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Course details
Syllabus
Better black-grass control to reduce threat to yield and profit
Code
CP03
Designed for
Individuals who wish to improve their black-grass management in combinable crop rotations.
Entry requirement
Accomplished practitioner
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Price
£120 + VAT
Duration:
One half day classroom-based module
CPD points
To be awarded
Author:
John Cussans, Weed Biology Specialist, NIAB
Content
Classroom Module 1 (half day) – The biology and management of black-grass:
- understanding the biology of black-grass to help formulate control strategies;
- cultural control and the achievable levels;
- herbicides – their activity and fate;
- maximising herbicide control and implications of resistance;
- value and interpretation of resistance testing;
- managing black-grass across the rotation while still making money;
- using a decision tool to calculate economic impacts of management strategies across the rotation.
Trainers are accredited by ARTIS
Participants receive an ARTIS Accredited Certificate