{"id":301519,"date":"2018-09-23T06:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-23T05:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=301519"},"modified":"2018-09-21T16:56:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T15:56:37","slug":"sowing-later-reduces-take-all-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/sowing-later-reduces-take-all-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowing later reduces take-all risk"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dr. Richie Hackett has been examining the effects of take-all for the past number of years at Teagasc Oak Park and he counts delayed sowing as one of the best methods of controlling the disease.<\/p>\n
He presented some of the trial results at Goldcrop’s recent autumn technical briefing.<\/p>\n
While soil pH levels, crop nutrition, poor drainage and seedbed consolidation can all increase the likelihood of take-all, sowing date plays a major role.<\/p>\n