Pests

12 October 2021

Dead-end hosts of spotted wing drosophila (SWD) offer a potential way of diverting adults away from fruit crops and slowing population development of the pest.

A report from the International Strawberry Congress 2017

25 April 2022

A study visit to the Pacific North West and Canada has provided an account of the information gathered on the spotted wing drosophila and the brown marmorated stink bug.

3 September 2020

Western flower thrips (WFT) cause significant financial losses for strawberry growers in the United Kingdom. This factsheet provides information on the pest, the damage it causes to strawberries and the results AHDB research and a study of control in commercial strawberry production sites, which have led to a series of control guidelines.

23 September 2021

This factsheet explains the importance of gaining early control of several important insect pests in soft fruit crops, should spotted wing drosophila become a problem.

9 August 2022

These pages summarise the recommendations made following the completion of research, which aimed to develop improved management methods for pollination, Botrytis, blackcurrant leaf midge and blackcurrant sawfly in commercial blackcurrants.

9 August 2022

Pollination in blackcurrant can affect yields and fruit quality and how crops cope with disease

9 August 2022

Read about managing botrytis in blackcurrant crops

9 August 2022

Read guidance on the key times to apply fungicides to control Botrytis in blackcurrant

8 August 2022

Find information on the role of Botrytis in blocking filters in the processing of juice and the effects of high nitrogen on fruit susceptibility to Botrytis

9 August 2022

Find out how blackcurrant sawfly damages blackcurrant bushes and research to develop a sex pheromone monitoring trap for the pest

9 August 2022

A detailed look at specific damage caused by blackcurrant leaf midge, as well as a novel way of countering its threat.