Major breakthroughs in our understanding of pest predators and plant immune responses are offering the potential for non-chemical pest control
FOLIUM Science’s Guided Biotics enables highly selective control of unwanted bacteria – even those resistant to antimicrobials – while protecting closely related beneficial species of bacteria. The collaboration with John Innes Centre sees it apply its technology to economically important crop diseases such as Xanthomonas and Xylella
“The uncertainty over the future of metaldehyde slug pellets is forcing an era of revolutionary change in slug control,” says Dr Jenna Ross, Innovation Hub Lead at UK AgriTech centre, Crop Health and Protection Limited (CHAP).
The rice blast pathogen destroys enough food to feed more than 60 million people every year – almost the population of the UK. However, it
Stem rust of wheat and barley has throughout history been associated with crop failure and famine, and has recently re-emerged in Western Europe 60 years
When attacked by aphids crop plants defend themselves by releasing more calcium to help repair the damaged cells. Professor Dale Sanders of John Innes Centre, one
Dr Kate Storer, a research scientist in crop physiology at ADAS, spoke at REAP 2016 about the impact of pollen beetles on crops. Storer said
OSR crops can be defoliated to remove the larvae with little impact on seed yield, provided the timing is right, according to research conducted in
With warnings that the slug infestations are going to be particularly bad this year the AHDB has updated its advice on integrated slug control to include
The CROPROTECT project, based at Rothamsted, is working with farmers and agronomists to map crop threats such as blackgrass and flea beetle where pesticides are becoming