Crops & Grassland

5 May 2021

Paul Richards joined Forage for Knowledge contributors as a discipline to measure, test and record grass – he’s now using the results to drop fertiliser rates.

30 April 2021

Find out about the seedborne and splash-borne phases and how they contribute to disease spread.

30 April 2021

How to identify the classic lesions and tell them apart from other foliar diseases.

29 April 2021

Disease identification is particularly important in wheat destined for export.

29 April 2021

Find out what sets dwarf bunt apart from bunt.

4 October 2024

Learn about the pathogen, including its life cycle, symptoms and varietal resistance.

29 April 2021

Find out about the pathogen’s life cycle and disease symptoms in infected crops.

29 April 2021

Black-point infection may result in brown-to-black specks in flour, poor bran colour and rejection by millers.

28 April 2021

Unlike many other foliar diseases of cereals, ascochyta leaf scorch (spot) is sporadic and rarely severe.

22 July 2025

To reduce the intensity of fungicide programmes, take advantage of varietal disease resistance.

28 April 2021

Although rare in the UK, this disease can be found in crops grown repeatedly from home-saved untreated seed.

28 April 2021

Learn about one of the most serious seedborne diseases of barley.

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