Ahigh-risk eyespot season is expected, with wet and warm weather, together with the swing to early drilling, likely to lead to a sharp rise in the stem-based disease.Eyespot can cut cereal yields by up to 30% and costs the industry as much as ￡20m/year, and all indications point to a season in which the disease could develop rapidly.Rumiana Ray, crop science lecturer at the University of Nottingham,says the disease is present in most wheat crops and is just waiting for the right conditions to establish on stems.
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