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Cereals 25: What attracts wireworms to crops?

Wireworms lay dormant all winter but in spring cause damage to a range of crops, researchers are investigating how the differentiate between crops and if some are more palatable than others

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock • 1 min read
Cereals 25: What attracts wireworms to crops?

Demonstrating various trial plots at The Cereals Event, PHd student Anusha Mohan-Kumar explained a trial she is working on to determine what attracts wireworms to certain wheat varieties. Ms Mohan-Kumar...

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