Spring Purpling

We’ve reached that time of the year that we begin to see some Purpling in the leaf on our putting surfaces. Predominantly this is seen in Bentgrasses but it’s not unusual to see it in Poa either. How it expresses itself in each grass species and biotype is very different and back in my days…

PestTracker 2020 – Cranefly Edition

Last year we launched the Syngenta PestTracker – a tool to help us gauge the when we see insects hatching in the UK. We were overwhelmed with the response from the industry with over 500 responses from you throughout the year. This information has been incredibly useful and formed part of the Emergency Authorisation application…

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PestTracker – Chafer edition

Last year’s Syngenta PestTracker exercise showed far more engagement from CraneFly spotters than by Chafer watchers. Why is this? The number of reported flights tell a story- Cranefly – 460 Welsh Chafer – 21 CockChafer- 19 Garden Chafer- 19 Summer Chafer – 3 2019 did seem to be a low pressure year for Chafers, less…

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PestTracker – The Movie

Last year the Syngenta #PestTracker was really well adopted by the industry and gave us a fascinating insight into the flight patterns of both Chafer and Cranefly. There are many early insights from this exercise and I plead with you to continue to engage this season. The Video shows the times reported by industry over…

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