New plant protection product launched in aphid fight

Hopes growers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland will benefit from newly authorised foliar PPP

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 1 min read
Authorisation has been given to a new ppp which will help potatoes and other crops
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Authorisation has been given to a new ppp which will help potatoes and other crops

A plant protection crop which seeks to safeguard sugar beet, fodder beet, potatoes, carrot, combining and vining peas and field beans from aphids has been given its first-time authorisation. Regulatory...

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