursday, April 14) introduced new measures to combat the spread of the tree disease Phytophthora pluvialis, following further findings in areas across England.
The new measures include:
Extensions to existing...
Written by Tom Allen-Stevens from CPM Magazine
Download PDF Clubroot may be lurking in your fields, and once you have it, it’s almost impossible to shake off. CPM gathers expert advice on how to manage its spread and limit its damage. A good rotation forms the bedrock of a sustainable...
Written by cpm from CPM Magazine
Download PDF Yellow rust has become the bane of both growers and plant breeders over the past decade. At last month’s UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) meeting, delegates heard why the disease has become so unpredictable when it comes to the...
Written by Tom Allen-Stevens from CPM Magazine
Download PDF Don’t allow the last few years of low septoria pressure to lull you into a false sense of security – it’s evolved into a greater threat than ever. CPM gleans expert advice on the pathogen and how to use new chemistry to keep it in...
Written by cpm from CPM Magazine
Download PDF The discovery of a new variant of phoma pathogen in the UK, previously unidentified in Europe, is a reminder that diseases aren’t static, they can change. CPM discovers what we know about them and whether oilseed rape could be at risk. There’s...
Written by Megan O'Brien from Agriland
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has developed a sclerotinia risk alerts tool for oilseed rape crops, that has been accurately identifying risk periods during the main flowering season in the UK.
The tool, which analyses...
Featured Solution - Data Diagnostic Insights - The Rise of the Digital Farm
Five years ago, when people started talking about Digital Farming and Big Data, most were not sure what this was or how it related to field base crop production. Since then, writes Keith Norman, the speed of technical...
Featured Solution - Data Diagnostic Insights - The Rise of the Digital Farm
Five years ago, when people started talking about Digital Farming and Big Data, most were not sure what this was or how it related to field base crop production. Since then, writes Keith Norman, the speed of technical...
There is an alternative to spectam and the fact animals are building up resistance to it , as well as the drive to cut down on the use of antibiotics it’s called COLITOX which contains an EU approved pro-biotic which has an anti-pathogen activity to help combat destructive organisms.
Also...
Featured Solution - Data Diagnostic Insights - The Rise of the Digital Farm
Five years ago, when people started talking about Digital Farming and Big Data, most were not sure what this was or how it related to field base crop production. Since then, writes Keith Norman, the speed of technical...
Horrible thread title to start, ridiculous really, totally unnecessary; but Putin has done it... it seems crazy. :(
I think we - Nato / the West / Democracies - should arm and finance Ukraine. I think we should have a zero tolerance of infringement of NATO airspace and territory.
And I think...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
New cases of the tree disease Phytophthora pluvialis have been confirmed in Talybont-on-Ust, Mynydd Du and Radnor.
P. pluvialis was discovered in Wales for the very first time back in December 2021; there are now a total of seven affected sites...
Written by Bernie Commins from Agriland
A biotechnology firm has been awarded a research grant worth more than £500,000 - as part of an industrial consortium to develop a natural solution to a disease that results in paralysis and painful bone deformities in poultry.
The wider aim of the...
Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland
The Forestry Commission (FC) has introduced new measures to take combat the spread of the tree pathogen Phytophthora pluvialis.
The UK chief plant health officer has confirmed further findings of the disease in woodlands in the affected areas: Devon...
Written by John Swire from Farm Business
Woodland managers, landowners, tree nurseries and the forest industry are being urged to remain vigilant after the Forestry Commission (FC) introduced extended demarcated areas in Devon, Cornwall and Cumbria to combat the spread of the tree pathogen...
Root Exudation of Primary Metabolites: Mechanisms and Their Roles in Plant Responses to Environmental Stimuli
Authors: Alberto Canarini, Christina Kaiser, Andrew Merchant, Andreas Richter and Wolfgang Wanek
Root exudation is an important process determining plant interactions with the soil...
Authors: Michael C.U. Hammond-Kosack, Robert King, Kostya Kanyuka, Kim E. Hammond-Kosack
Abstract
A data set of promoter and 5′UTR sequences of homoeo-alleles of 459 wheat genes that contribute to agriculturally important traits in 95 ancestral and commercial wheat cultivars is presented here...