OSR flea beetle study to aid growers

摘要

Six oilseed rape growers will help test key cabbage stem flea beetle management strategies on a field scale in a new project launched by Bayer and managed by crop consultant Adas.The project will aim to improve oilseed rape sustainability in the face of flea beetle pressure by building on the most successful techniques identified by 220-plus growers in a national flea beetle management study undertaken this spring.It brings together the six growers selected from Adas-run tramline trials comparing one of the fastest-developing hybrids Excited, from Bayer's Dekalb stable of varieties, with farm-standard varieties across a range of establishment practices.