BCPC Knowledge Bank

BCPC’s Knowledge Bank provides access to a wealth of research from past BCPC Congresses and Symposia. This resource contains over 64,000 pages dating back to 1954 through to 2009.

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Field Margins – Management Options II	...mind, should be consistent, and without too great a complexity. Mr Oliver-Bellasis felt that an effective approach might be to produce a compendium of harmful practices, in order to prevent...		view PDF
Biodiversity and Conservation in Agriculture 4	...Communities. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Rodwell, J S (1995) British Plant Communities. Volume 5. Aquatic Communities, Swamps and Tall-Herb Fens. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Royal Society for the Protection of...		view PDF
Biodiversity and Conservation in Agriculture 2A	...populations interacting with genetically biodiverse pests and pathogens are commonly found in natural situations unaffected by agricultural practices (Burdon, 1987, Burdon & Jarosz, 1991). CHANGES UNDER AGRICULTURE With the coming...		view PDF
Crop Protection in Organic and Low Input Agriculture – Disease-Systems	...components grown alone. Most importantly, the disease restraint and yield increases in mixtures tend to be stable over different environments when compared with the performance of the individual components. These...		view PDF
Weeds in a Changing World – Approach III	...to man or natural communities can be foreseen and demonstrated. * Introductions should only be considered if no native species is suitable for the purpose for whichthe introduction is being...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds 1995 – Vol III – Session 7D and 8A	...a profound effect on the composition of arable plant communities (Boatman, 1989). Effects on populations of many annual species will however be buffered by their seed banks, and in some...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds 1995 – Vol II – Session 6B	...are often comparable to those from conventional farming systems, any reductionsin yield being compensated for by a corresponding reduction in the cost of inputs. Pretty & Howes (1993,p(i)) have estimated...		view PDF
BCPC Weeds 1995 – Vol 1 – Session 4 4D and Evening Discussion	...MATERIALS AND METHODS Plant_material Sugarbeet, cv. Celt was sown ata rate of 3 seeds per pot in J. Arthur Bowers potting compost in 100 mm diameter pots. Blackgrass was sown...		view PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases – Vol I – Biology and Control of Thrips	...m) In mosttrials, B. bassiana formulations were comparedwith an untreated control and chemical insecticides used by the grower. In twotrials, predatory mites were used as an additional comparison. Chemical insecticides...		view PDF
British Weed Control Conference 1954 – Vol II – Recommendations of Sub-Committee pt1	REPORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS COMMITTEE 1954 BRITISH WEED CONTROL COUNCIL Report of the Recommendations Committee This report is 1ssued by authority of the British Weed Control Council. It is based on...		view PDF
British Weed Control Conference 1956 – Vol II – Research – Crop Desiccation	...leaves so that the threshing drum is not clogged with green-stuff. Spraying is carried out when the seed has reached the normal stage of maturity for direct combining, and combining...		view PDF
British Weed Control Conference 1956 – Vol II – Peas	...comparable control in another (9)e In one trial (1), 2,4-DB gave a comparable weed control to MCPBe There was little difference in weed control between 20, 28 and 36 oz...		view PDF
British Weed Control Conference 1956 – Vol II – Clover and Lucerne prt1	...hho leaved white clovers to competition by this weed, somewhat complicates the picture. However the MCPB/MCPA toxicity ratio as measured by leaf density is clearly very much higher than for...		view PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases Conference 1979 – Cereals Papers 8-9	...organophosphorus insecticide introduced in 1965 by the Dow Chemical Company. The compound is used for the control of a wide variety of insect pests on many agricultural and horticultural crops....		view PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases Conference 1979 – Soft Fruit and Hops Papers 28-29	...yields and prices obtained, Information on the losses caused by pests and diseases is far less precise, due to the lack of fully comprehensive surveys of their occurrence in commercial...		view PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases Conference 1979 – Vol II- Protected Crops Papers 87-88	Proceedings 1979 British Crop Protection Conference – Pests and Diseases CULTURAL FACTORS AFFECTING PEST INCIDENCE IN GLASSHOUSE TOMATO CROPS G. N. Foster The West of Scotland College, Auchincruive, Ayr KA6...		view PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases Conference 1979 – Vol II- New Compounds Papers 103-104	...35001. The trials were conducted utilizing a randomized complete block design of three or four replicates. In the trials with granular formulations, the treatments were applied with a commercial granular...		view PDF
Weeds, Pests and Diseases of Grassland and Herbage Legumes Part I and II	...Ark 11(6), 172-174. BROCKINGTON, N.R. (1979) Computer Modelling in Agriculture: Oxford University Press. CARR, A.J.K. (1979) Causes of sward change: diseases. In: Changes in Sward Composition and Productivity. Occasional Symposium...		view PDF
Weeds, Pests and Diseases of Grassland and Herbage Legumes Part III	...that a productive ley consisting of stimulated herbage of only a few selected species, all at 104 The nutritional value of common weeds comparable stages of maturity, provides at least...		view PDF
Weeds, Pests and Diseases of Grassland and Herbage Legumes Part IV	...exceed thatofgrazing domestic livestock (Coulson & Butterfield 1978). The invertebrate fauna of grassland is also very diverse — no doubt a reflection of the varied botanical composition as well as...		view PDF

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