Broom's Barn Applied Crop Sciences
Weeds Science
Mike May
Research Group Leader
Objectives
The main objective of the group is to improve the cost-effectiveness of weed control in sugar beet whilst enhancing the environmental benefits that can accrue from weed control practices.
The group provides advice to farmers and advisers on weed control in sugar beet via articles in the press, a telephone helpline run by the Liaison Group, the www and within the Grower's Guide. It also advises manufacturers on the effects new products may have on weed control systems in sugar beet.
Main Research Projects
- Weed manipulation in beet to provide targeted environmental benefits.
- New weed control strategies post-sugar regime reforms.
- Impacts of genetically modified crops.
- Controlling weed beet.
