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 Rosemary.Collier@warwick.ac.uk

Carrot fly field trials

Insect rearing unit

Lab facilities