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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Wild Oats Chapter 11...oats in the United Kingdom. Newlegislation has now been introduced to comply with the seed quality control programme of the European Economic Community, and these requirements are outlined. Finally reference...pdfview PDF
Application to Seeds and Soil – Granules to Soil...interested companies. Hence my company’s awareness of the VERBA and its potential. Our manufacturing licence was granted in 1982. DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMERCIAL MACHINE It is of great credit to...1988pdfview PDF
Pesticide Behaviour in Soils and Water – Sorption and Mobility Posters II...values of the silty clay soils. For thiazafluron, the higher D, values associated with the silty clay soils compared to the sandy soil resulted in greater degradation during leaching compared...pdfview 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...pdfview PDF
BCPC Pests and Diseases Vol I Session 1 and 2A...the British desire for open space, creates pressures for greater access to the countryside for recreational purposes, The surplus food situation and the ever increasing costs of the Common Agriculture...pdfview PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1978 Vol II p423-450...components of such mixtures retain their individual activity levels (hereafter termed “biological compatibility”). During 1978 HBN/mecoprop esters and isoproturon/HBN salts were tested in two-component tank mixes with major wild oat,...pdfview PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1978 Vol II p745-776...by Eli Lilly and Company. The greenhouse activity of the most promising compound, fluridone (coded EL-171) was first described by Waldrep and Taylor (1976) who observed tolerance of cotton at...pdfview PDF
British Weed Control Conference 1954 – Vol I – Mode of Action...our lines of research at Wye has been concerned with the breakdown of certain chemicals of the growth substance type within plant tissues. Most of the compounds we have studied...pdfview PDF
Biological Control Opportunities – Safety and Ownership...Brazilian Technical Biosafety Committee, attached to the Ministry of Science and Technology, before the Ministry of Agriculture issues the permit for introduction. The committee is composed of 18 members representing...1996pdfview PDF
Pesticide Behaviour in Soils and Water – Sorption and Mobility...L McMillan-Staff, G Reinken, R J Wicks Aventis CropScience, Ongar Research Station, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0HW, UK Email: christopher.leake@aventis.com ABSTRACT To explain the differences observed between modelling predictions and movement...pdfview PDF
Environmental Effects of Pesticides – Posters...The Reserve was searched reasonably uniformly irrespective of the location of the main woodpigeon roosts. Instances of unusual behaviour were noted, and attempts made to catch affected birds. An “incident”...pdfview PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1978 Vol I p56-92...at the National Vegetable Research Station (Roberts, private communication) indicated chlorthal-dimethyl to be a natural comple- ment. Clearance of pesticides for tank mixing under the U.K. Government’s Pesticides Safety Precautions...pdfview PDF
BCPC weeds Conference 1982 – 3B Herbicide Soil Interactions...induced by applying exudates to root free systems. From our results it is interesting to note that cool compared to hot grown plants had almost three times as much root,...pdfview PDF
British Weed Control Conference 1956 – Vol II – Clover and Lucerne prt2...*2,4-DB and 2,4-D were applied to established S400 white clover with companion grasses, Established Lucerne When compared at 2 and 41b/ac MCPB was more toxic to the lucerne than was...pdfview PDF
Controlled Drop Application p110-127...designed to offer Research Stations and Commercial Companies a reliable tool for accurate assessment of the behaviour of pesticides at different volume rates and different drop sizes. The drop size...pdfview PDF
Wild Oats Chapter 9...chemical control of wild oats. It was found impossible to put these compounds into any completely logical order, so they have been grouped according to their chemical affinities and the...pdfview PDF
BCPC Weed Control Conference 1968 – p367-391...the harvested portion. This paper deals with results obtained before October and the conclusions reached may be modified when all harvesting is completed. METHODS AND MATERIALS The dimas formulation used...pdfview PDF
Air Assisted Spraying – Environment Health Safety...Institute of Arable Crops Research. Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol BS51i8 9APF, UK. used to measure drift from an : ted sprayer, designed at the AFRC Inetitute of Engineering Research....1991pdfview PDF
Intergated Crop Protection – Landscape management 268-286...clay, which can produce very good yields providedcare is taken to work the soil in optimum conditions to minimise soil damage by compaction. A comprehensive drainage system allowslimited working in...pdfview PDF
BCPC Weeds Conference 1999 – Precision Farming...However, the combination site-specific/broadcast treatments (2 and 3) were not different from treatment 4. In 1999, there was no differencein the total area sprayed with site-specific treatment (1) as compared...1999pdfview PDF

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