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Following a very wet winter and the return of warm temperatures, conditions are favorable for the presence and development of the main diseases affecting winter peas and field beans, namely disease complex and botrytis, respectively. Diseases are widespread in fields at varying levels, from mild to advanced, depending on the agronomic measures put in place. It is therefore strongly recommended to protect your field early on in order to keep the disease under control until flowering.

To learn more about these diseases, their symptoms, and strategies for managing them, find all the information you need in the latest articles below: 

Recognition and management of botrytis in winter field
beans Recognition and management of the complex of aerial diseases in winter peas 

Thanks to the recent exceptionally warm and sunny days, meligèthes have sometimes made a sudden appearance in colza fields. With weather conditions expected to be favorable (or even very favorable) for the arrival of insects - meligèthes and weevils - we advise caution and regular monitoring for at least the next 15 days. Weakened plots (flea beetle larvae, wet soils in February, low biomass, etc.) are the most at risk.

Overall, the colza plots are now in the sensitive stage for meligèthes: stage D1, D2 for the most part, stage E for the earliest. The F1 stage could be reached before March 20-25 in the earliest situations.

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