Content related to the sectors: cereals-oilseeds

12 July 2021

Identification and management of wireworms in field crops

Find out how to identify and monitor wireworms across a wide variety of crops.

7 November 2025

What to do if you see the Colorado potato beetle (a UK notifiable quarantine pest)

Learn about the Colorado beetle and what to do if you find or suspect its presence.

12 July 2021

Minor flea beetles affecting field crops

Learn about minor flea beetles, including the Wessex, striped, turnip, adult beet and flax flea beetles.

23 July 2021

Risk factors and crop damage caused by bean seed flies

Bean seed fly larvae can damage alliums, peas, cereals, field beans, and vegetable brassicas.

15 November 2024

Identification of damage caused by field thrips in field crops

Field thrips affect peas, field beans and sugar beet and require close monitoring to identify attacks.

13 July 2021

Biology and management of the mealy cabbage aphid

Learn about crop symptoms and control of (mealy) cabbage aphid on oilseed rape and vegetable brassicas.

13 July 2021

Life cycle and risk factors for rose–grain aphid in cereals

Learn about the rose–grain aphid and its impact on cereals.

26 July 2021

Cabbage root fly biology and management in brassica crops

The cabbage root fly is present throughout the UK and can damage cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprout, kale, Chinese cabbage, swede, turnip and radish.

26 July 2021

Identification and management of frit fly in cereals

Understand how three generations of frit fly each year can damage cereals such as grasses, maize and spring oats.

16 March 2023

Risk factors and management of gout fly in cereals

Gout fly is present across the UK and an occasional minor pest of wheat, barley and triticale.

26 July 2021

Risk factors and management of leatherjackets in field crops

Leatherjackets (larvae of crane flies) damage the roots of a wide range of crops.

26 January 2026

Turnip sawfly biology and impact on vegetable brassicas and oilseed rape

An introduction to turnip sawfly on brassicas (including how to reduce the damage it causes).