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Scottish trials show biofumigant crops can control FLN

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Scottish trials show biofumigant crops can control FLN

29/03/2016

Article taken from Farmers Guide Online

Biofumigant crops could play an important role in controlling free-living nematodes (FLN), results from trials carried out by RAGT and Agrovista suggest.

The findings are potentially good news for organic potato growers as well as conventional growers who currently rely on nematicides, as this chemistry is under considerable scrutiny from EU legislators.  The 1ha trial site at Elgin on the Moray Firth is under organic production on a farm that has suffered high FLN counts, says Agrovista agronomist Andy Steven. Read more...