All entries for November 2016

November 30, 2016

Pest update for 29 November

We have taken in all our traps now apart from those for carrot fly - which is still going...

97 flies captured on 3 traps during the past week.


November 23, 2016

Pest update for Tuesday 22 November

On 3 sticky traps:

  • Carrot fly = 53

In 3 water traps:

  • Cabbage root fly males = 0
  • Cabbage root fly females = 1
  • Bean seed flies =10

We have taken our pheromone traps down and stopped looking for cabbaeg root fly eggs!


November 22, 2016

Brassica aphids and virus News

The proportion of peach potato aphid (M. persicae) carrying Turnip yellows virus (TuYV)

Date

Type of trap

Numbers of M. persicae caught

% of those tested carrying TuYV

Wellesbourne, Warwickshire

31/10-06/11/2016

Suction trap

0

-

Kirton, Lincolnshire

31/10-06/11/2016

Suction trap

4

25%

Leverton, Lincolnshire

03/11-10/11/2016

Yellow water traps

0

-


This data completes the 2016 season, trapping will resume in June 2017.

Turnip yellows virus (TuYV), formerly known as Beet western yellows virus, is a very important pathogen of vegetable brassicas and oilseed rape. It is spread by the peach potato aphid (Myzus persicae).

This data is collected as part of project ‘Developing integrated approaches for pest and disease control in horticultural field crops’ with funding from the BBSRC Horticulture And Potato Initiative (HAPI).

Diana Katschnig and Angela Hambidge, Plant-Virus Interactions Group, University of Warwick; Alex Greenslade, Rothamsted Research & Rothamsted Insect Survey; Carl Sharp, Allium & Brassica Agronomy Ltd.


November 15, 2016

Pest update from Wellesbourne

On 3 sticky traps:

  • Carrot fly = 161

In 3 water traps:

  • Cabbage root fly males = 0
  • Cabbage root fly females = 0
  • Bean seed flies =33

We have taken our pheromone traps down and stopped looking for cabbaeg root fly eggs!


November 11, 2016

Pest update for Wellesbourne on 8th November

On 3 sticky traps:

  • Carrot fly = 88

In 3 water traps:

  • Cabbage root fly males = 0
  • Cabbage root fly females = 0
  • Bean seed flies =21

We have taken our pheromone traps down and stopped looking for cabbaeg root fly eggs!


November 08, 2016

Brassica aphids and virus News

The proportion of peach potato aphid (M. persicae) carrying Turnip yellows virus (TuYV)

Date

Type of trap

Numbers of M. persicae caught

% of those tested carrying TuYV

Wellesbourne, Warwickshire

24/10-30/10/2016

Suction trap

6

33%

27/10-03/11/2016

Yellow water traps

1

0%

Kirton, Lincolnshire

24/10-30/10/2016

Suction trap

2

50%

Leverton, Lincolnshire

27/10-03/11/2016

Yellow water traps

12

25%

Turnip yellows virus (TuYV), formerly known as Beet western yellows virus, is a very important pathogen of vegetable brassicas and oilseed rape. It is spread by the peach potato aphid (Myzus persicae).

This data is collected as part of project ‘Developing integrated approaches for pest and disease control in horticultural field crops’ with funding from the BBSRC Horticulture And Potato Initiative (HAPI).

Diana Katschnig and Angela Hambidge, Plant-Virus Interactions Group, University of Warwick; Alex Greenslade, Rothamsted Research & Rothamsted Insect Survey; Carl Sharp, Allium & Brassica Agronomy Ltd.


November 04, 2016

Pest update for Wellesbourne on 1st November

On 3 sticky traps:

  • Carrot fly = 108

In 3 water traps:

  • Cabbage root fly males = 1
  • Cabbage root fly females = 1
  • Bean seed flies = 8

We have taken our pheromone traps down and stopped looking for cabbaeg root fly eggs!


November 01, 2016

Brassica aphids and virus News

The proportion of peach potato aphid (M. persicae) carrying Turnip yellows virus (TuYV)

Date

Type of trap

Numbers of M. persicae caught

% of those tested carrying TuYV

Wellesbourne, Warwickshire

17/10-23/10/2016

Suction trap

1

-

20/10-27/10/2016

Yellow water traps

0

-

Kirton, Lincolnshire

17/10-23/10/2016

Suction trap

0

-

Leverton, Lincolnshire

20/10-27/10/2016

Yellow water traps

0

-

Turnip yellows virus (TuYV), formerly known as Beet western yellows virus, is a very important pathogen of vegetable brassicas and oilseed rape. It is spread by the peach potato aphid (Myzus persicae).

This data is collected as part of project ‘Developing integrated approaches for pest and disease control in horticultural field crops’ with funding from the BBSRC Horticulture And Potato Initiative (HAPI).

Diana Katschnig and Angela Hambidge, Plant-Virus Interactions Group, University of Warwick; Alex Greenslade, Rothamsted Research & Rothamsted Insect Survey; Carl Sharp, Allium & Brassica Agronomy Ltd.


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