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Watch out for lemon blossom midge as weather warms

Growers are often familiar with orange blossom midge however, they are urged to pay more attention to its yellow cousin, the lemon blossom midge as it moves further north of England.

Ashleigh Ellwood
Head of Arable
clock 鈥� 2 min read
Lemon blossom midge
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Lemon blossom midge

As the weather warms up growers are being advised to look out for lemon blossom midge as it is often missed during monitoring and there is no known varietal resistance to the pest. In recent years lemon...

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