Resources for Pest Management
The Wellesbourne site is ideal for studies on pest management.
Our facilities include:
- Specific site with perpetual carrot fly population
- Specific site for cabbage root fly trials
- Specific site for lettuce aphid trials
- An insect rearing unit which provides material for laboratory and field experiments
- Containment facilities for work on exotic pests
- Range of glasshouses and polytunnels
- Laboratory facilities - a large one for general insect work, a smaller lab for the production of artificial diets for insect rearing
- Ten controlled environment rooms of different sizes, where temperature and daylength can be set
If you are interested in accessing our facilities please contact Sally.Mann@warwick.ac.uk
Research expertise:
Rosemary Collier - modelling interactions between insects and the environment, host-plant finding behaviour of phytophagous insects, development of Integrated Pest Management systems for the pests of field vegetable and bulb crops.
Dave Chandler - Integrated Pest Management, biological control, fungal control of insect and mite pests.
Andy Jukes - insecticide trials, residue analysis.
Find out about our Pest Research
If you are interested in working with us please contact
Carrot fly field trials
Insect rearing unit
Lab facilities