Content related to the topic: pests

7 May 2025

Why cabbage stem flea beetle (CSFB) is an issue in oilseed rape

This pest can destroy a plant’s growing point and cause crop failure

2 January 2025

Latest Recommended Lists ‘reset’ to meet complex agronomic challenges

The latest RL features major changes to wheat rust disease-resistance ratings.

3 February 2025

Supporting cucumber growing in the UK

How our product and services have been supporting this Yorkshire-based cucumber grower

3 June 2021

Strategic Cereal Farms to focus on IPM for harvest 2021

Harvest 2021 trials at AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms will focus on the prevention, detection and control of pests, weeds and diseases – key components of IPM (integrated pest management).

19 November 2020

Boosting beneficials through the use of flowering strips – Strategic Farm Week, Winter 2020

Sharing the concept of flowering strips and the research at the Strategic Farms

21 October 2020

New PhDs set to exploit wheat genetics

PhD students hopes to solve big production challenges through better understanding the most powerful molecule in nature – DNA.

5 November 2020

Final egg counts confirm wheat bulb fly risk divide in 2020

A low-risk year, with some high-risk sites

5 October 2021

How to identify wheat bulb fly in cereals

Assess pest pressure to determine the best management response

25 September 2020

Early egg counts reveal wheat bulb fly risk divide in 2020

Our autumn survey frequently detects large variations in wheat bulb fly egg numbers, both across and between regions

3 September 2020

Turnip yellow virus (TuYV) management in oilseed rape

Learn about the main aphid that spreads TuYV and how to manage its levels in crops

21 May 2025

Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) management in cereals

Learn about the main aphids that spread BYDV and how to manage their levels in crops

28 October 2024

Basic biology of the peach–potato aphid

Learn about the life cycle of this important virus-spreading aphid