IN BRIEF - Farmers Weekly

IN BRIEF - Farmers Weekly


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2 NOVEMBER 2001 ------------------------- IN BRIEF &#8226 NET blotch infection is soaring in some crops of Regina barley in the south-west and Pearl in Norfolk, reports Dalgety Arable.


Fungicide should be applied if infection exceeds 40%, advises the firms Bob Bulmer. "Use one that does not contain carbendazim. This fungicide can actually encourage net blotch in the


long-term." Most forward crops are less well developed than wheat but are growing rapidly, says ADAS. &#42