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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2021-02-19more like thismore than 2021-02-19
answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept id 13 more like this
answering dept short name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
answering dept sort name Environment, Food and Rural Affairs more like this
hansard heading Sugar Beet remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has undertaken forecasting to predict aphid pest pressures for sugar beet in 2021. more like this
tabling member constituency Cambridge more like this
tabling member printed
Daniel Zeichner more like this
uin 154655 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2021-03-02more like thismore than 2021-03-02
answer text <p>It is well established that over-winter temperatures are a key determinant of aphid populations in the following year. Low temperatures, and in particular sharp frosts, will reduce aphid numbers and so the recent cold weather is likely to ease aphid pressures in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Temperature effects are built into the long-established Rothamsted model used to forecast virus pressures. That forecast will be made on 1 March and will be used to determine whether the threshold for using the neonicotinoid seed treatment Cruiser SB has been met. Once the virus forecast has been made, the British Beet Research Organisation will publish an advisory bulletin setting this out.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Banbury more like this
answering member printed Victoria Prentis more like this
grouped question UIN
155068 more like this
155069 more like this
question first answered
less than 2021-03-02T09:48:07.93Zmore like thismore than 2021-03-02T09:48:07.93Z
answering member
4401
label Biography information for Victoria Prentis more like this
tabling member
4382
label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner more like this