Other Plant Disease — United Kingdom
It’s a bit of a rarity in Scotland, but this [2019] season unusually high brown rust pressures have been affecting winter barley. That should raise alarm bells and growers should factor this into fungicide plans, according to Syngenta’s Iain Lindsay.
Brown rust can be found in several varieties, he said, with weather conditions and crop growth having fuelled the disease. “Winter barley crops are much further forward, and the thick canopies have created a microclimate that favours brown
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