
Plant Pests and Diseases
Farming Today This Week looks at the impact the mild winter and spring of 2013-14 is having on plant pests and diseases.
After an exceptionally mild winter and spring, pests and diseases are at higher levels than normal in many crops. Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Herefordshire, where both cereals and soft fruit are under attack. The assistant farm manager explains how it's a bad year for yellow rust and septoria in wheat, and talks about the impact the neonicotinoids ban will have on his oilseed rape. Charlotte also hears about the non-chemical measures put in place in the cherry polytunnels, to keep pests under control.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Campbell.
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- Sat 10 May 2014 06:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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