This hungry queen #bumblebee certainly appreciates the hard work gone into establishing and keeping this #OSR crop alive. An early source of #nectar for important #pollinators @BASFcropUK

Musings from the field: #Frost damage on leaf 4 evident on the odd plant. #Aphid numbers on the up and fairly easily spotted. First signs of #yellowrust in the Zyatt. And upright nature of leaf emergence showing how easy #septoria can spread with direct contact. T1 applied today.

From well tillered over wintered #ryegrass to fresh spring germinators it’s easy to see why it can be such a problematic grass weed. #luximo keeping plots impressively clean vs UT in our #Cheshire trial site. @BASFcropUK

Fascinating to see just how many #conidia (spores) are ejected from just one #pycnidia within this #Septoria lesion. @BASFcropUK

Normal service has resumed rain wise down at our Rawcliffe Bridge #Realresults farm. Unsuprisingly KWS Extase the most forward of the varieties but only 30-40% leaf 4 emerged in this crop drilled Mid September. @BASFcropUK

With half the average rainfall in April and June + hot windy days, drought stress very evident down at our #Realresultsfarm at Rawcliffe bridge . Benefits above disease control exhibited in quite a few varieties. UT vs #Revystar T1/T2. @BASFcropUK some coping better than others.

Come say hello over the next two days at the @dkbcrop Open Day on the 28th/29th June and learn more about #Luximo our brand new mode of action grass weed active for this autumn @BASFcropUK

#Revystar T1 fb T2 looking good keeping out #yellowrust in #zyatt and #skyfall at our #realresultsfarm Tight timings which haven’t been easy this season with wind and rain limiting spray days. Pressure still there so T3 crucial in prolonging yield protection. @BASFcropUK

Quick snap shot of the plots down at the #rawcliffebridge #realresultsfarm. Leaf 3 in varying degrees of emergence. #septoria easy to find and the first signs of #yellowrust in the usual suspects. Locally, #barley also showing up some high #netblotch infection @BASFcropUK

Clear differences here in the longveity of different products on keeping #Septoria at bay, which in mid-june could be very difficult to seperate out. Extending that GLA duration key to capturing as much of that yield building sunlight as possible. @BASFcropUK

Interesting but worrying insights here into how all tools will needed in the future to even maintain (or lessen the slip) of the status quo “Our study demonstrated how selective pressure from plant disease resistance genes can drive pathogen populations to change dramatically”

Untreated varieties, increasing #septoria resistance left to right (4.9 to 8.3): Gravity , Costello, Gleam, Saki, Graham, Sundance, Extase and Theodore. Subject to change of course @BASFcropUK

How fast does #septoria move through a crop at this time of year? Untreated Barrel Friday morning on the left vs Monday Morning on the right down at Rawcliffe Bridge @BASFcropUK

28th April 2020 (left) vs 14th May 2021 (right) Tough start to the year for the #solitarybees Cold frosty April with food sources slow to flower means limited pollen/nectar collected by these #redmasonbee well behind last year. #pollinators #NoMowMay @MikeGreenSustAg @BASFcropUK