With insect numbers falling because of pesticides, natural controls are being sought for a pest threatening valuable oilseed rape crops One of the pests that troubles British farmers is the pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus, which is particularly fond of yellow flowers and is a menace to oil seed rape. On some plants it is a beneficial pollinator, but on oilseed rape it destroys the plant's ability to produce the all-important seed. Related: Our wildlife can be saved - but only with political will | Letters Continue reading...
Specieswatch: fighting pollen beetles in the margins
23. května 2018 2:30
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/23/specieswatch-fighting-pollen-beetles-in-the-margins
Zdroj: The Guardian