Potato crops increasingly at risk of wireworm

Threat now reaches from eastern counties up into the Scottish borders, warns expert

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Wireworm is on the increase across the country
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Wireworm is on the increase across the country

Wireworm damage is now an increasing risk in potato crops across the country, including eastern counties and up into the Scottish borders, according to advisers. Historically associated with grassland...

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