Broom's Barn Applied Crop Sciences
Entomology
Dr Mark Stevens
Research Group Leader
Mike May
Objectives
Exploitation of new insecticide chemistry to control pests of sugar beet, specially soil pests, aphids (including resistant biotypes) and spider mites.
Monitoring and control of insecticide-resistant aphids.
Provision of advice on pest control to the sugar beet industry.
Evaluation of environmental impact of weed management in and around sugar beet fields, including set-aside headlands.
Main Research Projects
- Insecticide Seed Treatments
- Virus yellows forecasts
- Control of insecticide-resistant aphids
- Ecology and control of spider mites
- Management of weeds in sugar beet to enhance the environment
