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#horticulture

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Sarah Arnold

Excited about our new #InnovateUK project, FLYTHRIVE, with Olombria, NRI, Asplins and Summerberry Company. Hoverflies are amazing: dual-purpose beneficial insects! They are good little #pollinators, and many species also help control aphids! The larvae of the aphid-eating #hoverflies are voracious little predators that will eat up to a few dozen aphids per day.

As UK #fruit growers are seeing more and more #pesticide products withdrawn from approval, they are getting much more interested in biological control methods to manage pests - such as predatory insects.

So the FLYTHRIVE project is all about developing a hoverfly-based system (supported by machine vision and odour lures) to give safe and efficient aphid control on soft fruit.

hortnews.com/flythrive-uses-ai

Hort News · FLYTHRIVE uses AI to drive natural defences and deliver value to growers - Hort NewsNew research aims to tackle rising insect pest infestations in common berry crops using advanced AI, natural lures and selected species of aphid-feeding hoverflies to continuously monitor the crop and trigger earlier intervention. UK berry growers are threatened by increasing pest infestations which drive down yields and increase costs; aphids can reduce berry crop yields […]
#IPM#PestManagement#Syrphidae
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Sarah Arnold

Excited about our new project, FLYTHRIVE, with Olombria, NRI, Asplins and Summerberry Company. Hoverflies are amazing: dual-purpose beneficial insects! They are good little #pollinators, and many species also help control aphids! The larvae of the aphid-eating #hoverflies are voracious little predators that will eat up to a few dozen aphids per day.

hortnews.com/flythrive-uses-ai

Hort News · FLYTHRIVE uses AI to drive natural defences and deliver value to growers - Hort NewsNew research aims to tackle rising insect pest infestations in common berry crops using advanced AI, natural lures and selected species of aphid-feeding hoverflies to continuously monitor the crop and trigger earlier intervention. UK berry growers are threatened by increasing pest infestations which drive down yields and increase costs; aphids can reduce berry crop yields […]
#PestManagement#IPM#Horticulture
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Carlton Carnivores
Flowers on Drosera petiolaris. The type species of the Petiolaris complex of sundews from northern Australia, these plants are finicky in cultivation because they’re adapted to harsh conditions in the wild. Boiling got pretty much year round, bone dry for half of it and swamped the other, in very sandy grainy soils. They’re also known as the woolly sundews as many have either year-round or only during dormancy leaves or buds that are covered in dense fuzzy hairs.

#drosera #sundew #carnivorousplant #strangeplants #plants #rareplants #botany #horticulture #nature #gardening
#gardening
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