All entries for Friday 09 October 2015

Update on Rothamsted suction trap captures

The latest edition of the Rothamsted Suction Trap Bulletin is attached and relates to the week ending 4 October. In general the numbers of aphid species important to vegetable and salad crops remain low.

However, numbers of willow-carrot aphid are increasing and these my be individuals returning to the overwintering host (willow).

bulletin_26_2015.pdf

Rosemary Collier : 09 Oct 2015 16:01 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Today we found:

• 0 male and 4 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
• 7 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 7 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 1 cabbage root fly egg (15 cauliflower plants)
• 4 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 09 Oct 2015 15:53 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem