Aphid bulletins

The latest editions of the Rothamsted Suction Trap Bulletin and AHDB Aphid News are attached. The information of interest to vegetable and salad growers is as follows:

• Low numbers of peach–potato aphid are flying in central and southern England.

• Mealy cabbage aphid has overwintered on some oilseed rape crops but is not flying yet.

• The potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) has been caught in low numbers as far north as Kirton.

• The willow–carrot aphid is flying throughout England, with numbers highest in eastern England.

• Pea aphid and black bean aphid have both been caught in the South East this week.

ahdb_aphid_news_20150515.pdf bulletin_05_2015.pdf

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