Crop Issues This Month

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Current Issues Affecting Your Crops

What action is required in your crops this month and next?

All current pest, weed and disease issues present in crops this month are highlighted below.

You can get additional information and advice by following the links to specific crop pages and the pest weed and disease pages.

Issues For Potatoes

Aphids - May

Virus levels in Scottish seed potatoes continue to remain low as a consequence of effective virus management over the last few seasons. More...

Issues For Spring Barley

Disease protection at mid tillering - May

With crops sown in March now tillering, it is time to consider a fungicide to protect crops from disease. More...

Issues For Winter Oilseed Rape

Sclerotinia - May

Showery weather at flowering may lead to a higher risk of sclerotinia, since petals infected with the fungus will stick to the crop, leading to disease infections in the stem. More...

Seedweevils - May

Seed weevil: The insect pest to watch out for in the majority of crops from now on is cabbage stem weevil. crops, then treatment may be worthwhile. More...

Issues For Winter Barley

Fungicides at boot stage - May

Crops grow rapidly in May and the next key timing for fungicide treatment is awns peeping to early head emergence. More...

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