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Podcast: The Tillage Edge
Episode: BYDV - how bad is it this year?
Description: This year BYDV is evident in both winter and spring crops despite many farmers’ best efforts trying to control aphids which spread the virus.   On this week’s Tillage Edge podcast, Dr Louise McNamara, an entomologist from Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow discussed the virus spread and what makes this year different to other years. Yield reduction in crops is likely where there is a large BYDV infection but Louise said that the extent of the yield loss depends on how early the crop was infected and also the type of BYDV strain...