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Why potato growers must be alert to the growing wireworm threat

Potato growers are being urged to not underestimate the rising threat of wireworm, as a combination of changing farming practices, the loss of chemical controls and environmental conditions is creating a 鈥榩erfect storm' for the pest

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock 鈥� 5 min read
Why potato growers must be alert to the growing wireworm threat

Once considered a problem largely confined to potatoes grown in mixed grass rotations in the West, wireworm is now becoming more prevalent across a much wider range of rotations and soil types, posing...

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