News
See below for the latest news from the Warwick Crop Centre.
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Visit by Chartered Institute of Horticulture
Warwick Crop Centre hosted a visit by members of the regional branch of the Chartered Institute of Horticulture on Saturday 9th July and showed them a selection of the research activities undertaken at the Wellesbourne Campus.
Diamond-back moth migration
During the last week or so there has been a huge influx of diamond-back moths (Plutella xylostella) into the UK which has been reported by a number of people running light traps - mainly using Twitter. The diamond-back moth is one of the species being considered in a current AHDB Horticulture project on migrant Lepidoptera (FV 440) led by Rosemary Collier from Warwick Crop Centre. Information on the activity of this and other vegetable and salad pests can be found on the AHDB Pest Bulletin and AHDB Pest Blog.
More information on the diamond-back moth can be found here.