Date:
01 June 2014 - 01 December 2014
Funders:
AHDB Horticulture
AHDB sector cost:
£15,880
Project leader:
DR ROSEMARY COLLIER, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Downloads
PE 012a_GS_Final_2014
PE 012a_Report_Final_2014
About this project
Aims and objectives:
- Project aim(s):
To evaluate methyl jasmonate as a seed treatment to control aphids on protected edible crops.
- Project objective(s):
- To determine the effect of treating lettuce seed with methyl jasmonate on subsequent control of infestations of currant-lettuce aphid.
- To determine the effect of treating parsley seed with methyl jasmonate on subsequent control of infestations of hawthorn parsley aphid and on the performance of introduced biocontrol agents.