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Download PDF After many years of stagnation, innovation has been reignited in the field of slug research. CPM finds out how plant extracts, biologicals and robots could form the basis of control strategies in the future. Thyme and spearmint oil are lethal to the grey field slug. By Lucy de la Pasture Active ingredients and brands of slug pellets have come and gone over the past forty years but in reality, very little has changed in the way slugs are controlled in field crops. Currently there’s just one molluscicide active ingredient being manufactured and pellets have a method of application that’s relatively untargeted, the time is ripe to explore alternative, effective and eco-friendly control measures. There’s been an injection of enthusiasm into applied slug research, particularly since Dr Jenna Ross returned from a recent Nuffield Farming Scholarship which considered mollusc control measures across the globe. One of her conclusions from her travels was that the study of malacology appears to be in difficulty, with no clear succession plan in place, and limited funding to share and develop ideas. Now a member of the Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) team, Jenna and her colleague Dr Archita Barua have been briefing new…
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Download PDF After many years of stagnation, innovation has been reignited in the field of slug research. CPM finds out how plant extracts, biologicals and robots could form the basis of control strategies in the future. Thyme and spearmint oil are lethal to the grey field slug. By Lucy de la Pasture Active ingredients and brands of slug pellets have come and gone over the past forty years but in reality, very little has changed in the way slugs are controlled in field crops. Currently there’s just one molluscicide active ingredient being manufactured and pellets have a method of application that’s relatively untargeted, the time is ripe to explore alternative, effective and eco-friendly control measures. There’s been an injection of enthusiasm into applied slug research, particularly since Dr Jenna Ross returned from a recent Nuffield Farming Scholarship which considered mollusc control measures across the globe. One of her conclusions from her travels was that the study of malacology appears to be in difficulty, with no clear succession plan in place, and limited funding to share and develop ideas. Now a member of the Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) team, Jenna and her colleague Dr Archita Barua have been briefing new…
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