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This website provides information sourced from monitoring sites located across the country and reports up to date measurements of crop pest and disease activity in arable crops throughout England. All data gathered are being analysed to identify disease and pest risk, seasonal variation in disease development and the effectiveness of control strategies. Users will be alerted to emerging threats during the growing season and advised on appropriate courses of action.

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Weekly assessments for 2008 live-monitoring have now ended.
11 July: The final CropMonitor report, based on live-monitoring trial sites, is now available.

23 June: The latest news from the regions, reported by AICC members around the country, is now available.

Headlines
  • Commerically grown oilseed rape: Season summary
    • Phoma canker was recorded at a low incidence. Autumn fungicides gave good control of phoma leaf spot but even in untreated situations few plants have shown moderate or severe stem cankers.
    • Light leaf spot was found widely compared to previous years, but severity of stem and pod infection was low.
    • Sclerotinia stem-rot nationally was recorded at the highest incidence since the survey begin in 1987. Incidence was relatively consistent across regions in 2008, compared to 2007 when incidence in the South West was markedly higher. Generally, the flowering period lasted almost 8 weeks, about 2 weeks longer than usual. The main infection occurred during wet weather in late May and early June, and sprays applied up to mid April had little effect on the final level of disease. Treatment in late April or early to mid May gave quite good control. However, two spray programmes appear to be required to protect crops over an extended flowering period.
     


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