He began by explaining what BYDV is and why it's such a concern for cereal growers.

BYGV, Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, it's a serious viral infection for cereal crops.

It's spread by aphids.

Yield impacts can be substantial if a lot of your crop is affected.

In winter crops, the risk is often down to things like weather and in the autumn, and we're getting much milder autumns these days, so risk can be high, and we've seen that earlier this year.

control is is is tricky as well so we have some cultural control options so so adjusting your soda it can be effective there are some wheat and barley varieties that have tolerance or resistance but for a lot of crops control continues to rely on insecticides so pyrethroid insecticides and knowing when to apply them and even if you need to apply them is really tricky, especially in the autumn weather where the conditions can sometimes make it more difficult.

And I think the other thing to remember with pyrethroids is that insecticide resistance is an issue.

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He began by explaining what BYDV is and why it's such a concern for cereal growers.

BYGV, Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus, it's a serious viral infection for cereal crops.

It's spread by aphids.

Yield impacts can be substantial if a lot of your crop is affected.

In winter crops, the risk is often down to things like weather in the autumn, and we're getting much milder autumns these days, so risk can be high, and we've seen that earlier this year.

Control is tricky as well.

So we have some cultural control options.

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