Field Vegetables
30 September 2020
AHDB's Sector Strategy Director, Horticulture, Ruth Ashfield provides an update on the potential ballot in horticulture
7 September 2020
This factsheet guides the implementation of practical food safety and risk assessment. It provides background information on important potential microbial contaminants of fresh produce, and also considers the role of microbiological testing of indicator species for water and fresh produce.
7 September 2020
This guide covers fungal and Oomycete disease of lettuce.
7 September 2020
Varieties of vining pea including PGRO descriptive lists. The tables in this guide describe briefly the yield and characteristics of varieties evaluated over recent years with details of other varieties available on request.
7 September 2020
This review includes information relating to the impacts of different irrigation application methods on yield and water use in salad (lettuce) production, including pressurised overhead irrigation (e.g. sprinklers, centre pivot), localised micro-irrigation (drip or trickle) and gravity fed surface (furrow) irrigation.
7 September 2020
Neck rot can be a major source of losses in stored bulb onions in the UK. The extent of losses is variable. This factsheet draws together recent results from several AHDB H projects, together with historical information from the UK and the worldwide scientific literature.
7 September 2020
Brassica crops can be infested by up to 49 different species of pest insect. Fortunately, most of these occur infrequently on horticultural Brassicas. They include flies, beetles, caterpillars, aphids and whiteflies. Pests can reduce yield and crop quality through direct feeding damage, transmission of plant viruses and contamination
7 September 2020
Virus complexes such as Carrot Motley Dwarf complex (CMD) Parsnip yellow fleck virus (PYFV) and Carrot yellow leaf virus (CYLV are all aphid transmitted but can vary in their incidence and epidemiology. This factsheet describes current knowledge and the latest developments in the area
7 September 2020
This factsheet provides a summary of the performance of commercially available autumn and winter cauliflower and spring green varieties.
7 September 2020
This factsheet is about Sclerotinia, a disease caused by the fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is a recurring problem in the UK. The disease has a host range of more than 400 plant species, including many vegetable and arable crops such as carrots, lettuce, green beans, vining peas, potatoes and oilseed rape.
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7 September 2020
Following reports of poor control of chocolate spot in broad beans, with associated yield losses, research was carried out to determine the best treatment options for growers. Work has subsequently been undertaken to determine the best timing of product use for chocolate spot control.
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4 September 2020
Turnip yellows virus (TuYV), is spread by aphids, mostly the peach–potato aphid (Myzus persicae). The virus can dramatically reduce yields, especially when plants are infected early in the growing season. It is well established in Europe, and is especially common in areas of intensive brassica production in UK.