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Pesticide Use in Northern Ireland’s Arable Crops from 1992–2016 and Implications for Future Policy Development

open access: yesAgriculture (Switzerland), 2018
Since the 1960s, the objective for the United Kingdom (UK) government policy and legislation on crop protection practices has been to minimise the impact of pesticide use in agriculture and horticulture to the wider environment. Subsequent European Union
Archie K Murchie
exaly   +3 more sources

Comparison of Thermal Seed Treatments to Control Snow Mold in Wheat and Loose Smut of Barley

open access: yesFrontiers in Agronomy, 2022
Due to increasing demands to reduce chemical plant protection products, including prophylactic chemical seed treatments, there is a renewed interest in thermal seed treatments for cereal crops.
Irene Bänziger   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low-Cost Spore Traps: An Efficient Tool to Manage Fusarium Head Blight through Improved Cropping Systems

open access: yesAgronomy, 2021
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating disease of wheat. Worldwide, Fusarium graminearum is the most dominant FHB-causing species. Its most common toxin, deoxynivalenol (DON), impairs food and feed safety and has an enormous economic impact ...
Hans-Rudolf Forrer   +3 more
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Ecological Dynamics and Microbial Treatments against Oomycete Plant Pathogens

open access: yesPlants, 2021
In this review, we explore how ecological concepts may help assist with applying microbial biocontrol agents to oomycete pathogens. Oomycetes cause a variety of agricultural diseases, including potato late blight, apple replant diseases, and downy mildew
Karen E. Sullam, Tomke Musa
doaj   +1 more source

Fusarium Head Blight and Associated Mycotoxins in Grains and Straw of Barley: Influence of Agricultural Practices

open access: yesAgronomy, 2021
Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a devastating fungal disease of small-grain cereals that causes significant yield losses and mycotoxin contamination, diminishing food and feed safety worldwide.
Dimitrios Drakopoulos   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

IMPROVEMENT OF THE STRUCTURE OF SOWN AREAS AND AGROTECHNOLOGIES OF CROPS IN THE SYSTEM OF SPECIALIZED CROP ROTATIONS IS A RELIABLE GUARANTEE FOR STABILIZING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND SOIL FERTILITY [PDF]

open access: yesVolga Region Farmland, 2020
According to the results of many years of stationary field experiments, the significance of improving the structure of sown areas when developing the technologies of programmed cultivation of agricultural crops in the system of specialized crop rotation,
N.P. Melikhova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Control of Fusarium graminearum in Wheat With Mustard-Based Botanicals: From in vitro to in planta

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Fusarium graminearum is a phytopathogenic fungus that causes Fusarium head blight in small-grain cereals, such as wheat, with significant yield reductions.
Dimitrios Drakopoulos   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

UTILIZATION OF INDIGENOUS ARABLE CROP STORAGE AND PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY IN NIGERIA [PDF]

open access: yesReview of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2018
Farmers and their technology remain central to national food security and agricultural development in Nigeria. There is growing concern that the technologies used by farmers for storage and preservation of arable crops may constitute impediments to rural
H. F. B. FABORODE, A. O. AJAYI
doaj   +1 more source

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