Strategies for Winter Wheat Disease Control
This week’s guest on the Tillage Edge is Dr Steven Kildea, Researcher in Teagasc, to discuss disease control strategies in winter wheat.
Stephen first discussed the effect of later planted crops and low disease levels following the recent very dry weather. Steven pointed out there is still plenty of disease within crops and it’s the weather from now that will dictate how that disease develops.
He recommends growers walk crops regularly, assessing plant growth stages and disease levels so that the main fungicides are applied at the correct timing. It is especially important to get the first…
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