Cut costs with drop-leg sprays growers advised

摘要

One major agrochemical group is encouraging oilseed rape growers to apply pesticides to flowering crops with drop-leg sprayers to help save costs and bees.Bayer CropScience is working with sprayer manufacturers to develop this technique to control insects and diseases in the spring without damaging the growing crop.The group's head of application technology Reinhard Friessleben is focusing his attention on oilseed rape to improve the control of sclerotinia disease and flea beedes.