Copyright 2006 Central Science Laboratory 08 Aug 2008 CropMonitor Web Feed. http://cropmonitor.csl.gov.uk/ http://cropmonitor.co.uk/wosr/surveys/wosr-sum-08.cfm <ul class="ind"><li>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.</li><li>Light leaf spot was found widely compared to previous years, but severity of stem and pod infection was low.</li><li> 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.</li></ul> http://cropmonitor.co.uk/wwheat/livemonitoring/2007wheatmonitoring/viewCMReport.cfm?rep_id=26 CropMonitor live-monitoring report compiled by TAG http://cropmonitor.co.uk/FoLCompiledReports/viewReport.cfm?week_id=54 Compiled by Farming Online from reports received from members of the Association of Independent Crop Consultants