All entries for Friday 21 August 2015

Updated aphid bulletins

The latest edition of the Rothamsted Suction Trap Bulletin is attached and relates to the week ending 16 August. In general the numbers of aphid species important to vegetable and salad crops are low.

bulletin_19_2015.pdf

Rosemary Collier : 21 Aug 2015 16:31 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Today we found:

• 26 male and 20 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
• 38 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 23 carrot flies (3 traps) in our new carrots
• 178 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
• 31 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
• 1 pollen beetle (3 traps)
• 3 cabbage stem weevils (3 traps)
• 21 small white butterflies (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 21 Aug 2015 16:28 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem