Pesticide residue reduction in commercial raspberry crops

Growers and retailers continue to find ways of reducing reliance upon conventional spray control products to control pests and diseases in raspberry. This factsheet summarises the results of a Defra Horticulture LINK project which identified novel approaches to controlling commonly occurring pests and diseases in raspberry. It offers guidance on:

  • Cane and fruit Botrtyis
  • Other cane diseases
  • Powdery mildew
  • Aphids
  • Raspberry beetle
  • Raspberry cane midge

This information was last updated in 2011.

Useful links

Defra Horticulture LINK research report

AHDB guidance on fungal diseases of cane fruit crops

AHDB guidance on sucking insect pests of cane fruit crops

AHDB guidance on beetle and weevil pests of cane fruit crops

AHDB guidance on midge, mite and caterpillar pests of cane fruit crops

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