AN INTERACTIVE tool has been launched to help growers compare the effectiveness of cereal fungicides and plan spraying strategies.

The web-based guide provides independent information on fungicide dose response curves against all major foliar diseases, says the Home Grown Cereals Authority. Growers and advisers can compare product effectiveness at a range of rates, explains ADAS”s Bill Clark, who helped develop the tool. “Fungicide resistance has become a real problem during the past two years and it has created a dilemma for farmers, particularly whether to use strobilurins and how to adjust triazole dose.”

Visit www.hgca.com/tools appropriatefungicidedose to access the fungicide dose tool and download the latest wheat disease management guide.