Netherlands: No mandatory measures against new gall wasp in blueberries
Published 2024년 12월 30일
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Researchers in Canada and the UK have found that the blueberry stem gall wasp, a Dutch plantation pest, is unlikely to cause significant damage due to the short production cycle of blueberries and the insensitive varieties grown in Western Europe. The wasps, only 2.7 millimeters long, lay their eggs in new vegetative shoots, leading to the development of galls where the larvae grow. These galls can limit growth and usually develop best in warm, dry summers.
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Canadian researchers previously determined in the United Kingdom that the wasp will not cause major damage due to the relatively short production cycle of blueberries and the insensitive varieties grown in Western Europe. In 2019, advisors from Vlamings already found the galls of the blueberry stem gall wasp in a plantation in the Netherlands. The black wasps are 2.7 millimeters long and lay their eggs in new vegetative shoots. Galls develop in these places, in which the larvae develop. The galls can ...
Source: Agri Holland
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