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Download PDF It’s almost a decade since oilseed rape growers lost neonicotinoid seed treatments. CPM looks at some of the research into alternative solutions for mitigating the threat of cabbage stem flea beetle attack in the UK’s top break crop. Finding areas of the genome that control adult flea beetle feeding, and including them in commercial varieties, is the aim. By Adam Clarke A lot of column inches have been dedicated to the issues facing oilseed rape growers since 2013, when neonicotinoid seed treatments were banned in flowering crops across Europe. The ban created some emotive debate, with growers feeling helpless as they watched adult cabbage stem flea beetles (CSFB) ravage their newly planted crops each autumn. If seedlings were lucky enough to escape, larvae were the sting in the tail come spring, causing irrecoverable destruction of stems after significant sums had been spent on expensive inputs. Many called for neonicotinoids to return, while others reduced their area or abandoned the crop altogether as the stakes became far too high. However, with few profitable alternative break crops, many stuck with OSR and one positive from the mess has been the significant improvement in establishment practices, with crops now given the…
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Download PDF It’s almost a decade since oilseed rape growers lost neonicotinoid seed treatments. CPM looks at some of the research into alternative solutions for mitigating the threat of cabbage stem flea beetle attack in the UK’s top break crop. Finding areas of the genome that control adult flea beetle feeding, and including them in commercial varieties, is the aim. By Adam Clarke A lot of column inches have been dedicated to the issues facing oilseed rape growers since 2013, when neonicotinoid seed treatments were banned in flowering crops across Europe. The ban created some emotive debate, with growers feeling helpless as they watched adult cabbage stem flea beetles (CSFB) ravage their newly planted crops each autumn. If seedlings were lucky enough to escape, larvae were the sting in the tail come spring, causing irrecoverable destruction of stems after significant sums had been spent on expensive inputs. Many called for neonicotinoids to return, while others reduced their area or abandoned the crop altogether as the stakes became far too high. However, with few profitable alternative break crops, many stuck with OSR and one positive from the mess has been the significant improvement in establishment practices, with crops now given the…
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