Tillage
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Teagasc is confirming a number of field work priorities for tillage farmers over the Bank Holiday weekend.
The coming days will see winter wheat growers throughout Ireland push to keep septoria out of their fast-growing crops.
The changeable weather of the past fortnight brought to an end one of the driest early spring tillage periods in living memory.
Now is the time when management steps taken by tillage farmers will determine the disease status of winter wheat crops.
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) has highlighted the role for wheat varieties with improved resistance to disease.
A number of developments have taken place that will compel tillage farmers to make significant changes to their wheat agronomy practices.
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It’s that time of year when cereal growers will start to consider what new seed varieties are available for the season ahead.
Winter cereal growers in Ireland have a significant septoria challenge to overcome as they prepare for T2 flag leaf spray applications.
With the weather set fair for the next few days, tillage farmers now have a real opportunity to get on top of all crop disease challenges.
The latest Teagasc crop report confirms that septoria is a problem issue within many stands of winter wheat.
Septoria tritici is the most important and damaging foliar disease on winter wheat crops grown in the UK and Ireland.
Teagasc tillage advisors are highlighting the importance of targeting septoria control on leaf ‘three’ of growing wheat crops.
Winter wheat crops are under severe septoria pressure across most parts of counties Down and Antrim at the present time.
A new study has compared genomes across 18 strains of the septoria leaf blotch fungus zymoseptoria tritici.
Tillage specialist Shay Phelan is confirming that the disease threat in winter wheat crops is, currently at ‘low pressure’ levels.
2020 was a relatively low-pressure year for Septoria in wheat, although rain in June did bring a late surge in crops.
Some crops of winter wheat may have received a T0 in the last few days. The T1 is an important start in the disease control programme.
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There was much talk about new fungicides that might be coming on to the Irish market at the recent Teagasc Septoria conference
