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August 11, 2015
Pest update from Wellesbourne
Today we found:
- 21 male and 19 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
- 81 bean seed flies (3 traps)
- 29 carrot flies (3 traps) in our new carrots
- 72 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
- 34 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
- 2 pollen beetles (3 traps)
- 27 cabbage stem weevils (3 traps)
- 7 large white butterflies (3 traps)
- 9 small white butterflies (3 traps)
Rosemary Collier
11 Aug 2015 18:33
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Aphid and Turnip yellows virus News
Brassica virus and peach potato aphid update from Wellesbourne, Warwickshire:
- 30/07-3/08/2015, no M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps).
- 3-6/08/2015, 2 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), these individual were not carrying TuYV.
- 27/07-02/08/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 1 M. persicae was identified, this individual was not carrying TuYV.
Brassica virus and peach potato aphid update from Kirton, Lincolnshire:
- 30/07-3/08/2015, no M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps).
- 3-6/08/2015, 1 individual of M. persicae was caught (12 yellow water traps), this individual was not carrying TuYV.
- 27/07-02/08/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 2 M. persicae were identified, 1 individual was 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
11 Aug 2015 13:05
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August 08, 2015
Updated information on Rothamsted suction trap captures
The latest edition of the Rothamsted Suction Trap Bulletin is attached and relates to the week ending 2 August. In general the numbers of aphid species important to vegetable and salad crops have decreased compared with the previous week.
Rosemary Collier
08 Aug 2015 07:37
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Pest update from Wellesbourne
Yesterday we found:
- 8 male and 55 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
- 48 bean seed flies (3 traps)
- 52 carrot flies (3 traps) in our new carrots
- 66 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
- 40 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
- 28 pollen beetles (3 traps)
- 36 cabbage stem weevils (3 traps)
- 1 large white butterfly (3 traps)
Rosemary Collier
08 Aug 2015 07:34
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August 04, 2015
HDC project FV 416b – cabbage root fly egg counts from Cornwall
The egg counts up to Monday 3rd August are as follows - they show the mean numbers of eggs per plant per week found around a sample of 20 plants per location:
| Helston | Hayle | Gwithian | Truro | St Columb | |
| 20-Apr | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| 27-Apr | 0.9 | 12.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 18.0 |
| 05-May | 0.8 | 12.2 | 8.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| 11-May | 2.6 | 20.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 5.7 |
| 18-May | 4.7 | 17.1 | 1.7 | 5.6 | 19.8 |
| 25-May | 2.3 | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 18.4 |
| 01-Jun | 0.3 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| 08-Jun | 0.6 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| 15-Jun | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.4 |
| 22-Jun | 0.7 | 4.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 29-Jun | 2.15 | 3.85 | 0.25 | 0.95 | 1.15 |
| 06-Jul | 2.3 | 0.55 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 13-Jul | 3.95 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 12 | 0.45 |
| 20-Jul | 1.05 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.15 | 0.4 |
| 27-Jul | 0.45 | 0.65 | 0.05 | 0.4 | 0.95 |
| 03-Aug | 1.9 | 1.55 | 0.15 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
Rosemary Collier
04 Aug 2015 21:00
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Aphid and Turnip yellows virus News
Brassica virus and peach potato aphid update from Wellesbourne, Warwickshire:
- 23-27/07/2015, 5 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), none of these were carrying TuYV.
- 27-30/07/2015, 1 individual of M. persicae was caught (12 yellow water traps), this individual was not carrying TuYV.
- 20-26/07/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 1 M. persicae was identified, this individual was carrying TuYV.
Brassica virus and peach potato aphid update from Kirton, Lincolnshire:
- 23-27/07/2015, 1 individual of M. persicae was caught (12 yellow water traps), this individual was carrying TuYV.
- 27-30/07/2015, no M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps).
- 20-26/07/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 4 M. persicae were identified, 3 individuals 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
04 Aug 2015 11:07
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August 03, 2015
Pest update from Wellesbourne
Today we found:
- 2 male and 28 female cabbage root flies (3 water traps)
- 18 bean seed flies (3 traps)
- 41 carrot flies (3 traps) in our new carrots
- 19 cabbage root fly eggs (15 cauliflower plants)
- 45 brassica flea beetles (3 traps)
- 30 pollen beetles (3 traps)
- 26 cabbage stem weevils (3 traps)
- 2 large white butterflies (3 traps)
- 5 small white butterflies (3 traps)
- 1 turnip moth (2 traps)
Rosemary Collier
03 Aug 2015 16:10
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