A new pest in the Hungarian orchard, the apricot aphid has arrived

Researchers at the Hungarian University of Agricultural and Life Sciences also identified the insect in a traditional morphological and genetic way, which in the spring of 2020 caused unprecedented aphid damage in many regions of Hungary. The apricot aphid is a tiny insect of light green color with a body length of 2-3 millimeters. By sucking, it causes the leaves of apricots to drift, especially in the spring. On damaged shoots, the leaves fall off prematurely, often the shoot tip also dries back, weakening the trees causing new shoot growth in the summer and deteriorating the structure of the crown. The first appearance of the apricot aphid (Myzus mumecola) in Hungary was published in the Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection, MATE wrote. “The apricot aphid shown in our country is of Far Eastern origin, which was known from Japan, the Far East of Russia, China, Taiwan and partly from India. In Europe, it has so far only been observed in Italy, where it appeared in 2016. In ...