All entries for Tuesday 18 August 2015

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Today we found:

• 61 male and 28 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
• 44 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 29 carrot flies (3 traps) in our new carrots
• 163 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
• 51 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
• 2 pollen beetles (3 traps)
• 3 cabbage stem weevils (3 traps)
• 8 small white butterflies (3 traps)
• 3 turnip moths (2 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 18 Aug 2015 17:06 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Aphid and Turnip yellows virus News

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

• 6-10/08/2015, 3 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), these individuals were not carrying TuYV.
• 3-9/08/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, no M. persicae were identified.

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

• 6-10/08/2015, 2 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), one of these was carrying TuYV.
• 3-9/08/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, no M. persicae were identified.

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 : 18 Aug 2015 16:53 |  Tags: Aphid Tuyv |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem