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Overcoming cabbage stem flea beetle comes down to identifying the right pieces of the chemical and cultural control jigsaw and putting them in place. CPM summarises some of the latest research. You can beat the beetle, and you can do so very economically too. By Rob Jones There are striking similarities between blackgrass and cabbage stem flea beetle – an over-reliance on chemical means of control has been said to lie at the heart of why both became such challenging issues for growers. Just like blackgrass, all the research points to a jigsaw of cultural and chemical controls as the best way to beat CSFB. In exactly the same way too, these controls are best applied alongside one another with careful planning, stresses Agrii trials manager, Steve Corbett. It should be firmly based on the degree of field risk; starts with the rotation; and, has sufficient flexibility to cater for different conditions – especially soil moisture. “Insufficient moisture or excessive pest pressure at establishment means we are likely to be fighting a losing battle whatever we do,” he says. Insufficient moisture at establishment makes it likely a crop will be fighting a losing battle says Steve Corbett. “The starting…
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