Field Vegetables
21 August 2019
Strategic Centres will showcase the latest ideas, science and technology to improve integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for field vegetables
20 August 2019
View onion varieties, drilling density and herbicide trials at the Horticulture Strategic Centre for Field Vegetables
22 July 2019
Guidance to help farmers map clubroot pressures and identify management options, which include targeted treatment at problematic patches, has been updated.
31 July 2019
SCEPTREplus trial now underway covering both pre and post emergence weed control in celery. David Norman of Fresh Produce Consultancy will explain the work, highlight key outcomes to date and give visitors the opportunity to look at the plots themselves.
22 August 2019
Tour of courgette demonstration plots. Providing variety and agronomy updates, soil health and sampling assessments and information on courgette nitrogen response studies. Networking opportunities with growers, agronomists and seed companies.
25 July 2019
Demonstration of a leaf-specific applicator and other emerging weed control technologies
27 June 2019
SCEPTREplus trials covering both pre- and post-emergence weed control in sweetcorn crops.
21 June 2019
A Cambridgeshire based business is to lead the way in demonstrating labour saving techniques to help the horticulture industry offset the shortage of seasonal workers.
21 June 2019
A Scottish fruit grower will work with AHDB to highlight how horticultural growers can increase efficiency and reduce their reliance on labour.
14 June 2019
Diamondback moths arrive in large numbers in the UK
11 July 2019
SCEPTREplus trials for new herbicide options for carrots
28 May 2019
Integrated pest management strategy for asparagus beetle