Combating Strawberry Aphids with Aphiscout
March 15, 2019
ability to transmit plant virus diseases. Aphids also excrete unwanted sap sugars (honeydew) on the leaf surface, which favours the establishment of ‘sooty [...] moulds’, leading to a reduction in the rate of photosynthesis. Collectively, these effects can have a negative impact on strawberry plant quality and crop [...] threat, due to its ability to transmit several economically important persistent and semi-persistent viruses To prevent the development of aphid colonies