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01 Sep 2011

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

Coping with leaf spot

15 Apr 2011 | by Dove Associates

How to avoid losses from this common plant disease.

FERA PLANT PEST FACTSHEET: Banded-winged whitefly (Trialeurodes abutiloneus)

17 Feb 2011 | by C. Malumphy, A. MacLeod and D. Eyre

Background During November 2010, Acacia sp., Banisteriopsis caapi and Brugmansia sp. plants imported by courier from the USA, were inspected by the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate (PHSI) and found to be infested with whiteflies. Samples were submitted to The Food and Environment Research...

FERA PLANT PEST FACTSHEET: Phytophthora ramorum

01 May 2010 | by FERA

What is it and where is it found? Phytophthora ramorum is a serious fungus-like pathogen causing damage to a wide range of trees and plants in Europe and the USA. In the EU, P. ramorum has been recorded as present in Belgium, Czech Republic (eradicated nursery finding), Denmark, Estonia, Finland,...

FERA PLANT PEST FACTSHEET: Wheat Bug (Nysius huttoni)

20 Apr 2010 | by S. Reid and D. Eyre

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)

20 Apr 2010 | by A. Korycinska and R. Cannon

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

17 Oct 2008 | by John Buxton

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

07 Aug 2008 | by John Adlam

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

Aphids on protected crops

07 Aug 2008 | by John Adlam

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

07 Aug 2008

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

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