New treatments tested to help reduce cabbage losses
25 January 2021 |
The annual value of cabbages lost in storage in the UK due to disease can be around £4.5m
New treatments are being tested to help reduce the number of cabbages lost in storage from diseases caused by extreme wet weather.
The trials were set up by AHDB in response to concerns raised by the Brassica Growers Association.
Up to 50 percent of the harvested crop can be lost in storage, which costs the industry £4.5 million annually.
The aim of the trials is to find alternative storage treatments to prevent disease, with results shared in summer 2021.