News
See below for the latest news from the Warwick Crop Centre.
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Vegetable and salad pest updates now available for 2023
You can access information here: Pest activity 2023 (warwick.ac.uk)
You can sign up for a weekly email update here: Register for pest updates 2023 (warwick.ac.uk)
Recording of webinar on Smart tools for pest and disease management in protected edible crops available
A range of new Smart tools and technologies are being developed to help growers manage pests and diseases in protected edible crops. The H2020 Thematic Network SmartProtect has identified and reviewed the range that is available to European growers. This webinar focuses on some of the tools and techniques that can be applied in protected edible crops.
Catching up with the fly
Article in the Crop Production Magazine: Aside from anecdotal evidence, there are big gaps in research into the pest known as bean seed fly. And with no chemistry available to control it, there’s no other option but to take integrated pest management to the next level, which is just what Becca McGowan, a PhD student at the University of Warwick, has spent the past three and half years researching alongside PGRO.