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Pest & Disease Management - Rust fungi

Pustules make this a relatively simple problem to identify but action must be taken to avoid damage.

Coping with leaf spot

How to avoid losses from this common plant disease.

FERA PLANT PEST FACTSHEET: Wheat Bug (Nysius huttoni)

Background While surveying North Warren RSPB Reserve, Suffolk, in September 2007, Heteroptera recorder Nigel Cuming found large numbers of an unfamiliar species of ground bug. Heteroptera experts Bernard Nau and Bill Dolling confirmed the identity of the bug as Nysius huttoni White ( Heteroptera:...

FERA PLANT PEST FACTSHEET: Eggplant Borer (Leucinodes orbonalis)

Background Leucinodes orbonalis (Guene ) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is frequently intercepted by the Plant Health Service in England and Wales on imports of aubergine from Asia and Africa. Between 1999 and 2008 it was intercepted on 104 occasions, 60 of these on Solanaceae from Asia. The caterpillar...

Spider-mite control

Two-spotted spider mite can be controlled in many ways. ADAS UK senior consultant John Buxton explains some of the options for growers of protected nursery stock.

Beetles

There are over a million beetle species, including both pests and beneficials, such as ladybirds, rove beetles and ground beetles.

Aphids on protected crops

With their pear-shaped bodies, long antennae and a pair of rear-end siphunculi — or “exhaust pipes” as they are sometimes described — aphids are one of the most easily recognised and common glasshouse pests.

Rust

A guide to identifying and treating this fungal disease, which can lead to defoliation and die-back.

Fusarium patch/snow

The most common and damaging pathogen on ornamental lawns and sports turf in the UK is the fungus Microdochium nivale -- though most grounds staff and green-keepers recognise it by its older name of Fusarium nivale.

Slugs and snails

The relentless feeding by slugs and snails is so economically damaging to farmers, growers and gardeners that millions of pounds have been devoted to finding new ways to combat these molluscan pests.

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