Cereal Killers Eutrema Ltd

A podcast all about the pest, diseases, and weeds that try to kill arable crops! A podcast for farmers and agronomists from the team at Eutrema. Visit eutrema.co.uk for more details.
Dr Russell Sharp, Managing Director, Eutrema Ltd
Josie Cuccia, Lecturer, Moulton College, Northamptonshire

A deep dive into all things SLUGS! 
A serious pest for oil seed rape (OSR), potato and sometimes wheat farmers.
We focus on some of the more interesting aspects of slugs and their control. Not least, the use of Eutrema's new SLUGGER product, which we are trialling on OSR crops this autumn. For more details visit:
https://eutrema.co.uk/shop/biostimulants/slugger/ 
 

A deep dive into how arable farmers can turn the tide against this pernicious weed. Black grass is a weed that has proven very successful at invading cereal crops due to a number of key features. We talk about these features and new ways to control black grass. For more details, please visit: 
https://eutrema.co.uk/the-black-grass-biology-group/

Puccinia, or to me and you, RUST!
A serious problem for arable farmers, especially if it hits early in the growing season.
We discuss the very unusual biology of the many species of rust that infect cereal crops. Plus we discuss some very novel methods of control. Not least Eutrema's CHITOSAN bio-fungicide. For more information on one of these, please visit:
https://eutrema.co.uk/shop/pesticides-organic/chitosan/
 

There are over 6000 species of thrips. Luckily, only a few of these attack arable crops.
Thrips feed off the top surface of the leaf, leaving characteristically silver markings behind.
Thrips lay their eggs INSIDE leaves, which makes killing every point of the life cycle difficult. Plus the pupae fall to the soil halfway through their lifecycle, again meaning foliar targeted insecticides can be ineffective at stopping future populations building up.
We discuss thrips swarming only during thunderstorms, the female dominated populations, and of course methods of controlling thrips.
If you would like to discuss thrips further, please contact us by visiting https://eutrema.co.uk
 

Brome is a weed that is very different to the other weed we have already discussed, black grass. This is because brome weeds have very large seeds, and they are closely related to all cereal crops.
This means that while they might not travel as far as black grass, they can hold more cereal diseases than black grass.
We discuss control methods such as herbicides, rotation, planting date, and densities. 
Soft brome, and sterile brome are the main species that are weeds in arable crops.
To discuss brome weeds further, please contact us by visiting https://eutrema.co.uk