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Horticulture
24 May 2022
This guide has been produced to provide soft fruit growers with an easy reference to get the most out of their biocontrol use within an integrated crop management system
8 June 2022
Gooseberry sawfly, American gooseberry mildew and die-back caused by Phytophthora and Eutypa are a particular problem for many growers. This guide will help to identify regularly found pest and disease problems and how best to manage them. It also provides a resume of the current varieties available to growers along with some brief notes on cultural considerations.
23 May 2022
Volunteer potatoes are a serious weed of field vegetables, especially on arable farms with potatoes in the rotation. They can have an adverse effect on crop yield, quality and storage. In the light of many herbicides used for their suppression being lost, this factsheet summarises the causes of the problem and draws upon both commercial experience and research to offer strategies for control.
18 January 2023
Biological soil health testing is a useful method of quantifying the impact of different soil management practices such as the use of cover crops.
30 June 2022
This report explains our knowledge of dormancy in raspberry and a new approach to modelling the dormancy response of floricane cultivars.
12 October 2021
Dead-end hosts of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) offer a potential way of diverting adults away from fruit crops and slowing population development of the pest.
10 March 2022
This project identified areas where energy and water use efficiency might be improved in glasshouse soft fruit production
A report from the International Strawberry Congress 2017
13 October 2021
A guide to methods of harvesting, treating and recycling water in soft fruit production
25 April 2022
A study visit to the Pacific North West and Canada has provided an account of the information gathered on the spotted wing drosophila and the brown marmorated stink bug.
13 October 2021
Learn about how Botrytis infects strawberry and how to manage and control it.
3 September 2020
Western flower thrips (WFT) cause significant financial losses for strawberry growers in the United Kingdom. This factsheet provides information on the pest, the damage it causes to strawberries and the results AHDB research and a study of control in commercial strawberry production sites, which have led to a series of control guidelines.