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Download PDF June is the month when maize growers will be considering their options for the application of fungicides and foliar feeds. CPM finds out a breeder’s view on best practice for the crop. Eyespot can lead to very high yield losses of up to 40%. By Lucy de la Pasture and Paul Spackman Maize is one of those crops that goes in the ground, starts off a bit slowly and then roars into biomass production, almost growing as you look at it. It has an unstoppable feel as it motors through the summer but it’s still a crop that benefits from some TLC, believes John Burgess, KWS product manager for maize and hybrid rye. Two main fungal infections have the potential to threaten maize productivity in early summer, with northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) more prevalent in warm, humid conditions and eyespot favouring cool, wet weather, he explains. John estimates that this year’s maize acreage is up by an average of 10%, largely because of the decrease in autumn cereal cropping this season. But there’s another contributing factor to maize’s surge in popularity, with an increases interest in grain maize due to the decline in oilseed rape sowings, he…
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