pesticide

“Although we are already aware of potato varieties that do not allow PCN to multiply as they are resistant to infection, they can still cause significant yield losses as despite the resistance, the root systems can still be eaten away by the pests. Therefore, farmers are experiencing reduced...

Written by Charles O'Donnell from Agriland French sugar beet farmers will be in line for aid following a tractor protest in Paris last week. The protest was in response to a decision by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in January which overturned a derogation given by the French...

A new database of 19 insect genomes encompassing some of the most damaging pests of crops worldwide has been made publicly available. It includes some of the most common pest threats faced by UK farmers including wireworm, cabbage stem flea beetle and pollen beetle, as well as other globally...