The survival of four populations of wheat-bulb fly eggs was studied. Few eggs disappeared between the time of laying in July and August and hatching in February. Of 3000 eggs from soil samples, none ...

Q-I am feeling desperate about my amaryllis. There is a grayish white insect at the base of the leaves and between, especially the newest growth. It resembles common mealybug but seems pointier at the ...

GOUGH 1 has referred to the serious damage caused by wheat bulb fly (Leptohylemyia coarctata Fall.) in Great Britain in 1953 and discussed various means of preventing or reducing attacks. Of the ...

THE eggs of wheat bulb fly (Leptohylemyia coarctata Fall.) are laid in the soil during the summer and are usually found on fallow land or where there is a light cover of vegetation such as potatoes.

Cereal crops in Northern England are likely to be at high risk of wheat bulb fly attack in the spring, according to early survey results. So far the AHDB’s autumn wheat bulb fly survey has sampled ...

Later drilled and slow developing wheat crops are at greater risk from wheat bulb fly this coming spring, but growers are being urged to examine the reasons for the telltale “deadheart” symptoms ...

Dear Helen: Some of my daffodil bulbs produced spindly leaves and no flowers this spring. I dug a few up and found the bulbs to be mushy. What might have caused this? The soil is well drained. You ...

A daffodil-destroying bug is on the march and is spreading through more and more British gardens. Entire beds of daffodils in back gardens, city centre parks, even on moorland hills, are being reduced ...

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