Crop Pests in the UK : Collected Edition of MAFF Leaflets

Following the demise of the MAFF's Perma­ some leaflets to fill outstanding gaps. The nent Leaflet Series in 1985, it was suggested content of three leaflets has been altered more that the final editions of the crop pest advisory extensively. Thus, Chafer grubs (Chapter 32) leaflets should be produced in a bound volume now incorporates material from Leaflet 449, for the benefit of future agricultural entomolo­ Japanese beetle, which has been omitted from gists and others interested in crop pests. This this collection as this pest has not become idea originated outside MAFF but was enthusi­ established in Europe. Nematodes on straw­ astically supported by entomologists in MAFF, berry (Chapter 81) has been enlarged by the the agricultural research institutes and the uni­ addition of further information on free-living versities. As editor of the leaflets from 1965 nematodes from the plant pathology leaflet on until 1985, I offered to undertake the task of Soil-borne virus diseases of fruit plants. The compilation and editing, and this offer was joint plant pathology/entomology leaflet on accepted. Raspberry cane blight and midge blight has To prevent the book from becoming quickly been included, but the information has been outdated, the sections on control measures mainly restricted to raspberry cane midge and have been redrafted by the Advisory Entomol­ the title changed accordingly. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Apple and pear suckers....Pages 11-15 Apple aphids....Pages 16-20 Black bean aphid....Pages 21-26 Cabbage aphid....Pages 27-31 Capsid bugs on fruit....Pages 32-35 Cereal aphids....Pages 36-41 Currant and gooseberry aphids....Pages 42-45 Glasshouse whitefly....Pages 46-50 Lettuce aphids....Pages 51-55 Plum aphids....Pages 56-59 Potato aphids....Pages 60-65 Scale insects on fruit trees....Pages 66-72 Willow—carrot aphid....Pages 73-77 Woolly aphid....Pages 78-81 Front Matter....Pages 83-83 Gladiolus thrips....Pages 85-87 Thrips on peas....Pages 88-90 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 Apple sawfly....Pages 93-96 Cabbage caterpillars....Pages 97-102 Caterpillars on currants and gooseberry....Pages 103-107 Front Matter....Pages 91-91 Codling moth....Pages 108-111 Cutworms....Pages 112-116 Pea moth....Pages 117-120 Pear and cherry slugworm....Pages 121-122 Plum fruit moths....Pages 123-125 Stem-boring caterpillars on fruit plants....Pages 126-131 Swift moths....Pages 132-135 Tortrix moths on apple....Pages 136-140 Tortrix moths on strawberry....Pages 141-144 Web-forming caterpillars....Pages 145-152 Winter moths....Pages 153-156 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Apple blossom weevil....Pages 159-161 Chafer grubs....Pages 162-167 Colorado beetle....Pages 168-172 Flea beetles....Pages 173-175 Insect pests of brassica seed crops....Pages 176-181 Insect pests of oilseed rape....Pages 182-189 Pea, bean and clover weevils....Pages 190-192 Pests of grass and clover seed crops....Pages 193-199 Pygmy beetle....Pages 200-203 Front Matter....Pages 157-157 Raspberry beetle....Pages 204-206 Turnip gall weevil....Pages 207-209 Wingless weevils....Pages 210-215 Wireworms....Pages 216-221 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 Apple and pear midges....Pages 225-229 Bean seed flies....Pages 230-232 Beet leaf miner....Pages 233-236 Cabbage root fly....Pages 237-243 Carrot fly....Pages 244-251 Celery fly....Pages 252-254 Chrysanthemum gall midge....Pages 255-257 Frit fly....Pages 258-263 Gout fly....Pages 264-267 Leaf miners of chrysanthemum....Pages 268-273 Leatherjackets....Pages 274-278 Mushroom pests....Pages 279-289 Narcissus flies....Pages 290-293 Onion fly....Pages 294-296 Pea midge....Pages 297-300 Raspberry cane midge and midge blight....Pages 301-305 Front Matter....Pages 223-223 Saddle gall midge....Pages 306-309 Wheat blossom midges....Pages 310-314 Wheat bulb fly....Pages 315-318 Front Matter....Pages 319-319 Wasps....Pages 321-326 Front Matter....Pages 327-327 Bryobia mites....Pages 329-333 Bulb scale mite....Pages 334-337 Cyclamen mite on glasshouse plants....Pages 338-340 Fruit tree red spider mite....Pages 341-346 Pear leaf blister mite....Pages 347-349 Raspberry leaf and bud mite....Pages 350-353 Reversion disease and gall mite of black currant....Pages 354-359 Spider mites on protected crops....Pages 360-365 Strawberry mite....Pages 366-368 Two-spotted spider mite on outdoor crops....Pages 369-373 Front Matter....Pages 375-375 Millepedes and centipedes....Pages 377-381 Symphylids....Pages 382-386 Woodlice....Pages 387-391 Front Matter....Pages 393-393 Beet cyst nematode....Pages 395-398 Cereal cyst nematode....Pages 399-403 Chrysanthemum nematode....Pages 404-407 Front Matter....Pages 393-393 Docking disorder of sugar beet....Pages 408-412 Nematodes on strawberry....Pages 413-418 Pea cyst nematode....Pages 419-421 Potato cyst nematodes....Pages 422-427 Potato cyst nematodes on tomato....Pages 428-431 Potato tuber nematode....Pages 432-435 Root-knot nematodes on protected crops....Pages 436-439 Stem nematode on arable and forage crops....Pages 440-446 Stem nematode on narcissus....Pages 447-453 Stem nematode on tulip....Pages 454-457 Stem nematode on vegetables....Pages 458-463 Front Matter....Pages 465-465 Slugs and snails....Pages 467-474 Back Matter....Pages 475-490 This book is the definitive handbook on the subject of crop pests. Including 288 colour photographs, the book contains information which has been edited and updated from the series of advisory leaflets issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) which have been a widely acknowledged source of valuable information for many years A collected edition of 91 revised and updated crop pest leaflets issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, covering the major invertebrate pests of agricultural and horticultural crops in the UK.