Oilseed rape crops are looking strong across the UK this autumn, but with conditions currently favourable for Phoma and Light Leaf Spot, now is the time to review your disease management strategy. Reminder for Key Disease Thresholds Phoma: Treat when 10–20% of plants are infected. Use lower threshold on more susceptible varieties and/or where plants... Read more
Effective control of key potato diseases is essential at this time of year to support crop growth, protect yields, and maintain tuber quality. Avoiding crop stress also reduces disease impact, so good crop management, appropriate fertiliser applications and irrigation best practice all help. With late blight pressure increasing, growers should remain vigilant for symptoms of... Read more
There are essentially three main disease challenges in cereals at the T3 timing. Understanding which of these are relevant to your crop will be key to cost effective disease management and extending green leaf retention, vital for final yields. T3 can be managed cost-effectively in terms of product choice in many situations following higher T2... Read more
Following a relatively dry spring period, levels of Septoria and Rust currently remain low or moderate overall in many crops. However, recent rainfall events in some areas have raised risk levels with disease development and pressure is likely to respond very quickly at this time of year. Also, 2024 was a relatively high-pressure year for... Read more
“With oilseed rape crops looking very good at the moment around the UK and prices around the £450/tonne mark, protecting crops during flowering against sclerotinia infections may be important to protect and maximise profit margins.” says Will Ridgwell, Clayton Plant Protection. Crops this year are generally looking better than they have done for a number... Read more
Though not as problematic as last year, growers still face hard decisions in terms of disease control with a level of crop variability apparent due to wet weather and difficult field conditions coming out of the winter, so not all crops are in prime condition going into the main spring period. Growers are advised to... Read more
T0 is the right time for some crops to set up season-long control of key diseases in wheat and barley. Growers this season are again facing different crop situations this spring, with variability in crops due to later autumn drilling and wet field conditions coming out of the winter, so not all crops are in... Read more
Maintaining a healthy crop canopy in spring is essential for maximising green leaf area and light penetration as crops approach the critical flowering stage. Problem diseases to watch out for in the spring… Light Leaf Spot Focus Light Leaf Spot can continue to spread in the spring, often carrying over from autumn infections, especially in... Read more
Fully replicated fungicide trials conducted for Clayton by Velcourt in 2024 gave encouraging results and support why premium quality generic chemistry has an important role to play in what are undoubtedly challenging times and operating environments for UK farm businesses. “Within Velcourt we are looking at how we integrate older, generic chemistry into programmes to... Read more
Maintaining a healthy crop canopy in spring is essential for maximising green leaf area and light penetration as crops approach the critical flowering stage. Clayton offers a range of leading fungicide products for OSR crops this spring. Achieving good crop growth to maximise yields relies on effective control of damaging diseases in the spring. With... Read more
Clayton offers a wide range of leading fungicides for cereal crops this spring. Achieving good crop growth to maximise yields relies on effective, early control of damaging fungal diseases. Careful planning in terms of product choice for contact and protective fungicides will help growers achieve the best results at key application timings. Our cost-effective products... Read more
After some periods of very conducive weather conditions and recent temperature ranges, reports of Potato blight outbreaks are now increasing across the UK. Growers are advised to respond with robust blight control strategies and pay careful attention to protecting tubers from the high risk of infective blight spores. Keeping up a strong programme with different... Read more
Product focus for disease control: Clayton Tuskar™ Powerful systemic, protectant and curative triazole fungicide. Active: 250g prothioconazole Suggested rates: 0.55L Disease strengths: Septoria: protectant + eradicant activity. Best choice for stem-based diseases e.g. Eyespot and good activity on Mildew. Clayton Tebucon™ 250EW A reliable systemic triazole fungicide Active: 250g tebuconazole Suggested rates: 0.5L Disease strengths:... Read more
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Product focus for disease control: Clayton Canyon™ SC An ideal partner choice for disease control in cereals. A flexible, multi-site protectant fungicide for the control of Septoria and a range of other cereal diseases with an alternative mode of action for use in fungicide resistance management strategies and stewardship programmes. Provides strong protection against Septoria... Read more
T0. Disease control starting point - Clayton Cereal Fungicides
Clayton can provide a wide choice of fungicides for early disease control in the critical autumn window as young crops are establishing. Achieving good crop establishment to maximise yields relies on effective, early-season control of problem diseases like Light leaf spot and Phoma. Using reliable, high-performance formulations will help growers minimise the damaging impact of... Read more