To be effective, Botrytis control for strawberries must start at flowering. East Malling Research fruit pathologist, Angela Berrie advises; “flowering is the main time when Botrytis gets in”.

This season Bayer CropScience’s horticultural specialist Peter Newman is keen to remind growers; “Flowering is the critical time for action. Establishing a firm foundation with Teldor (fenhexamid), followed by a robust alternating fungicide programme, allows the use of bio-controls close to harvest.”

The Competition is split into two age groups, 8-9 and 10-11 year olds, with exciting prizes on offer for both winning pupils and their schools. All finalists’ poems will be published in a special EDP supplement in the Autumn.

Bayer CropScience has been involved in the web-based CropMonitor™ service since 2009: Arguably the most comprehensive and impartial disease assessment available, usage of CropMonitor continues to grow with both farmers and agronomists.

The 2011 Bayer/FACE (Farming & Countryside Education) Awards are looking for the very best in farming education and are an opportunity for individual farmers to raise their profile in the market, inspire others and highlight the extremely high quality of the British farm and food industries.

Mussel scale continues to pose a major problem for many apple growers. Since its reappearance following the withdrawal of winter tar oil ten years or so ago, it has spread throughout the South East often latching on to fruit to cause expensive downgrading.

Using Aviator²³⁵_Xpro can still pay dividends despite the dry weather according to James Taylor-Alford, Bayer’s Product Agronomy Manager.

Cadou Star gives the most reliable start to maize herbicide programmes according to trials conducted by the Maize Growers Association (MGA).

In a paper presented at the annual MGA Conference on 17th February by agronomist Simon Draper, results showed how Cadou Star (isoxaflutole and flufenacet) at 0.75kg/ha provided superior control of fat-hen and redshank.

Bayer CropScience has announced today that it is seeking to sell its manufacturing plant located in Norwich as a going concern. The 114 acre site in the north west of the city employs 280 people and produces and formulates crop protection chemicals for sale worldwide, as well as specialist industrial chemicals.

The headline conclusion of an HDC project is that internal browning in carrots is associated with viruses from the Carrot Motley Dwarf complex (CMD).

With February’s above average temperatures, Bayer’s Long Sutton trials manager David Bluett says growers need to be extremely vigilant against yellow rust this season.