Disease Control in Spring Barley
On the Teagasc Tillage Edge podcast this week, Michael Hennessy was joined by Deirdre Doyle, Technologist in Oak Park, Carlow who chatted about disease control in spring barley.
Deirdre explained that crops were very clean at the moment, partly aided by the recent dry weather, and by reasonably good varietal resistance to fungal diseases.
She pointed out that, despite the lack of disease at the moment, growers need to walk their crops before the application of the first fungicide.
Deirdre was involved in research which re-looked at fungicide timings in spring barley. She described the key…
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