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Contents tagged with pests
8 December 2022
A number of best practice cultural measures can be implemented to reduce the risk of infection and damage occurring and help to control tarsonemid mite on strawberry
19 January 2023
Key diagnostic features that enable growers to distinguish between the important leaf-mining insects that attack UK tomato crops.
3 February 2022
Research report
2 February 2022
Three research reports on the management of insecticide resistance in peach-potato aphids
16 November 2021
Research report on the effect of rotational factors on wireworm populations
11 May 2021
This section is about the activity of fly pests, beetles, caterpillars, aphids and cabbage whitefly in brassicas. Read information on different approaches to managing these pest insects.
8 September 2022
The AHDB Pest Bulletin, hosted by Syngenta, provides forecasts and up-to-date reports for most key field crop pests.
14 October 2021
The Miridae are a large and diverse family of insects. The most widely known capsids are species of agricultural pests that pierce plant tissues, feed on the sap, and sometimes transmit plant viruses. The aim of this factsheet is to improve current understanding of the capsid bugs that can infest celery crops and consider approaches to control.
6 July 2022
A bumper edition of the Grower magazine for June/July 2018. Looking at the CHAMPION approach - how identifying those champion workers in the business can help drive up productivity across the board. Vendor managed inventory – a new supply chain model that is gaining popularity among ornamental growers in North America.
5 May 2022
This Sweetcorn Crop Walkers’ Guide aims to assist growers, agronomists and their staff in the vital task of monitoring crops. It is designed for use in the field, to help with the accurate identification of pests, their predators, diseases, nutritional deficiencies and physiological disorders within a crop.
25 May 2022
This poster provides an easy reference guide to indicate the life-cycle stage of the most common pests of cane fruit crops throughout the year. The calendar also indicates when to expect low or high population pressures.
24 May 2022
The AHDB Horticulture Crop Walkers’ Guide for Apple has been designed specifically as an aid to crop monitoring. It illustrates and describes the important pests, diseases, nutritional and physiological disorders which may be encountered during the crop production process.