All entries for Tuesday 29 September 2015

Pest update from Wellesbourne

Today we found:

• 5 male and 11 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
• 37 bean seed flies (3 traps)
• 10 carrot flies (3 traps)
• 11 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
• 15 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
• 9 small white butterflies (3 traps)

Rosemary Collier : 29 Sep 2015 20:11 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Aphid and Turnip yellows virus News

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

• 17-24/09/2015. No M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps).
• 14-20/09/2015. From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, no M. persicae were caught.

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

• 17-21/09/201. 21 Individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), 17 of these individuals (81%) were carrying TuYV.
• 21-24/09/2015. 1 Individual of M. persicae was caught (12 yellow water traps), this individual was not carrying TuYV.
• 7-13/09/2015. From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 7 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), all these individuals (100%) were 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 : 29 Sep 2015 10:23 |  Tags: Aphid Tuyv |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem