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HORTICULTURE NEWS

17 February 2012

SCEPTRE identifies prospects for improved crop protection in horticulture

The first annual report for SCEPTRE, a major Horticulture LINK project sponsored by Defra, went live on the HDC website on the 12th February 2012. The report highlights the work done and identifies potential prospects for improved weed, pest and disease control in many edible horticultural crops.

27 July 2011

ADAS appoints Barry Mulholland as Head of Horticulture & expands capability

Barry Mulholland has joined the ADAS Soils, Crops and Water Team, as Head of Horticulture.

15 July 2011

Pesticides in the UK – The 2010 report on the impacts and sustainable use of pesticides

The Pesticides Forum has published its latest annual report ‘Pesticides in the UK – the 2010 report on the impacts and sustainable use of pesticides’.

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New chlorpyrifos requirements announced

New requirements for all 2012 applications of chlorpyrifos insecticides have been announced by a consortium of the three major approval holders of UK products; Dow AgroSciences, Makhteshim Agan and Headland...

19 September 2011

Global ReseArCH4 inveN2Ory Workshop

An opportunity for academics and industry to demonstrate techniques and technologies used to measure agricultural GHG emissions.

Dormancy in black-grass this autumn is high

07 September 2011

Dormancy in black-grass this autumn is high

Results from BASF-funded research have shown that dormancy in black-grass seed samples this autumn is high.

05 September 2011

Sustainable food for the Army

Mark Holmes, Food Supply Chain Consultant, reviews a recent sustainable food project - Local food for the Army.

22 August 2011

Water and food security

James Clarke, Science and Business Development Manager for Soils, Crops and Water, outlines the importance of water availability when assessing the risk of food security.