Dr Sarah Cook

Managing weeds and wildflowers, avid gardener. Views are my own.

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

Pied Wagtail with a background Woodpigeon. 😀🐦

[John Cussans @WeedSciJohn]

Come and join the weeds teams at ADAS. It's an incredibly fun, diverse and fascinating opportunity.... we're not looking for any particular type of weed person just someone with a passion for the subject.

https://t.co/aGtutuqTzA

[Lizzie Sagoo @LizzieSagoo]

We are looking for a field research scientist to join our Boxworth field team in Cambs. The role will involve working on a range of applied R&D projects for gov & industry clients across a range of topics inc crop physiology, crop pathology, weeds & soils https://t.co/udExfqaLTK

[ADAS @ADASGroup]

📅 19 & 20 June, join ADAS for a cross site visit to Morley Farms, Norfolk to look at sustainable approaches to #Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus management & tour our #BYDV trials 🌾
Local & international researchers, farmers & advisors are welcome. Register-https://t.co/aJ7agYuPW9

[Bayer Crop Science UK @Bayer4CropsUK]

🎥 Seeing weeds survive treatment?

@WeedSciJohn and Ben Giles discuss how early action helps protect long-term weed control.

Watch here ↓ @ADASGroup

[John Cussans @WeedSciJohn]

My colleague Jonne Rodenburg has created amazing Parasitic weed factsheets as part of out parasitic weed survey https://t.co/ajdZC5eKWF

Please share these as widely as you can and encourage more people to respond to the survey.

@GoodgerSimon @AHDB_Cereals @baseuk @BaseIreland

[Dr Sarah Cook @ImDrSarahCook]

Ergot stroma visible in the depot @ADASGroup Boxworth. buried 2.5cm deep on 04/12/24 #ergot

[Rebecca Joynt @rebecca_joynt]

Are you growing maize with a following wheat crop planned?

We are looking for a trial site to assess the interaction between fungicides and cultivation on disease control. Please DM to discuss if this sounds interesting to you!

[ADAS @ADASGroup]

🌾 Join us for our Summer Open Day at Garnstone Farms, Weobley, #Hereford HR4 8PZ 📍
📅 17 June, 12pm-3pm
Tour our field plot demonstrations, & speak with ADAS & @AHDB_Cereals crop specialists about pests, weeds & disease issues 🔍 ⬇️
Lunch incl. 🍔
https://t.co/kD4R9kRwFC

[Lynn Tatnell @lynntatnell1]

This will be a great event to learn about alternative weed management and useful #IPM options for weed control #weedmanagement @OPER8_EU @ADASGroup @agricology

[Lucie Buchi - (lucieabuchi.bsky.social) @lucieAbuchi]

Our survey on parastic weeds is still open, help us distribute it! No answer yet from Ireland!! @TheAHDB @agricology @Groundswellaguk @LEAF_Farming @bofinfarmers @DouglasChristi9 @baseuk @SoilAssociation @AABiologists @JonYearsley @RTKfarmer @RealFarmED @BaseIreland @WeedSciJohn

[John Cussans @WeedSciJohn]

Now with even more weeds related content!

[Farmers Guide @FarmersGuide]

Alternative modes of action are needed to tackle problem weeds in sugar beet, due to resistance to ALS inhibitor herbicides 🥬

Read @AdamaUK_ resistance solutions 👉 https://t.co/eQPC4aQu8Y

#farmersguide #adama #sugarbeet #herbicidesolutions #weedmanagement #cropprotection

[Teagasc @teagasc]

Teagasc have confirmed the first reported case of a field population of the grass weed Italian ryegrass, that has proven resistant to glyphosate.
Find out more https://t.co/q9JmzEbs59
@TeagascCrops

[Lucie Buchi - (lucieabuchi.bsky.social) @lucieAbuchi]

Our survey is now also available in Spanish and Italian! please RT! @DPlaza_Bonilla

[Bayer Crop Science UK @Bayer4CropsUK]

🌱 @WeedSciJohn shares red flags for poor weed control, like surviving patches and weak growth. But is it resistance or something else? Testing helps find the answer.

Watch the video to learn more. ⬇️

@ADASGroup

[Gowan UK @GowanUK]

There are two wild oat species that we can see in the field - why is it important to know the difference?

📘Learn more it here: https://t.co/JyEBLGamXX

[John Cussans @WeedSciJohn]

Went live with the survey last week & already been sent a pic of Orobanche parasitising legume species in an AB15 scheme.

Is the increased use of compatible host species in schemes like AB15 leading to more parasitic weeds on farm?

Give us your feedback https://t.co/ajdZC5eKWF

[Aoife O' Driscoll 🧫🧬🦠 @allohexaploid]

⬇️ ⬇️⬇️ One of the many kinds of unintended plant health consequences we will be facing down the line with SFI reforms. Soil borne diseases, new biosecurity risks, parasitic weeds and much more……

[John Cussans @WeedSciJohn]

@GoodgerSimon great quiz this week!!

If you get a chance help us to define our current understanding of parasitic weeds and their potential threat.

We really want feedback if you don't know anything about these weeds as well as from people who have already seen them on farm.