Disease research

“Crop diseases have a huge impact on yield and quality. HGCA invests in a wide range of projects to keep on top of disease. Fungicide performance research gives growers and agronomists up-to-date information about products effectiveness. Other projects look in detail at pathology and pathogen resistance to fungicides.”

Dr Paul Gosling – Research and KT Manager

SDHI fungicides have played a crucial role in maintaining the efficacy of cereal fungicide programs. The crop protection sector is working together to ensure that SDHIs are used responsibly – in mixes with triazoles – to slow the development of resistance and keep them in the crop protection armoury as long as possible. HGCA is supporting this effort with research into likely paths of resistance to SDHIs so that crop scientists are one step ahead in the evolutionary race.

Completed disease research projects

Related research articles

• Light leaf spot gets green light treatment (Sep 14*)
• Making the RL live (Jun 2014**)
• Take it all back using genes (May 2014*)
• Soil-borne OSR disease (Apr 2014*)
• Spot a problem in OSR (Mar 2014**)
• Genes hold key to fighting septoria (Mar 2014*)
• Ammunition to control yield-robbing ramularia (Apr 2013*)
• Sussing sclerotinia sprays (Jul 2012*)
• Chemistry conservation (Mar 2013**)
• The spread of the cruciferous curse (Sep 2012**)
• Trust underpinned – mycotoxins (Jun 2013**)

*Research in Focus article. **Theory to Field article.