Content related to the sectors: potatoes

Find out about the species in the soil pest complex and how to manage them.

Learn about the biology of spiders and mites and how to encourage them in field crops.

The potato leafhopper is a minor pest of potatoes.

Find out about the identification, life cycle, benefits and how to encourage parasitic wasps and parasitoids.

Learn how to encourage flower and pirate bugs, damsel bugs and assassin bugs.

Learn about the diversity of gall midges and how some can be used as natural enemies.

Cutworms, the larvae of various moth species, damage many horticultural crops, as well as potatoes and sugar beet.

Learn about the biology and benefits of encouraging centipedes.

Balloon and dagger flies can predate many field pests, including aphids and thrips.

Learn about the life cycle and viruses transmitted by the buckthorn–potato aphid.

Free-living nematodes can affect crops including carrots, potatoes and sugar beet causing yield reductions and reducing crop quality.

Learn about dung flies and how to encourage them.