Neonic sugar beet derogation unlikely to be triggered
Neonic sugar beet derogation unlikely to be triggered >More in © Tim Scrivener Significant cold weather in January and February has increased the likelihood that the emergency derogation for the use of a neonicotinoid seed treatment to control virus yellows in sugar beet will not be triggered this season. The derogation is based on a Rothamsted virus model predicting that over 9% of the sugar beet crop will be infected with virus yellows by the end of August. It uses a combination of winter temperatures with aphid population dynamics ...
Source: fwi.co.uk