Warm weather kickstarts pest activity

Several crop pests, including aphids, cabbage stem flea beetle and a less common pest, the lucerne flea, are making the most of the warm weather

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Warm weather kickstarts pest activity

The lucerne flea, which is a springtail, has been spotted this season in oilseed rape [OSR] crops in Kent, East Sussex by Crop Management Partners agronomist Tristan Gibbs. Dr Steve Ellis, entomologist...

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