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UK Barley Crops Threatened By Fungicide Resistant Ramularia Infection - Check Your Spraying Programme

[IMG][/IMG] Scottish barley growers have been urged to check their spraying programmes after trials by Scotland's Rural College confirmed signs of fungicide resistance in a key crop disease. Early this year crop protection company Bayer announced that in Germany and Denmark crops infected with the Ramularia collo-cygni fungus were not responding to normal fungicide treatments containing triazole and SDHI fungicides. [Read Full Article]