Light leaf spot incidence in 2018 was slightly higher than last year. On the pods, the disease affected 62% crops and 17% plants affected compared with 61% crops and 14% plants affected in 2017. The percentage of crops affected was slightly higher than the long-term mean (2007-2016) of 59% crops affected, however, within crops, the incidence was slightly lower than the long-term mean of 22% plants affected. On the stems, light leaf spot affected 93% crops and 44% stems which was higher than last year (83% crops and 36% stems affected). The proportion of crops affected was higher than the long-term mean (84% crops affected) but incidence within crops was lower than the long-term (45%). Regionally, the highest incidence of light leaf spot on the stems was in the South West where 100% crops were affected and the lowest in the South East (90% crops affected) and within crops, incidence ranged from 61% stems affected in the Midlands & West to 33% stems affected in the East. On the pods, the incidence ranged from 80% crops affected in the Midlands & West to 40% crops affected in the South East. Within these crops, the highest incidence of light leaf spot on the pods was in the Midlands & West (32% of plants affected) and the lowest in the North (7% plants affected).