Sunday, July 18, 2021

 

Trap Catches to July 16, 2021.

Aphid vector catch numbers took another jump this week.  Driven by greater numbers of Soybean aphid and large numbers of English Grain aphids being recovered from multiple reporting sites, the PVY Vector Risk increased again this week.  There are still no Green Peach aphids being captured at any site, in additional to increased numbers of Soybean and English Grain aphids, numbers of Buckthorn aphids were up this week as were several other vectors.  The first captures of Cannabis aphids occurred this past week and Potato aphids seem to be increasing slightly.  All in all, numbers are up driving the Vector Risk Index to a higher level than this time last year.

Continued scouting and use of crop oils is recommended.  Although with the drought conditions and temperatures in several seed growing locations, care should be taken with oils to monitor for phytotoxicity.  

We will keep counting.  As always, keep on scouting!



Scouting for aphids in potatoes:
- Select leaves from the lower to mid canopy. Start at the edge of the field.
- Lower, older leaves will have more established colonies and aphids prefer the balance of nutrients found here; aphids are rarely found on leaves in the upper canopy.
- Avoid leaves on the ground or in contact with the soil.
- In seed potatoes there is only a threshold for PLRV (10 aphids/100 leaves), reactive application of insecticides an effective control for PVY.
- The use of feeding suppressing insecticides, such as pymetrozine (Fulfill®) or flonicamid (Beleaf®) and refined crop oils, such as Aphoil and JMS Stylet Oil, at or prior to field colonization by aphids may reduce the transmission of PVY within fields. Some other insecticides, such as clothianidin (Belay®), imidacloprid (Admire Pro® or Provado®), and spirotetramat (Movento®), have also been demonstrated to reduce the transmission of PVY.
- In table stock potatoes, a treatment threshold of 30 aphids /100 leaves should deter yield loss due to aphid feeding.

The PVY Risk Index Index
Not all species of aphid are equally efficient at transmitting PVY, some are better than others (green peach being the most efficient vector of PVY).  So, the total number of aphids in a trap don't necessarily reflect just how much vector pressure there is at that location.  The PVY Vector Risk Index compares aphid numbers, incorporating their relative vector efficiency compared to the Queen of PVY vectors (green peach aphid!).  Using averaged reference comparisons from the literature, we multiply the number of each aphid species captured by its efficiency compared to Green Peach Aphid to more accurately depict risk posed by the species being trapped.  We then sum the totals.  The PVY-VRI values are presented on the tables below but also on maps comparing current cumulative risk to the total risk from the sample sites of last year (to compare with your local winter grow out results).

Click on any image below for full-scale version.

Cumulative PVY Vector Risk Index to July 16, 2021





Cumulative PVY Vector Risk Index to July 19, 2020 (for comparison)



Aphid Species Capture and PVY Vector Risk Index for the week ending July 16, 2021



Cumulative Aphid Species Capture and PVY Vector Risk Index to July 16, 2021 





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