Red alert for brassica diseases in the United Kingdom

Brassica growers are facing high risks of pest and disease pressure this season. The Brassica Alert disease and pest forecasting system has already hit high risk for the key diseases alternaria, ringspot, and white blister by mid-July [2010].
 
Andy Richardson of the Allium & Brassica Centre which produces the Brassica Alert forecasts reports that a high level of disease risk across the whole region early in the season will require growers take action now, to minimise the risk that diseases will continue to develop as the autumn progresses.
 
He adds that, with better tailoring of fungicide programme timings, the system has proven extremely effective over the past 4 seasons. It has, on average, enabled growers to deliver higher yields of marketable produce using fewer treatments over the course of the season.

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 Date: Wed 28 Jul 2010

Source: Farming UK [edited]

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