Tillage
Crop scientists at Rothamsted Research have found that an olive oil extract slows down the processes by which insecticide resistance builds
The presence of cereal volunteers with oilseed rape (OSR) could lead to a marked reduction in damage caused by cabbage stem flea beetle
Farmers who have not yet applied a herbicide to oilseed rape crops should consider it sooner rather than later.
Farmers who planted oilseed rape should be keeping an eye out for the flea beetle in their crops.
