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The eradication campaign against American serpentine leaf miner, Liriomyza trifolii , at Efford Experimental Horticulture Station
Author(s) -
POWELL D. F.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
plant pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.928
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1365-3059
pISSN - 0032-0862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3059.1981.tb01257.x
Subject(s) - pest analysis , biology , greenhouse , weed , ornamental plant , outbreak , horticulture , host (biology) , agronomy , botany , ecology , virology
SUMMARY In May 1979 an outbreak of Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) was detected on glasshouse chrysanthemums, at Efford Experimental Horticulture Station in Hampshire, England. The pest spread to glasshouse tomatoes and then to cultivated and wild hosts outside. An intensive eradication campaign included pest and weed control, monitoring adults with yellow sticky traps, and extensive surveys of potential host plants to determine the spread of the pest. Eleven new hosts of the pest were recorded. In November 1980, following a series of surveys, the pest was deemed not to have survived in the area.