9 September 2021

AHDB Pest Bulletin weekly reports 2021

Pest bulletin weekly summaries - monitoring and forecasting of pests for field vegetable growers

19 January 2023

Diamondback moth

Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella, DBM) is a small, grey-brown moth, which is present worldwide wherever its brassica host plants grow

8 September 2022

Biology and control of Tuta absoluta in tomato

These pages provide background to the devastating leaf, fruit and stem mining pest, Tuta absoluta.

23 May 2022

Control of whitefly in protected ornamental crops

This factsheet covers the identification, biology and control of whitefly, both native and quarantine species, that are important pests of protected ornamental crops in the UK.

17 February 2022

Control of leaf miners on pot and bedding plants

This factsheet provides guidelines on the cultural, biological and chemical options for leaf miner control in bedding and pot plant crops.

25 November 2021

Practical measures to prevent and manage insecticide, fungicide and herbicide resistance for horticultural crops

This factsheet outlines how the repeated use of insecticides, fungicides and herbicides if not properly managed, can result in the development of resistant pest, pathogen and weed populations. It lists the known cases of resistance and advises how to prevent resistant strains developing.

26 April 2022

Review of parasitoids of spotted wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii) in the UK

This is a review of parasitoids of spotted wing drosophila (SWD, Drosophila suzukii) in the UK

24 May 2022

Protected Edibles Crop Walkers' Guide

This AHDB Horticulture Crop Walkers’ Guide is designed to assist growers, supervisors and nursery staff in the vital task of monitoring crops. It is designed for use directly on the nursery to help with the accurate identification of many of the economically important pests, diseases and disorders. Weed identification is not covered in this publication.