In simulated field experiments, plants sprayed with a mixture of SYN-A and lambda-cyhalothrin increased cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) mortality from 20% to 75% and reduced plant damage by at least 50% compared to lambda-cyhalothrin applications alone.

Early drilling, high crop biomass and a mild winter have created what experts describe as a potential “perfect disease storm” this spring – making a timely and affordable T0 fungicide spray critical to protecting yield potential.

British growers are being encouraged to consider planting sunflowers this spring, as interest in the crop continues to build. The variety Es Bella, marketed by United Oilseeds, which launched the UK’s first sunflower grain pool three years ago, has become the country’s best-selling sunflower variety.