Library

The publications below are all published by HGCA unless stated otherwise.

Soil types and assessment
Cultivations
Crop establishment
Crop management and nutrition
Pest and disease control
Weed control and herbicide management
General & Websites

Soil types and assessment
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A Guide to Better Soil Structure, 2002. NSRI
Improved Soil Management for Agronomic and Environmental Gain, 2002. SMI
Soil management for sustainable profit - Soil assessment for decision making, 2005
Soil and crop management issues

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Cultivations
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Research review 48: Reduced cultivations for Cereals: Research, Development and Advisory needs under changing economic circumstances
Influence of Cultivation Practices on Arable Crop Diseases. In: Soil Tillage in Agroecosystems, 187-206, CRC Press, LLC

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Crop establishment
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TS59: Establishing oilseed rape using Autocast
TS65: Reducing costs of establishing and managing wheat
A Guide to Managing Crop Establishment, 2002. SMI

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Crop management and nutrition
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TS24: Dormancy and persistence of volunteer oilseed rape
TS32: Minimising pesticide usage on cereals and oilseed rape
TS36: Optimum winter wheat plant population
TS37: Effective winter oilseed rape canopies
TS40: Canopy management in winter wheat
TS44: Non-NPK nutrient needs of cereals
TS64: Using Manures and Biosolids on cereal crops
TS66: Diagnosing and correcting S deficiency in wheat and rape
TS67: P nutrition of winter oilseed rape
TS68: Nitrogen management of strobilurin-treated winter wheat
PP08: Assessing risk to winter wheat plant population
P&K fertiliser planning

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Pest and disease control
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TS38: Dealing with wheat bulb fly
TS39: BYDV control based on aphid monitoring
TS41: Appropriate fungicide doses for winter barley
TS42: Rhynchosporium control programmes
TS43: Soil-borne wheat mosaic virus
TS45: Summer pest control in wheat
TS48: Seed treatments for pest control in winter oilseed rape
TS49: Take-all control in winter wheat: l planning
TS50: Take-all control in winter wheat: ll agronomy
TS56: Managing ergot in cereal crops
TS57: Necrotic spots in barley: causes and controls
TS58: Wheat ear sprays for disease and mycotoxin control
TS61: Soil-borne mosaic viruses of winter barley: an update
TS69: Strobilurin resistance to Septoria tritici in the UK
Wheat disease management – Update 2003

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Weed control and herbicide management
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TS35: Cost-effective weed control in winter oilseed rape
TS46: Dealing with herbicide-resistant wild-oats

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General
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Arable Cropping and the Environment Guide
Wheat Growth Guide

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Websites
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Soil Management Initiative
TAG
ADAS
The Allerton Trust
Scottish Agricultural College
National Soil Resources Institute
HGCA
WRAG

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