Find crop problems, pests, weeds and diseases

Aphids are sap-feeding insects that can reduce crop growth directly and spread damaging plant viruses if unmanaged.

Crops: winter wheat, spring barley, oilseed rape

Active: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Slugs damage emerging seedlings and can thin crop populations rapidly in wet, mild conditions and high-residue fields.

Crops: winter wheat, winter barley, oilseed rape

Active: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Flea beetles can cause rapid feeding damage to young brassica crops, with cabbage stem flea beetle a major UK oilseed rape concern.

Crops: oilseed rape, brassica vegetables

Active: Mar, Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov