
Winter barley disease control
Disease control in winter barley needs to be considered carefully and on this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Dr Stephen Kildea, Oak Park, Teagasc, joins Michael Hennessy with advice and information. He explained that areas such as variety resistance to disease, assessing the current disease threat and also looking forward a couple of weeks to what the weather may bring are the most important elements for devising a disease control program. He stressed the importance of farmers walking their crops to regularly assess the disease levels and progression in crops. Stephen also told Michael about…
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