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Oilseed disease and weed control

These ongoing projects relate to the work that HGCA has commissioned in relation to oilseed disease and weed control.

Click on the titles for an upshot of the problem to be addressed, the aims, the approach and the benefits to the industry. Also  the latest project information will be attached in the form of Annual Project Reports (APRs) or Interim Reports.

RD-2004-2951 Components of Resistance to Diseases in Winter Oilseed Rape Cultivars (CORDISOR).
This project aims to understand components of resistance to these diseases and improve accuracy of winter oilseed rape cultivar resistance ratings.

RD-2005-3200 New fungicides for oilseed rape: defining dose-response activity.
This project will determine the dose response curves for oilseed rape fungicide used against the three major diseases, phoma leaf spot and stem canker, light leaf spot and sclerotinia stem rot.

RD-2007-3373 Management of clubroot (Plasmodiophora brassicae) in winter oilseed rape
This project aims to determine the risk of clubroot in oilseed rape and assess practical measures to minimise its impact.

RD-2007-3395 Contribution of plant pathogens to yield loss following continuous cropping of OSR (PhD)
To determine the contribution of soilborne pathogens to yield decline in OSR.

RD-2007-3418 In-season disease monitoring to inform CropMonitor  
To provide growers with timely and impartial advice about prevailing disease risks to inform the adjustment of fungicide input at key decision times.

RD-2007-3419 A review of the impact of Beet western yellows virus on brassica crops
To review the impact of BWYV on oilseed rape and other brassica crops to discover if it is a major cause of yield loss and to make recommendations for future research priorities.

RD-2007-3413 Importance of Verticillium wilt in winter oilseed rape in the UK
This project will address industry concerns about the potential scale of the problem and consider approaches to deal with it, by reviewing current knowledge about the disease and providing guidance on symptoms, epidemiology and likely economic impact.

RD-2008-3457 Oilseed rape: Fungicide Performance
This project aims to determine the dose response activity of new and industry standard fungicides against the major economic diseases of oilseed rape.

RD-2008-3498 Strategies to reduce the impact of turnip yellows virus (TuYV) on UK oilseed rape production 
The project aims to raise the productivity of oilseed rape in the UK by increasing the awareness of turnip yellows virus (TuYV) and developing integrated control strategies.

Click here to see publications that have recently arisen from previous research projects.