All entries for Friday 20 April 2018
April 20, 2018
AHDB Aphid News
The first edition of AHDB Aphid News for 2018 has just been released:
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The switch from weekly to daily suction-trapping commenced on 5 March, before that catches were weekly.
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The sudden change in weather, including the upturn in air temperature this calendar week, has prompted the beginning of this year’s aphid reporting.
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No peach–potato aphids (Myzus persicae) or willow-carrot aphids (Cavariella aegopodii) have been caught so far this year.
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The shallot aphid (Myzus ascalonicus) is the most numerous aphid species in the suction-trap samples to date and has been caught in all of the traps from Kirton south.