All entries for Friday 19 April 2019

AHDB Aphid News

The latest edition of AHDB Aphid News has been released. Between 8 and 14 April one potato aphid was captured at Writtle and one pea aphid at Silwood Park (Ascot).

Rosemary Collier : 19 Apr 2019 17:28 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Update from Wellesbourne

We're now checking the water traps twice a week.

When the water traps were checked at Wellesbourne yesterday (18 April) there were:

• 258 male and 24 femaie cabbage root flies
• 47 bean seed flies
• 8 flea beetles
• 175 pollen beetles
• 21 cabbage stem weevils
• 2 cabbage stem flea beetles

There was 1 carrot fly on the sticky traps.

We are now also sampling for cabbage root flies eggs (15 cauliflower plants). 17 eggs were laid between 15 and 18 April.

Rosemary Collier : 19 Apr 2019 17:23 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem