IN BRIEF

25 January 2002




IN BRIEF

uNEW spring barley Prestige could be Europes next number one malting variety, believes breeder Monsanto. The firm says the Cork/Chariot offsprings exceptional adaptability has given yields as good or better than market leaders under a wide range of conditions from Scandinavia to Spain and Ireland to Poland.

uEYESPOT will be a problem for cereal growers this year, warns ADAS pathologist Bill Clark. The stem-base disease was already present in September-drilled wheat in November and the New Year frosts will not have made much difference to infection levels. "You can get 10-30% yield loss without even seeing whiteheads at harvest," he warns. &#42


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