All entries for Tuesday 11 August 2015

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Today we found:

• 21 male and 19 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
• 81 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 29 carrot flies (3 traps) in our new carrots
• 72 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
• 34 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
• 2 pollen beetles (3 traps)
• 27 cabbage stem weevils (3 traps)
• 7 large white butterflies (3 traps)
• 9 small white butterflies (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 11 Aug 2015 18:33 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Aphid and Turnip yellows virus News

Brassica virus and peach potato aphid update from Wellesbourne, Warwickshire:

• 30/07-3/08/2015, no M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps).
• 3-6/08/2015, 2 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), these individual were not carrying TuYV.
• 27/07-02/08/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 1 M. persicae was identified, this individual was not carrying TuYV.

Brassica virus and peach potato aphid update from Kirton, Lincolnshire:

• 30/07-3/08/2015, no M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps).
• 3-6/08/2015, 1 individual of M. persicae was caught (12 yellow water traps), this individual was not carrying TuYV.
• 27/07-02/08/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 2 M. persicae were identified, 1 individual was carrying TuYV.

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 with funding from the BBSRC Horticulture And Potato Initiative (HAPI).

Press release on the new round of HAPI projects involving the University of Warwick

Diana Katschnig and Angela Hambidge, Plant-Virus Interactions Group, University of Warwick

Diana Katschnig : 11 Aug 2015 13:05 |  Tags: Aphid Tuyv |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem