Early October saw the first of
the oilseed rape crop appear on the trial plots at Red House Farm. With high
rainfall over the summer we knew that slug pressure on the crop would be fierce
and wanted to make sure that we kept a close eye on the crop as it
developed.
The first sampling event revealed
what we expected, with relatively high levels of leaf damage on the seedling
crop straight away. The first sampling
event revealed average % leaf damage was 19% on the metaldehyde applied areas
of the crop and up to an average of 29% on the SLUXX applied areas. This was not an encouraging start.
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| Quadrat used to assess leaf damage |
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| Leaf damage in metaldehyde applied crop |
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| Leaf damage in metaldehyde applied crop |
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| Leaf damage in SLUXX applied crop |
