Very close up shot of wheat crop ears in field

Welcome to CropMonitor

This website provides information sourced from monitoring sites located across the country and reports up to date measurements of crop pest and disease activity in arable crops throughout England. All data gathered are being analysed to identify disease and pest risk, seasonal variation in disease development and the effectiveness of control strategies. Users will be alerted to emerging threats during the growing season and advised on appropriate courses of action.

CropMonitor Smartphone App
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Available now for the iPhone, search the appstore for 'Crop Monitor' or see CropMonitor for iPhone.



Headlines

What Live Monitoring plots at York, GS 22-23 03 Feb 2012
The Oakley plots at the North Yorkshire site are badly affected by Yellow Rust (upto 20% on the oldest leaves) and the disease is also present in the plots of Solstice. Septoria is more severe than we have been used to seeing in recent years with between 5% and 35% leaf area affected across the varieties.  

Phoma in Oilseed Rape 01 Feb 2012
The North East appears the worst affected area but much less of a problem across the rest of the country as treatments completed.  

Mild weather encouraging crop growth 01 Feb 2012
The mild weather conditions through December and January have enabled wheat crops to continue developing. Growth stages range from early to late tillering.  

Brown rust in winter wheat 01 Feb 2012
High levels of brown rust are still reported in most crops of Claire, Cordiale and Solstice. Other varieties reported as infected include Grafton, Santiago, Hereford and Invicta.  

What Live Monitoring plots at Terrington 19 Dec 2011
At the Terrington (Norfolk) live monitoring site the plots of Battalion, Beluga, Claire, JD Diego, Satiago and Solstice are showing low amounts of mildew. Brown Rust is also present in the Beluga plots.  

Winter wheat survey results 2011 03 Nov 2011
Results of the 2011 winter wheat disease survey undertaken at GS75 have now been published  

What's new

16 November 2011: The CropMonitor smartphone app is available for iphone and android handsets. Priced at just £2.99 it provides mobile intelligence for growers, agronomists and researchers while in the office or the field.

Features include:
Wheat disease risk forecasts for your location.
Live updates of current disease levels at trial sites (April-July)
Disease reporting system for user interaction.
Photo gallery of foliar and stem base diseases.
The app has already been runner-up in the RASE Practice with Science Award for 2011 and is short-listed for the Civil Service Science, Engineering and Technology award. CropMonitor app

08 November 2011: Results from the recent winter wheat disease survey posted on the winter wheat section of this website.

18 October 2011: Results from the summer assessment have been posted on the oilseed rape section of this website.

09 August 2011: Fusarium live monitoring: Isolations from the fusarium survey are now complete and available on the fusarium live monitoring pages.

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